I'm #KeddyAccessTrail, a recently built cross-escarpment multi-use trail now open in #HamOnt! Trail is posthumously named after kindergarten teacher Jay Keddy.
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Joined May 2018
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[1/3] We've received messages of concern of the current provincial bike lane removal initiative.
While we believe Keddy is completely safe due to its high integration of important connections, and Keddy's legacy, we understand the concerns of our users...
[2/3] Councillor
@JohnPaulDanko has relayed directly to us:
"The Keddy Trail was a significant investment for the City of Hamilton and now provides a critical active transportation link between the mountain and lower City...
[3/3] ...Under no circumstances will the City of Hamilton remove important transportation infrastructure, that was the result of years of careful planning, at the whim of provincial bureaucrats in Toronto." - @JohnPaulDanko
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First-ever film of Toronto, 1904. Look at all the bicycles! #BikeTO
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#MorningPatrol from the top of the @KeddyTrail figuring how long it will take me to get to my #PedalPoll24 locations. – at Hamilton, Ontario
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Keddy permits *light* electric bicycles meeting Hamilton & Ontario law:
- Working pedals (still bikeable on dead battery)
- Bike unable to go >32kph
- Bike power limit 500 watts
- Bike weight limit 120kg
- Keddy Speed limit 15kph when riding downhill
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Walking & cycling are affordable ways of commuting that help reduce carbon emissions while improving overall health. Yes to more and better infrastructure and enhanced winter maintenance! Visit Hamilton’s Climate Action Strategy for more: hamilton.ca/home-neighbourho… #ClimateHamilton
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@KeddyTrail has allowed many cyclists to traverse the escarpment safely who normally wouldn't risk it. It's a travesty it took a death of a beloved school teacher to build it. We need safe infrastructure on all the access before another tragedy occurs!
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For cyclists traveling North/South in #HamOnt there are only 3 ways to safety traverse the Escarpment. Those routes clearly aren't meeting the demand.
Notice the concrete divider protecting 4 lanes of motorists from each other.
@CycleHamilton @KenilworthStair @voteloomis
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🚲Cycling the Keddy Access Trail🚲
In this video, we revisit the vitally important multi-use trail that started the #HamOnt #Bikeability series, back in 2021.
The footage is better, the graphics are better, & hopefully, the commentary is better!
WATCH:
youtu.be/fWL7szX-MTE
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💡🚨💡@theglowriders are taking to the streets in their second ride of season meet at Corktown Park with your bike and your lights and hope to see everyone there 💡🚨💡
If you're renting a SoBi for the Keddy...
...Then get the new orange bikes! They have lower-speed gears that are fantastic for climbing me.
They're nice. Feels slightly more compact/upright than the blue and white ones. Like all the 8-speed hubs they seem to have more chunky transitions than the 4-speed. But the low end gears are definitely better for climbing @KeddyTrail!
A public service announcement about upcoming repairs from damage to me (caused by metal thieves disassembling my safety railings).
I'm apparently closed 9am-3pm weekdays between March 6-24. Make sure you begin your bike commutes before/after this period!
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I'm closed intermittently because the city is fixing some of my missing railing. (Pesky metal thieves!)
Oh, and bring a welder to lock my remainder of railings' loosenable screws/bolts. Make my railings harder to steal!
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Today I am trying @Everyone_Rides_ Evo pedal assist on one of the cities more challenging everyday climbs the @KeddyTrail – at Hamilton, Ontario
