2023.MM2.14

Improving Safety on Bloor Street Bike Lanes during Construction

Expand the Cycling Network and Make It Safe City Council consideration on Dec 14, 2022

Background

“The climate crisis and Toronto's TransformTO goals require that most local trips under 5 kilometers be made by active transportation, i.e. by walking, bike, wheelchair or similar means. This goal cannot be achieved if cyclists and wheelchair users must put their lives at risk to get around our City.”

Source: City of Toronto

Item Description

City Council is requesting for a report back by March 20, 2023 “on how the City can provide cyclists and users of motorized wheelchairs with safe ways to pass construction sites that impinge on the Bloor Street bike lanes, without requiring them to share a lane with cars and trucks, or to share sidewalks with pedestrians.”

Source: City of Toronto

Proposed by

Councillor Dianne Saxe, seconded by Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie

Result

Carried

Yes25 No1 Absent0