thommyjo
Senior Member
New 113st at 105ave lane is getting close.
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fjordgard
Active Member
Drove by where this will end at Kingsway. I think it’ll be done later than the south end but it’s moving. Still no real sign that I can see of the MUP along Kingsway…
TAS
Senior Member
For the transition to the MUP north of 111Ave, looks like they've carved out a good route weaving around some of the trees in the greenspace and not having to take up any roadway here - which can be a busy area with baseball games, the seniors rec centre amd church.
VaultBoy
Active Member
83 ave on a Saturday night with some music, such a vibe
trevorhayden
Active Member
113 Street North of 111 Ave is hella wide. Should have continued the protected bike lanes. Now it will just look like a very nice walking path. The city has done a good job of building a lot of very nice walking paths lately.
TAS
Senior Member
As you go north of 111Ave the existing road north ends at the ball park and turns west and so you have to build a path through the park here which will provide people who bike, walk or roll a direct route to Kingsway Ave via a MUP, which vehicles won't have.
So extending the MUP from Kingsway Ave to 111Ave seems reasonable.
Coprolite
Active Member
I'm sure that Google will mark it as a road, resulting in Uber drivers constantly trying to drive down it, but this stands to be a pretty nice path. With a decent crossing at Kingsway, the route will make a great bike connection between Blatchford and MacEwan. Downside is it will get much harder to resist a trip to Ralph's Fried Chicken.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
The stain on the first photo looks like a jellyfish got raptured.
TAS
Senior Member
As part of Old Strathcona renewal a couple years ago, there is a permanent protected two-way bike lane along 100 Ave from Sask Drive to the 83Ave bike lane.
With the active transportation acceleration work, this 100 Ave bike route is being extended south from 83 to 76 Ave with pin in curb infrastructure. Some lost street parking as a result. This extended new route will provide access to Happy Beer Street in Ritchie.
And then when 76Ave bike route is completed east, neighbourhoods such as King Edward and Avonmore will be connected. And then from 76 Ave new routes from 89 and 85 streets will travel north through Bonnie Doon to the river valley that are planned for next year and will help complete more of the core network where ridership potential is higher (if not cancelled by new council).
With the active transportation acceleration work, this 100 Ave bike route is being extended south from 83 to 76 Ave with pin in curb infrastructure. Some lost street parking as a result. This extended new route will provide access to Happy Beer Street in Ritchie.
And then when 76Ave bike route is completed east, neighbourhoods such as King Edward and Avonmore will be connected. And then from 76 Ave new routes from 89 and 85 streets will travel north through Bonnie Doon to the river valley that are planned for next year and will help complete more of the core network where ridership potential is higher (if not cancelled by new council).
trevorhayden
Active Member
Make that shit permanent!
thommyjo
Senior Member
TAS
Senior Member
I wonder what is planned for this space where the parking was - you could do some seating perhaps, planters, paint. There are some existing curb extensions on both ends of this pic and a boulevard just south of here that doesn't exist where the parking is removed. There is not enough road space for two-way traffic and the bike lane along some of this stretch.
This is between 82-81ave on 100st if somebody wants to take a look at how this space should have been addressed.
Coprolite
Active Member
It's also the sort of thing that's been commonly used in core neighbourhoods independent of bike lanes to calm shortcutting traffic.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Yeah, they did this in Crestwood and parkview.
I wonder how much the savings are vs a permanent install to do these “pilots”.
trevorhayden
Active Member
113 Street bike lane should be protected on street up to 113a Avenue with modal filters up to Kingsway, and a traffic light built across the busy arterial road.