[EastYorkTTCFan]

Because Eglinton is slated to have bike lanes between Mt. Dennis and Kennedy? It makes sense to extend them into Etobicoke.

Is Eglington wide enough though in that are to have them with the LRT and trafic lanes?

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Is Eglington wide enough though in that are to have them with the LRT and trafic lanes?

Why shouldn't it be?

In addition to the suburban arterial width, we have a greenway running alongside it.

 

[Towered]

Why do we need to give out bike lanes like opera did with cars? Can't we have a major street without them anymore?

No, we shouldn't.

 

[innsertnamehere]

The opera gives out cars? I should buy a ticket, seems like a great deal.

 

[Juan_Lennon416]

The opera gives out cars? I should buy a ticket, seems like a great deal.

That was not funny but I laughed anyway

The opera gives out cars? Yep...the Phantom of the Opera gives them out but only in black and white

 

[crs1026]

Ummm.... Eglinton West already has bike paths, west of Jane anyways. Good ones, well separated from the road.

- Paul

 

[innsertnamehere]

Yup. once the crosstown is built there will be about 27km of bike lanes along Eglinton, running from Scarborough to Mississauga.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Yup. once the crosstown is built there will be about 27km of bike lanes along Eglinton, running from Scarborough to Mississauga.

I'm guessing the (York and Kay Gardner) Beltline Trail doesn't count, because of the Allen Road barrier?

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I'm guessing the (York and Kay Gardner) Beltline Trail doesn't count, because of the Allen Road barrier?

One day I would like this to become a cycling highway of sorts.

But cycling on Eglinton is for local traffic and local destinations.

 

[lead82]

I don't see any guarantees that the Eglinton Connects project gets off the ground. It's not funded as far as I understand and it was Keesmats idea and she is leaving. The next planner may likely be more conservative and may not fight hard for it. It also depends who is mayor in the next term. A left wing mayor would be helpful or even Tory maybe ok. With Ford as mayor you can bet no bike lanes will ever be built on Eglinton.

 

[innsertnamehere]

It does have funding for the areas above the stations - Metrolinx has agreed to restore the street to the Eglinton Connects design. The city just needs funding to fill in the blanks - which I suspect won't be too hard.

 

[Tuck]

Because Eglinton is slated to have bike lanes between Mt. Dennis and Kennedy? It makes sense to extend them into Etobicoke.



I think it is time for this map to be posted again.

View attachment 121362

Scarborough is big. The stop spacing is fine.

(Unless you are referring to the stretch between Don Mills and Victoria Park, I too would remove one of Ferrand / Wynford)

Isn't the stop spacing smaller than the TTC Express bus its replacing?

EDIT: Looks like the LRT does have more stops for some reason. Meh, not a big deal.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

I don't see any guarantees that the Eglinton Connects project gets off the ground. It's not funded as far as I understand and it was Keesmats idea and she is leaving. The next planner may likely be more conservative and may not fight hard for it. It also depends who is mayor in the next term. A left wing mayor would be helpful or even Tory maybe ok. With Ford as mayor you can bet no bike lanes will ever be built on Eglinton.

Tory campaigned on cancelling Eglinton Connects and bravery defending auto drivers.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Tory didn't campaign on cancelling it - just modifying the central section so that it maintained 4 lanes - which he didn't end up doing anyway.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Tory didn't campaign on cancelling it - just modifying the central section so that it maintained 4 lanes - which he didn't end up doing anyway.

He did campaign on canceling it (see second last paragraph), but he rescinded that promise two weeks later, which I was not aware.

What are the chances that this ever gets funding? $150 Million is a big chunk of change, and I don't anticipate the mayor would be an enthusiastic advocate for the project.