http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ BikingToronto Forum Topic: Breaking the Cycle: What Toronto Needs to Make Streets Safe en Sun, 19 May 2013 12:57:19 +0000 http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-1474 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:32:39 +0000 lOCk 1474@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>Copenhagen (and other places) are installing "low noise" pavements... Maybe ask the City what they are doing along similar lines...</p> <p>Some low noise pavement info here:<br /> <a href="http://www.aapa.asn.au/default.aspx?id=184">http://www.aapa.asn.au/default.aspx?id=184</a></p> <p>tks<br /> LloK </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-1473 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:44:34 +0000 michael holloway 1473@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>"..then the herd came roaring in." </p> <p>Nice imagery Duncan.</p> <p>mh </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-976 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:33:48 +0000 Duncan 976@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>I agree about noise pollution. Some days I get home from my commute and my ears are just ringing. The tires on concrete, squealing brakes, thumping suspension, blasting stereos and just ambient hum of engines really adds up. The other morning I was alone on Bathurst just before Sheppard for a good 2 minutes, without cars it was shockingly quiet... then the herd came roaring in. </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-974 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:26:00 +0000 michael holloway 974@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>"I know that cycling helps combat obesity, heart disease and air pollution."</p> <p>AND the biggest one, at least in my books, NOISE pollution. I point out to people all the time how different it is to experience one of those Vespas going by at 30 km/h, all you hear is the birds in the trees. Don't get me wrong - these are essentially nuclear powered vehicles (in Ontario at least) - but if it gets one internal combustion engine off the road, I'm all for it.</p> <p>Michael Holloway </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-938 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:38:39 +0000 jeff 938@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p>amen </p> http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/topic.php?id=305#post-879 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:08:23 +0000 joe 879@http://bikingtoronto.com/forum/ <p><ul><li><em><br /> <strong><a href="http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/all-about-alumni/is-cycling-toronto-safe-bike-vs-car-debates-kristen-courtney/">Breaking the Cycle</a><br /> The City of Toronto is not doing enough to make the streets safe for cyclists, says law grad Kristen Courtney</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/new/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/aaa_kristen_first_person_nocredit_320.jpg"><br /> Kristen Courtney is a lawyer and a founding member of Bells on Bloor. <a href="http://www.bellsonbloor.ca">www.bellsonbloor.ca</a></p> <p>I have always loved bicycles, and the freedoms they provide: freedom from paying for gas, from bus schedules and even from my asthma symptoms as my fitness improved. Even more, I love what bicycles do for other people, for communities and for the Earth. I know that cycling helps combat obesity, heart disease and air pollution. I see people from very different walks of life lock up their bikes at the same rack while sharing a friendly good morning. I have seen others develop a respect for nature while mountain biking.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Torontonians have called on their city for action [in making streets safer for cyclists]. In May, 2,000 cyclists rode their bikes at Bells on Bloor, the largest cycling-advocacy ride in Toronto’s history. Cyclists are out in full force at public consultations and environmental assessments for street reconstructions. But it is time cyclists began demanding more than lip service: we are not interested in painted white lines on quiet side streets – we need safe bike lanes on the streets we use. How much longer Toronto will ignore these calls for change remains to be seen. Change is inevitable. The death and injury of cyclists on Toronto streets is not.<br /> </em></li></ul></p> <p><em>[<a href="http://www.bikingtoronto.com/duncan">Duncan</a> just mailed me this article from the UofT Magazine... the UofT site breaks his computer. :( ]</em> </p>