[DSC]

COLLEGE STREET

 

[PL1]

(What I assume is a ) "bike lane" NB Bayview between roughly north of Broadway and Glen Valley. There's one SB, too. Just painted lines. So useful!

 

[Northern Light]

(What I assume is a ) "bike lane" NB Bayview between roughly north of Broadway and Glen Valley. There's one SB, too. Just painted lines. So useful! View attachment 592221View attachment 592222

Not a bike lane.

An edge line.

Not implemented by cycling and not really intended for cyclists.

 

[PL1]

Not a bike lane.

A curb line.

Not implemented by cycling and not really intended for cyclists.

What's the point? Not wide enough for a moped, so cars can't park there. If a taxi/Uber stops there, another car couldn't pass.

 

[bearcat]

What's the point? Not wide enough for a moped, so cars can't park there. If a taxi/Uber stops there, another car couldn't pass.

Yeah, it looks like they redid the sidewalk and curb here, if the intention is to narrow the lanes to slow cars down, they could have just made the sidewalk wider?

 

[PL1]

Anyway, back down to Donlands/Pape/Millwood. First the *most dangerous* crossing ever. E-W green, while SB green (to Donlands and Pape, but only one lane). Yes, greens at 90°... slightly unsafe for pedestrians! (I've reported this to 311Toronto).

WB Donlands at Millwood:

And machinery in NB Millwood, presumably to work on the bike lane on the bridge:

 

[bearcat]

What's the point? Not wide enough for a moped, so cars can't park there. If a taxi/Uber stops there, another car couldn't pass.

Yeah, it looks like they redid the sidewalk and curb here, if the intention is to narrow the lanes to slow cars down, they could have just made the sidewalk wider?

Yeah, from what I can tell looking at this stretch of road on Google Maps streetview and the photos in this thread, the curbs were completely redone (see red lines) to get rid of what is presumably an old bus layby on the west side and the rightmost lane for a bus stop on the east side (both shaded yellow). I am genuinely curious why the new curbs could just not be done at the curb line.

 

[PL1]

Yeah, from what I can tell looking at this stretch of road on Google Maps streetview and the photos in this thread, the curbs were completely redone (see red lines) to get rid of what is presumably an old bus layby on the west side and the rightmost lane for a bus stop on the east side (both shaded yellow). I am genuinely curious why the new curbs could just not be done at the curb line.

View attachment 592269

They got rid of all bus laybies except at the CNIB afaik. Also remove the NB stop at Glen Vale. The centre lane north of Kilgore is also reduced. Still...

 

[turbanplanner]

Anyway, back down to Donlands/Pape/Millwood. First the *most dangerous* crossing ever. E-W green, while SB green (to Donlands and Pape, but only one lane). Yes, greens at 90°... slightly unsafe for pedestrians! (I've reported this to 311Toronto).
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WB Donlands at Millwood:
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And machinery in NB Millwood, presumably to work on the bike lane on the bridge:
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Unrelated but looking at the last 2 photo's we have 1960's lights/infrastructure still there

 

[PL1]

Unrelated but looking at the last 2 photo's we have 1960's lights/infrastructure still there

The bridge was redone in the ?1990s?? I don't know if the lights were retained, or were deliberately kept of the style.

 

[turbanplanner]

The bridge was redone in the ?1990s?? I don't know if the lights were retained, or were deliberately kept of the style.

afaik that specific model of light is very old, I wish Toronto would upgrade to LED when repairing/redoing an area. They were installing old style lights in new projects as recently as last year

 

[DSC]

Yeah, it looks like they redid the sidewalk and curb here, if the intention is to narrow the lanes to slow cars down, they could have just made the sidewalk wider?

Yes, there are some of these lines on Adelaide & Richmond near Jarvis; there they are to show future curb line but I agree it is very confusing, esp. as extending the sidewalks out is not a small job and there are no actual plans to do it.

 

[Northern Light]

The bridge was redone in the ?1990s?? I don't know if the lights were retained, or were deliberately kept of the style.

It was last rehabbed in 2004/2005, so 20 years ago.

It hasn't had a true gut since it was widened in 1969.

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afaik that specific model of light is very old, I wish Toronto would upgrade to LED when repairing/redoing an area. They were installing old style lights in new projects as recently as last year

Its not that old..........its a very slightly more elaborate version of the conventional cobra-style fixture that's been in use since the late 1970s.

I'm not sure when those lights date from, could be the '05 re-do, but I think they look older than that, maybe early 90s.

There were no cobra lights in the 1960s, never mind 1927 when the bridge was built.

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I would like to see them converted LED as well though, but I would prefer a more decorative pole and fixture for the bridge.

This is a picture of the bridge from 1928:

Credit James Salmon - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaside_Bridge#/media/File:LeasideMillwoodBridge.jpg

 

[Toronto1834]

I was starting to wonder whether the Harbod/Hoskin cycling upgrades bundled with resurfacing and watermains was moving forward this year. Going to bid committee Wednesday. https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.BA93.10

Construction notice dated August 30. Work starts September 9, estimated completion October 6, 2025.

https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/8d6c-24ECS-LU-08SU-w11-HarbordHoskinHuron-wm-sani-con-Aug2024REV1AODA.pdf

 

[Northern Light]

Some improvements to the Dundas bike lane/cycle track, east of Logan:

Before:

After:

Source: Councillor Fletcher's Newsletter for August 30th, 2024