Here are a few stories that showed up in the news recently.
- Pedal Art meets the law (Toronto Star video)
- Committee aims to keep bike lanes cleared of snow (Inside Toronto)
- We're commuting more but driving cars less (Canada.com)
- Duke’s Cycle will rise from its ashes (Excalibur)
- How to get the most out of your new bike (BTAC press release)
- Ending childhood cancer from ‘coast to coast’ (Excalibur)
- Umbra Ltd. Partners With Newly Created Toronto Off Road Bicycling Association (TORBA press release)
And here are a few interesting things from the local cycling blogosphere (ugh...I can't believe I just used that word):
- Schools Out! (Living For the City writes about CBN's bike building workshop)
- Green as a Thistle Low-Impact Move (Youtube video of another local bike move!)
- Poll: Have you started riding your bike? (Spacing Wire)
Comments
darren
Letter in Vaughan
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 14:18Here's a letter to the editor in a Vaughan newspaper. It's a response to an article from a local councillor.
http://www.vaughantoday.ca/story.php?id=552
The letter writer says that Montreal will be closing St Catherine Street to cars all summer. Is that true?
-dj
vic
Ste. Catherine
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 14:43I googled a bit and found this:
http://seaqwa.com/blogs/qnews/archive/2008/03/04/montreal-s-gay-village-...
Aidan
Jarvis redesign
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 15:25bikeunion.to suggests to write a letter to councillors about the autocentric Jarvis redesign: http://www.bikeunion.to/Ultrasound_April.pdf
Here's mine.
The mayor, and others chosen by the citizens of Toronto, make great sounds about reducing the impact of cars on the city, improving transportation and air-quality, and generally making the city livable. However, the Jarvis redesign will have no bike lanes, just like St. Clair West after the TTC work.
Sorry, but even my grade 4 students know you are lying. Just how much of the bike plan has been achieved? Toronto is even left behind American cities we used to feel smug about, and the few bike lanes we have are more dangerous than regular streets.
If the promises made are more than cant, than this is what to do:
- don't put bike lanes alongside parking (door prize, no thanks)
- put a bike lane on every street that is redesigned (JARVIS first - prove the bike plan is not dead)
- curb parking on these streets will have to go (more cyclists means more people who don't park)
- have the police put a PERMENANT blitz on careless/agressive driving
- charge more for parking (permit, curb and lot)
- initiate congestion charges on commuters (London has beat us to it, and New York will)
Do all of these things, and Toronto will surpass Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Do half of them, and surpass any North American city. Do none of them, and it will be like Toronto.
Thank you.
Kevin Love (not verified)
BTAC Toolkit
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 15:55Am I the only one who thinks that the "must haves" in the BTAC toolkit are a bit weird?
What am I supposed to do with 4mm, 5mm and 6mm hex wrenches?
vic
Let's talk about Hex
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 16:09I have hex wrenches as part of my multi-tool. I've used them many times for repairs. Even stuff as simple as tightening up the bolts on my rack. Definitely good to have, and it's not like carrying a multi-tool tapes up that much space or weight.
Anonymous (not verified)
"Bicycle commuters may have
Thu, 04/03/2008 - 20:14"Bicycle commuters may have one less excuse to pack away the wheels for the worst of winter next year, if Toronto's public works and infrastructure committee approves a plan to ensure that certain key bike lanes are kept clear of snow and ice after storms.
The committee will be looking at a proposal to enforce a temporary "no parking" policy along bike paths, so that city workers and contractors can properly clear the lanes to let cyclists through."
Why a temporary no parking policy?
Keep cars out of the bike lanes every single minute!!!