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Annette Bike Lane Public Meeting Sept. 15

Dear concerned cyclist,

No Task Too Tough for Cycling Family

Humphreys Family Cycles

Nothing Personal

I'm trying to decide whether to care about this interaction I had a couple mornings ago.

As I was riding along Willowdale Avenue, a wide calm street and one of my favourites on my commute, a truck pulled up behind me and, just before passing me, turned on the reverse warning alarm. It startled me, so I shook a little bit but managed to keep a straight line. After the truck passed, I saw the passenger lean over to look at me in the large side mirror and have a laugh.

17 Reasons & some silly excuses

Every once in a while you come across an article about riding your bike that just makes you smile. Like this one by Gavin Hudson entitled '17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Most Popular Vehicle in the World Today' I thought it made a nice companion article to the ever popular Top 10 excuses NOT to commute.

GO Transit rocks the bike!

At a press conference this morning in Hamilton, GO Transit announced that they will be adding bicycle racks to the front of inter-city GO buses, as well as allowing cyclists to bring folding bikes on rush-hour trains!

Wait a minute: no demerit points for cyclists

Well, well. Toronto's finest have been known to lay some dumb charges against cyclists over the years. Like the infamous tickets for not putting your foot down when stopping at a stop sign. Now, for many years, I have heard lots of reports about them trying to hand out demerit points to those cyclists who had a driver's license while handing out tickets. I think not. Read below and please contact Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists if you have been treated that way over a traffic ticket while riding your bike.