Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[TwoWheelPoli]

Earlier today, I checked out the Scarborough Junction Community's temporary art installation in support of the West Scarborough Rail Trail, as well as walked along a short part of the proposed trail route. You can read about it on my blog. I also included a few photos of the proposed trail route and art installation.

Let’s Support the West Scarborough Rail Trail!

A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

www.twowheeledpolitics.ca

 

[UntitledCyclist]

Wait isn't there already a ramp down into Riverdale park? Where would this ramp lead to? The Bayview MUP?

 

[Northern Light]

Wait isn't there already a ramp down into Riverdale park? Where would this ramp lead to? The Bayview MUP?

The old bridge was ramped at Riverdale Park, but was stairs to the Lower Don Trail. The new one is ramped to the Lower Don Trail.

 

[UntitledCyclist]

The old bridge was ramped at Riverdale Park, but was stairs to the Lower Don Trail. The new one is ramped to the Lower Don Trail.

Yes I know! but the post was about a parallel ramp, which I took that as being on the west side of the railway corridor, but probably misunderstood. So it's just the one big ramp down to the LDT, as I thought? I didn't think they were changing the existing bridge, but just adding the ramp and maybe a few other tweaks around the trail access point?

 

[DSCToronto]

Wait isn't there already a ramp down into Riverdale park? Where would this ramp lead to? The Bayview MUP?

See photos of Ramp-Oh-Rama at https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/cycling-infrastructure-separated-bike-lanes.15478/page-560

 

[robmausser]

Ahem. Rail Path; do we really want Mx overseeing such a project? (they would insist); their track record is 75M per km of Bike Path, Bloor to Horner is 4km, so that's 300M; another 1km south to Lakeshore (which means a tunnel or bridge over the LSW tracks) and we're at 375M minimum.

LOL

Don't get me wrong, I like the spirit of your idea, but I don't think cycling should touch anything to do with Mx, adjacent to Mx, or over which Mx has even one iota of say, because that will eat the entire cycling budget for the next decade.

I agree and its sad because there are so many good opportunities for MUP's adjacent to MX track.

 

[DSCToronto]

Yes I know! but the post was about a parallel ramp, which I took that as being on the west side of the railway corridor, but probably misunderstood. So it's just the one big ramp down to the LDT, as I thought? I didn't think they were changing the existing bridge, but just adding the ramp and maybe a few other tweaks around the trail access point?

Yes, the bridge is unchanged (though painted) and the huge ramp is on the east side of the rail line and supplements the stairs, which remain. Both go to LDT.

 

[Northern Light]

So it's just the one big ramp down to the LDT, as I thought?

Yes.

 

[UntitledCyclist]

Yes.

Thanks. I've gone over the original post I replied to and the photo a few times, and I think the OP was looking at something on the far (west) side of the rail tracks in the belief it was a parallel ramp structure. In actuality, I think it's just the existing old paths that extend north west from Riverdale Farm. They are a bit of a mystery to me, but definitely are not too useful for cycling, and nothing to do with the current ramp project or other LDT improvements.