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You would think that the opening of a new bike lane would be a cause for celebration in the bike-riding world. But Cycle Toronto Wednesday released a blistering attack on a new bike lane on Adelaide Street West, saying the lack of physical separation makes the lane possibly more dangerous for cyclists than no lane at all.

“Transportation Services refuses to follow Council direction to install separated bike lanes,” reads the headline on a press release from the cycling advocacy group.

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As reported in the National Post ten days ago, council directed city staff to build lanes “separated form adjacent traffic lanes by a painted buffer and flexi-posts.” At that time, Daniel Egan, manager of cycling infrastructure, asked me, “To what extent will buffers on bike lanes keep people out? If we discover that there is no incursion without flexi-posts, then we may not need them.”

He also said the city does not have all the bollards (another name for flexi-posts) in stock, and is waiting for them to come in.