The Leaside Bridge to Danforth Avenue Cycling Connections project connects the Thorncliffe Park Neighbourhood to bikeways on Cosburn Avenue and when complete to the Bloor-Danforth corridor via the Leaside Bridge.
The project is part of the Council-Approved Cycling Network Plan and advances the goals of several City of Toronto Strategies including the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan and the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy.
The City is consulting on a new proposal to complete the Leaside Bridge to Danforth Avenue Cycling Connection that includes contra-flow bike lanes on both Logan Avenue and Carlaw Avenue.
While there was community support for improved cycling connections, there were concerns about impacts to access for local residents. After reviewing public feedback, the City is no longer advancing options for adding traffic diverters or changing traffic direction. Public consultation closes June 20, 2025
Cycling connections along Hopedale Avenue, O’Connor Drive, Broadview Avenue and Cosburn Avenue were installed in the Fall 2024. Details are in the installation notice.
Further consultation on bikeways south of Cosburn Avenue to Danforth Avenue is expected to take place in Spring 2025.
City staff presented recommendations to the Infrastructure & Environment Committee on May 28 2024.
City Council adopted the proposed changes as part of the Cycling Network Plan Update (2025 – 2027) on June 26, 2024.
The bikeway is divided into five segments. Proposed changes for the following segments have been approved:
The City will host further consultation to bring forward a proposal for segment five, from Cosburn Avenue to Danforth Avenue.
The City’s initial proposal for cycling connections between Danforth Avenue and Cosburn Avenue focused on Logan Avenue only. Three options were proposed and reviewed. Two of the options included traffic diverters or changes to the direction of traffic. Overall, there was community support for improved cycling connections. However, concerns were expressed about introducing traffic diverters or changes in traffic direction affecting access for local residents. There was also strong interest expressed for a contra-flow bike lane on Carlaw Avenue.
With high motor vehicle volumes on Logan Avenue, this new option provides minimal changes for area residents and improves road safety for all ages and abilities by offering dedicated bike lanes to travel both north and south between Danforth Avenue and Cosburn Avenue.
Logan Avenue:
Carlaw Avenue:
To add a contra-flow bike lane on Logan Avenue, parking would be permanently shifted to the east side. This change would result in three added parking spaces on Logan Avenue.
Parking on Carlaw Avenue would be permanently shifted to the west side to add a contra-flow lane. Between the months of April to November, residents would no longer need to move their vehicles mid-month. There are two options for parking between Mortimer Avenue and Fulton Avenue.
Mortimer Avenue to Fulton Avenue
Option A: Bike Lane and Parking on east side
Option B: Bike Lane on east side and Parking on west side
This section of the bikeway connects to the new bikeways installed on the Leaside Bridge in 2024.
In this section, the following has been approved:
In this section the following has been approved:
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Phase two: Spring 2025
Consultation on bikeway options south of Cosburn Avenue to Danforth Avenue took place June 6 to June 20, 2025. Based on community feedback, further review of the design options is needed, and no recommendation for the Leaside Bridge to Danforth Avenue Cycling Connections is being made at the current time.
Councillor Fletcher has requested Toronto and East York Community Council approve several road safety improvements in the interim period.
Consultation Materials
Phase one consultation took place February 8 – March 21, 2024. The public consultation report provides a detailed summary of all activities that took place, proposed changes, and feedback received.
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The City Council-approved Cycling Network Plan is a comprehensive roadmap and work plan that outlines the City’s planned investment in our cycling network. It includes a Long-Term Cycling Network Vision, the planned Major City-Wide Cycling Network Routes, and a three-year rolling Near-Term Implementation Program which was recently updated by Council in June 2024 for the 2025 – 2027 period. The Leaside Bridge to Danforth Avenue Cycling Connections Project was as part of the Near-Term Implementation Program (2025-2027).
The aim of the Cycling Network Plan is to connect gaps in Toronto’s current cycling network by growing existing and future cycling opportunities with safer and more comfortable cycling route options where quality can be improved.
There are a number of policy objectives and guiding policy documents that inform cycling connections projects like this, including:
Council makes the final decisions on project implementation based on policies and guidelines, technical considerations and public input.
For the Leaside Bridge to Danforth Cycling Connection the Project team studied the motor vehicle lane reduction and potential impacts to parking. Pre-installation traffic volumes are 11,000-12,000, which are below the typical capacity threshold for a two-lane road (20,000 vehicles/day). Peak hour volumes are also below the capacity thresholds.
The observed parking demand is very low with 1-4 cars parked on O’Connor Drive and 3-5 cars parked on Broadview Avenue. The area between Broadview Avenue, Pape Avenue and Coburn Avenue has a total of 75 available parking spaces. There are no impacts to on-street parking permits.
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