Eglinton could be an excellent cycling corridor, but the proposed cycling infrastructure is apparently being neglected

Unfortunately, the only article I could find on this topic is a BlogTO article with a clickbait title. However, the issue is an important one, and the the article has some more information. The Crosstown LRT was envisioned to have bike lanes across the city from the beginning along its route, which would allow people to cycle across the city safely on a safe, straight, and continuous route.With the whole street being reconstructed, there’s an opportunity for safe and high-quality protected bike lanes. Yet, as we can see in the BlogTO article, the implementation is concerning. It looks like they’re just going to paint lines on the road along the above-ground portion of the LRT line on Eglinton.The central part of Eglinton where the LRT is underground doesn’t even have continuous bike lanes of any kind planned and funded at the moment. Metrolinx is building bike lanes in front of underground station entrances only. It’s an issue that needs to be raised and advanced with the mayor and council.Eglinton could be a transformative street for cycling, but it looks like the cycling infrastructure is being neglected. Painted bike lanes with no buffer are substandard on the busy and congested parts of Eglinton in Scarborough. If that’s simply tolerated and accepted, the Finch West LRT project’s proposed cycling infrastructure may end up being substandard or missing as well.We need to do better with these projects. There’s no excuse not to build high-quality cycling infrastructure with the space available and the roads being reconstructed for the LRT. via /r/toronto https://ift.tt/2WOxtFe