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Anthony posted on the forum topic Bike lanes an election winner for Rossi in the group News: 11 minutes ago
Our former Metro (Toronto) government had a formal policy where they were moving towards banning bicycles from using the arterial streets under their control. While this ended as a formal policy in 1982, the effects still linger. Rossi's intention of banning bikes on arterials is an example.
Most people don't have an good understand how our [...]
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Day One: 800m 57 minutes ago
I am hoping to get some reno posts up soon.
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Joe T. posted on the forum topic Bike lanes an election winner for Rossi in the group News: 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
Shawn Micallef has an interesting piece on "Wedge" tactics that Rossi is using:
Cars, wedges and the Brady Bunch
http://www.eyeweekly.com/blog/post/85104"It’s strange that Rossi chose to use the Jarvis lanes to stir up potential motorist votes (that is, votes largely outside of the old City of Toronto) when he is the former CEO of the Heart and Stroke [...]
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Joe T. started the forum topic The Action Hazards of Harbord Street in the group Bikelanes & Infrastructure: 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
Courtesy of the Urban Repair Squad, all the cracks, holes and bumps in Harbord Street now have warnings/exclaimations to go along with them.
http://torontoist.com/2010/03/harbord_bike_lane_onomatopoeias.phpURS site:
http://urbanrepairs.blogspot.com/Photo gallery:
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Joe T. posted on the forum topic GoogleMaps likes Bikes! in the group Elsewhere: 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Here's the Star article:
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Joe T. started the forum topic GoogleMaps likes Bikes! in the group Elsewhere: 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
Google has launched a new "biking" feature to GoogleMaps!
http://maps.google.com/bikingTechCrunch Article:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/10/google-maps-bicycles/I just spoke to Denise Balkissoon of the Toronto Star, who is doing a story on the new feature.
All this cool mapping stuff… maybe we should start a "Maps" group.
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Joe T. posted on the forum topic Choosing bike components in the group Bikes and bike gear: 3 hours, 10 minutes ago
I think what Annie may be thinking of is "Wenches with Wrenches":
http://www.communitybicyclenetwork.org/wenchesAccording to that page, they are supposed to run in April, but I don't see anything scheduled on their calendar:
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Duncan H posted on the forum topic Choosing bike components in the group Bikes and bike gear: 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
AnnieD:
I hope your bicycle is there when you return. There was an abandoned bicycle near my place that was simply leaning against a post and ring, no lock. It stood still for a few days before parts started to go missing.
Community Bicycle Network runs classes like you're looking for, Joe has them listed on the [...]
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AnnieD posted on the forum topic Choosing bike components in the group Bikes and bike gear: 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
I might be on the market for a new bike sooner than I'd planned. My back brake jammed yesterday on my way home. Not sure what happened – maybe one of my panniers hit it and knocked it out of alignment. I tried to move it but couldn't get it to budge. [...]
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Repairs and Modifications 4 hours, 55 minutes ago
Thanks for the update Claire.
Glad you found a double kickstand, and I too love the look of the Zigo.
I’ve been thinking about what to buy when we start biking with our little one. Maybe a trailer, but most likely more of a sidecar-type thing, or something that goes in front like a [...]
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Joe T. wrote a new blog post: My Cyclist Count for Wednesday March 10, 2010 5 hours ago
I have a little game I like to play when I get bored of my commute, and I call it “Count the Cyclists” (yes, it’s a very creative name).I do it to keep my mind occupied sometimes (but not at the expense of being aware of [...]
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Claire Fletcher commented on the blog post Day One: 800m 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
Love Michael’s comment – “hyper local” is something I’m just learning about. Used to just jump in the car and drive till I found a store that had what I needed – 50kms for a part? No problem. Now I’m having to research and plan every outing before I step out the front door. Big [...]
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Claire Fletcher wrote a new blog post: Repairs and Modifications 5 hours, 22 minutes ago
Yesterday the four of us made the trek downtown on the TTC to gather the parts necessary for repairs. First stop: Urbane. They were not able to help with the hitch, but I did pick up a double kickstand [...]
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Duncan H commented on the blog post Day One: 800m 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
Great use of found items! http://bikehacks.com/ would be very proud of your ride. Check out his site if you’re looking for more inspiration to help with adding more storage capacity. A front basket may work, but the sturdy ones that brace using the front forks are probably out of the question with suspension.
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a wa… 6 hours, 4 minutes ago
That is amazing. Awesome feature on the Star’s Map Blog. Patrick Cain does awesome work over there.
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Lower Simcoe Taxi Stand… Wait, That’s A Bike Lane! 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
Here we go… any twitter-ites out there can “Re-Tweet” this.
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Lower Simcoe Taxi Stand… Wait, That’s A Bike Lane! 6 hours, 29 minutes ago
That is awful! I think I’ll be sending a message to the Toronto Police Services about this!
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Duncan H commented on the blog post Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a wa… 6 hours, 35 minutes ago
Very cool. I hope to add a few maps this week. Toronto Star has also linked to this http://thestar.blogs.com/maps/2010/03/a-roundup-of-maps-elsewhere.html
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Joe T. posted on the forum topic Smitherman would pause Toronto's bike plan in the group News: 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
Excellent points, Anthony. Thanks for mentioning stuff from the Committee meeting the other day… I unfortunately had to miss it.
My "gut" tells me that Smitherman essentially just wants to take away any issues from Rossi. Smitherman is the front-runner, so if he says he supports the same things (in principle), such as stalling [...]
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Joe T. commented on the blog post Day One: 800m 6 hours, 47 minutes ago
Michael’s comment reminded me that I’m planning to do a few posts over on my JoeBikes blog about doing home renovations while not owning a car.
We completely renovated our condo and I have now re-built our front porch (and am now finishing up renovating a 2nd bedroom into a nursery) for our house [...]