[NOTE: BikingToronto occasionally posts about public space and non-bike related news. BikingToronto believes that cycling infrastructure is NOT the panacea that some cycling "advocates" believe it to be. It's good to have bikelanes and stuff, but the prioritizing and politicization of bike infrastructure over infrastructure for other modes of transport is ill-conceived and ultimately ineffective. [...]
City Council Votes “No” to University Avenue Bikelanes
May 12, 2010 By 9 Comments
Bad news from City Council today… coming after the good news of BIXI Toronto getting the go-ahead yesterday. The vote was apparently tied… 13-13. What happened to the other half of Council?? “City council has voted against putting bike lanes on University Avenue this summer — but one councillor may have accidentally voted the wrong [...]
City Council Discusses BikeSharing and Bike Network Plans Tomorrow
May 10, 2010 By 4 Comments
Following up on the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee discussions of a couple weeks ago regarding implementing a BikeSharing system in Toronto as well as improvements to the Bikeway Network, both of these items go before Toronto City Council tomorrow. I think we can all expect many news articles about a so-called “War on the [...]
58% of Toronto wants Bikelanes on Major Streets
April 18, 2010 By 4 Comments
There has been a lot of talk (and talk, and talk) about bikelanes so far during the run-up to the Toronto municipal elections this fall, with “front-runner” candidates like Ford and Rossi coming out against bikelanes, Smitherman and Thompson wanting to re-evaluate where bikelanes should go (but with Thompson more willing to consider them on [...]
University Avenue Bikelane Graphics and Video
April 14, 2010 By 12 Comments
Just came across a rendering of the proposed buffered bikelanes for University Avenue: Rendering via Torontoist. Want to know what buffered bikelanes are like? Here are some videos of other similar bikelanes in action. First off, NYC just opened up a median bikepath down the middle of Sands Street: You can also check out another [...]
Are Bikelanes with Wider Lines Safer?
March 24, 2010 By 7 Comments
BikingToronto member (and photographer featured frequently on the Photo of the Day) Xander N’Dante asks a good question via some Flickr uploads today: “Since paint is cheap – can we make bikelanes safer by marking the lines thicker and in different colours?”
Shoppers Love Bikelanes, Along with some Merchants
March 15, 2010 By 6 Comments
The Clean Air Partnership released a study today (PDF) about the attitudes of shoppers in the upscale Bloor West Village towards altering the street design of Bloor Street to allow for bikelanes and/or wider sidewalks. As Duncan has already quoted on his blog: The dominant mode of transportation in the Bloor West Village is walking, [...]
Focus on Bikes and Complete Streets, Politicians Told
February 10, 2010 By 5 Comments
The Toronto Environmental Alliance, along with various environmental and advocacy organizations, including TCAT and the Bike Union, have released priorities that municipal election candidates should pay attention to if we want, as a city, to be greener, healthier, and more efficient. “Below are 6 priority actions, in no particular order, that will build on 10 [...]
Discussing Downtown Bike Infrastructure for 2010
February 1, 2010 By 7 Comments
Photo via Chris Tindal I wasn’t able to make it to the Bikeway Network Public Consultation Event to discuss downtown bike infrastructure for 2010… but thankfully great people like Chris Tindal, James Schwartz and Dave Meslin are there. One very cool thing coming out of it that’s been rumoured for a while is that segregated [...]
Toronto Cop Nailed for Bike Lane Parking
November 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A Toronto Police officer who parked his cruiser in a bike lane to get his lunch is getting no love from his superiors, who are coming down hard on his “stupid” and “unacceptable” actions. On Sunday,the Sun witnessed a city cop sitting inside the Grillway Cafe, at Runnymede Rd. and Annette St., while his cruiser [...]
Bikelane Parking Action Alert
November 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Toronto Cyclists Union has a campaign going now to not only increase the amount of the fine someone gets for parking in a bikelane, but also to get parking enforcement officers to pay attention to bikelane parkers more: Lend your voice in support of added enforcement for parking/stopping in bike lane infractions, and to [...]
Eglinton LRT includes Bikelanes
November 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s good to hear that like other LRT lines, the Eglinton Crosstown plans include bikelanes. TTC to talk Eglinton line, critics wary A draft plan of the 35-kilo-metre route — which runs from Pearson Airport in the west to Kennedy Station in the east — will be considered by the Toronto Transit Commission today. While [...]
NYC: Bike Lanes in the Big Apple
October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Want to know what’s possible with bikelanes in a big city like Toronto? Look no further than New York (a much bigger city) for some inspiration. It doesn’t take miracles to get cycling infrastructure like this… just political guts. Bike lanes: In some cities people are literally dying to have them and some people go [...]
Queens Quay Revitalization Update
October 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Waterfront Toronto has released their October newsletter, which includes an update on the Queens Quay Revitalization: Waterfront Toronto’s plan to transform Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard was approved overwhelmingly at October’s City Council meeting. The recommendation to replace two lanes of traffic south of the streetcar tracks with a beautiful linear park stems [...]
Waterfront Toronto Unveils Queens Quay Plan
March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Waterfront Toronto has just released plans for the new “people-friendly” Queens Quay that we got a taste of back in 2006 with “Quay to the City” (photos at the end of this post). This of course includes the “connection” of the east and west portions of the Martin-Goodman Trail with a physically seperate two-way cycling [...]
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