Northern Light
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The project is fine as it is Walter. Its a dramatic improvement, its a side street crossing along the Danforth. Must you be critical of absolutely everything that happens in Toronto?
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Road Safety & Vision Zero Plan
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The project is fine as it is Walter. Its a dramatic improvement, its a side street crossing along the Danforth. Must you be critical of absolutely everything that happens in Toronto?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Could have raised it now, not having to wait another 25 to 50 years to do it. Should be doing it with ALL side streets along the Danforth, whenever they do re-construction.
adys123
Active Member
A raised pedestrian crossing is included as part of the project.
Northern Light
Superstar
@W. K. Lis
As @adys123 notes above this is already in the design.
AND
Do you know what's really frustrating? I already posted as much just one page earlier, here:
You simply couldn't be bothered reading before commenting!
As @adys123 notes above this is already in the design.
AND
Do you know what's really frustrating? I already posted as much just one page earlier, here:
You simply couldn't be bothered reading before commenting!
afransen
Senior Member
Honestly, I don't have many notes. Pretty much best practice, aside from slightly wider lanes in NA.
Molybdenum
Active Member
Fun fact: Kelvin Avenue served as the entrance to Luttrell Loop, where streetcars turned back west, until the opening of the Bloor-Danforth extension to Warden in 1968. Presumably its wider than typical for a side street width for about 45 metres south of Danforth, where it then tapers and becomes narrower, is because of the former streetcar loop, a characteristic it shares with adjacent Luttrell Avenue, the exit from the streetcar loop.
Side note: sad to see that the ice cream factory store on the SW corner closed at some point in the past couple of years
H4F33Z
Active Member
marcus_a_j
Senior Member
And the raised sidewalk was poured as of yesterday afternoon.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
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Traffic Light With A Mirror To Allow The Drivers To See The Pedestrians/Cyclists That Are In Their Blind Spots
Northern Light
Superstar
Becky Katz is obviously proud of the small project at Danforth/Kelvin (and rightly so, we just and a few hundred/thousand more of these).
She's posted another update, and her project team posted for a photo on-site. (Text part of update first)
Team pic (Becky on the left)
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She's posted another update, and her project team posted for a photo on-site. (Text part of update first)
Team pic (Becky on the left)
Taken from:
Northern Light
Superstar
Second item for this thread comes to us via the agenda for the next TEYCC meeting.
There, a letter/motion from Councillor Saxe will come forward on the subject of pedestrian safety and Avenue Road.
I did hint at something just recently.........and voila:
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There, a letter/motion from Councillor Saxe will come forward on the subject of pedestrian safety and Avenue Road.
I did hint at something just recently.........and voila:
Taken from:
picard102
Senior Member
are there cells under that planter area, or is it another coffin?
Northern Light
Superstar
I don't believe there were silva cells deployed here, but there are none needed, this will not be a coffin.
Silva Cells serve the purpose of protecting any tree roots from compaction by the sidewalk above.
But there, there is no sidewalk above, the tree will be placed within a planter, whose soil will be exposed to air.
Additionally, the concern is soil volume, I can eyeball the design and tell you there will be adequate soil depth and volume here to provide for a healthy mature tree.
The design also minimizes excess salt and encourages adequate moisture through the direction of storm water. This is a solid effort.
Northern Light
Superstar
Why a sad face Walter?
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Signs are useless for the want-to-be-expressway named Avenue Road. If they put up speed limit cameras on Avenue Road after putting up the signs, we'll have a revenue source like Parkside Drive and their useless 40 km/h speed limit signs. No improvement for pedestrian safety until they actually narrow Avenue Road down to 2 lanes in each direction an install proper Vision Zero action plans.