Trails

[dtkvictim]

As for alternatives, they still have the protectedish bike lanes on Queens and Belmont right?  Usually I would use them to connect to the trail into downtown. You can also go across Stirling and go up the trail or even Cortland depending on where in DTK you’re headed.

Yeah Queen still has the decent protected lanes. Unless I misunderstood though you mean to take Belmont there, and that has essentially a painted bike lane across the Sobeys driveway, and a slip lane to cross just past that at Highland. Not ideal for my spouses comfort level.

The new Highland Road East bike lanes connect to Stirling now, so that isn't a bad option either. But is it just my luck, or is something stupid always happening at Pleasant Ave? Like a car always hanging out on the bike lane trying to shoot a gap in traffic, not checking both directions properly.

However the sidewalk is wider there. I believe the intention is to ride on the sidewalk.

Yeah, the south sidewalk on Highland is one of those "we paved the grass so it's a MUT now" sections

I wasn't sure there, but I can't say I haven't just biked that part since it's so wide.