06-12-2019, 12:01 PM
(06-12-2019, 11:51 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: https://www.therecord.com/news-story/943...ce=twitter&source=wr_record&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=&utm_campaign_id=&utm_content=
Pilot will involve 5 km of bike lanes separated from traffic using flex posts and small rubber curbs. Since this uses materials there are some limitations, buses will still use the bike lane to access bus stops, and intersections are not planned to be protected, but this is still a huge investment from the city, probably the biggest I've ever seen.
Queens Blvd. and Belmont Ave. will be going from 4 lanes to 3, which is a much safer configuration, which should also hopefully slow traffic to a reasonable speed.
While i'm definitely in favour of additional bike lanes, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't a better choice than Belmont Avenue for the pilot. It runs literally adjacent to the IHT after all...