Burloak Drive bike lanes? Its up to you.

The City of Burlington and the Town of Oakville are initiating the review of lane configurations along Burloak Drive (New Street to Lakeshore Road) to accommodate on road cycling. 

The primary option being considered is a reduction from three travel lanes to two lanes (removing the centre left-turn lane) and implement on-road bike lanes in this roadway section.

A joint public meeting with the Town of Oakville will be held on:  

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011         7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Location: Appleby Ice Centre                 Multi-Purpose Room (Arena A)

Format: Formal presentation at 7:15 p.m.

Anyone with an interest in this project is invited to attend and participate. 

If you wish to provide input or require further information, please contact:

Mr. Dan Ozimkovic, C.E.T                             E-mail: ozimkovicd@burlington.ca

Transportation Engineering Technologist

Early Christmas gift for cyclists and all others too!

Confucius had it half right.  The picture map below is worthy of a million words - all of them grand.

Bronte Creek Prov. Park  to City Hall - by bike!

A year ago, Google Maps gave us the transit option.  You could get from point A to your destination using public transit without having to decipher Burlington's Einsteinian bus schedule.

This year Google added bike routes as a travel option and said it would be rolled out soon to a town near you.

It works in Burlington!

It displays our hydro corridor trail!

The maps show a bike route from Bronte Creek Provincial Park to Burlington City Hall.  Yes, you cycle Burloak Drive over the QEW but then Google maps suggests you get onto the Centennial Bike Trail all the way to Dynes Road.  That's the new & improved, safe, recently paved hydro corridor.

Thank you Google.  It's still in Beta mode and has bugs.  It doesn't display the Headon hydro corridor and it may take you on a road without a bike lane but its a start!  Expect it to improve over time as more data is added & routes are refined. 

The city & Halton Region repaved Burloak with fabulous, wide, comfortable bike lanes but the bike lanes stop at the QEW overpass.  Maybe  Google has the solution for MTO to make it safer for cyclists to get over the QEW.