Happy Friday! Here’s all the stuff you’ve seen (or missed) in the past week!
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In The News:
- Councillor Rob Ford, known for his soundbites against bikes, is considering a run for the mayor’s job
- The Clean Air Partnership did a study of perceptions of bikelanes along Bloor West in the upscale Bloor West Village, and found that both shoppers and merchants would love bikelanes in their neighbourhood (PDF).
- Mayoral Candidate Sarah Thompson wants lots of bikelanes, but not on Jarvis
- Plans for studying the feasibility of a 24 km bikelane along Bloor and Danforth continue
- A new Canadian Cycling Magazine is launching
- The east end’s BikeSauce is looking for old bike donations
- The Danforth East Community Association is planning a bike tune-up workshop
- The brand new Simcoe Street Bikelanes are unusable, because cabs are using it as a taxi stand.
New on the Main Blog:
New on Bikeroo in TO (NEW!):
Toronto/GTA Bicycle Route Mapping Wiki (NEW!):
New on Duncan’s City Ride:
- Yvonne Bambrick of Toronto Cyclists Union at #voteTOin416
- In New York…
- Shoppers Support Bike Lanes on Bloor; Merchants Resist
- Fewer Stop Signs Attract Motorists, Not Cyclists
- Action from the Toronto International Bicycle Show
New on Joe Bikes:
- Count: Staying Steady
- Count: Colder Than It Looks
- My Cyclist Count for Tuesday March 16, 2010
- No Count Today
New on Michael Holloway’s Blog:
- Park Bike Art in a Bike Lane
- New Blog at BikingToronto
- Bloor and Dufferin to the Core – FAST
- Re-New, Re-Cycle, Re-Use
New on Fletcher Five:
New on ThumbShift
New on The Hub (Public Members Blog):
New on the Photo of the Day:
- Yonge and Bloor Scramble
- Double in the Sun
- Scarborough Town Centre
- Not Your Average Stop
- Alpha Female
- Augusta Avenue
- Man in Hat with Suspenders on Bike
- Winter Waiting
