advocacy

1. Waterfront Sidewalks in Danger – courtesy of the Port Authority

[with excerpts from Councillor Adam Vaughan’s, Ward 20, newsletter]

I took a detour this morning to stop in at the site of the ghost bike where a cyclist was fatally hit one week ago.

As many will already know, a(nother) cyclist was killed Friday, June 8th, on Bayview Avenue when he was hit by a truck. The official police report can be seen here.

Cyclists around the City may finally be getting the message, with the help from the new cycling committee chair, Councillor A. A. Heaps.

And, that message is: the City cannot be trusted to get the job done for cyclists.

Tonight's the night to come and unleash all of your awesome ideas for Toronto's Community Bicycle Network (not to mention getting to meet Large Marge, iBikeTO blogger extraordinaire). What will happen to the 150 yellow bikes that are currently collecting cobwebs in storage? What kind of programming could/should be planned for the upcoming months and years? It's up to you to decide!

CBN will also be accepting nomination for its Advisory Board.

Goldhawk Live focuses on cycling tonight from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Rogers Television's local cable channel -- channel 10.

The guests on the program will be Councillor Adrian Heaps, Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest, and Ron Fletcher, the President of the Toronto Bicycling Network.

While I still have a bit of a bad taste in my mouth over the whole Bikeshare funding debacle last year, I intend to wash it away with juice, cookies and productive conversation at the CBN Townhall. I can't wait to hear what ideas might be in store for this dynamic organization!

As posted by the Community Bicycle Network: