As many of you know, I have been involved in organizing & attending memorials for cyclists killed in traffic in the GTA for many years. For a long time though, I always felt that something more permanent should be done to honour their memory.
Last summer, my partner Wendy Lucas offered to plant a tree in their memory along Lake Ontario. I thought it was a very touching idea. We decided to dedicate the tree to all cyclists killed in traffic in Toronto and across Canada.
The tree was planted together with a commemorative plaque earlier this summer just west of the Sunnyside pool on the north side of the Martin Goodman Trail.
Memorial Tree Toronto 
Memorial Tree Front
Memorial Plaque
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The Google Map of fallen Toronto Cyclists (1989-2008) was created with the kind assistance of ARC (Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists) and its members.
Comments
jamesmallon (not verified)
Nice
Thu, 08/07/2008 - 11:39A nice gesture. Hope to god the city doesn't touch it, but I doubt they'd realize they didn't plant it.
I think that we should name every safe bike lane (without parking) after a killed cyclist, but I think we'd have an oversupply of names to lanes.
Wendy Lucas (not verified)
Bike Tree
Thu, 08/07/2008 - 12:57Hi Jason..thanks for the comments about the memorial tree...the tree was planted by the city under the commerative tree program along with the plaque....Wendy Lucas
Franz (not verified)
Danke
Thu, 08/07/2008 - 11:50Martin, Eine sehr nette Erinnerung. Vielen dank euch beiden. Meine Tochter und ich werden morgen fruh dort hin radeln um den Baum zu sehen, und eine Sonnenblume hinterlassen.
hamish (not verified)
danke sehr
Thu, 08/07/2008 - 13:36Vielen dank to Wendy and Tino; and let's keep working for Radical Change
chephy (not verified)
There is a mistake in the
Thu, 08/07/2008 - 22:24There is a mistake in the map. Bianca Masella was killed at Keele and Finch, not Keele and Wilson.
tino
Thank you/Bianca Gogel Masella correction
Fri, 08/08/2008 - 09:19Fixed. Corrections and comments are very welcome.
tt (not verified)
THANK YOU
Fri, 08/15/2008 - 15:26Thanks so much Wendy and Tino - this is really a wonderful idea. I will go to admire it this weekend. tammy