In an event of seemingly perfect timing, BikeWeek kicked off today with an amazing Group Commute down to City Hall (I took a bunch of pics, and will post them soon) on the very same day as a wildcat strike shut down the Toronto Transit Commission.

It was wonderful biking with thousands of others this morning down Yonge Street, seeing the sidewalks packed with pedestrians walking to work because the subway is closed, and waving to them all and having thousands of bike bells ringing around you.

I wonder how many regular transit users saw all of us on our bikes, smiling and having fun, and thought "I could BIKE to work... what a GREAT IDEA!"

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