Toronto Lower Simcoe Ramp | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto

[SunriseChampion]

I watched a car drive down the cycle lane between York and Bay yesterday evening. Unbelievable.

EDIT: Actually, looking back at the photos on the previous page, I suspect he'd come out of the RBC Waterpark Place parking garage, and turned right directly into the cycle path. The path could use some centre line trail-style paint to make it visibly different to the roadway.

Correction: Our driver licensing standards could use some tweaking to get idiots off the roads.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Correction: Our driver licensing standards could use some tweaking to get idiots off the roads.

Will make a note on my smartphone.

 

[muller877]

Will make a note on my smartphone.

While driving?

 

[MetroMan]

 

[MetroMan]

Photos: @interchange42

That’s some shitty workmanship. They have trouble drawing inside the lines with the asphalt and even following a straight line with the line paintings. Did they hire apprentices for this?

 

[Leo_Chan]

Of course people are already walking on the cycle path. But I guess that specific segment is more acceptable since it’s just after the part that has a multi use path instead.

 

[Fred.S]

I'm curious if there's going to be a centre-line for the bike path. Seems like there should be, but they haven't pre-marked anything.

 

[wmedia]

That’s some shitty workmanship. They have trouble drawing inside the lines with the asphalt and even following a straight line with the line paintings. Did they hire apprentices for this?

Agreed. All the line painting at this intersection looks half-assed.

 

[Rapparee]

I hate to say it but for a few exceptions most of the city looks half-assed and indifferent to good quality public space.

 

[W. K. Lis]

I hate to say it but for a few exceptions most of the city looks half-assed and indifferent to good quality public space.

Lowest bidder or least cost.

 

[Neutrino]

Toronto has no civic pride. That's reflected in the poor public realm and general apathy of the population.

 

[drum118]

Oct 3
I give very little hope these trees will be around in a few years. All the planting should have been done on the south side before the crew went home. I guess they will start on the north side on Thursday and that will make things more a bitch for By St left turn. It was a bitch today watching duel illegal left turns from the through lanes, them what new these days for this area. Hell, drivers were blocking both the crosswalks and north south lanes to the point there was no room to walk between the fools.

 

[raptor]

How many winters until the salt kills the trees? I say 1.

 

[Neutrino]

In my native country, they sanded the roads in winter and we had more snow and lower temperatures than Toronto. Why can't Toronto do the same?

 

[Kitsune]

That is because salt stops working at certains temperatures, forcing Colder cities to use Sand instead. In Toronto - the city rarely experiences temps that cold therefore its salt is salt ... and more salt. It's something I hate very much too.