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Taken along Dundas Street West during the Junction Arts Festival last weekend.
tino : 16 years 11 months ago
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Dear concerned cyclist,
The Annette Street bike lane needs your help. A full kilometre of the bike lane risks not being approved. Our councillor and City staff need to hear from people what want the full bike lane - including the disputed section between Jane and Windermere. The full bike lane will offer cyclists more safety on this busy street. If you bike on Annette Street or would like to start biking on this street if it was safer, now is the time to have your say. Please attend the public meeting on this issue to show your support for the full bike lane on Annette Street and to let City staff and the councillor know your views.
The strength in numbers of a strong, vocal community of bike lane supporters will ensure the health, safety, and environmental sustainability of our neighborhoods.
The status quo of a fragmented network has to end.City staff will be present at the public meeting to answer your questions and concerns, as well as Councillor Saundercook. The Councillor's invitation is below:
In June 2008 City Council approved bike lanes for the section of Annette Street between Runnymede Road and Dundas Street West. As your Councillor I would like to discuss the section between Runnymede Road and Jane St. with you the community.
The public meeting will include a presentation on alternatives for providing bike facilities west of Runnymede Road to Jane Street. Comments and questions may be submitted directly to staff and will be reviewed and considered.
The public meeting is scheduled for:
Monday September 15th, 2008
James Culnan Catholic School
605 Willard Avenue
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.How to stay involved:
If you are unable to attend the public meeting, but would like to provide us with your comments, please contact:
David Dunn
E-Mail: bikeplan@toronto.ca
Pedestrian and Cycling Infrastructure
Fax: 416.392.4808City of Toronto
22nd Floor, City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2Councillor Bill Saundercook
416.392.4072
councillor_saundercook@toronto.ca
tino : 16 years 11 months ago
Many have mentioned the folly of the Toronto Bike Plan. One of the most common complaints is that the City is putting in bike lanes where cyclists don't really need them and ignoring the places most needed. Well, it's no secret. Councillor Adrian Heaps says City Council is "taking the path of least resistance" by focusing on the areas where it's easiest to put in a bike lane.
The places where it's easiest to put in bike lanes just happen to be in the far reaches of the city. Here are the locations that were debated at this week's Public Works meeting. Do you recognize any of them? Are they actually in Toronto?
- Brimorton Drive from Brimley Road to Scarborough Golf Club Road;
- Conlins Road from Ellesmere Road to Sheppard Avenue East;
- Horner Avenue from Browns' Line to Judson Street;
- Renforth Drive from Bloor Street West to Rathburn Road;
- The Queensway, from 250 metres east of High Street to Windermere Avenue.
Like most hardcore downtown cyclists, I would prefer to see a lot more work going on downtown, but I can't really begrudge that suburbs get a good network of lanes to help connect them to other parts of the city. It helps to encourage more people to bike, and it normalizes cycling. I also can't begrudge that the councillor has a plan. Technically maybe not the best plan, but politically the best plan for the moment.
herb : 16 years 11 months ago
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