Originally Posted by
nondes
Russell Hill is one way so if you return via Poplar Plains you will be blocked (legally speaking) by the slightly elevated St Clair Streetcar right - of way. Rather than being forced over to Avenue Road to make a u-turn I jump off the bike (I wear cleats) and run across so that I can carry on up Forest Hill Road. The Ward 22 group of Cycle Toronto is campaigning to have the crossing made easier and legal for cyclists.
Further to that - (I forgot to mention you'd be coming home via Poplar Plains as it's runs south to north) you can also follow st. Clair down to where I've marked at which point there's a set of street lights ( the second after you hang a right after poplar plains, the first being Oriole Parkway which will also work but moves a lot faster and is bigger) that you can cross safely at, then follow where I've mapped back.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?m...s.knOoHnXo-CRA