If you’ve seen our past Jarvis Bikelane Transition posts (before, during), you’ve seen the video Neal Jennings shot at 5:01 pm on Tuesday afternoon… showing that cars are moving just fine on Jarvis with 4 instead of 5 lanes for cars. He’s shot another video, at 5:33 pm on Thursday, capturing 90 seconds of traffic [...]
Bike Unionist Busted for Biking down the Middle of Jarvis
July 22, 2010 By 7 Comments
What a tabloid-esque headline for a biking story! Yesterday, the Executive Director of the Toronto Cyclists Union, Yvonne Bambrick (I think she’s also the Director of Communication and Events, but I don’t know if she’s made the switch yet) received two tickets for riding her bike down the middle of Jarvis. She now has two [...]
Jarvis Street, During Bikelane Installation
July 21, 2010 By 7 Comments
Remember the horrific gridlock that was supposed to bring Jarvis to a standstill when it went from 5 lanes to 4? Hasn’t happened. Neal Jennings shot this video at 5:01 pm yesterday (Tuesday). We’re continuing our series of Jarvis Bikelane Photo Posts (see the “before” photos here) with a “During” post. Photos again by Neal [...]
Bikes in the News – July 20, 2010
July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s been a while since our last News Links post, so here are some news clippings we’ve collected over the last few weeks: InsideToronto Article: Jarvis set to get controversial bike lanes Bike lanes are finally going onto Jarvis Street this month. The only question now is how long the hugely controversial lanes will stay [...]
Jarvis Street Middle Lane now Car-Free. Bikelanes Are Coming
July 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
I saw this on my way downtown this morning, and the Star has picked up on it too. The city has made Jarvis into a 2-lanes-each-way street, striping off the middle lane with yellow lines in preparation for turning it into a bikelaned street. It’s good to see drivers abiding by the yellow lines. It’s [...]
Jarvis Street, Before the Bikelanes
July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The process for installing bikelanes on Jarvis started on Friday, and not only those of us who like to bike Toronto are excited. People who live in the area are looking forward to having the street become a little more people-friendly. The new bikelanes will create a small “buffer” of road space between moving car [...]
Jarvis starts getting Bikelanes this Friday!
July 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
We are happy to report that the July issue of Cyclometer has let us know that the Jarvis bikelanes installation will start this Friday, July 16th. You may remember that originally the re-configuration plans for Jarvis always called for the reduction of the street from 5 car lanes to 4, and that the original plans [...]
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