MisterF
Senior Member
Oh I see, you were referring to streetcars in their own right of way separated from traffic. My bad, I missed that part.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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Admiral Beez
Superstar
Don't worry, when it came to including curb-separated bike lanes alongside the streetcar ROWs, so did the city's planners.
Of course we could just have bikes and streetcars share the same ROWs - imagine the below on St. Clair or Spadina. The bikes would need to keep up or move aside.
That'll grind Doug Ford's gears as he hates streetcars as much as bikes. Add a healthy meal option in the mix and we'll ruin his day!
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chrisw
Active Member
Just a reminder, Fight for Bikes protest today at 2PM at Queen's Park.
kotsy
Senior Member
I'll be there! Wearing a black and yellow bentway toque if anyone wants to say hello
evandyk
Senior Member
Did you guys bike by Bloor and Dufferin around 3 p.m.? A big bike ride passed by, so I cheered and hollered.
rdaner
Senior Member
Question: Assuming that this bill passes (big assumption) what is the process to actually dismantle the lanes? What would happen if the City fails to budget for reconstruction or keeps deferring it? What, if anything, can the Province do if City Hall ignores them?
kotsy
Senior Member
Yes! That was one of the 3 concurrent rides that happened following the protest.
Brought my drone along today
duffo
Active Member
I believe recent amendments to the bill allow the Province to sidestep the city and directly remove the lanes itself.
evandyk
Senior Member
More likely is that the city drags its feet for a year on the "redesign" planning, the province threatens to do it themselves, then the city produces the design and schedules the actual work in a couple of years from now. After all, there's a backlog of more important work to be done on the roads, and resources are limited.
nfitz
Superstar
Hopefully they have to get Hydro to do some work first.
Northern Light
Superstar
The City is bringing forward some Planning changes for the area of Sheppard to the 401, between Leslie and Bayview.
I won't get into the details in this thread........but I thought I'd bring one thing forward from the Transportation plans discussed as part of same:
We do have staff who put some good thought into things..........
I won't get into the details in this thread........but I thought I'd bring one thing forward from the Transportation plans discussed as part of same:
We do have staff who put some good thought into things..........
nfitz
Superstar
The item number for this is NY19.11 - https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.NY19.11
Coolibop
Active Member
Not a sexy update but Durham region has released a wayfinding plan to be presented to council... At first blush looks quite disappointing or anything special. Particularly the small font on directional signage. I find the existing signage (right) they point out seems clearer...
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I drove over the Leaside bridge on Sunday and couldn’t understand why there was a traffic jam, until I realized they’d taken out a lane of traffic in both directions for separated bike lanes. And during those 40 mins not a single cyclist in either direction. We need separated bike lanes, but we need to do it better.
TheGrimSweeper
New Member
Your traffic was likely far more related to the Santa Claus Parade and major closures downtown then bike lanes.