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Am I missing any planned improvement to these gaps along Blue Jays Way?
The Wellington lanes are real success for Toronto bike infrastructure. Unfortunately, the primary route south to meet the Wellington lanes' eastern terminus is Peter, which has terrible bike lanes. Then south of King, on Blue Jays Way, the lanes disappear altogether for the last block to Wellington.
At Wellington, cyclists have to make a very awkward right with no paint or signal guidance to access the south-side contraflow to head west. Pedestrians often throng both E-W and N-S crossings making right-turns very hard.
Staying on BJW, below Wellington, the poor bike lanes return but end again a block before Spadina. Once again, a potential connector stops short. Ideally this lane would continue across Spadina onto Iceboat Terrace, or perhaps down Navy Wharf to Bremner and across to Fort York to connect to Dan Leckie and the Waterfront. Google has some dotted green routes along some of these, but in reality there is no city bike infrastructure, just potential routes.
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There is a connecting trail under Spadina at the "Northern Linear Park" but it's not a marked bike route, and is more of a walking path.
I don't see anything addressing these gaps in the 2025-27 plans, though I know Wellington is planned to be extended west to York. To me, Peter/Blue Jays Way is a mess, but it's a nearly natural southern extension of St. George/Beverley that should repaved, and properly laned all the way south to Spadina. The connection between Beverley and Peter should also be improved. Soho is the easiest way to connect the two, but it's currently terrible with a 10 second green to get across the dogleg at Queen.