Really? This is Kipling Avenue and Albion Road. As you can see, the road was reconstructed very recently, but the slip lanes were kept. And the crosswalk got a downgrade?? No zebra markings.
2019
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2020
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Yes, I know this is a skewed intersection, but the angle isn't that sharp, and the city has removed slip lanes at many skewed intersections. You could've easily reconfigured the corners. Here's what they should've done.
Current:
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Instead:
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You can use Truck Aprons! This forces most drivers to take a sharper angle when turning but still allows larger vehicles to turn. The city's engineering staff know their options, but sometimes it seems like Vision Zero is just an afterthought.
You know, I think your a very well intended and very smart guy but sometimes, I think you let your anger get the better of you, and I don't think that serves you, or the cause of cycling well.
First off, the project you showed is a resurfacing, and a minor one, not a reconstruction. You can easily tell by looking at the old median, and the by the relative height of the curb.
Second, when do you think a project done in 2020 was designed? Hint: A minimum of 2 years earlier if not 3 or 4 or more.
A change in City policy does not trigger re-doing existing designs. This is a practical matter, there's only so many staff and so much time, and if you pull the plug to redesign a project it costs a lot of money and time, and
it makes other departments or units with whom you have to work a bit grumpy.
Third, when do you think the current head of City Cycling and Pedestrian Infrastructure arrived in Toronto? Answer: September 2019, this project pre-dates her influence considerably.
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I totally get where you coming from Hafeez. Your irritated, because something you've given serious thought to, and had a passion for, for 5, maybe 10 years isn't moving fast enough........
Imagine if you'd been doing that same advocacy work for 35 years.
I'm incredibly pleased to see things moving forward faster than ever, led by staff who actually get out and cycle, not just for show, but every single day.
Is it going as fast as I'd like? No.
But the machine is moving fast.........much faster than you think.
I've dropped a slew of hints about this year's work program, and there's stuff I haven't said yet, because its not the right time.
It would have been nice if the above intersection had been done differently..........that was then, this is now. Different leaders, different policies.