Hey @dhcycle, we had a lovely ride through old north and downtown and loved the protected lanes on Dundas and Colbourne but ran I to some trouble as the northbound Colbourne gave way to “share the lane”. 1/n
A handful of the cars were very courteous, and the LTC bus certainly gave us plenty of room, but a number weren’t and finally, our chariot was clipped as we came to a stop at Grosvenor and an older gentleman tried to overtake us and make a left in the intersection. 2/n
I was able to get his attention and it became apparent that he thought he had given us plenty of room despite hitting us. Never gave a thought to waiting until we proceeded through the intersection before he made his left and never gave a thought to us at all. 3/n
As we design our infrastructure we have to consider that drivers aren’t necessarily aggressive to vulnerable users, but in many cases they are merely ambivalent towards us. 4/n
On that note, has the city got any plans to extend the Colbourne cycle track up to Kings? I feel like the volume on this street mandates that ‘share the lane’ is a dangerous option. 5/5 #LdnOnt #LdnOntbike
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