Item - 2016.PW15.11

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council approve  the designation of the following sections of roadway for bicycle lanes, as described in Revised Attachment 5 - Amendments to Bicycle Lane and Cycle Track Designations, attached to the report (September 13, 2016) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services:

a.  Bayview Avenue between King Street East and Mill Street;

b.  Mill Street between Bayview Avenue and Cherry Street;

c.  Lower River Street between King Street East and Lawren Harris Square (north leg)/Lawren Harris Square (west leg);

d.  Lawren Harris Square (north leg) between Lower River Street/Lawren Harris Square (west leg) and Bayview Avenue;

e.  Sheppard Avenue East between Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue; and,

f.  Kingston Road between Highway 401 Westbound off ramp and a point 90 metres west of Sheppard Avenue East.

2.  City Council approve amendments to convert the following sections of roadway from bicycle lanes to cycle tracks, as described in Revised Attachment 5 - Amendments to Bicycle Lane and Cycle Track Designations, attached to the report (September 13, 2016) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services:

a.  the northerly westbound side of Gerrard Street East, between Yonge Street and Jarvis Street and both sides of Gerrard Street East, between Jarvis Street and Berkley Street;

b.  the northerly westbound side of Shuter Street, between Victoria Street and Bond Street;

c.  both sides of  River Street, between Queen Street and Gerrard Street East; and,

d.  both sides of Simcoe Street/Lower Simcoe Street, between Lake Shore Boulevard West and Front Street West.

3.  City Council approve the installation of cycle tracks on the westerly side of Bathurst Street, between Adelaide Street West (east leg) and Adelaide Street West (west leg) and the northerly side of Adelaide Street West (west leg), from Bathurst Street to a point 25 metres further west, as described in Revised Attachment 5 - Amendments to Bicycle Lane and Cycle Track Designations, attached to the report (September 13, 2016) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services. 

4.  City Council rescind the previous approval for the designation of bicycle lanes for the following sections of roadway, as described in Revised Attachment 5 - Amendments to Bicycle Lane and Cycle Track Designations, attached to the report (September 13, 2016) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services:

a.  Spadina Crescent for its entire length; and,

b.  Lansdowne Avenue, between Bloor Street West and Lappin Avenue.

5.  City Council approve the traffic and parking regulation amendments required in connection with Recommendations 1 to 4, as described in Revised Attachment 6 attached to the report (September 13, 2016) from the Acting General Manager, Transportation Services.

6.  City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to the amendments in Recommendations 1 through 5 above, inclusive, including the introduction of all necessary bills.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council authority to amend City by-laws to designate various bicycle lane and cycle track installations.

When bicycle lanes and cycle tracks are approved through development applications, planning studies, or capital projects, and are being implemented by (or on behalf of) the City, it is necessary to amend City by-laws in order for the associated regulations to be enforceable.

This report requests by-law amendments to reflect the following:

-  Recently completed bicycle lanes in the West Don Lands on Bayview Avenue, Mill Street, Lawren Harris Square and Lower River Street as well as sections of Sheppard Avenue East and Kingston Road in Scarborough. 

-  Conversion of existing bicycle lanes into cycle tracks on Gerrard Street, Shuter Street and River Street, which are being implemented as part of road reconstruction or resurfacing projects and which are scheduled for completion in 2016, and as part of the council approved Ten Year Cycling Network Plan: 2016 Implementation Program 

-  Conversion of bicycle lanes on Simcoe Street to cycle tracks as part of the council approved Ten Year Cycling Network Plan: 2016 Implementation Program.

-  Intersection modifications to improve the safety and operations of the Adelaide Street cycle track at the intersection with Bathurst Street.

-  The retraction of the designation of bicycle lanes on Spadina Circle and a section of Lansdowne Avenue that are no longer proposed for completion.