[bearcat]

Looking west towards Pharmacy Ave
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Looking west at Warden Ave
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Looks like someone has cycled on the fresh asphalt...@robmausser?

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Looking west from Birchmount Rd
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What is the plan for the intersections here, are you supposed to dismount and use the pedestrian crossing?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

There are remarks by Doug Ford's government mentioning that they were "elected on removing cycling lanes".

'“We were elected by the people of Ontario with a clear mandate to restore lanes of traffic and move bike lanes off of major roads to secondary roads to get drivers moving,” said Dakota Brasier, a spokesperson for the minister of transportation, in a statement Friday, adding the government will “continue with the design work necessary to begin removals of bike lanes and get some of our busiest roads moving, as soon as possible.”'

WRONG! In the last provincial election, in the Etobicoke Lakeshore riding, that included the Bloor Street West cycling lanes, Christine Hogarth, who was the PC candidate LOST to the Liberals. She was very vocal in opposition to the cycling. However, the voters in her riding showed that want the cycling lanes.

 

[robmausser]

What is the plan for the intersections here, are you supposed to dismount and use the pedestrian crossing?

They will probably put bike crossings with signals here next to the ped ex.

Its a bit unusual, none of the other hydro MUPS (the rest of Finch or Gatineau) use this method of crossing at the light. (except for some rare instances) but certainly not every single road crossing.

My only guess is because McNicoll Road follows the Hydro corridor so closely here, it made sense to put the MUP near it and use the signalized crossings. In other parts of the hydro corridor the MUP is nowhere near an intersection.

Perhaps this will also have the advantage of encouraging the use of the MUP for people commuting and biking with purpose, rather than just for recreation. Then you don't need bike lanes on McNicoll, this is kind of a bikeway for that road.

 

[robmausser]

Excellent @TwinHuey ^^^ So it looks like there are just a couple of tiny bits left to pave.

Hopefully the contract including some signage and a bench or two.

Do you have any insight into why this stopped at Pharmacy? And not Vic Park? I get after that there is the 404 and they need to figure out a way to cross that (id go north up the grass boulevard of Gorden Baker and then across on McNicolls overpass), but it seems weird to me to stop this project one street further east than need be.

 

[Northern Light]

Do you have any insight into why this stopped at Pharmacy? And not Vic Park? I get after that there is the 404 and they need to figure out a way to cross that (id go north up the grass boulevard of Gorden Baker and then across on McNicolls overpass), but it seems weird to me to stop this project one street further east than need be.

Not really sure. I've been around the scene long enough to have seen all sorts of different segments considered (phasing). At one point, in 2012, Don Trail to Birchmount was a preferred segment (doubtful and crossing the 404 was always going to be complicated and expensive, but it was hypothetical I suppose). I remember a VP -- Birchmount variation too. It got truncated due to some hassle or another........lets just get this easterly bit done...... (then that took a few more years).

When I look at the Pharmacy to VP segment, I see a potential issue. The City has chosen to run the trail almost entirely at the north end of the corridor here. But on the VP approach would have to cut well to the south to go around a parking lot already permitted in the corridor (not the City's)

The above would require a new mid-block set of lights, as the trail wouldn't be near to any existing set.

That would certainly add some costs.

There may have been other complications. Its an old design.........

It goes back at least 3 managers ago for the City Cycling Unit.............and it might even be 4.

The design drawings are from 2017.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Did some errands in Chinatown this morning and noticed the eastbound cycle track on Harbord from Spadina to St George is almost done. Saw someone ride it after taking this photo.

 

[Mihairokov]

Harbord tracks look impressive in and around Bathurst. A huge upgrade.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Toronto Today caused a bit of a scare earlier today claiming the City of Toronto paused the eglintonTOday project because of Bill 212. The article was updated to clarify the project will still proceed if/when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens, but we still need to be vigilant about this.

Toronto hits pause on Eglinton West bike lane construction

An email sent to local businesses by the city’s planning division warned Toronto ‘may’ need provincial approval to go forward with the project. A city spokesperson insisted it’s the Eglinton LRT delay that is to blame

www.torontotoday.ca

 

[Cambry Ardship]

But when? Construction season is basically over and next year's construction season is right before the election. If Councillors are concerned about attracting unwanted provincial attention, then maybe it's pushed back again? It's not unreasonable to be concerned about a more-or-less indefinite delay at this point.

