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In a hit and run overnight, a cyclist came close to death after having his leg severed.

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The Star (Updated story)

From the City News story:

City staff pulled a surprise move at the PWIC meeting. In an appended agenda ("New Business") they snuck in 16.1km of bike lanes to be approved on Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough. Our mole in the city failed to warn us of this development. This was made even more interesting by the fact that this was done using the new approval process.

In New Zealand the Minister of Safety is in hot water for musing about the mandatory helmet law discouraging people from cycling. As we know that more cyclists makes cycling safer and more comfortable (the so-called safety in numbers principle), it is fair for him to muse, but there is little chance of the current law being changed.

I am thankful that we don't have mandatory helmet legislation here.

An update on the Bloor Street court challenge from lawyer Albert Koehl, on behalf of the Safe Cycling Coalition

A loss in the courts – but nonetheless a step forward for cyclists

Annette October 2008

Council voted last night to install the bike lanes on Annette Street from Jane to Runnymead.

Over 200 people wrote letters, and it appears to have been a key part of the success.

Road pricing ForumMarty Collier is working on a road-pricing forum you may be interested in attending.

The construction season is fast coming to a close. And as many of these construction projects end, the bike lanes are being put down. Just today I noticed that bike lanes have been installed on Royal York between Manitoba and Cavell; just the road markings and signage is missing. South Kingsway/Queensway Interchange (SKQI) is nearing completion and then bike lanes can be installed there, too. The same with the contra-flow lane on Stanley, and many other projects around the city.

Bikes on a GO BusMetrolinx' massive, $50 billion draft transportation plan was revealed this last week. "The cost of not proceeding with this plan would be higher than the cost of proceeding with it.

Update: CityTT had a postive news piece about Sunday
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_27097.aspx

Meanwhile Montreal has unveiled a Bikeshare program

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