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By rrrandy (registered) - website | Posted May 07, 2010 at 17:41:39
We keep talking about the broken links that cyclists are expected to endure - so we have bits of bike lanes here and there, and then Hamilton's one-way streets which mean cyclists have to go blocks out of the way to access routes - coming out of Westdale on King is a good example of where two way streets would help people stay of sidewalks - to access the King Street bike lanes on the bridge over the 403, the most direct route would be to take a bit of sidewalk - but NOT when there are pedestrians nearby! - I sometimes use the sidewalk on the traffic island at King and Paradise to get from eastbound King to King Street bridge; or I might take the sidewalk in front of Temple Anshe Shalom on Cline North to cut through GR Allen school to Glen - and sometimes the sidewalk in front of G.R Allen school if the kids are in the playground - and sometimes I stay on the road which takes me from King West, a left turn at Longwood (scary turning there on a bike with cars zooming towards me from behind as they come around the corner)- a right on Glen, Glen with a couple stop signs to Macklin, where I turn right and then if clear, I go to the sidewalk on the east side before entering the bridge bike lane. Anyone using this route will understand the difficulty involved. Two way traffic would help make the route more direct, with bike lanes. I share a disgust about adults riding on the sidewalk among pedestrians, its dangerous and selfish, but this is not the same as responsibly trying to get by with a broken system of bike routes.
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