Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

[W. K. Lis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512789148029100037

 

[Towered]

Now for something different; Council passed the various cycling tracks that were reported though committee earlier this month.......

But there was....one more notable amendment......

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I appreciate the intention to extend further, but Royal York is yet another random place to stop. They need to continue much further. Sigh.

 

[Northern Light]

I appreciate the intention to extend further, but Royal York is yet another random place to stop. They need to continue much further. Sigh.

Yes it should extend further; but there is a logic to getting to Royal York; Royal York has bike lanes.

The object here is to always have a network, and where possible avoid what amounts to a dead end.

Frankly, I'm simply encouraged that Grimes is pro-bike lane here, I'll take that and run w/it.

 

[H4F33Z]

Now for something different; Council passed the various cycling tracks that were reported though committee earlier this month.......

But there was....one more notable amendment......

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Can I bet that the reason why the project was not taken further to Royal York; does anyone notice all those lovely businesses on both sides of the streets, does anyone also notice all those parking laybys?

I assume that it would be a tremendous effort to not only build and consult on the existing stretch but to also have to fight with all the businesses who will presumably make a NIMBY Facebook group called "Save the Queensway" because a few parking spots would be removed or the businesses will complain about construction.

We see it happen every time, so it's smart to have Transportation pick that fight later and get the existing stretch constructed first. That way, it's hard to not continue west because you already have that great connection to the east.

 

[Encun]

Can I bet that the reason why the project was not taken further to Royal York; does anyone notice all those lovely businesses on both sides of the streets, does anyone also notice all those parking laybys?

I assume that it would be a tremendous effort to not only build and consult on the existing stretch but to also have to fight with all the businesses who will presumably make a NIMBY Facebook group called "Save the Queensway" because a few parking spots would be removed or the businesses will complain about construction.

We see it happen every time, so it's smart to have Transportation pick that fight later and get the existing stretch constructed first. That way, it's hard to not continue west because you already have that great connection to the east.

I'm not very familiar with the area, so I was trying to check it out on streetview, and I found it funny that it shows two bikers on the sidewalk right beside these parking bays that you mentioned.

 

[Admiral Beez]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1512789148029100037

Get rid of all on-street parking outside of single lane residential streets and like magic we have space for all three.

 

[W. K. Lis]

‘Idaho Stop’ Now Legal in Colorado​

Colorado is the latest state to make it legal for people on bikes to treat stop signs like yield signs when no cars are in the intersection.

From link.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the “Colorado Safety Stop” into law on April 13, 2022, making it legal for people on bikes to treat stop signs as yield signs and treat stop lights as stop signs, according to an article by Bicycle Colorado.

The article cites data that shows the Safety Stop—known in bicycle and planning circles as the Idaho Stop—reduces collisions involving people on bikes and automobile. Delaware, which adopted a similar law in 2017, has seen a 23 percent drop in collisions involving bicycles at stop sign controlled intersections. Researchers from DePaul University published a study in 2016 that also supported Idaho Stops for the safety of people on bikes.

Bicycle Colorado also provides additional information on the new law, as listed in the source article:

• Younger bicyclists may perform the maneuver if an adult is present.
  Bicyclists can yield and then proceed through stop sign-controlled intersections at up to 10 miles per hour.
• Intersections where bicyclist-specific lights or signs are present that prohibit the maneuver are exempt from the new law.
• The bill defines “low speed conveyances” in Colorado law. These are small profile, low-speed vehicles that people use for transportation and recreation, including bicycles and electric bicycles, electric scooters (not including mopeds), and wheelchairs.

The Colorado Legislature approved the law in March 2022, paving the way for this week’s historic bill signing. Bicycle Colorado says the law has been in the works for years.

The state of Colorado now joins Idaho, Delaware, Arkansas, Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, Utah – 2021, and Oklahoma among states where the Idaho Stop is the law of the land. California could have been on the list, but Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 122 in 2021.

 

[W. K. Lis]

 

[Northern Light]

The City is proposing a series of cycling infra improvements roughly along the Martin Grove corridor between Eglinton and Dundas:

Martin Grove Road Cycling Connections

July 2022 Update: City Council authorized the installation of bikeways on Martin Grove Road from Eglinton Avenue West to Winterton Drive and from 100 metres north of Burnhamthorpe Road to just south of Burnhamthorpe Road. A copy of the staff report is available under IEC agenda item IE 31.12...

www.toronto.ca

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[Patch]

Some significant upgrades to the Bloor/St George intersection, part of the general Bloor St Reconstruction between Spadina/Avenue.

 

[Towered]

The City is proposing a series of cycling infra improvements roughly along the Martin Grove corridor between Eglinton and Dundas:

Martin Grove Road Cycling Connections

July 2022 Update: City Council authorized the installation of bikeways on Martin Grove Road from Eglinton Avenue West to Winterton Drive and from 100 metres north of Burnhamthorpe Road to just south of Burnhamthorpe Road. A copy of the staff report is available under IEC agenda item IE 31.12...

www.toronto.ca

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No mention of that hilariously obvious hydro corridor sitting rather lovingly right in the middle of that study area.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Don't like.

I we have to, then I would raise the bicycle lane (green boxes) where motorists would make the right turn, forcing the motorist to slow down. If the motor vehicles don't slow down, they get a jolt from the raised crossing, so they don't do that again.

 

[Undead]

Bikes lanes aren't supposed to cross live traffic lanes like that, period. It's appalling we're still designing crap like this.

 

[DSC]

Bikes lanes aren't support to cross live traffic lanes like that, period. It's appalling we're still designing crap like this.

There is no perfect answer, if you keep the bikes in the right lane then vehicles turning right will cut them off. I actually prefer the way it's handled above, as long as there is lots of green paint, poles etc etc. In the rendering above I would keep painting a bit further east..

 

[Undead]

There is no perfect answer, if you keep the bikes in the right lane then vehicles turning right will cut them off. I actually prefer the way it's handled above, as long as there is lots of green paint, poles etc etc. In the rendering above I would keep painting a bit further east..

Of course, but that can be easily mitigated with small curbs and good sightlines.