Sorry about the ambiguity in the poll.
Originally Posted by
rajman
Are you talking about Eglinton West?
Yep. Actually, Eglinton East has some of this too.
Originally Posted by joejack951
How many straight lanes are there besides the reserved lane?
1 or 2 (it varies throughout).
Originally Posted by Bekologist
not enough info. how congested is the rest of the road at rush hour? if it's clogged with traffic, YOU BET I'D be riding in the bus/HOV lane.
Sometimes the rest of the road is VERY clogged, sometimes it isn't. The last few times I rode there at rush hour there was no difference between congestion in the reserved lane and the outer lanes, and the traffic was moving pretty well. During the time I spent on it today, I saw zero buses and only one cab (it is buses and taxes, I just checked today). Given those circumstances, I felt it would create less confusion if I just kept riding in the curb lane. I was not in the way of any buses or taxis, but I would have been in the way of all the other traffic in the lane to the left.
Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
A short stretch of steeles is an ambiguously signed "diamond lane" for buses, ambiguous as elsewhere in the city it includes bikes, but not on this sign. I ride left tire track, motorcycle style, in this lane.
If a bus catches me (this has happened once) I move over left into traffic and let him pass. I have yet to see a high-occupancy vehicle.
Sounds like a good way to do it.