Toronto Lower Garrison Creek Park | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto

[DSCToronto]

That's it? Thought they would be widening it for a streetcar right-of-way? Are they going to be building a twin bridge for that?

No.

 

[W. K. Lis]

No.

The automobile-centric councillors on the roads department have done it to appease themselves, not the transit users.

 

[Jago88]

I was sure I read somewhere that they are creating space for bike lanes at least (maybe I dreamt it)

 

[junctionist]

I was sure I read somewhere that they are creating space for bike lanes at least (maybe I dreamt it)

I suggested widening the sidewalks and adding bike lanes along the sidewalks, but I'm not sure if that's the plan.

 

[Jago88]

I suggested widening the sidewalks and adding bike lanes along the sidewalks, but I'm not sure if that's the plan.

Haha! Maybe that was it!

 

[Automation Gallery]

I suggested widening the sidewalks and adding bike lanes along the sidewalks, but I'm not sure if that's the plan.

i don't know if any of that is in the plans cause they are keeping the same heritage concept

 

[PinkLucy]

Bike lanes on the sidewalks won’t work. Pedestrians will walk in them, and bikes will be on the pedestrian side.

 

[W. K. Lis]

The sidewalks are already on the OUTSIDE of the bridge. They could add bicycle lanes on the OUTSIDE of the bridge by widening the sidewalk?

 

[PinkLucy]

If they were separate. It’s currently annoying and dangerous to walk that bridge with people trying to bike as well.

 

[junctionist]

Once you widen the sidewalk decks, conflicts can be mitigated by space and an occasional "excuse me" or ring of a bell. Pedestrians and cyclists share space on the West Toronto Railpath without issue.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Why is the city so worried about changing the outcome of this derelict bridge?,
with all the development around and Billy Bishop Airport just south of here, a Spadina type bridge is what they need, no?

 

[PinkLucy]

Once you widen the sidewalk decks, conflicts can be mitigated by space and an occasional "excuse me" or ring of a bell. Pedestrians and cyclists share space on the West Toronto Railpath without issue.

That’s a multi use path. This is a busy sidewalk. I lived there and used that bridge for 10 years, and the population has been growing. Sharing a narrow sidewalk hasn’t worked so far, so unless they widen it and have some definitive separation, it won’t work

 

[junctionist]

That’s a multi use path. This is a busy sidewalk. I lived there and used that bridge for 10 years, and the population has been growing. Sharing a narrow sidewalk hasn’t worked so far, so unless they widen it and have some definitive separation, it won’t work

That's what I've been saying. The sidewalks should be widened significantly for dedicated bike lanes at the same time as the rest of the work on the bridge.

 

[AHK]

Work is underway with the Bathurst Street bridge rehabilitation.

 

[junctionist]

It makes the Gardiner look pristine by comparison.