From the sidebar in this Toronto Star story (April 12)
WHEELS IN MOTION TO SERVE CYCLISTS
GO Transit is making room for two-wheelers, mounting bike racks on buses and giving them shelter at stations.
Noting an increase in bicycle traffic at GO stations of more than 20 per cent in each of the past two years, board members yesterday approved a $225,000 contract for installing bike racks on all buses, beginning with services on the Hamilton corridor.
The board also okayed a $2.5 million contract to create covered bicycle storage areas at each rail station, starting with prototypes at Lisgar, in Mississauga, and Ajax stations by early summer.
A staff report forecasts continued growth in bike use as GO traffic increases, customers look for alternatives to driving to the station and municipalities add bike lanes and improve sidewalks near stations.
Too cool, it's an idea long overdue, but I'll still be happy to get these. They just can't come soon enough.
Comments
geoffrey (not verified)
getting to/from the facilities is the battle
Sun, 04/13/2008 - 13:32"the stubborn cyclist" documented why he took a less than obvious GO transit route due to the bicycle hostile environs in which his more obvious selection resided. Despite that accessing the facility was still a trying experience given the roads were engineered for motor vehicles by those with car head who considered discouraging bicycling a good thing. Sidewalks are good but these facitilites are not for cyclists. How GO will get access roads and corridors back to where people work/live re-engineered with consideration for bicyclists in mind is the question. Will GO hire lobbyists to tackle the local responsible municipalities? Will it enlist the provincial government into legislating complete streets?