Comments on: Consider This: Bicycle Boulevards

By: Mississauga Cycling » Consider This: From Speedway to Heed-way

Mississauga Cycling » Consider This: From Speedway to Heed-way — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:41:30 +0000

[...] posted an introduction to turning streets into a true community space that is livable and safe. See Consider This: Bicycle Boulevards. The post includes a video courtesy of NYC Streets Renaissance and StreetsBlog. The term [...]

By: Allan Harder

Allan Harder — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:52:42 +0000

Apologies, videos,… said:
> “streets that provide a calm and comfortable ride yet seem to go nowhere sometimes.”

Yes, the old “road to no where” problem. It is the rallying cry of commuter and utility cyclists in the city to make the bike path/lane/trail system more destination oriented.
I loved your video from the handlebar view. We should really get more videos like that to evaluate and demonstrate the existing bike routes. It would be interesting to go back to them a couple years from now and compare against the improvements that will be put in place.

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apologies, videos, problems, and potentials. « mississauga cyclists! — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:38:05 +0000

[...] we see the quiet residential streets that provide a calm and comfortable ride yet seem to go nowhere sometimes. it is easy to get lost in the windy cul-de-sac covered streets. we don’t have the handy grid system of other cities. but there are opportunities in this. it doesn’t take a whole new road to create connections for the bicycle. it is a small vehicle that can fit through smaller spaces. at 0:30 i cut through from a quiet residential street to a multi-use path that runs along eglinton. there are potentials for these residential streets – incorporating them as designated and well connected bike boulevards? [...]

By: Allan Harder

Allan Harder — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:49:07 +0000

Welcome to Mississauga Cycling, Owen.
When I read your suggestion of Camilla Road for the bicycle boulevard concept, I almost fell of my chair. Reaon is, when I was cycling in the Tour de Mississauga last Sunday, it took us along Camilla Road and I was awestruck by its “liveable” nature. It was the first time I had seen or even heard of Camilla Road.
For those who don’t know, Camilla Road runs perpendicular to Hurontario (Hwy 10) from the North Service Road up past Dundas where it becomes Kirwin Ave and then curves left toward Hurontario.
It is lined with residential frontage and has a few 4-way stops plus traffic lights at major road crossings like Queensway and Dundas. I imagine Camilla Road to be well received as a place to showcase the bicycle blvd concept in Mississauga.
Giving bicycles and pedestrians priority movement would most likely be welcomed by residents. It would give them an even safer “cul-de-sac” freedom to the immediate neighborhood – especially leading up to the beautiful Cooksville Park area.

By: owen

owen — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:22:35 +0000

i would absolutely love to see the birth of some bicycle boulevards in this city.

the first places i would look to would be streets that are already designated as a marked “bike route”. that is, the on-road trails that are signed as such. i’m not sure what these are properly referred to as. (the green lines on the 2008 trail map).

these are important for connectivity, but offer nothing in the way of infrastructure, save the sign.

i’d have to think about specific streets a little more, but the first that came to mind was camilla road. it is a signed stretch that connects to the hurontario multi-use path to the south and the cooksville creek trail to the north. i’m a little foggy on the exactitudes of that street though.

regardless, i think bicycle boulevards – and the variety of street designs they enable – would best serve to sort of “amp up” streets that are already designated as cycling routes but have no infrastructures to support said designation.

here are a few more resources re: bicycle boulevards:

http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/bicycle-boulevard
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/01/24/streetfilms-berkeleys-bike-boulevards/