General Road and Highway Discussion

[ijmorlan]

Thanks. Avoiding quoting the whole response it seems that they would need to expropriate only 1.1m from two properties at Mary St to get the 2.4m for two bike lanes. It does not seem excessively expensive, although I don't know how much length would need to be expropriated.

In my mind, Union is an excellent street for bike lanes, as it provides E-W (or N-S, depending on the city you are in) connectivity all the way from Westmount to Margaret, and yet the traffic volumes and speeds are already relatively low. This is where we SHOULD have bikes!

Not only that, but further east there is tons of space — east of Moore it is four lanes when two plus turn lanes is ample. Actually it would move traffic better than the four lanes with no turn lanes we have, so taking the space of one traffic lane for bike lanes would improve motor vehicle traffic flow while simultaneously providing improved bicycle facilities. Some space might be needed for parking but since turn lanes are needed only at intersections there is plenty of space for that between intersections.