Comments on The Urban Country: The Bike Path That Almost Was

i used to take this west to east path on my commut...

2010-04-06T20:45:18.048-04:00

i used to take this west to east path on my commutes from the west end, it is a great down hill ride from martingrove all the way to Jane St, however from Jane there isn't a great direct route to downtown.. you have to get creative to weave your way back to bloor st. now if there was a bike path that was paralell to the rail path that went all the way down town would be ideal... however bridges over the humber make for detours again.

The deterrent from doing this on most Toronto arte...

2010-01-25T19:15:50.518-05:00

The deterrent from doing this on most Toronto arterials is the ubiquitous strip-mall and the horribly designed driveways that come along with them. Drivers entering and exiting through such a bike path is an accident waiting to happen.

Eglinton west was spared this, because it was originally built to be upgraded to an expressway.

Toronto's new planning guidelines prevent parking lot frontages, but it will be a while before these ugly beasts are extinct.

Agreed Todd, this is definitely a model that could...

2010-01-25T09:04:51.770-05:00

Agreed Todd, this is definitely a model that could be used on other suburban roads where people are rightfully fearful of riding their bikes.

I couldn't see these bike paths being much more expensive than the sidewalk - considering they use the less expensive asphalt (vs. concrete sidewalks).

This would give people in the suburbs an alternative option vs. always defaulting to their cars.

Great path - and really, what's stopping this mode...

2010-01-25T06:26:08.772-05:00

Great path - and really, what's stopping this model from being used elsewhere? Steeles could be like this for much of its length, Dufferin north of the Allen Expressway could also. The model of: road, wide strip of grass or pavement, wide sidewalk, then wider strip of grass on the other side is all over the 'burbs and could be adapted so easily to road, curb, bike lane, grass, sidewalk. Imagine, for example, what you could do with *this* stretch: http://is.gd/6ZzZx

Boyan, my camera has a few different settings: "mi...

2010-01-24T23:08:22.680-05:00

Boyan, my camera has a few different settings: "mildly creepy", "moderately creepy" and "extremely creepy".

I was using the "extremely creepy" setting while taking that shot.

Glad you enjoyed my creepiness ;)

I like how your blog is starting to gain an identi...

2010-01-24T22:31:18.215-05:00

I like how your blog is starting to gain an identity centered around promoting cycling.

Nice video, though at around 1:50 you starting looking a little creepy... just standing there, not moving, in black and white.