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Toronto Cyclists Union Volunteer Listing
New cyclist advocacy group forming in Toronto. Using a member-funded model, we will provide a new voice for cyclists, a new magazine and a hub for the two-wheeled community.Environment and sustainability top agenda at U of T
Students also created Bikechain, which started by offering free bike-related services and tune-ups to the university community but has since evolved to include development of a larger transportation management initiative examining how to encourage more sustainable means of travelling to the university.Paving BikeLanes with good intentions
Bike lanes inching along
The number earmarked for bike lanes in this year’s proposed budget? $3 million – that’s a zero per cent increase from 2006. On top of that, the budget recommends a 20 per cent cut to the cash allocated for bike trails in Toronto parks, with zero funds set aside to ensure bike paths be kept in a state of good repair.Bike Pirates!
The Bike Pirates has launched their website. It's nice!VIA Launches Toronto-Niagara BikeTrain
The Toronto-Niagara Bike Train is an exciting new initiative that will introduce bike racks on VIA Rail train service between Toronto and the Niagara Region.
Environmental:
Lots of attention on this lately, especially with the City's "smog reduction goals". Smog reduction could be easily achieved with promoting the hell out of cycling... which is cheap too. Politicians like cheap, don't they?
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Yorkregion.com - Regional News Story
(905ers freaking out over the possibility of being charged to use 416 roads...)City councillors get a lesson on climate change options
Planning for the green revolution
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