automobiles

An open letter to the Wheels Section of The Toronto Star by Hamish Wilson:

There is no reason to celebrate the gross waste of resources and environmental destruction of automobility, so aptly pictured on the cover of the Wheels 25th anniversary section.

It had to happen sooner or later: it was only a matter of time that we'd start seeing the roadside memorial be streamlined and go mainstream. Thanks to Bob Fuller for helping all those drivers out there who will find themselves in a sticky situation after hitting a jogger, veteran or a kid on a bike.

On November 22nd, Dave Meslin of the Toronto Cyclists Union and Bonnie of the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition appeared on CBC Radio's The Current. You can hear the interview here: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/current_20071122_3968.mp3.

Via blogTO we have a great video about what most cyclists will eventually harbour in their minds. Is it too radical for I Bike T.O.? Is it not accommodating enough? Should we be prefacing this funny video in saying that we don't condone violence against person or property? Perhaps. Let the readers decide.

A lot of words and concepts have been thrown around in the interesting Lansdowne reconstruction debate that we've had here and here. I hope to clear up what I think are some of the misconceptions and misrepresentations.