Bikes at Public Works and Infrastructure Committee - Three items at this weeks meeting, May 7

This week's meeting of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will review three separate items related to cycling in Toronto - the first two are recommendations coming up from the Toronto Cycling Advisory Committee. The items are:

15.6 Winter Snow Removal on Bike Lanes

1. review and report on all bike lanes and trail paths under the
   jurisdiction of Transportation Services Division, in order to determine
   and advise which bike lanes can be identified as priority bike lanes in
   order to ensure the snow is removed from those bike lanes rather than
   the snow being cleared only; and
2. as part of the review and report, consider identifying the
   following bike lanes as priority bike lanes, as identified by the
   Toronto Cycling and Advisory Committee:
   

a. Harbord Street;
b. St. George Street/Beverley Street;
c. Davenport Road/Dupont Street;
d. Sherbourne Street;
e. Lakeshore Bike Path from the Beaches to downtown Toronto;
f. Dundas Street East;
g. Danforth Avenue Viaduct; and
h. College Street.

15.7 Toronto Police Service - Bikes and Wheel Sport Safety Campaign

1. change the date of the Bikes & Wheel Sport Safety Campaign,
   scheduled from June 16 to 22, 2008, to another date in order to not
   conflict with the City of Toronto 2008 Bike Month event, which will
   take place in June, 2008, and to schedule the Bikes & Wheel Sport
   Safety Campaign outside of Bike Month (typically June) in all
   subsequent years; and
2. partner with the City of Toronto, through the Toronto Cycling
   Advisory Committee, in developing a cycling education and safety
   program, which would commence one month prior to the cycling season and
   run from the months of May to September.

15.8 2008 Bikeway Network Program - Phase 1 Installation of Bicycle Lanes

1. Approve the installation of bicycle lanes on both sides of Wellesley Street, from Queen’s Park Crescent to Parliament Street, as detailed in Appendix A of this report;
2. Approve the installation of bicycle lanes in the northbound direction on Vaughan Road, from St. Clair Avenue West to Winona Drive, as detailed in Appendix A of this report;
3. Approve the installation of a northbound contra-flow bicycle lane on the east side of Shaw Street, from Barton Avenue to Dupont Street, as detailed in Appendix A of this report;

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If you would like to write the committee or make a deputation regarding one of the items, contact the committee secretary at pwic@toronto.ca or 416-392-8018