[Northern Light]

The City of Toronto has FINALLY issued an update for the Danforth-Kingston project website! The good news is consultation details will be announced in October, but the bad news is the project will now focus only on Kingston Road from Cliffside to Scarborough Golf Club because of Bill 212. Danforth from Victoria Park to Kennedy and Birchmount from Danforth to the Waterfront Trail will be deferred until further notice.

A Safer Kingston Road

November Update: City staff will present recommendations to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee on December 4. View the staff report at IE 26.6 . Arrange to speak or submit comments by calling 416-392-4666 or emailing iec@toronto.ca by 4:30 p.m. on December 3. Public Consultation Report...

www.toronto.ca

And just for a reminder, Danforth-Kingston 4 All will be hosting their "Just Bluffing Around" ride this Sunday. Meet 10 AM at either Danforth & Main or at Scarborough GO for 10:30 AM departure. Please RSVP so organizers know how many to expect.

Danforth Kingston 4 All - Join Our Ride!

www.danforthkingston4all.ca

Glad to see this is public now.

Its unfortunate to see Danforth deferred, but its also important here that staff are pursuing what they feel they can, for now.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Harbord is pretty much done from Queens Park to Grace when I went by this morning. Shared some photos on Bluesky, but here's one for your reference.

The Grace to Ossington part will likely be done by November.

Robert Zaichkowski (@rzaichkowski.bsky.social)

Since @kayehm.bsky.social confirmed the Harbord bike lane upgrades were done from Queens Park to Grace, I checked them out for myself this morning. Lookin' good! 🚴‍♂️🔥 #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero

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[Toronto1834]

Details of Queens Park Crescent East and University Avenue East Side upgrades posted.

University Avenue & Queen’s Park Upgrades

Learn more about current or upcoming road closures on Queens Park Crescent East and find alternate travel routes at the Road Restrictions map. Sections of University Avenue and Queens Park Crescent East are scheduled for watermain replacement and road resurfacing/restoration between 2023 and...

www.toronto.ca

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Maybe the city should create "permanent" utility upgrades to the main arterial roads in Toronto, but include provision for cyclists to get by.

 

[pawlyshyn]

Harbord is pretty much done from Queens Park to Grace when I went by this morning. Shared some photos on Bluesky, but here's one for your reference.

The Grace to Ossington part will likely be done by November.

Robert Zaichkowski (@rzaichkowski.bsky.social)

Since @kayehm.bsky.social confirmed the Harbord bike lane upgrades were done from Queens Park to Grace, I checked them out for myself this morning. Lookin' good! 🚴‍♂️🔥 #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero

bsky.app

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Not done yet. More paving to happen between Bathurst and Grace.
It looks good, but I'm puzzled that in the parking protected sections, the concrete curb has been made level with the asphalt. Same for the entire block in front of Harbord Collegiate. Are bollards or some other protective feature to come?
Also, there's zero protection on the block east of Grace, south side, while there's a massive island on the north side. What's with that?

 

[Van647]

Details of Queens Park Crescent East and University Avenue East Side upgrades posted.

University Avenue & Queen’s Park Upgrades

Learn more about current or upcoming road closures on Queens Park Crescent East and find alternate travel routes at the Road Restrictions map. Sections of University Avenue and Queens Park Crescent East are scheduled for watermain replacement and road resurfacing/restoration between 2023 and...

www.toronto.ca

So the city is giving Doug Ford the 3 lanes back on University Ave so he can speed all he wants.

 

[Northern Light]

So the city is giving Doug Ford the 3 lanes back on University Ave so he can speed all he wants.

While the proposal is sub-optimal; lets be clear, the cycle tracks are staying, and for the most part, being enhanced. The new vehicle lanes come at the expense of parking, not cyclists or pedestrians.

I can live w/this. Its not my preferred option, but its not only better than feared, but taken a whole, its better than the status quo.

 

[Northern Light]

Details of Queens Park Crescent East and University Avenue East Side upgrades posted.

University Avenue & Queen’s Park Upgrades

Learn more about current or upcoming road closures on Queens Park Crescent East and find alternate travel routes at the Road Restrictions map. Sections of University Avenue and Queens Park Crescent East are scheduled for watermain replacement and road resurfacing/restoration between 2023 and...

www.toronto.ca

Let me bring forward the 'good news' parts of this:

I did say this would be an improvement over existing and it will be; the Doug Ford accommodations notwithstanding.

 

[Frankietls]

While the proposal is sub-optimal; lets be clear, the cycle tracks are staying, and for the most part, being enhanced. The new vehicles lanes come at the expense of parking, not cyclists or pedestrians.

I can live w/this. Its not my preferred option, but its not only better than feared, but taken a whole, its better than the status quo.

My concern are the cycle tracks/bike lanes South of Queen. Is their width going to be reduced in half in order to accommodate new turning lanes at Adelaide, King and Wellington ?

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

While the proposal is sub-optimal; lets be clear, the cycle tracks are staying, and for the most part, being enhanced. The new vehicles lanes come at the expense of parking, not cyclists or pedestrians.

I can live w/this. Its not my preferred option, but its not only better than feared, but taken a whole, its better than the status quo.

Agreed. The only parts that could be of concern would be at the intersections south of Adelaide, but the good news is at least you got Simcoe to get you to the Waterfront safely.

 

[Northern Light]

My concern are the cycle tracks/bike lanes South of Queen. Is their width going to be reduced in half in order to accommodate new turning lanes at Adelaide, King and Wellington ?

The University Ave Cycle Tracks stop at Adelaide in the south. So King/Wellington doesn't matter. *

I stand corrected per @bearcat below.

I have looked at the King intersection, a quick glance suggests a turn lane is not viable while retaining a buffered cycle track on the SB approach.

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I'd have to look into Queen to Adelaide, but I don't believe any reduction in cycle track width was planned.

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Quick skim, there's already a SB to EB turn lane for Adelaide.

Richmond, I assume the desire would be a SB to WB right hand turn. There appears to be about 2.5M available via lane narrowing, the buffer for the Cycle Track is quite wide here, and they would probably take 0.5m of it. But that's a guess.

 

[innsertnamehere]

This is the reasonable response for University I think - it really doesn't need 8 lanes of traffic but restoring 6 lanes is reasonable. Cutting lanes in half was overkill for the road originally I think and really wasn't necessary to accommodate high quality cycle tracks.

The scourge of on-street parking can die in a fire as far as I'm concerned. The city needs a serious rethink of how much on-street parking it provides in general, it's a wild misuse of public space which would be much better provided for additional space to actually move people be it by travel lane or bicycle lane. Especially in the downtown where every block has a wide variety of off-street parking options.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

Looks like the City of Toronto removed the "Travel Lane Reinstatement" bit from the project website.

 

[ADRM]

notwithstanding

Careful throwing around this term

 

[bearcat]

The University Ave Cycle Tracks stop at Adelaide in the south. So King/Wellington doesn't matter.

I'd have to look into Queen to Adelaide, but I don't believe any reduction in cycle track width was planned.

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Quick skim, there's already a SB to EB turn lane for Adelaide.

Richmond, I assume the desire would be a SB to WB right hand turn. There appears to be about 2.5M available via lane narrowing, the buffer for the Cycle Track is quite wide here, and they would probably take 0.5m of it. But that's a guess.

There is cycle track all the way to just south of Wellington on University. I just recently cycled there on the way to Union Station.

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