Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[evandyk]

Of course we cycle on the road, where we always were before bike lanes. As a mid-50s cyclist who began riding in the 1970s the very idea of dedicated bike lanes is still novel.

I'm perfectly happy to bike on the road in car lanes. I usually take the full lane, since most Toronto lanes aren't wide enough for a car to pass you and leave the required 1 metre space anyways. But if I'm going somewhere with the kid on my bike, I'm not biking through traffic and parked cars. If there's no bike lane (or quiet side streets) we're not biking.

And I love biking on quiet side streets, but if it means going more than a block or two out of the way, nobody is doing that. Sorry Yvan Baker, there's no alternative to Bloor for biking east/west across the city around High Park/Humber. It's the only continuous street in that area, and it's where all the destinations are.