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Originally Posted by thebasketballgeek
Those are fair points and I am inclined to agree it seems atleast in Toronto’s case their throwing a dart in the arrow and just putting bike lanes without much consideration for other modes of transport.
Also, Queensway was a typo. I mean to say Queens Quay by the harbour front. The point about street width is valid but I’m not sure if it’s much wider then Queen or Dundas. Certainly not wider then Spadina.
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Queen's Quay from what I recall has quite a bit larger of a right of way than Dundas, Queen, King, etc. Queen's Quay has a 27-30 metre right of way, compared to 20 metres for most other streets downtown.
The problem for most streets downtown is that they only have a 20-metre right of way, which is very narrow to try to fit all modern transport modes in with dedicated facilities. A dedicated streetcar ROW is basically impossible without banning cars entirely on the street, bike lanes would force cars into the streetcar lanes, etc..