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Just want to update a post a did earlier with some info I just found. I could not find this type stuff before but came across it while looking up ‘Apophenia’, yes not related to cycling at all. This 2006 study is out of the University of Delaware. It looks at the effect of bike lanes on property values. The bike lanes have been removed on Pharmacy to protect those who thought it was a safety hazard. What is Councillor Berardinetti going to do about another common problem on Pharmacy Avenue? More often than not errant cars hit houses on Pharmacy Avenue rather than other cars. Luckily the latest took place early on a weekend morning because it occurred at an intersection heavily used by young students walking to school on weekdays. Wonder how many people want to live on Pharamacy Avenue when there is a risk of them being hit by a car while they are in their home? So far they have been lucky, no homeowners have been injured. http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1074610–driver-flees-after-crashing-into-scarborough-home?bn=1
 Traffic car keeps watch over stop sign on August 14th. On August 5th Jack Roper, 84 years old, was killed by a car while riding his bicycle on Greenwood Avenue. The car was driven by an 81 year old driver. I think TreeHugger sums up the issue of driving and age best. Although we really do not know anything of the driver and his abilities. Don Mills southbound empties cars from the Don Valley Parkway onto O’Connor. They then have three choices, east or west on O’Connor or south on Greenwood. As you can imagine drivers are adjusting to the slower residential speeds (there is a word for that phenomenon), so they are going at a good clip. On Greenwood the first thing they hit is a stop sign, the one Jack Roper got killed at. Apparently residents have been complaining for years about people running the stop sign. How effective are stops signs in residential areas when faced with a high volume of cars wanting to get home fast?
 Looking south on Greenwood from O'Connor. Stop sign is where car is at. It is interesting to note after this stop sign at Plains Road there is a traffic light for Cosburn. Too bad someone has to get killed before these bad designs/poor planning designs get some attention.
 A Ghost Bike for Jack Roper.
Tom Polarbear writes,
Picked this up from JET’s FB page. I arrived at CM about five minutes before it hit the road. A speech had just started when I arrived and I missed what was said. A first for CM was that it was initially led by someone in a pick up truck. It had a set of very loud loudspeakers in its bed. It broadcast messages about the loss of bike lanes, especially Jarvis, because of our shortsighted mayor. The voice coming from the loudspeakers very much sounded like Hamish Wilson?! Anyways, the video, just under 15 minutes, features an interview with a very animated clown, JET and the lovely Emma sings for us. Found this superb video documentary out of Detroit. Superbly produced. |
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