The arrival of bike lanes on Bloor St. has never been closer to reality. This spring, Toronto city council will vote on a pilot project that would witness the installation of dedicated bikeways on Bloor between Shaw St. and Avenue Rd. If approved, installation would likely take place in late summer 2016.
The design includes a separated bike lane and one lane of traffic in each direction. There would be some loss of parking, but the design was completed with input from the public and Business Improvement Areas.
The meeting is being held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre on Bloor just west of Spadina Avenue.
The lane on Bloor is part of a plan to add nearly 41 kilometres of new bike lanes to Toronto over the next 10 years. Bike lanes on two other major corridors, Yonge Street and Dupont Street, are also being considered.
Toronto currently has an 856-kilometre bike network, with 558.4 kilometres of on-street lanes and 297.4 off-road trails.
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