[DSCToronto]

Bradford is a cyclist, but everything I see from him suggests that he is going the populist route in support of a future run at becoming mayor

Yes, I used to think he was generally quite sensible but not recently. His fingers are all over THIS too. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/th...cle_1005bdb2-e4db-11ef-960b-fb3fbcd6088f.html

 

[PL1]

hes a high park cyclist. believes its a toy. not a method of transportation

He rides almost daily, and commutes. Or at least he did. He and I traded the KOM on a Strava segment commute a couple of years back. Regardless, the person he is (or plays) now so not the person I voted for when he first ran a few years back. Disappointing on many issues

 

[mburrrrr]

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This was the proposal at some point.

Though looks like the Backstage garage entrance was forgotten lol.

Where are these daily, illegal (but free) accessibility permit (assuming CIBC construction workers) cars/trucks going to park?
No parking zone, some in a no standing zone, some too close to the traffic light. The Esplanade, south side east at Yonge.

 

[Northern Light]

Ok.....first thing on this nonsense from Cllr. Bradford above...... lets look at this area:

So what's important to note here right off the bat is that during shuttle periods or the heavy buses for fireworks at the Beach, buses board on Strathmore, the side street on the left hand side of the picture.

There is space there for 3 conventional buses.

No, it doesn't work well, but I fail to understand the cycle track idea here. For one moment lets say, that buses pulling here would be fine, cyclists be damned....

But the TTC has never loaded buses on Woodbine here. The procedure hasn't changed in decades. The sidewalk here is dangerously narrow (the proposed development here by choice will more more than double it....the sidewalk is also obstructed by a garbage can, an old vending box stand, and an Info post, which limits its utility further. The actual clear'ish distance here only permits 2 buses, as opposed to 3 on Strathmore.

Grumble.....

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So what are better solutions?

A raised cycle track here is not a bad idea, given the narrow sidewalk, it would be overrun by pedestrians in a shutdown situation, given the current conditions, but that's no worse than being overrun by buses stopping. Its a fine idea, but not one that would actually improve shuttle operations.

There are a few different options for short-term ad hoc solutions. So there are ones that don't require expanding the station, building new entrances etc. Limited to altering sidewalks/cycle tracks/roads.

Here we go:

Whoops.... caption on lower right got cut off, Shuttles would do likewise.

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Longer term changes should include modifying the station bus terminal to allow for an artic being able to load, and more bus platform space. The bus driveway should exit further east on Strathmore, allowing for one of the loading buses on Strathmore to be an artic as well.

This has not been incorporated in the Choice proposal despite my strong suggestion....... because Bradford is a #!@#.

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Also, the station really should get a third exit directly to Cedarvale. This wouldn't help much w/shuttle operation but would alleviate crowding in such conditions, a little bit.

 

[nfitz]

Bradford is a cyclist, but everything I see from him suggests that he is going the populist route in support of a future run at becoming mayor

So he claims. But it's not the first time he's made the Woodbine bike lane more dangerous.

Bradford finished something like 8th for mayor last time - and only one spot higher (7th?) in his own ward! I don't think he could get elected dog-catcher at this point.