 

[UntitledCyclist]

Toronto Today caused a bit of a scare earlier today claiming the City of Toronto paused the eglintonTOday project because of Bill 212. The article was updated to clarify the project will still proceed if/when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens, but we still need to be vigilant about this.

Toronto hits pause on Eglinton West bike lane construction

An email sent to local businesses by the city’s planning division warned Toronto ‘may’ need provincial approval to go forward with the project. A city spokesperson insisted it’s the Eglinton LRT delay that is to blame

www.torontotoday.ca

The update is better than the first draft, but wasn't the city actively saying quite recently that they were putting in the EgTOday segments this fall (aside from those around Allan Rd, and those around Caledonia) with no mention of contingency on the LRT opening? I don't understand the need to constantly find ways to water down, delay and – it seems – destroy the planned bike route on Eglinton. These lanes do NOT need to wait for the ridiculous LRT to open. Flat out.

 

[Toronto1834]

Eglinton TOday installation deferred. Paving to commence this year. Very disappointing.

eglintonTOday Complete Street Project

Eglinton Avenue is being resurfaced from Bicknell Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road. The complete street that was to be installed with the resurfacing has been deferred until after the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is operational with travel lanes replaced in their current configuration for the time being...

www.toronto.ca

Continuing Installation of eglintonTOday​

The remainder of the complete street project from Bicknell Ave (just west of Keele Street) to Mount Pleasant Road will not be installed in 2025 along with the resurfacing of the roadway. The timeline for the installation including areas most impacted by Eglinton Avenue West/Allen Road traffic congestion is still to be determined.

 

[Toronto1834]

Caledonia Park Road and Davenport Road Safety Improvements​

Caledonia Park Road and Davenport Road Safety Improvements

Attend the public drop-in event on Wednesday, September 10. View meeting materials. The City of Toronto is proposing to install road safety upgrades on Caledonia Park Road from St Clair Avenue West to Davenport Road and on Davenport Road, from Caledonia Park Road to Foundry Avenue. In 2026...

www.toronto.ca

 

[UntitledCyclist]

Eglinton TOday installation deferred. Paving to commence this year. Very disappointing.

eglintonTOday Complete Street Project

Eglinton Avenue is being resurfaced from Bicknell Avenue to Mount Pleasant Road. The complete street that was to be installed with the resurfacing has been deferred until after the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is operational with travel lanes replaced in their current configuration for the time being...

www.toronto.ca

Continuing Installation of eglintonTOday​

The remainder of the complete street project from Bicknell Ave (just west of Keele Street) to Mount Pleasant Road will not be installed in 2025 along with the resurfacing of the roadway. The timeline for the installation including areas most impacted by Eglinton Avenue West/Allen Road traffic congestion is still to be determined.

Outrageous.

As recently as Aug. 8 (and likely more recently) the Internet Archive shows that page claimed the remainder of the complete streets would be installed this year:

What changed to force this move? What led staff to defer this project until a nebulous, years-delayed underground train is operational?

How does the LRT excuse hold up when the Complete Streets were already put in east of Chaplin with no great chaos or impacts on traffic or TTC buses (that I have seen at least)?

How does it hold up when they are going ahead with street resurfacing, which will impact road users much more during the work than the bike lanes ever would?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Outrageous.

As recently as Aug. 8 (and likely more recently) the Internet Archive shows that page claimed the remainder of the complete streets would be installed this year:

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What changed to force this move? What led staff to defer this project until a nebulous, years-delayed underground train is operational?

How does the LRT excuse hold up when the Complete Streets were already put in east of Chaplin with no great chaos or impacts on traffic or TTC buses (that I have seen at least)?

How does it hold up when they are going ahead with street resurfacing, which will impact road users much more during the work than the bike lanes ever would?

Likely a call from the Ministers office to not waste money on it as they would be ripping it out again once they resolve their legal problems.

That - or an agreement to put off Eglinton Connects while Chow negotiates with the province about the wider bike lane framework.

 

[innsertnamehere]

The good news about Eglinton is that the City should be able to design it to add lanes while retaining 4 lanes of traffic to satisfy Ford.. unlike Bloor Street which doesn't have the same road width to work with. I suspect the Eglinton lanes will still eventually make an appearance, just not as soon as we had hoped.