Posts tagged University Avenue

This is a somewhat crude analysis, since it is using generalized figures from the UK Highways Agency on road capacity, but the figures should not be that much off the the mark. The traffic volumes are based on real data from the City of Toronto. Note that the 3,300 vehicles per direction in the peak hour is based on a six-lane dual-carriageway, urban road, since there is insufficient data on eight-lane urban roads to create a generalized figure. However, six-lanes is actually what University Avenue becomes when bike lanes are in, so 3,300 can be used as what capacity will be during the pilot project. In short: excess capacity, yes. “GRIDLCOK!”, no.

This is a somewhat crude analysis, since it is using generalized figures from the UK Highways Agency on road capacity, but the figures should not be that much off the the mark. The traffic volumes are based on real data from the City of Toronto. Note that the 3,300 vehicles per direction in the peak hour is based on a six-lane dual-carriageway, urban road, since there is insufficient data on eight-lane urban roads to create a generalized figure. However, six-lanes is actually what University Avenue becomes when bike lanes are in, so 3,300 can be used as what capacity will be during the pilot project.

In short: excess capacity, yes. “GRIDLCOK!”, no.

The Morning Commute on University

To be fair, I was riding down University Avenue around 9:15am at the tail end of rush hour, but there was little of this ‘GRIDLOCK!’ seen.

Few cars heading southbound at College Street

A queue at the pesky intersection at Gerrard Street just as the light turned green

Which cleared, as expected, within seconds.

So much GRIDLOCK!