1. Duncan
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   While looking over the Toronto Cycling Map I noticed a brief description of contra-flow bike lanes. I had no idea Toronto had any of these... turns out there are two. So I paid a short visit to one just the other day:

   Currently, amid the abundance of one-way streets in Toronto there are just two contra-flow bike lanes. Contra-flow bike lanes allow cyclists to go against the grain of car traffic, something I'm certain many people including myself would like to see more of in the downtown core.

   One of these lanes is in Riverdale and runs along Strathcona Avenue helping to lead cyclists eastbound from Withrow Park before ending at Jones Avenue. The second lane, one I took a quick ride along on a quiet afternoon, runs north from Harbord Street up to Bloor Street West along Montrose Avenue just east of Bickford Park.

   When you reach Harbord on Montrose, ready to head north, you're greeted with the signs pictured below:

   

   You can read the rest of my story at Duncan's City Ride.

   Do you think we could use more contra-flow bike lanes in Toronto? Where would you like to see them in use?

   Duncan's City Ride - That's my blog about cycling in the city of Toronto, natch!

2. toddtyrtle
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Don't forget the one at Chester Hill Road and Broadview. That one's a great time-saver allowing southbound cyclists to get to the Bloor Viaduct without dealing with the traffic at Broadview and Danforth. Works great.

   I definitely think that there should be more, particularly in the residential neighbourhoods where 1 way streets are used for traffic calming and to keep cars from using them as a shortcut.

3. adcIN416
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Isn't there one on Logan too?

4. joe
   Admin
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I think you're right adclN416 (how do you pronounce that? haha)... there's one on Logan south of Dundas where it turns into a one-way street. Between Dundas and Gerrard it's a 2-way street with 2-way bikelanes. :)

5. toddtyrtle
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Wow, I didn't know about the one on Logan - I might actually use that one. Thanks!

6. Duncan
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Now that I look even closer, there's one on Knox between Queen Street East and Eastern Ave... I guess they are springing up faster than I thought.

   Parkdale could use a lot of these lanes. Although, space is so limited on these streets that simply allowing contra-flow bicycle traffic on these streets would be easier to implement and could help keep cyclists off the sidewalks.

   Duncan's City Ride - That's my blog about cycling in the city of Toronto, natch!

7. joe
   Admin
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Good news for Parkdale... at the June 3rd Public Works Committee Meeting, they approved a whole bunch of new bikelanes, including a lot of contra-flow lanes... many of which are in the west end:

   • 
     Contra-flow bikelanes:
     
     a. Argyle Street, from Northcote Avenue to Lisgar Street, from Dovercourt Road
     to Ossington Avenue, and from Shaw Street to Givins Street;
     b. Bellwoods Avenue, from a point 90 metres north of Queen Street West to
     Robinson Street;
     c. Glen Cedar Road, from Dewbourne Avenue to Eglinton Avenue West;
     d. Fermanagh Avenue, from Roncesvalles Avenue to Sorauren Avenue;
     e. Florence Street, from Brock Avenue to Sheridan Avenue;
     f. Gladstone Avenue, from Waterloo Avenue to Argyle Street;
     g. Havelock Street, from Lindsey Avenue to Dewson Street;
     h. Lindsey Avenue, from Brock Avenue to Dufferin Street;
     i. Maitland Place, from Jarvis Street to a point 100 metres west of Homewood
     Avenue;
     j. Shaw Street, from Dundas Street West to Harbord Street;
     h. Waterloo Avenue, from Dufferin Street to Gladstone Avenue.

   I haven't figured out how to embed GoogleMaps in this forum yet (I'm working on it)... but here's a link to the blog post, which has all these bikelanes mapped out. :)

8. joe
   Admin
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Took a screenshot of the west-end part of the map for you. :)

   

9. Duncan
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Since writing this article I've used this bike lane a dozen or so times. The entire trip from Dundas up to Bloor is fairly enjoyable and kinda scenic too. Passing through residential streets with much quieter traffic gives you the opportunity to see how people live in a neighbourhood. It's just a shame that this lane dumps you out on Bloor, ruining the fun of the previous leg of my journey.

   Duncan's City Ride - That's my blog about cycling in the city of Toronto, natch!

10. AnnieD
    Member
    Posted 3 years ago #
    

    Sussex and the Easternmost part of Lennox, between Bathurst and Spadina, could use contraflow lanes. It's one of those streets where one block is a 1-way in one direction and the next block is a 1-way in the other direction. It runs parallel to the section of Hallam that doesn't have any bike lanes so provides a nice alternative. My son bikes to his diving class at UofT and I would feel more comfortable if he biked back along Sussex rather than along Hallam, though better still - finish the bike lanes on Hallam! But even with bike lanes on Hallam, Sussex would continue to by used, I'm sure. There are always tons of cyclists on it.

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