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 [...]
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 [...]
The Bixi Anthem
June 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to an email we just received from Patrick Guay of the Montreal band Da Gryptions, I present to you the video for their “Bixi Anthem”, which is getting popular on YouTube recently thanks to postings about the band and the song by Spacing Montreal, Momentum Magazine, the Montreal Gazette, and the National Post. Patrick [...]
Video: How To Pass A Cyclist
June 23, 2010 By 6 Comments
Counting Bikes on the Bloor Viaduct (with Photos and Video)
June 20, 2010 By 5 Comments
On Friday morning, I went over to the Bloor Viaduct to check out the new re-painted bikelanes, and while I was there fairly early decided to relax under some trees and count the people biking by on their way downtown to work. The Bloor Viaduct is one of the perfect places in Toronto to do [...]
UPDATE! Photos and Video from the 2010 Bells on Bloor Ride
May 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
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 [...]
Video: An Early Spring Railpath Ride
April 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
Photos and Video from the Ice Bike Races
February 14, 2010 By 5 Comments
Last night I went and checked out Icycle 2010, the Ice Bike Races held at Dufferin Grove Park every year. Beforehand, I met up with Todd and James Schwartz (of TheUrbanCountry.com) at 3-Speed (I highly recommend their sirloin burger) and we chatted about cycling, Toronto neighbourhoods and Chinese New Year. We then walked over to [...]
Video: Extreme Winter Biking
February 4, 2008 By 2 Comments
Toronto received a sizable dump of snow late last week, and it’s all melting this week (with forecast temperature highs for tomorrow of 9 degrees celcius). If you think urban winter cycling is crazy (which it’s really not, at least in Toronto), check out this video of guys cycling in all manner of winter conditions.
