| Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!
Daniel J. Stern <dastern@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>(In fact, Bloor street is busy 24 hours a day. There are *ALWAYS* cars
>coming from three directions at the particular intersection this guy
>blew.)
Just out of curiousity: exactly which intersection?
For out-of-towners, Bloor Street is a main east-west street about 4km
from the lake shore (on average; the shoreline is far from straight).
Bloor runs about 20km from the Don River to the west border of the
current City of Toronto (formerly Metro Toronto), and in fact on
into Mississauga, the sprawling city to the west. The parts I'm
familiar with are certainly busy, or at least far from deserted, at
any hour of the day or night; but the road conditions vary.
For about half the road's length, between the Don and Humber Rivers,
Bloor is a four-lane street with the outer lanes occupied by parking
except in the rush hour. Lane widths vary, but in general it's fairly
good cycling save for those who are so nervous as to stay in the door
zone, and except at peak times when it gets congested. Out of peak
hours the on-street parking effectively provides traffic calming for
free.
Further west the road gets wider and grows more lanes, in the style
of a US-suburban arterial road.
None of which is to dispute the claim; I'm just interested in the
details.
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
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