51 Larchmount Ave.
Toronto, Ontario

Public Meeting regarding creating a bike lane on Leslie Street, with councillor Paula Fletcher. Wednesday, March 7, 6:30 pm. Bruce Jr. Public School, 51 Larchmount Ave.

Actually, some of us have argued this is a crucial–and missing–linkage in the city’s bikeplan, connectiing the Jones Ave and Dundas E. bike lanes, and the residential neighbourhoods north of the lake, with the Leslie St spit, the martin goodman, and the lakeshore bikepath. the situation on Leslie is going to get worse with the impending opening of a big box Canadian Tire store on Lakeshore blvd and the recent sale of property at eastern and Leslie to Walmart…

Fact is, Paula fletcher has come back to the community with a proposal for a two-block “traffic calming” bikelane on Eastern, but no willingness to touch leslie itself. The situation is complicated in that Leslie south of Queen marks the border with Sandra Bussin, and Bussin seems to have a car stuck up her driveway, so to speak.

But consider the situation on Leslie: Leslie carries under 800 cars per hour in either direction, at peak hours (760 cars/hour southbound pm peak, 615 cars/hour northbound pm peak). Davenport got bikelanes with 800 cars/hour. Dundas with bikelanes handles 1100 cars/hour at am peak) (all figures–toronto transportation services–2006 data).

It would be fantastic to have supporters at this meeting…Paula needs to hear from Toronto cyclists on this one!

Sandra is another question…

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Added by bikingtoronto on March 5, 2007

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