OpenStreetMap
Mapped a new bit of The Meadoway this morning. It’s not quite open yet so there are construction gates (TIL they’re called https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=hampshire_gate). I will have to remember to remove them when the trail opens (December, they say).
As this is likely to be one of the very few ways with road_marking:colour=blue, I want to show people that it really does:
(or if that didn’t work: →).
I really should add a relation for The Meadoway, but I use iD and relation editing happens for other people. This new path should probably be part of the Gatineau Corridor Recreational Trail and Trans Canada Trail - Toronto relations, but probably shouldn’t be part of the Pan Am Path relation since this was built more than a decade after the 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games.
GPS Trace: 2025_10_21_07_47_571.gpx
Changeset: 173584061
Discussion
Comment from Baloo Uriza on 22 October 2025 at 17:19
Oops, someone ignored the standard. blue lines indicate paths and spaces reserved for handicapped users in the US and Canada.
Comment from scruss on 22 October 2025 at 19:56
I don’t think I’ve ever seen blue lines for accessibility in Ontario. Plenty of yellow and white ones, though.
This work has been carried out by a (semi-)governmental agency well aware of accessibility laws. They’ve put a lot of work into making the trail accessible.
Comment from Baloo Uriza on 23 October 2025 at 01:14
I was more laughing that Tulsa’s cycleways with (incorrect) white centerline markings aren’t so weird now.
https://otc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OTM-Book-11-Pavement-Hazard-and-Delineation-Markings.pdf.pdf
Book 11 • Markings and Delineation Ontario Traffic Manual • March 2000104 • Blue [lines] must only be used for disabled parking spaces.