08-11-2017, 09:03 AM
(08-11-2017, 07:55 AM)timio Wrote:(08-11-2017, 12:02 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: I have never understood why Queen (the Blvd part from Westheights to Highland) is not targeted more as a cycling route or at least preferred to Highland (a lost cause at this point for cycling) which does have cycling lanes for a part (that go from nowhere (Fischer-Hallman) to nowhere (Westmount)).
That's not the most ludicrous example of bike lanes from nowhere to nowhere in this city. Franklin St in Kitchener has bike lines from Kingsway to the Freshco parking lot ( https://goo.gl/maps/CqaDFjaTk8R2), a total of 50 metres before trickling down to nothing on the one end and fully disappearing at the other. No other road in the area has bike lanes.
I actually don't mind those bike lanes much. The road beyond (in one direction at least) is a neighbourhood connector, not exactly low traffic, but at least not a major road. But the section with bike lanes is a highway overpass (one without an interchange and with bike lanes is something desperately needed for connectivity), but also, because it is an overpass, it is much busier. While I would like to see it connected, and such connections *are* in the city's bike plan...whether that will happen any time soon we will see, I would say that the bike lanes are on the most important section, and a section which people and cyclists probably want to use to get over the highway.