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Let's hope city hall, the provincial legislator and the courts are listening in Toronto!</p> <p>Los Angeles doctor gets 5 years for injuring cyclists<br /> The judge expresses doubt about Christopher Thompson's remorse over braking in front of two riders and calls on cyclists and drivers to respect each other.<br /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclists9-2010jan09,0,4794493.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclists9-2010jan09,0,4794493.story</a> </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=520#post-1943 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:05:49 +0000 oled 1943@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>In Los Angeles, a judge referred to the vulnerability of cyclist in condemning a road raging medical doctor to 5 years: "Government must become aware of the dangerous conditions existing on our city streets and the threat of injury to cyclists." Let's hope city hall, the provincial legislator and the courts are listening in Toronto!</p> <p> Los Angeles doctor gets 5 years for injuring cyclists<br /> The judge expresses doubt about Christopher Thompson's remorse over braking in front of two riders and calls on cyclists and drivers to respect each other.<br /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclists9-2010jan09,0,4794493.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclists9-2010jan09,0,4794493.story</a> </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1713 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:23:20 +0000 joe 1713@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Hopefully they'll put a ton there (right along Front St.... where it's supposed to be made much more pedestrian friendly) and as the program expands, more and more will be at Union. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1712 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:58:28 +0000 theurbancountry 1712@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Joe. I totally agree that this will be great for GO commuters. I have co-workers who would love to use this service for the very reasons you mention.</p> <p>There is going to be incredible demand for these bikes at Union Station each morning. Sean was chuckling at the thought of where all the bikes are going to go - they will need a good chunk of land to store them. I could see them putting at least 25% of the entire fleet at (or near) Union Station. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1711 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:23 +0000 joe 1711@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Great post, James. Hope you don't mind I added "in Toronto" to the thread title, and I linked to the forum thread of the Walrus article. :)</p> <p>I am very psyched about BixiTO (or whatever they call it)... I think I'll see a lot of co-workers using it. I'm thinking of a few friends that take the GO train in from the 'burbs and then either walk or TTC it from Union. They do want to bike from Union to work, but are worried about security (even with the new <a href="http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=52#post-111">BikeStation at Union</a>) and leaving their bike in the city all the time, where they won't be able to use it on weekends.</p> <p>Bixi, I think, is right up their alley. :) </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=479#post-1708 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:25 +0000 theurbancountry 1708@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=465#post-1649">Walrus Magazine's recent article on BIXI</a> in Toronto left me with more questions about how it would be done here. So I got in touch with City Hall to find out more. Here are a couple lines from my article with some information I was able to squeeze out:</p> <p><blockquote><em><br /> BIXI is ready for Toronto, is Toronto ready for BIXI?</p> <p><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_PK0EOWvC8YI/SwMpZD4gbxI/AAAAAAAAGOo/MkUHCZJh8ok/TorontoBIXI2_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800"></p> <p>After a successful launch in Montreal last May, BIXI has served more than 1 million users – an amazing accomplishment for its first year.</p> <p>The system is however shutting down now as Montreal prepares for the ensuing winter. On November 1st, BIXI started taking down the less frequently used stations and BIXI rentals will no longer be available after November 30th – making its triumphant return in May 2010.</p> <p>But fear not Torontonians - I have been told the BIXI system in Toronto will have no such restrictions! The city plans to keep Toronto’s BIXI system open all-year-round! A detail that has previously not been released and I had to pry out of City Hall.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Next I wanted to find out what the impact would be on car lanes and parking. As you may know, Montreal turned dozens of parking spaces into BIXI stations – a point of contention amongst Montreal drivers.</p> <p>Perhaps not surprisingly, the city doesn’t want to head down the path of taking parking space away from drivers. “On-street parking is not a priority”, Wheldrake said.