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From the Toronto Star, Sun Nov 16, 2008

BIKE LANES

THE PLAN

To build 1,000 kilometres of bikeways, including 495 km of bike lanes, by 2012, delayed from the original 2011 target.

ADVOCATES

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.

Yesterday car drivers were calling into talk radio to complain about the increased funding for cycling infrastructure in the proposed budget. As much as I like fixed potholes as much as the next driver, why not give cyclists a break for once? Martin Koob explains the good news about the City's proposed budget items for cycling and the public hearings on November 5th.

I have to say this budget marks a significant turning point in the implementation of the Bike Plan.

From the desk of Cris Bouchard, City of Toronto:

Hello Toronto 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.

I'm sure there's some interest out there on this. Any great ideas?

Call for submissions - Deadline November 5, 2008

Call for submissions (PDF)

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

It should have been easy.

Photo illustration by Rick Conroy

Angela Bischoff sends us this update:

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.