Planned date of installation: Starting week of July 20, 2020. Timeline is dependent on weather and contractor schedule and is subject to change.

The City of Toronto is installing new bikeways on the following streets:

Contra-flow bike lane on Brunswick Avenue from Lowther Avenue to College Street

Contra-flow bike lane on Borden Street from Ulster Street to College Street

Contra-flow bike lane on Ulster Street from Borden Street to Brunswick Avenue

Two-way protected cycle track on College Street from Borden Street to Bellevue Avenue

The installation will be completed in stages:

Phase 1 – Late July: Borden Street, Ulster Street, and Brunswick Avenue north of Ulster Street

Borden Street, Ulster Street, and Brunswick Avenue north of Ulster Street Phase 2 – Late August-September : Brunswick Avenue resurfacing between Ulster Street and College Street

: Brunswick Avenue resurfacing between Ulster Street and College Street Phase 3 – Late 2020 or early 2021 TBD: College Street cycle track segment

College Street cycle track segment Phase 4 – 2021: Borden Street reconstruction between College Street and Harbord Street, including a new raised intersection at Borden/Ulster

View the installation notice for parking impacts and other details

This project was approved by City Council on April 30, 2020 (as part of Item IE 12.8).

Public Consultation Completed

When the City of Toronto proposes new cycling infrastructure, residents and the wider community are asked to provide feedback on the designs. For this project over 13,000 notices were delivered by Canada Post to local neighbourhood, 75 people participated in the public drop-in event on February 3, 2020, and comments were received from over 300 people via online, paper comment forms, phone and email. Overall there was strong support for the project, along with important concerns raised.

See the Update below for responses to many of the key questions and concerns that were received.

Update (February 28, 2020) – Responses to Feedback Project Goals Allow people to cycle both ways on the streets mentioned above so they can easily connect between multiple popular routes on College Street, Harbord Street and Bloor Street Improve comfort and safety for people travelling on foot and by bicycle and promote the use of bicycles for short neighbourhood trips Minimize impact to on-street parking and maintain access for people driving Contra-flow Bicycle Lanes Explained When a contra-flow bicycle lane is installed on a one-way street, the street becomes two-way for people cycling, but remains one-way for drivers. When a person cycling is traveling in the direction that motor vehicles travel, they share the lane with the motor vehicles. To travel in the opposite direction, people cycling use a dedicated contra-flow bicycle lane. Contra-flow bicycle lanes are marked with a yellow line separation, compared to white lines for normal bicycle lanes. Toronto has many well-used contra-flow bicycle lanes, including: Denison Avenue

Montrose Avenue

Knox Avenue

Strathcona Avenue

Chester Hill Road

Shaw Street Why This Project is Being Proposed Cycling is one of the fastest growing transportation modes in Toronto, and especially in this neighbourhood, which has some of the highest bicycle use in Canada. The City is working to make travel by bike safer and more inviting. Making it easier for people to choose to cycle helps ease congestion on the streets and transit, creates a cleaner environment and promotes a healthier public life. This project would provide a legal and signed convenient north-south route on quiet streets in this busy cycling neighbourhood. In effect, this should reduce the incidence of illegal wrong-way cycling on other nearby north-south streets. What This Project Means for You If you drive or park on the street Currently, parking alternates between sides of the street in some sections, but if approved, parking would be made permanent on one side. The dark gray lines on the map in this notice show the side where parking would be permanent. These proposed changes do not reduce parking, nor do they change the way the streets operate if you drive. There would be no motor vehicle traffic impacts. All laneway and driveway access would remain unchanged. If you cycle You would be able to travel north and south on these sections of Borden Street and Brunswick Avenue to make it easier and more comfortable to connect to existing east-west bikeways. Also, if you are travelling north on Bellevue Avenue, you would be able to turn left on the College Street two-way cycle track segment and stay on the south side to reach the signalized intersection at Borden Street and then continue north, creating a safer northbound cycling connection. If you live in the neighbourhood City services such as fire, emergency medical services, solid waste pick-up, and snow clearing will continue as usual. There will be no impact to existing sidewalks, traffic volumes or speed limits.

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