Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[MisterF]

Get ready to say goodbye to Richmond, Adelaide and the Danforth bike lanes as well.

New: Campaign Research, Ford's preferred pollster, had a survey out over the weekend asking not just whether the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes should be ripped out, but also those on Richmond, Adelaide and the Danforth.

also here is the wording of this completely unbias "survey"

• Some people say the Richmond Street bike lanes cause too much traffic congestion and lead to too much of an increase in travel times for drivers, and that they should be removed immediately.
• Other people say that the city should continue to keep this stretch of bike lanes in place

If Ford gets reelected he's definitely not going to stop at Yonge, Bloor, and University, so this doesn't surprise me at all. And he's not going to stop at bike lanes either. The Fords have ranted about streetcars for decades, maybe those will be next in his crosshairs. Maybe the long dead freeways throughout the middle of the city will be revived. His attacks on Toronto aren't going to stop.

 

[afransen]

Get ready to say goodbye to Richmond, Adelaide and the Danforth bike lanes as well.

New: Campaign Research, Ford's preferred pollster, had a survey out over the weekend asking not just whether the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes should be ripped out, but also those on Richmond, Adelaide and the Danforth.

also here is the wording of this completely unbias "survey"

• Some people say the Richmond Street bike lanes cause too much traffic congestion and lead to too much of an increase in travel times for drivers, and that they should be removed immediately.
• Other people say that the city should continue to keep this stretch of bike lanes in place

If those bike lanes come out, the city should just replace them with sidewalks to spite the province.

 

[Northern Light]

If those bike lanes come out, the city should just replace them with sidewalks to spite the province.

I like the spirit of the idea, but let me play with it a bit.........

How about a liberal landscaped boulevard....... in which we plant highly endangered species that will immediately qualify the boulevard for some level of environmental protection, under both provincial and federal legislation.

Now, if we were to lay those plants out as dominant on one side of the boulevard, with the balance being more common and low value species, we could provide space for a future cycle track.......(or we could just lay one down now as a differential surfaced multi-use path.)

Lets see.......Oak Savannah boulevards............. Butternut Trees.............. PawPaw groves......... I'm liking it......

 

[afransen]

I like the spirit of the idea, but let me play with it a bit.........

How about a liberal landscaped boulevard....... in which we plant highly endangered species that will immediately qualify the boulevard for some level of environmental protection, under both provincial and federal legislation.

Now, if we were to lay those plants out as dominant on one side of the boulevard, with the balance being more common and low value species, we could provide space for a future cycle track.......(or we could just lay one down now as a differential surfaced multi-use path.)

Lets see.......Oak Savannah boulevards............. Butternut Trees.............. PawPaw groves......... I'm liking it......

Maybe a different textured "sidewalk" next to the existing sidewalk with 'cycling strictly prohibited' signs in tiny font...