Queen Street East is closed at Leslie Street until late June 2014. The Walking Detours The sidewalks are open on both the north side of Queen and the south side. The south side sidewalk detours south to Memory Lane and then back up to Queen. The north side sidewalk detours north to the lane just … Continue reading @TTCLeslieBarns Queen St Closure May 11 to June 21, 2014 – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detours
South of Eastern Strategic Direction - Resource List and Discussion Primer:Resource ListOfficial Documents City of Toronto | City Planning | Community Planning | Toronto and East York District | South of Eastern Strategic Direction | https://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=8f6692540e1c4410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=4b4452cc66061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRDLinks listed at the 'South of Eastern Strategic Direction' link.Active Development ApplicationsHere is a list of active development applications in … Continue reading Active Transportation/Livable Cities – Stakeholder Workshop
The PM Peak.In the pm peak the traffic through Ward 30 takes Eastern Avenue from Front St in the office tower release, to Eastern Avenue to Kingston Rd to Scarborough.Traffic from the core also takes the Gardiner to the Lake Shore Boulevard to Carlaw and up to Eastern to Kingston Rd to Scarborough.The Leslie Street … Continue reading The Amazing Shift – Eastern Avenue draws commute traffic into Riverside, Leslieville, South Riverdale – via Leslie and Carlaw from Lake Shore Boulevard
May 2014 Ward 30 Cycling News Items in this month's email version were incorrect - use this link to network the May Meeting Ward 30 BikesMay News Monthly MeetingWe're holding our regular meeting on this Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 pm at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen Street East.Come out and discuss … Continue reading May 2014 Ward 30 Cycling News
I've been passionate about cycling all my life. I've never had a drivers license, and I've biked everywhere I needed to go; even when I lived in the country as a kid - 10km from my high school. I've written about and mapped about better cycling routes for years over at Biking Toronto1 But l … Continue reading "What she said" – City of Toronto Cheif Planner Jennifer Keesmaat’s ‘Liveable Cities’ narrative
Earlier this week Councillor Paula Fletcher made a request to the community to send it their issues and concerns about the Leslie Street reconstruction.I sent Councillor Fletcher a synopsis of one of Ward 30 Bikes' outstanding issues: incomplete pedestrian detours through the site - noteably on the East side of Leslie South of Eastern.Here's a … Continue reading TTC Leslie Barns Leslie Street Reconstruction – Cyclist & Pedestrian Detour Issues: April 22, 2014 Walk-about
Off the top I should declare that before I lived at Jones and Dundas in Ward 30 - I lived at Main and Lumsden; my family still lives there, I visit them often. I commuted to work from Main and Lumsden, usually to College and Bay for several years - by bicycle. I know this … Continue reading Getting to the Danforth Reconstruction Open House Experience – and experiencing it 🙂
By Val Dodge, April 15, 2014 2:35 pm It's that time again: a whole year (and then some!) has passed since our last quarterly pub night, so we're doing it again. Please join us at Remarks Bar & Grill on Thursday, April 24, 2014 starting at 7:00 p.m. for our Annual Quarterly East End Pub Night event. Members … Continue reading Annual Quarterly East End Pub Night: Thursday, April 24, 2014
By Michael Holloway, April 8, 2014 2:04 PM Ward 30 Bikes asked the City of Toronto Open Data portal for any Bike Count Data they had for Ward 30. We received five data sets: Martin Goodman Trail East (5 days) Lake Shore / Logan (9 days) Lower Don Trail at Queen Street Bridge (6 days) … Continue reading City of Toronto Bicycle Count Data – Plotted on Line Graphs
By Michael Holloway, March 30, 2014 8:15 PM At development meetings I get into trouble advocating for bike parking. What they want to demolish – 1327 Queen East (right) and 1329 Queen East. The houses to the east of this are included in this proposal. They would disappear as well. (Image via The Ashbridge's Neighbourhood … Continue reading "I advocate for "Liveable Cities" Re-development; therefore I advocate for GREAT Bicycle Parking."
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