urban planning

Imagine that you've $100. And that each of your 30 million fellow citizens -- every man, woman, and child in Canada -- does as well. We'd have quite a lump under the collective mattress: $3 billion worth.

Lay down a sewer pipe and there are myriad standards dictating dimension, clearance and placement. Lay down a bike lane and sound design precepts are optional, more often recognized in the breach than in the application. How is it that conduits for sh_t are typically subjected to greater planning rigor than conduits for human beings on bicycles?

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.

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

Metrolinx has a "bold" plan for the GTHA involving "Big Moves". At lest that's what it is selling.

Mississauga thinks that it is a yawner. And now that the province is broke, it's going to be time for broken promises, starting with running a deficit.

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

Photo illustration by Rick Conroy

Angela Bischoff sends us this update:

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.

Logan Bikeway At DundasCulled from comments to a recent ibiketo.ca thread:

Dear concerned cyclist,