</p> <p>It makes sense that the city is trying to avoid possible confrontation with certain media outlets in our city that are opposed to cycling culture because they see it as a threat to driving in the city. I however, see cycling as a benefit to drivers because it can help reduce congestion by getting people out of their cars.</p> <p>Sean admitted that it will be a challenge to find space for the BIXI stations, but he is optimistic that this can be addressed given the easy mobility of the solar-powered BIXI stations that require no excavation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.theurbancountry.com/2009/11/bixi-is-ready-for-toronto-is-toronto.html">Full Article Here</a><br /> </em></blockquote></p> <p>Is anyone else getting excited about the BIXI program?? Even though I already own 3 bikes, I could still see BIXI being more convenient on certain occasions than bringing my own bike.</p> <p>James </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1028 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:46:55 +0000 jeff 1028@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>do not to. sorry. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1027 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:46:15 +0000 jeff 1027@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>i hear what you are saying guys. but regarding the get off and walk approach at crosswalks, this is just shamefully poor urban planning. i mean to car drivers ever have to get out and push to avoid breaking the law? it's ridiculous. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1014 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:05:13 +0000 AnnieD 1014@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>There needs to be more clarity with right turning cars. I love the way the bike lane on Sherbourne moves to the left of the right turn lane, it would work very well if the *&amp;^&amp;^%$ cars changing to the right turn lane didn't always block the bikelane. On Wellesley yesterday there were two cars signalling a right turn, neither of which merged with the bike lane before their turn. I couldn't pass on the left because the cars stuck behind them didn't leave enough room between them. The right-turning cars were held back by pedestrians so I felt like a bit of an idiot for not passing them on the right but I wouldn't do it on principle and so I missed the green light. Anyway, I digress. With Bathurst, the "going straight" lane is usually backed up quite a ways so lately I've started walking on the sidewalk to get past the right turning cars, and then walking through the crosswalk and waiting on the sidewalk past the lights. At other intersections, I find I can safely wait right on the diagonal of the corner so that I'm not in the way of cars going in either direction - which would get pretty crowded if other cyclists started adopting this strategy! A strong argument in favour of bike boxes. The disappearing bike lanes on Wellesley are another place where drivers aren't eager to let you in for the few metres it takes before the lane picks up again. I like the one spot where the sharrows clearly indicate that bikes are supposed to be on the left of the right turning lane (heading East, at Bay), so I can take my position in front of the cars until the bike lane resumes on the other side. Probably the only sharrows I actually like. Other cyclists never seem to follow the sharrows, and then they block or get stuck by right turning cars. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1013 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:23:05 +0000 Duncan 1013@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Annie,</p> <p>That's an interesting way of handling red lights. Do you pull completely off the road?</p> <p>Lately, whether I'm first in line or behind a few cars I find myself filling the lane at red lights. While there are still some who try to get right on top of me, the majority of people leave a good amount of room and actually prepare to change lanes to pass me. I move over once the light turns green, but at lights I assert myself so no one can say, "Sorry officer, I didn't see him."</p> <p>And I know what you mean on Bathurst north of St. Clair... it's part of my daily commute. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1012 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:45:28 +0000 AnnieD 1012@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Where there isn't much traffic or where there's an advanced green for left turns, I will make the lane change and turn left from the left lane. Otherwise, if the light is green, I continue to the next corner and re-position myself while I wait for the light to change (the "wide left" as Duncan calls it). If the light is red, I will get off my bike and *walk* it through the two crosswalks and only get back on once I'm on the opposite corner. </p> <p>Duncan, I read your explanation of why bikes run red lights. I have a different strategy to deal with the issue you raise, especially at a few intersections where there's a bit of a jog in the road, but also in places where there's a long line of backed up cars (up to two blocks in one place!) so that I filter to the front. Rather than "cut in" at the green light, which would only cause grumblings, I cross the intersection and wait until the light turns red again. This way, I let all the cars through and I can follow from behind, with no one breathing down my neck. I used this strategy on Yonge recently and it was great - the cars were going so fast that they were well ahead of me, and there was no one behind me so I felt like I had the road to myself! It's spared me a few grey hairs on Bathurst, heading N. from St. Clair where the road narrows at the intersection and where there's a jog a bit further up. