1d ago

Protected bike lane with artworks by local artists!

https://mastodon.social/@JasonThorne/115083776485545892

The only thing better than a protected bike lane, is a protected bike lane with artworks by local artists! The new Lansdowne Avenue cycle track murals are looking good.

Shoutout to Street Art Toronto, Cycle Toronto and the City of Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects Unit #BikeTooter

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1d ago

Protected bike lane with artworks by local artists!

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How dare they!
Not only are they improving traffic flow and protecting cyclists, but they're making the city prettier in the process. Doug Ford will NOT stand for this!
I'd rather a dedicated cycle path without any road nearby, but this is still nice. I'll celebrate small victories.
Better: ban the cars from the road
That looks great!
That's great. Certainly beats looking at soulless concrete.
That is awesome.
Man, I would even take a detour to make this part of my work commute.
Doug Ford is fuming
I thought Mayor Daley i mean Premier Doug Ford tore those up in the middle of the night?
- Thankfully, Toronto's won so far in the courts versus Ford, and we still have rule of law in Canada. Props to locals who restored the Orlando memorial crosswalk
Damn that’s some good looking protection of bike lanes. Where I reside it’s maybe like a foot or less tall!
Nice
I have a hard time accepting that as truly protected with the average size of our vehicles mixed with the speed limits and design of our roads. Large trucks or SUVs would likely jump right over those barriers if hit 60-80 km/hr, which is a common speed people travel on a road like that.
- That's true. That said, I think we need to solve this prinarily by removing these vehicles from the city streets. By perhaps taxing size/power/etc. Similar to how Japan does it. Perhaps not to the extent of putting everyone in K-cars but most single-passenger trucks and SUVs used for commute should go away from most of the city. That would leave more space for tradespeople, supply trucks and vans getting where they need to go in reasonable time. And it would increase the safety on all bike lanes, separated or otherwise. It would also increase pedestrian safety.
  
  This is a partial solution, but as you said tradesmen and the like would still be driving trucks. Designing barrier that can adequately stop a truck would be the best imo. Barriers like that would also probably reduce road noise for the cyclists.
- Speed limit on Lansdowne, as is the case on many major roads in Toronto, is 40km/h. Of course some do exceed to the excesses you mention, but they are an exceptional rarity, especially on this particular stretch with a blind curve dipping under a train trestle (just out of frame to the right).

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