Toronto has a long way to go on bikeability
Channel: Car Dependency Index
Date: 2023-05-14

Inevitably someone will comment saying "you just didn't bike on the right street, there's a bike lane over on..." Which, sure, may very well be true. But I'll tell you what, drivers in the US and Canada don't have to go on a scavenger hunt to find a street half decent for driving on. Part of what makes a city bikeable is not needing to be an expert on the locale to get around. We should be able to bike on EVERY street, and that means traffic calming, modal filters, and—brace yourself for this one, it's extreme—closing some streets to private vehicles 😱😱😱

This was my experience as a tourist relying on Google maps, which, yes, sometimes gives poor biking instructions. I was also only here for about 3 days, so take this with a grain of salt, but I biked around 20 or 30 km and feel like I saw enough to have a good sense of what it's like to bike in these areas.