In fact, Fifth Avenue in Manhattan has a bike lane, stretching from 23rd Street to Washington Square North, an NYC department of transportation spokesperson confirmed. Eaton called Bloor Street “a disaster” in a tweet on Friday, two weeks after the city opened separated bike lanes between Avenue Road and Shaw Street as part of a one-year pilot. A cycling advocate called Senator Nicole Eaton out of touch after she took to Twitter to criticize Toronto’s newest cycling infrastructure. Eaton, who represents Ontario in the Senate, questioned whether Toronto city planners were bicycle riders in the same tweet. The Bloor Street bike lane pilot cost the city about $500,000.

Source: thestar August 29, 2016 22:52 UTC