CTV reports on a fight between a bike courier and a BMW driver.
Driver pleads innocence. No one interviews the courier. Driver has a name: Azid Hamid. The courier has none.
Azid Hamid was driving his silver BMW on Queen near Church Street when a bicycle courier began yelling at him through his open window.
"He called me name and boom! Hit me without no reason," Hamid alleged.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. There are many now who like to moralize almost as much as this doctor, when writing to the medical journal, The Lancet, in 1896 claimed that cyclists were a danger to others and themselves. The doctor was clearly anxious about the reckless cyclists on the road and set out to set things straight. The main difference was that back in 1896 bicycles were the fastest vehicles on the road.
Councillor Michael Walker is trying hard to appear to be the reasonable voice for citizens of Toronto plagued by cyclists. The solution is to make it harder to be a cyclist. The City's public works and infrastructure meeting will be discussing mandatory helmets and mandatory licensing for cyclists.
From Christie Blatchford in the Globe and Mail on the cyclist death on behalf of the former Attorney General, a mainstream view that is surprising in its understanding of the power that motorists wield:
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San Francisco is looking at how Toronto cyclists deal with streetcar tracks. The answer: not very easily. Toronto streetcar tracks have been the bane of many cyclists, both experienced and green. Being one of just a handful of North American cities with streetcars, Toronto could provide valuable information.
What can San Francisco learn from the Toronto experience? What ways can cities improve the safety for cyclists crossing tracks?
Intrepid blogger (and community organizer) Mez was the only media at the press conference for the Toronto Police's "Share the Road" bike safety campaign launch on Monday. Being the only one meant he had plenty of time to try to convince the police present to do a better of job of targeting the worst offenders both on bike and in car, and not just the everyday cyclist. Mez can't help but to inject a bit of activism into his reporting:
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