Two-way bike lanes being installed on Hunter Street HAMILTON, ON – May 28, 2014 – Hamilton’s Public Works Department will begin to install two-way bicycle lanes along the south side of Hunter Street on Monday, June 2nd, weather-permitting. Hunter Street will remain one-way to all other traffic. The bike lanes will be installed in two segments; one set between Liberty and Catharine Streets and the other segment will run between MacNab and Queen Streets. Crews will install the bike lane segment on the east side of the GO Station first and then immediately proceed with the second segment of the bike lanes on the west side of the GO Station. New traffic signal heads at various intersections along Hunter Street, which have already been installed, will direct the eastbound cyclist traffic. The Hunter Street bike lane design also includes a series of bike boxes at signalized intersections of Walnut Street, Bay Street, Caroline Street, Hess Street and Queen Street. This will facilitate right turns for westbound cyclists. The bike boxes will be painted green to create more visual awareness of these new pavement markings. A bike box is used at intersections to designate a space in front of cars for turning cyclists to queue at a red traffic signal. This special area is marked with bike stencils and is located in front of the stop bar. A bike box minimizes confusion between turning cyclists and auto traffic. Here are some tips for motorists and cyclists when approaching the bike boxes: • Motorists should always stop behind the stop bar on a red signal, as required by law. If turns are permitted on red at the intersection, cars may advance into the bike box to make a turn if it is not occupied by a cyclist. • When the traffic signal is red, cyclists should use the bike box to move to the far side of the street to facilitate a right turn. • All westbound traffic making left turns (cyclists and motorists) are reminded to yield to opposing eastbound cycling traffic. Parking on Hunter Street west of City Hall will be unaffected by the new bike lanes, but parking is being moved to the north side of the street along the segment between Catharine and Liberty Streets.
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 20:10:55 +0000
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