Comment 93508

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted October 22, 2013 at 09:43:58 in reply to Comment 93507

Oh, yes, how simple.

Let me give the version that people will actually do: Take the Wilson Street Bike Lanes to York Boulevard. Bomb through the intersection at York and Bay and take an illegal left turn going Southbound in a North-only street... but only for a few metres. Hop the curb onto the sidewalk and head through the parking lot or the pedestrian walkway North of the Bay St. Federal Building and bike to Napier. Then you can go flat out on Napier - and yeah, there are too many stop signs, so feel free to blow through a few or all of them. At Queen Street, wait for a too-small break in traffic and be ready to give a few one-finger-salutes to honking drivers. Then cross Victoria Park to Head Street - please try to avoid killing any children while you cross the park since, after all, nobody has any reason to expect high-speed cyclists on that path since it is completely unmarked as a biking path. When winter comes, it might be ploughed. Maybe.

Then you've got a nice coast down Head Street, but don't get too attached to the speed as you'll have to slam on the brakes at Dundurn. Then it's probably best just to go up the left-side bike lane because realistically? There's never gonna be a break in that traffic unless you're biking at 3am. Then you're onto King Street and a vaguely civilized biking experience, congratulations!

Because, after all, we know this is how cyclists actually respond to this kind of design, and I really can't blame them.

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