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One of the cool things about physics is that you don't need to be there to see it do its thing.

Science always happens.

All the time.

Any person, any time of day.

Whether schools are in session or not:

walking
cycling
sitting in a cafe
On a skateboard
Pushing a stroller
waiting at a transit stop
getting on/off a school bus
In a pedestrian cross over
Taking their dog for a walk

A “best friend” figure on a bike against a pink background. Text reads: There’s a life on every bike. Always look around before opening your car door to ensure everyone gets home safely. City of Toronto, 311 Toronto at your Service and Vision Zero logos in the corners of the image.

#DYK that if a person cycling is struck by a driver travelling 50 km/h, their chance of survival is only 10%? Whether you’re a new or experienced driver, always drive carefully around vulnerable road users. 🚴

Find #RoadSafety tips at toronto.ca/WatchforBikes.

You, maybe.
Not me.

Or cry.

They're not even trying.

All my friends have told me they can't go anywhere in the world - without seeing a lot of things they never noticed before.

Can't even count the number of random photos I've received just like this from people. 🙃

Yes, many of the planters on the new Harbord Hoskin have rainwater inlets and "beehive" catchbasins within the planter.

Whenever the grades work.

Harbord/Hoskin is a very "flat" street, good for cycling, bad for drainage.

Sorry to hear people are not happy.
- The contractor & local organizations are doing the planting on this project.
- The contract does include watering of the plants they plant. We do a lot of silly things, but issuing a contract that has planting and not watering isn't currently one of them.

Raccoon 🦝 🦷🦷

This was done as part of a road reconstruction.
We usually can't do things like move curbs and move catchbasins.

But when we can, we can do some pretty great stuff.

As I always say, we are grateful for our hundreds of hard working volunteer site inspectors.
#BikeTO

Thanks for the site inspection 🙃

That's an old design.

As we learn and develop more ways to design and build things - we design and build them better.

This is the 2nd bikeway corridor to use this type of design (Davenport was first, last year).

The plants always win.

🦝

Concrete planters & permanent curbs & sidewalk restoration has been completed on #BikeTO Harbord Street & Hoskin Avenue between Grace Street & Queens Park Cres West.
This section is expected to be open by early October.
Line marking & plantings coming soon.
Visit toronto.ca/harbordhoskin for more

First of a few pilot locations.

Guess the name of these new markings?

View from the bicycle looking east on College St approaching Yonge St in Toronto. The right hand lane has zig-zag lines and STOP / TTC (to be read from bottom up) repeated three times, the length of the streetcar. On the curb edge there is a solid line that is offset from the curb by about 1.5 m.

New road markings have appeared in Toronto using the zig-zag pattern to indicate the passenger loading area in the curb lane adjacent to the streetcar stop. #BikeTO

*so much proof.
But you get it.

There is no much proof and data data data.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

That wasn't done by any of the contacts I manage. 🤔

I don't often get to work on designing civil constructed Bikeways, unless they involve upgrading something that's been there for 15y.

HarbordHoskin includes parking projected cycletracks, green infra, raised TTC platforms, radii mods & our new flat curb.

+ #BikeTO Signals at Ossington & St George

The bike lanes have been there for almost 15years 🙃

This project turns them into permant constructed parking protected cycle tracks.

This #BikeTO art-filled corridor looks pretty good during daylight, as well.

Read an interview with two of the artists who worked on the #BikeTO Lansdowne project by @cycletoronto.bsky.social

www.cycleto.ca/just_for_fun...

Correction, this was corridor number 12.5

Avenue Road was done last year.

And we have a little turn channel closure at Ellis and Lake Shore.

More to come.
Honest.

Not a fill hole (they are performed high strength reinforced concrete)

There is a cap in the end that can be removed to pin the tailing end pieces to the road.

The tailing ends are the pieces most often dislodged by trucks.

This is the 11th #BikeTO partnership with StART since 2018:
Lake Shore Blvd W
Scarlett Rd
Shoreham Drive
Evelyn Wiggins Drive
Conlins Rd
Richmond St
Wilby Rd
Ferrand Dr
Steeprock Dr
Bloor St E

Safer infra can also be more beautiful

You can learn more & apply here:
www.toronto.ca/services-pay...

"Car catchers" 🎣

Enjoying a late lunch on the porch today, on my east end street that has a contraflow bike lane since '22 or so.

In 30 minutes there has been 10x the bike and escooter traffic than there has been of cars. It's beautiful.

Build it and they did come, @kayehm.bsky.social

#bikeTO #Toronto

Adding DTLA to the list of cities using these #BikeTO barriers that were 1st developed in Toronto in 2018 (by me 🫡, I'm told I need to take more credit for things 🤷🏽‍♀️)
⚡Seattle
⚡Atlanta
⚡Boulder
✨Now DTLA

These are 2nd gen ones, we are onto gen 3 here with this nifty addition.

Guess what it's for?