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1011 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:11:24 +0000 Duncan 1011@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Jeff,</p> <p>These laws feel like they were written from a car-centric stance, because they were.</p> <p>There's one street where I use what I call a "wide left" or crosswalk left turn because drivers there are too impatient behind me making a left turn and the oncoming traffic has to make a bit of a jag, so it's just not a safe place to be on a bicycle. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-1010 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:48:06 +0000 jeff 1010@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>i hear that cyclists are not supposed to cross at crosswalks when turning left, rather change lanes into the center and turn from there. On some Toronto streets this is crazy.I argue that this is one where following the car-law can be extremely dangerous.</p> <p>also what is the problem with bikes and residential one way streets. these are to prevent non-local car traffic from roaring through quiet neighborhoods. this has nothing to do with bikes. it is much easier and takes no physical effort whatsoever for a car to go three extra blocks to approach their destination from the legal direction.</p> <p>bikes operate very differently from cars, and it feels like so many of these regulations were written from a completely car-centric point of view. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=297#post-873 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:32:42 +0000 toddtyrtle 873@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>I keep saying it and hopefully somehow we figure out a way to address this but it isn't just about infrastructure. Driver attitudes are equally important. I've cycled in and around Quebec City, Toronto and its suburbs, and the suburbs of Vancouver and driver attitudes were the worst here.</p> <p>The more I think about it, the more I think that *this* is what we need to figure out how to address - for lack of a better word: "cyclist PR". More sympathetic drivers means more courteous drivers and less resistance to infrastructure.</p> <p>Right or wrong there's a perception among drivers I've met that I, as a person who rides safely and obeys the laws (OK, truth be told as I've said before - coming to a slower-than walking but not fully stopped stop at residential 4-way stops) is an exception and not the rule while a driver committing an act of road rage, or cutting them off is an idiot while most drivers obey all laws. I know, I know, I keep beating same drum. I figure I'll just keep chewing on the problem and maybe one of these days a helpful idea will come of it. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=297#post-844 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:44:57 +0000 Duncan 844@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Here's a brief introduction to cycling conditions in cities across Canada. Well, in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver at least...</p> <p><ol type="1"><li><img src="http://images.ctv.ca/mar/images/logo/ctvLogoSm.gif"></p> <p><img src="http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20090903/475_bike_090902.jpg"></p> <p>Cycling in Canadian cities: a study in contrasts</p> <p>Updated Sun. Sep. 6 2009 9:10 AM ET</p> <p>CTV.ca News Staff</p> <p>For forward-looking Canadian cities, cycling is fast becoming a big deal.</p> <p>Cycling is a sustainable transportation option, it builds exercise into excursions and it's a very affordable way to travel.</p> <p>But it's also a form of transportation that requires sharing the road with another form of transportation -- the much heavier and less forgiving automobile, a colleague of the road that cyclists must stay wary of order to stay safe.</p> <p>A number of Canada's major cities have seen at least one serious or fatal incident this summer involving a cyclist and a vehicle on the road...</p> <p><a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090904/cycling_summer_090906/20090906?hub=Canada">Read the rest here</a></li></ol> </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=284#post-754 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:43:19 +0000 Duncan 754@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>From Duncan's City Ride:<br /> <ol type="1"><li><br /> <strong><a href="http://www.bikingtoronto.com/duncan/2009/09/why-some-cyclists-in-toronto-break.html">Why Some Cyclists in Toronto Break the Rules</a></strong></p> <p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2194/1819789312_e4b98aca50.jpg"></p> <p>The reasons for breaking the rules of the road are plenty, but I offer up what I believe the three most common are.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikingtoronto.com/duncan/2009/09/why-some-cyclists-in-toronto-break.html">Read my post here.</a></li></ol></p> <p>Why do you think cyclists break the rules? Are the reasons any different from those who break the rules in cars? </p>