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Morning Photo

Joe T. — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:31:54 +0000

I snapped a photo as I was biking by Sherbourne subway station on Bloor yesterday morning because I was so pleased to see so many cyclists heading downtown with me.

It’s hard to tell from the small cellphone photo, but there are at least 8 cyclists in front of me.

That guy directly in front of me had some sweet bags… the courier one was a stylish Star Wars one with an icon of Darth Vader and the words “The Power of the Dark Side”.

Still Lots of Morning Commuters

Joe T. — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:09:59 +0000

Yesterday morning I snapped a quick pic of a part of a group of 6 morning bike commuters I was in as we headed west on Bloor East at around 8 am… temperature hovering around the freezing point. You can see we’re on the bridge over Rosedale Valley Road.

It’s great seeing lots of bikes on the road these days, even as morning temperatures drop.

Is it also weird that I want to get a new cell phone just to be able to take better quality photos?

Raw Video of the Bloor Viaduct Off-Ramp

Joe T. — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:02:33 +0000

One day last week I was in the Broadview and Danforth area for a while killing time, so I decided to take a couple short videos of the off-ramp between the Bloor Viaduct and the northbound Don Valley Parkway (satellite google map). I set up my camera on the off-ramp ^ sign between the Danforth and the off-ramp (streetview).

Cyclists going eastbound over the Viaduct have to deal with crossing this off-ramp (which often has pretty quick traffic) so I thought capturing the how drivers and cyclists to highlight the need for some pavement markings (like a coloured bikelane) and lots of signs for drivers to give way to cyclists in this area.. Cars often go very fast along here, and crossing this lane can be hair-raising, even for experienced cyclists.