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Here we are at Wright, Fern and Garden and the block north of these.
East Side
West
These plans were based on input from the TTC, the BIA and Roncesvalles Renewed, among others. They show the proposed bumpouts and places where the TTC wants to extend the sidewalk. They'll be built with ramps for cyclists.
This is not a final plan. This is a starting point for the formal design and consultation process that will begin in the late summer or early fall. It's part of an informal process that has taken place over the last two years. We don't need to wait until the summer to make ourselves heard. These conversations are very productive, and have already resulted in important and beneficial changes to the original proposals. But there's lots of work to be done, so Roncesvalles Renewed is grateful for whatever insight you can provide.
The sidewalk extension at the TTC stops shows up on the scroll as a dark grey bar These raised lanes slope at each end, for cyclists. Transit riders can board the streetcar without crossing a lane of car traffic and without having to step down onto the road and back up to board the streetcar. The TTC is referring to these raised lanes as "transit platforms" in their EA materials. Too bad, because it makes you think that riders will be standing on these so-called "platforms" waiting for the streetcar. Completely wrong! In fact, they are not transit platforms at all. They are raised lanes. The BIA has a detailed description of these raised lanes.
To get your bearings, see the google map for these blocks.
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Here are some notes from John Bowker about the Wright corner, as proposed in the draft plan.
1) There is currently a southbound TTC stop just south of High Park Blvd, and another just north of Fern, meaning there is a separate stop on two adjacent blocks. There is currently no partner northbound stop. This plan removes the southbound Fern stop, meaning that credit union or library visitors taking southbound transit will have to walk one block from the High Park stop, as northbound transit visitors currently do.
2) The entire sidewalk in front of the library and the credit union has been widened. Measurements are not given, but the Jan 2008 proposal showed a sidewalk widened by 2.7 metres. Parking and temporary stops will no longer be possible here. I believe this is currently prohibited anyway, but such unofficial usage may currently be tolerated and perhaps even desirable for quick pickups and dropoffs. I don't know what the WheelTrans shuttles do here, but perhaps they will be affected as well. One Roncesvalles Renewed member has proposed that the library half of this stretch of Roncesvalles remain available for such usage (which would become officially permitted), and that the south side of Wright on the west side be widened instead to create new public space. [I have posted some additional info on how this plan would affect parking here.]
3) The eastern Wright Avenue sidewalk has been widened on the north side. This can be a very busy corner, so we should pay close attention to how this design will affect traffic here; direct observations of this intersection will be very helpful.
4) There remains a commercial loading zone in front of the Sobey's (but it is not shown on the map). This zone will be available for parking during evenings, and perhaps also on weekends (I don't know what the loading zone hours are).
5) A left-turn prohibition, previously proposed for northbound High Park, has been quietly removed from the current proposal; the TTC may revisit this later, however.
John Bowker |
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Perhaps this is only a detail, but will there be an opportunity to relocate the Astral Media barcalounger south of Garden? It's too far from the curb.
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Observed on Saturday:
@ Fern crosswalk - relocate crosswalk to S side, add bumpout on SW corner.
There was some debate over the wisdom of this, relating to the location of the school on the north side of fern East of Roncesvalles, and access to the public square.
Note the TTC stop midblock in front of the Library is removed per this plan.
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