Comment 69672

By Robert D (anonymous) | Posted September 15, 2011 at 13:13:13

I believe my ward - Ward 7 - was one where Bike lanes were proposed along Queensdale, and then vetoed by our councillor. Queensdale would have been a perfect choice because it's one of the few (if not the only) continuous east-west "secondary" streets on the north end of the mountain.

Quite unfortunately really that it was vetoed (unless the plan was just withdrawn...). The claim was something to the effect that Queensdale didn't need bike lanes because the road isnt' busy enough (read: dangerous enough) to warrant them.

I'm sure Concession Street would be "too narrrow" (in fact it boggles the mind it's a "truck route" at all, since it's two lanes with on street parking on both sides for most of the street). Similarly Mohawk and Fennell would be "too busy" to justify bike lanes, which leaves us with, understandably, no east-west bike lanes at all.

Ryan, to your point, do you think the city would go and spend 17 million on bike lanes? If they don't build the velodrome, I think they're unlikely to do anything constructive with even the $5 million they presently have allocated (like Bike lanes, or cleaning up randle reef), they'll likely dedicate it to construction of the James St. North GO Station.

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