By Michael Holloway, February 28, 2014 11:11 AM Ward 30 Councillor Paula Fletcher, City Staff and Ward 30 Bikes conduct a site visit to see if it's possible to create an cut-through on this Traffic Island - Felstead Avenue, one block West of the Greenwood Bike Lanes, four blocks South of Danforth. Below we're measuring … Continue reading Proposed Felstead Avenue Filtered Access for Bicycles – Site Visit
By Michael Holloway, February 26, 2014 9:23 PM I took a bicycle ride and made a map that shows how the Felstead Ave route 'cut-through' can connect several existing Cycle Infrastructure via On-Street Routes and Informal Connections - some of which also provide opportunities for better Quality connections. @Ward30Bikes - Felstead Ave Connections Map The … Continue reading Felstead Ave Connections & Opportunities for better Quality Connections
By Michael Holloway, February 15, 2014 12:53 AM I've been through planning. What I saw is democracy filtered out reality. Here's the thing: The Tragically Hip: "Now For Plan A" Sounds like Eno. Bigger. If we plan to plan out of hell - will the hell we live in be the opal we see out … Continue reading "Nothing short of everything" – i hate my life; I hate this thing
By Michael Holloway, February 14, 2014 2:30 PM I went for several walk-abouts this week, of the TTC Leslie Barns Construction site on Leslie between Queen St East and Commissioners - Video Camera in hand. This article is mainly about the deplorable condition of the Walking Detour infrastructure around the site This is one of … Continue reading TTC Leslie Barns Street Reconstruction – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detour Issues: North/South Walking Routes
By Michael Holloway, February 14, 2014 2:23 PM A Dangerous Configuration - Lake Shore Boulevard at Leslie St. - East-side Crosswalk The @TTCLeslieBarns related Leslie Street reconstruction detour configuration has moved the right turn lane on northbound Leslie Street 26m to the West of the crosswalk. As drivers make their eastbound turn and approach the … Continue reading TTC Leslie Barns Street Reconstruction – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detour Issues: A Dangerous Configuration at Lake Shore Blvd. Crosswalk
By Michael Holloway, February 9, 2014 7:13 PM Last Summer Ward 30 Bikes held a series of Mapping Meetings - intended to identify problems with the cycling infrastructure already in place; and opportunities to connect informal cycling routes that users have identified. Two of those opportunities are currently in the process of becoming realized. Dixon … Continue reading @CycleToronto – @Ward30Bikes, @Ward32Spokes making progress improving East Side Cycling Routes
By Michael Holloway, February 6, 2014 11:18 PM Yesterday I posted this notice in Facebook at the City of Toronto Cycling site: Future of the Gardiner Expressway East - Public Forum #3 Toronto Reference Library (The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon) 789 Yonge Street Toronto, ON M4W 2G8 Thursday, 6 February 2014 6:30 PM to … Continue reading Future of the Gardiner Expressway East – Public Forum #3 – money, jobs and fanciful artists’ renderings enable thousands of car trips
By Michael Holloway, February 4, 2014 9:55 PM Learning through reading, walk-abouts and writing: Bouchette Street, Logan Avenue & Carlaw Avenue --- Commissioners to Dundas I did a walk-about of the 'South of Eastern Employment Area' in a corridor which includes Carlaw Ave, Logan Ave - and south of Lake Shore, a possible connection from … Continue reading Queen St., Logan, Port Lands, South of Eastern, Dundas/Carlaw Corridor – a walk-about to discover North-South Cycling Opportunities
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