Comments on: Follow the sharrows http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/ Sat, 19 May 2012 20:27:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Neil Hrushowy http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Neil Hrushowy Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:18:54 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-72 Thanks for the thoughtful article. I agree sharrows work best when used as one element in a comprehensive bike network. The best bike systems (noteably, Danish and Dutch) recognize that low traffic streets need the least intervention, such as a sharrow, while heavy traffic streets need the separated cycle tracks. I just hope North America catches up and adopts the other half of the spectrum. Thanks for the thoughtful article. I agree sharrows work best when used as one element in a comprehensive bike network. The best bike systems (noteably, Danish and Dutch) recognize that low traffic streets need the least intervention, such as a sharrow, while heavy traffic streets need the separated cycle tracks. I just hope North America catches up and adopts the other half of the spectrum.

]]> By: hamish wilson http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-71 hamish wilson Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:00:44 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-71 Thanks for this everyone! It's very very helpful to see what is done elsewhere in Canada, and the frequency of these sharrows is a key point too, as I think we'll be doing them as infrequently as possible to save paint as it costs money to put the paint on, and bikes are sooo hard on the roads eh? Thanks for this everyone! It's very very helpful to see what is done elsewhere in Canada, and the frequency of these sharrows is a key point too, as I think we'll be doing them as infrequently as possible to save paint as it costs money to put the paint on, and bikes are sooo hard on the roads eh?

]]> By: Darryl http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Darryl Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:38:40 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-69 Interesting article, I'm always amazed at the innovation for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Montreal. Sharrows are to be adopted by the City of Toronto according to a newsletter I picked up at the recent bike plan consultation. If you happen to be in Montreal and walk around the renewed area where the overpasses of Ave des Pins at Ave du Parc once stood there's a crossing controlled by bicycle traffic signals with cute little bicycle pictograms in each lens. Oh, and I dig the no right on red rule on the Montreal Island. Another thing Toronto should catch onto at some intersections... Interesting article, I'm always amazed at the innovation for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Montreal. Sharrows are to be adopted by the City of Toronto according to a newsletter I picked up at the recent bike plan consultation. If you happen to be in Montreal and walk around the renewed area where the overpasses of Ave des Pins at Ave du Parc once stood there's a crossing controlled by bicycle traffic signals with cute little bicycle pictograms in each lens. Oh, and I dig the no right on red rule on the Montreal Island. Another thing Toronto should catch onto at some intersections...

]]> By: Shawn Micallef http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Shawn Micallef Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:52:59 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-67 Clair> You should go to http://www.bikely.com/ and post the route! Then tell us here that you did so. Bikely lets you share your secret bike routes with everyone in a google mash up. Clair> You should go to http://www.bikely.com/ and post the route! Then tell us here that you did so.

Bikely lets you share your secret bike routes with everyone in a google mash up.

]]> By: Claire http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Claire Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:51:00 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-66 There is a route in Toronto popular with people who want to go East-West without travelling on major streets. We often call it "the Parkdale backway." I have dreamt of sharrows being painted on these streets many times. There is a route in Toronto popular with people who want to go East-West without travelling on major streets. We often call it "the Parkdale backway." I have dreamt of sharrows being painted on these streets many times.

]]> By: geoffrey http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-65 geoffrey Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:29:54 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-65 Contrast this with the placement of sharerows against the curbgutter of the Credit River bridge on Burnhamthorpe Rd in Mississauga. Clearly Mississauga is more concerned with showing cyclists their place and keeping them there than providing cyclists a safe place and educating motorists cyclists are entitled to roadspace. Contrast this with the placement of sharerows against the curbgutter of the Credit River bridge on Burnhamthorpe Rd in Mississauga. Clearly Mississauga is more concerned with showing cyclists their place and keeping them there than providing cyclists a safe place and educating motorists cyclists are entitled to roadspace.

]]> By: Michael http://spacingmontreal.ca/2007/08/29/follow-the-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Michael Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:17:36 +0000 http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=27#comment-62 I'm living in Toronto now and remember fondly the daily bike commute along that route from the Plateau to my downtown workplace. It just seemed drivers "got it" through that area. I'm living in Toronto now and remember fondly the daily bike commute along that route from the Plateau to my downtown workplace. It just seemed drivers "got it" through that area.

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