Some great bike stuff happening in wards 18 and 19
Just want to share a few bike posts for ward 18 and 19:
Ward 18 - Also, I was at the Junction Triangle Traffic Management Plan proposal meeting the other night and since they are looking at using one way streets for traffic control, the group was quite anxious to look at how they could incorporate contra flow bike lanes too. After all, they want to discourage non local automobile traffic - not cyclists! Councillor Ana Bailao was very supportive.
http://torontorealestateblog.com/junction-triangle-traffic-management-pr...
Ward 19 - I attended the Shaw St - Contra flow Public Open House. It was a great opportunity to learn more about contra flow lanes, how they help with the flow of cyclists and make Toronto more bikeable (not a word, but should be).
It was inspiring to learn about all the great things that are underway, so I wrote a blog post:http://torontorealestateblog.com/how-important-are-toronto-bike-lanes-wh... and posted all the pictures in a gallery: http://torontorealestateblog.com/shaw-street-bikeway-public-open-house-g... if anyone is interested.
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#1 ARGYLE WALK and ward check
Submitted by Bike Mark on 7 March, 2013 - 19:46.
ARGYLE WALK and ward check in. ONE WEEK NOTICE -ish
when: March 13th 2013, 5:30 pm
where: Trinity Bellwoods Rec Centre, 155 Crawford St, front doors (faceing Crawford). Look for me, Mark, I'll have a funny hat on and Cycle Toronto sign.
why: The ward 18 group has been asked by the City and Councilor Bailao to submit ideas and comments for the forthcoming Argyle countraflow bike way. We'll walk, talk and observe Argyle from Shaw to Gladstone Ave.
It's down on the books, but it's still a ways from implimentation. We need to figure out some design constraints and garner community support.
how long: the walk will be between 30 minutes to an hour, then we will have a short ward check-in at the West End Food Co-op, in the Parkdale Community Health Centre, 1229 Queen West.
what to bring: Ideas! and warm clothes.