Building the Bike Network

The City of Hamilton is continually working to improve the cycling network. 

Projects Currently "in the works":
as part of the on-street network

• two-way cycling facilities on both the King Street and Main Street bridges over Hwy 403
• King Street - between Westdale Village (Bond St) & the two-way bike lanes over Hwy 403
• Victoria Avenue - northbound only, between Burlington Street & Barton Street
• Woodward Avenue - between Beach Boulevard & Brampton Street

Projects in the Planning Stage:

• Hunter Street through the downtown
• Wellington Street - between Hunter Street & Young Street, plus a short section of Young Street at Wellington Street
• A multi-use trail along the south side of Aberdeen Avenue between Longwood Road & Glenside Avenue
• Herkimer Street/Charlton Avenue - between Dundurn Street & James Street
• Mount Albion Road
• Highland Road - between Winterberry Drive & Upper Centennial Parkway
• Hatt Street
• Hwy 8 crossing the escarpment - between Greensville (Park Avenue) & Dundas (Bond Street), an EA is underway
• Burlington Street - various types of cycling facilities between Ferguson Avenue & Parkdale Avenue (connecting to Windermere Road)

Past Additions and Upgrades to the Cycling Network:

• Dundurn Street - between York Boulevard & King Street, painted in May 2012
• A multi-use trail over Hwy 403 south of Main Street between Leland Street & Studholme Road, opened in fall 2011.  An extension of the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail.  Click here for a map of this extension.
• Wilson Street Hill - between Lower Lions Club Road & Rousseaux Street, resurfacing of the bike lanes where required in fall 2011
• Trinity Church Road - between Rymal Road & Pinehill Drive, painted in fall 2011
• Pinehill Drive - between Dakota Boulevard & Fletcher Road, painted in fall 2011
• Stinson Street - between Victoria Avenue & Wentworth Street, painted in fall 2011
• Dock Service Road - between Catharine Street & Ferguson Avenue, painted in summer 2011
• Jolley Cut - an up-bound bike lane from the start of the bridge to Concession Street, 2010/2011
• Upper Wellington Street - between Stone Church Road & Rymal Road, 2010/2011
• A multi-use trail over the QEW by the Red Hill Valley, opened in spring 2011.  Click here for more details.
• Woodward Avenue - between Brampton Street & Melvin Avenue, painted in fall 2010
• Stone Church Road - between Garth Street & Upper James Street (the "missing link" in the full length of Stone Church Road), painted in fall 2010
• York Boulevard - between Queen Street & James Street, painted in November 2010
• A multi-use trail over the LINC/RHVP near Albion Falls, completed in October 2010.  Click here for an image.  Click here for planning details.
• Longwood Road - between King Street & Main Street, painted in August 2010; and existing Longwood Road bike lanes resurfaced north of Franklin Avenue to Princess Point
• Dundurn Street - between Main Street & Aberdeen Avenue, painted in May 2010
• Paramount Drive and Winterberry Drive (north of Paramount Drive) in the Heritage Green neighbourhood
• King Street - between Nash Road & Battlefield Drive
• Sanders Boulevard - between West Park Avenue & Cootes Drive
• North Service Road - a well defined cycling route, comprised of a combination of on-street bike routes, on-street painted bike lanes, and off-road multi-use trails, between Confederation Park and Fifty Point Conservation Area 
• York Boulevard - on-street bike lanes between Dundurn Street and the City of Burlington border
• Ferguson Avenue bike lanes, including on the new bridge north of Barton Street
• Stone Church Road - continued implementation of on-street bike lanes implemented in many sections, including between Upper James Street and Upper Wellington Street and east of Pritchard Road
• King Street - between Pottruff Road and Nash Road
• Bicycle-Friendly Stairs - constructed from Kimberly Drive up to Mountain Brow Boulevard
• Bike Racks in various BIAs
• Eastport Drive Lift Bridge - a bicycle-friendly stairway has been built on the Hamilton side of the bridge as well as a paved trail leading from the stairway to the Beach Trail 
• Sterling Street - on-street bike lanes
• Longwood Road North - on-street bike and pedestrian lanes
• Upper Paradise Road - on-street bike lanes

• Mohawk Road (McNiven Road to Filman Road) - wider asphalt platform was not included in the resurfacing
• Nash Road - as Councillor approval was not granted
• Barton Street (Nash Road to Centennial Parkway) - relocation of utilities/poles impeded the project
• Queensdale Avenue - as Councillor approval was not granted