The Martin Goodman Trail through Ontario Place is getting a face lift. The current trail, marked with the signature green and blue centrelines, which snakes along the water’s edge through Ontario Place has fallen into disrepair. A new trail is under construction, which will add to the Martin Goodman bypass trail that was completed first in Marilyn Bell Park and then extended along the south side of Lake Shore south of the CNE grounds.

This sign shows the detour around the construction which is the currently marked Martin Goodman Trail along the water’s edge. (click the image to see a larger image)

This new trail follows the path most cyclists would take when entering the Ontario Place grounds from the west, along the access road. In fact the access road is no more being replaced by the new trail. Then where the cyclists had to turn south to follow the road along where the HMCS Haida used to be docked the trail will continue straight along the south side of Lake Shore Blvd. on to Inukshuk park curving around the inukshuk there then rejoining the old trail along the water’s edge which has been repaved. This will create a more direct route for cyclists unimpeded by pedestrians crossing into the Ontario Place entrance.

Looking east south of Lake Shore Blvd. at the east entrance to the Ontario Place parking lot you can see the parking lot at Ontario Place has been reduced in side to make way for the new Martin Goodman Trail.

However there could be some points where there may be conflicts where pedestrians and automobiles cross the trail where the trail crosses the entrances to the parking lots. In fact at one entrance it looks like a light standard will be in the middle of the trail. Hopefully this won’t be an obstacle to cyclists and other trail users.

This is a great opportunity to use new bicycle pavement markings and bicycle signals that have been approved by Transportation Association of Canada to ensure that cyclists, other trail users and pedestrians can cross the intersections safely. You can see an explanation of these on page 16 of the New Lines on the Road: Canadas Guidelines for the Design and Application of Bikeway Pavement Markings This would be a good pilot project to showcase the new markings and start to use this design along the length of the Martin Goodman Trail.

At the locations where cyclists cross the entrances to the parking losts the bike crossings should be marked with the Elephant’s feet pavement markings in addition to the traditional crosswalk markings as explained in the TAC Bicycle Pavement Markings guidelines.

This project is slated for completion at the end of June 2009 and will be a great addition to Toronto’s signature waterfront trail.

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