The Cycling Network Plan: Beyond Avenue Road
Submitted by RyShissler on October 8, 2021 - 11:48amAvenue Road just north of Bloor Street. Photo courtesy of Michael Aitkens/CBC
Avenue Road just north of Bloor Street. Photo courtesy of Michael Aitkens/CBC
City Council will review an update to the City’s Cycling Network Plan, this fall. However, cycling shouldn’t be considered in isolation. Cycling, sustainability, and road safety need to be considered in all roadwork decisions.
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Today is one for the history books! Toronto City Council just passed the largest package of cycling infrastructure in our city’s history: 40 km of bike lanes to be installed in a little over a month.
Toronto, this victory is yours!
Today, the City of Toronto announced specifics on where protected cycling infrastructure will be accelerated under the ActiveTO program. New protected cycling infrastructure will be built quickly, using interim materials, along corridors identified in the City of Toronto Cycling Network Plan for delivery this summer.
Cycle Toronto has been advocating for safe space for active transportation as part of the COVID-19 response and recovery for nearly two months. In our open letter to the Office of Recovery and Rebuild, Cycle Toronto proposed three general guidelines around which to focus an active transportation strategy in the short-term so as to build Toronto’s resiliency in the long-term:
Sign the petition to Keep ActiveTO before City Council decides its fate at the end of 2021!
ActiveTO to rebalance Toronto’s streets and create more space for people biking
Photo courtesy of Nicholas Jones
Just before the end of the year we wrote an article about our highlights from 2019. If you haven’t read it, check it out now. While Cycle Toronto had some significant milestones, one thing we did not see was an improvement in new cycling infrastructure with only 3 km of on-street bike lanes installed.