I started making some changes to BikingToronto yesterday. These are changes I’ve been thinking about for a while. You’ll notice the following design changes: 1. New title logo. Big. Bright. Simple. Sassy. 2. Less clutter. I cleaned stuff up… something I try to do once a year at least. I try to refocus on what [...]
I’m going to start a new feature here on BikingToronto… something I’m going to call “The News Cycle”. There is always so much happening in Toronto related to bikes that I sometimes don’t get a chance to blog about it (you can usually find everything on the BikingToronto Facebook Page or Twitter Feed though), and [...]
Wow. Last week we passed 7,000 followers over on Twitter. Our followers include tons of Toronto people, as well as bike-related accounts from all over the “Twitter-verse”… which allows BikingToronto to not only keep them updated on the stuff happening in Toronto, but also helps keep us informed on what’s going on. Looking back, our [...]
One of the great things about running a website about biking in Toronto and building it up into the largest and most popular one is all the people you meet. With a few exceptions, everyone I meet through my work with BikingToronto is kind, generous and giving, and I’ve made some good friends. A few [...]
If you follow BikingToronto on Facebook or Twitter – you already know about this… but in case you don’t… Tonight is the first “Biking Toronto Social” – an informal gathering of people who like to bike Toronto for food and drinks and good conversation. It doesn’t have an agenda, a mandate, a mission statement, or [...]
Woot! It was only 2 months ago that we were posting about having 800 fans on facebook (and 4 months before that, 600), but we just hit 1,000 fans today! If you haven’t liked us on Facebook yet, you should. It’s a great way to get links about news and the other fun stuff on [...]
You may remember that a few weeks ago we ran a “Twitter 5000″ contest to celebrate having 5000 followers on Twitter. 5 lucky people won I Bike T.O. shirts – @minx2012 @DavidDuttonCA @Peejaay18 @creativaty and @Lola_318 All the shirts have been ordered, and are starting to be delivered to the winners. @Lola_318 did us [...]
We fell of the monthly popular thing in January and February, but we’re back ! Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from March 2011. Yonge Street to be Pedestrian and Bike-Friendly? BikeMonth is ALIVE and WELL for 2011! Twitter 5000 Contest Bikelane Map How Do You Solve [...]
If you’ve been following us on twitter, you know that we’re giving away 5 I Bike T.O. t-shirts in celebration of passing 5000 twitter followers a couple weeks ago (we’re already up to 5200 since then). We thought we’d give everyone a heads-up about this today, as today is the last day of this contest. [...]
Back in October we did a little blog post about gaining 600 Fans on Facebook, and we’re happy to report our “LIKE” number is now up to 800! If you haven’t liked us on Facebook yet, you should. Not only is it a great way to get links about news and the other fun stuff [...]
Just a quick post to let you know we’ve added a mobile layout to the back-end of BikingToronto to make the site display a little easier on smart phone devices such as iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch. If you have one of these devices, all you need [...]
Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from December 2010. Left-Wing Pinko I Bike T.O. Shirt Don Cherry insults Cyclists as Rob Ford Sworn in as Mayor City of Toronto releases Bicycle Count Statistics Photo: Don Cherry’s Pink Pashley Bike from Curbside Editorial Cartoonists Embrace Don Cherry and [...]
Those of you who have been reading BikingToronto for a while (over a year) know that I *love* stats and graphs, and I love to wrap-up each year on BikingToronto with a few posts that look at the preceding year. Here is the first of those posts. This post is a general overview of the [...]
It’s New Years Day, and I hope your holiday season was happy, safe, and filled with great friends and family. Here at BikingToronto, 2011 is shaping up to be a busy year. More and more Torontonians are hitting the roads on 2 wheels, and it’ll be interesting to see how Rob Ford as Mayor responds [...]
Determined purely by page views, we give you the Top 25 Most Popular pages from November 2010. Cyclist killed by Streetcar at Spadina and Lakeshore Tips for Riding your Bike this Winter The New Roncesvalles: Ride Your Bike up onto the Curb The Star: Car Drivers on the “Gravy Train” Photos of Memorial Ride for [...]
