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# Barton between Wellington and Victoria

![Barton between Wellington and Victoria](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general.png)
[![Barton between Wellington and Victoria](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general.png)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general.png)

google maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2611841,-79.8547088,237a,35y,18.19h,1.9t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
[google maps view](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.2611841,-79.8547088,237a,35y,18.19h,1.9t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu)

There, Barton is 5 lanes wide with parked cars on both sides, and most of the
middle is a blocked-out unused space, since it's a left-turn lane with no
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by collapsing the unused centre turning-lane, bike lanes can be added without
impacting automotive traffic flow at all.

![Barton between Wellington and Victoria with Bike Lanes](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes.jpg)
[![Barton between Wellington and Victoria with Bike Lanes](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes.jpg)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes.jpg)

# The Downside

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to get broken for this omelette, or else an impractically-short
left-turning-lane at Victoria could be implemented.

## Street-view of that parking spot:

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.261108,-79.8538117,3a,75y,173.12h,71.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFmFDOm3ipQTiJLkpQzPfjQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
[Street-view of that parking spot](https://www.google.com/maps/@43.261108,-79.8538117,3a,75y,173.12h,71.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFmFDOm3ipQTiJLkpQzPfjQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu)

# The main reason I want this: The SoBi rack

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By moving the centre-line further North at Victoria, the parking can be
preserved!

![Barton between Wellington and Victoria with Bike Lanes (alternate layout)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes-2.jpg)
[![Barton between Wellington and Victoria with Bike Lanes (alternate layout)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes-2.jpg)](/images/2024-04-28-Barton-bike-lanes/barton-at-the-general-bikelanes-2.jpg)

So here we can have our cake and eat it too.

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