Bike Lane Approvals at PWIC June 27 & Status Update

Rogers Rd.Rogers Rd.Here's a quick status update of the bike lanes that have, are, or will happen in 2008. 26.3km of bike lanes are reported on below. That's about half of of the 50km Councillor Heaps has promised for this year, and summer hasn't officially started yet; we might just make it.

The following projects will be considered by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee at its June 27 meeting (6.8 km):

  • Stanley Avenue (contra-flow lane) from Royal York Road to Superior Avenue, 0.6 km
  • Royal York Road from Cavell Avenue to Manitoba Street, 0.8 km
  • Simcoe Street/Lower Simcoe Street from Queens Quay West to Front Street West, 0.6 km
  • Birchmount Road from Kingston Road to south of St. Clair Avenue East, 2.4 km
  • Conlins Road from Military Trail to Sheppard Avenue East, 2.4 km

The following projects have been approved by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on June 4, and will be considered at the June 23, 24 City Council Meeting (7.6 km):

  • Annette Street from Runnymede Road to Dundas Street West, 1.8 km
  • Dupont Street from Dundas Street West to Lansdowne Avenue, 1.0 km
  • Marlee Avenue from Roselawn Avenue to Dell Park Avenue, 1.4 km
  • Pharmacy Avenue from south of Denton Avenue to south of Alvinston Road, 3.4 km

The following projects are approved by City Council, awaiting installation (9.1 km):

  1. Logan Avenue from Dundas Street East (including contra-flow lane from Gerrard Street East to Simpson Avenue) and Carlaw Avenue from Riverdale Avenue, 0.9 km
  2. Yonge Street from Queens Quay to Front Street, 0.6 km
  3. Royal York Road from Delroy Drive to Mimico Creek, 1.5 km
  4. Stephen Drive from The Queensway to Berry Road, 0.8 km
  5. The Pond Road from Sentinel Road to Shoreham Drive, 0.9 km
  6. Shaw Street (contra-flow lane) from Barton Avenue to Dupont Street, 0.6 km
  7. Shaw Street from Dupont Street to south of Acores Street/Wychrest Avenue, 0.2 km
  8. Wellesley Street from Queen's Park Crescent West to Parliament Street, 2.0 km
  9. Vaughan Road from St. Clair Avenue West to Winona Drive, 1.6 km

The installation of bicycle lanes on Rogers Road has just been completed. These lanes, approved by City Council in the Fall of 2007, extend from Old Weston Road to Oakwood Avenue, a distance of 2.6 kilometres.

anthony : 17 years 10 months ago
Tags: advocacy, bike infrastructure, bike lanes, city hall

Mimico Linear Park, Phase I almost complete, Phase II needs to start

I attended the WATERFRONToronto board meeting yesterday where the big news was the tearing down of the Gardiner. I don't really need to talk about that too much because you can find the ink here:

To sum up: three to four years of talk in the EA process; another three to four years for execution; six to eight years from now when see the end results.

For me, the bigger news was the appearance of Counclillor Mark Grimes, MPP Laurel Broten and MP Michael Ignatieff who, together, appealed to the board to put Phase II of the Mimico linear park on to the top priority list of projects of WATERFRONToronto. Expected opening of Phase I is in the middle of July of this year which is, unfortunateley, too late for The Great Waterfront Trail Adventure!.

According to John Campbell, if the board decides that this is a priority then we could see Phase II completed in as little as two years! This would connect with, and extend, the Martin-Goodman trail just past the Mimico by-the-lake BIA and well into the Mimico community. It has the potential to transform the area, and some its little gems, into a great destination. Creating a longer waterfront park and trail, and by connecting more of our communities together with this, the whole park and trail system becomes more valuable to our entire city.

At the meeting yesterday, Sue Dabarno said. "We know that vision without execution is hallucination."
So, Sue, let's see some action!

anthony : 17 years 10 months ago
Tags: news

Bells on Bloor? Nope!

The Globe is reporting today that the new 'Mink Mile' will not include bike lanes.

'Mr. Egan said traffic volumes - 30,000 cars a day - meant that the new narrower Bloor still needed four lanes and could not accommodate full-size bike lanes. However, he said the street could be retrofitted with bike lanes later.'

Many disagree.

Below is a design sketch of the same stretch with bike lanes. There is a difference between wanting to do something and choosing not to do it deliberately. I think that once again the city has made it clear how it prefers people to get around in the city: Drive or take transit. Bicycles? No thanks.

Bloor Bike Lane DesignBloor Bike Lane Design
Spoof Photo (2006) by Rick ConroySpoof Photo (2006) by Rick Conroy

tino : 17 years 10 months ago
Tags: advocacy, bike infrastructure, bike lanes, news, politics