Category: Construction

@Ward30Bikes ‘Pre-Walk’ of the @TTCLeslieBarns Public Liaison Committee’s – March "Safety Walk"

By Michael Holloway, March 18, 2014 10:33 PM The Leslie Street reconstruction configuration has changed. Ped&Cyclist walk of Leslie planned for Wednesday (6:30pm at Community office)#biketo @Ward30Bikes @Ward32Spokes pic.twitter.com/aDH8gY0yOi — Leslie Barns (@TTCLeslieBarns) March 11, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The @TTCLeslieBarns Public Liason Committee is walking the new traffic re-routing as concerns cyclist and pedestrian detours from … Continue reading @Ward30Bikes ‘Pre-Walk’ of the @TTCLeslieBarns Public Liaison Committee’s – March "Safety Walk" →

TTC Leslie Barns Street Reconstruction – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detour Issues: North/South Walking Routes

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 →

TTC Leslie Barns Street Reconstruction – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detour Issues: A Dangerous Configuration at Lake Shore Blvd. Crosswalk

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 →

Leslie Street Construction – Meeting Summary Notes from the 2013/12/18 "Community Safety Walk"

By Michael Holloway, January 7, 2014 2:41 PM On Wednesday December 18th a group of neighbourhood cyclists from Ward 30 Bikes (and others) attended the TTC Leslie Barns Public Liasion Team's Safety Walk. Experts from: City Transportation, TTC, General Contractor Pomerleau, and Lura Public Relations (specialists for Public construction projects) - walked the site as … Continue reading Leslie Street Construction – Meeting Summary Notes from the 2013/12/18 "Community Safety Walk" →

@Ward30Bikes attending @TTCLeslieBarns Community Liaison meetings – Monitoring Cyclist & Pedestrian Construction Detours

By Jo Oppenheimer, December 13, 2013 6:46 PM The TTC Community Liaison Group (CLG) met the evening of 10 December. These meetings are used to report actions taken on items noted at the previous month’s meeting, report construction updates, and to identify problems/issues since the last meeting. Community delegates, Community Liaison employees, City of Toronto … Continue reading @Ward30Bikes attending @TTCLeslieBarns Community Liaison meetings – Monitoring Cyclist & Pedestrian Construction Detours →

Feedback to the TTC Leslie Barns Construction Liaison Group (CLG) – Lura Consulting Representative – regarding Bicycle Construction Detours

By Michael Holloway, November 28, 2013 10:05 PM Re: Update: Mosley and Leslie Intersection Closure TO: Niki Angelis Community Outreach Officer, Leslie Barns FROM: Michael Holloway Cycle Toronto advocacy group, Ward 30 Bikes (Cc: soda-bikes@googlegroups.com; ward_30@cycleto.ca) Thanks Niki, I thought that might be a City thing - thanks for forwarding my observation. Early in the process … Continue reading Feedback to the TTC Leslie Barns Construction Liaison Group (CLG) – Lura Consulting Representative – regarding Bicycle Construction Detours →

Jog-Downs at Temporary Entrances off Lake Shore into the Big Box Stores at Leslie Street are too Abrupt – Blinding Cyclists to approaching, turning cars.

by Michael Holloway, October 25, 2013 12:22 PM Took a tour of the construction detours of bicycle infrastructure around the Leslie Street reco nstruction today. Many have posted about how happy they are with all the effort and diligence that the TTC and Toronto Transportation have put into these detours - as part of the … Continue reading Jog-Downs at Temporary Entrances off Lake Shore into the Big Box Stores at Leslie Street are too Abrupt – Blinding Cyclists to approaching, turning cars. →