Archive For The “transit” Category

The New Roncesvalles: Ride Your Bike up onto the Curb

By | November 21, 2010

Back in the spring of 2009, the renovation of Roncesvalles Ave. was just getting underway.  Plans called for many more trees and wider sidewalks, including sidewalk “bump-outs” at some streetcar stops to allow transit users to board streetcars directly from the sidewalk. One bit of controversy was that while the street is planned to be [...]

Related posts:

  1. Have Your Say: Roncesvalles Streetcar Stops and Cyclists
  2. Headlines: Bike Infrastructure on Jarvis and Roncesvalles
  3. Balancing Streetcar Accessibility with Cyclist Safety on the new Roncesvalles

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The New Roncesvalles: Ride Your Bike up onto the Curb

By | November 21, 2010

Back in the spring of 2009, the renovation of Roncesvalles Ave. was just getting underway.  Plans called for many more trees and wider sidewalks, including sidewalk “bump-outs” at some streetcar stops to allow transit users to board streetcars directly from the sidewalk. One bit of controversy was that while the street is planned to be [...]

Related posts:

  1. Have Your Say: Roncesvalles Streetcar Stops and Cyclists
  2. Headlines: Bike Infrastructure on Jarvis and Roncesvalles
  3. Balancing Streetcar Accessibility with Cyclist Safety on the new Roncesvalles

Read more »

Does TTC Environmental Assessment for Lakeshore Facility ignore Cyclists?

By | October 3, 2010

The TTC is planning on building a substantial “Barns” facility on the southeast corner of Leslie St. and Lake Shore Blvd., and has just completed an Environmental Assessment. Paul Young of the South Riverdale Community Health Centre has sent along his review of the EA: As you may know SET BUG and Bike Sauce have [...]

Related posts:

  1. New Unwin Bridge Coming for Martin Goodman Trail
  2. SmartCentres and their Dumb BigBox Parking Lot Plan for the Lakeshore Multi-Use Path
  3. Public Comments about Leslie Street and Eastern Avenue Bikelanes

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Cyclist Pinned Under Streetcar on Spadina

By | August 23, 2010

Be careful out there everyone.  It’s a good idea NOT to cut in front of streetcars.

A cyclist was pinned under a streetcar in Chinatown on Sunday, suffering severe but not life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses reported that the 30-year-old cyclist cut in front of the streetcar. The collision happened near Spadina and Nassaua around 6pm.
[CityTV]
The cyclist [...]

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