infrastructure

Cyclists Dismount

Back in January I noticed that these "Cyclists Dismount" signs were added along the Bloor St. sidewalk by the railway underpasses between Lansdowne Ave. and Dundas St. West.

Last week there seemed to be a theme in the cycling news I came across: "problems and solutions". I liked how all the ideas spoke to problems we have here.

Reclaiming the street in Dhaka, Bangladesh:
If we loved our kids more than our cars

Cyclists fare best if they can treat themselves to a road without motor vehicles. This is the message cyclists gave researchers at the University of British Columbia working on a study called Cycling in Cities, led by Professor Kay Teschke.

As a member of the newly-formed Toronto Cycling Advisory Committee, I will be attending a meeting next week with Antonio Medeiros, a project manager at Waterfront Toronto. He is working on the design for the Martin Goodman Trail at Ontario Place that will run along the south side of Lakeshore Drive directly south of Exhibition Place.

New York has made a big step forward over the past month. A physically separated bike lane has been installed and is open on Ninth Avenue on Manhattan Island (West Village), the first of its kind.

The regular Martin Goodman Trail users must be aware of this one already. Not far from the famous bollards at the Boulevard Club, you'll find, hopefully while avoiding it, the stub of an damaged bollard.

The Toronto Star's "The Fixer" is taking this one on.

This photo was taken by Martin Koob at the City's cycling consultation session in July. A summary of that consultation can be found here.

Over at the Spacing Wire Matt Blackett has posted a street-level piece on Vancouver's cycling infrastructure. It's informative and inspiring!

A 16-year-old Toronto teenager tells the National Post about her harrowing experience trying to commute to her summer job...by bike.

In her story, she asks the eternal question: Usually — and generously — cyclists move to the side of the road to allow faster moving vehicles to pass.

On July 18th on Leslie Street, a cyclist fell over the barrier separating him from the 407. The police report gave the following account: