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How to deal with cars parked in bike lanes (Spacing Wire)
Cars parked in bike lanes is one of my greatest pet peeves in this city and I’m not sure if drivers understand the message it sends to cyclists. It says, “my convenience is much more important than your safety.”It's time to start counting emissions like calories (Toronto Star)
Recently, protesters at Heathrow airport in England claimed that air travel is the foremost culprit in global warming. It's not. The biggest culprits are single drivers of big SUVs.
And total road transportation accounts for more than 52 per cent of all Canada's greenhouse gas emissions – far more than air travel.
A $100M plan to ease gridlock in 2 years or less (Toronto Star)
Durham Region Chair Roger Anderson noted that none of the recommendations extended into his region, and he disagreed with cycling initiatives.
"I understand the quick-win scenario, but if you've got $1.8 million to spend I think you can find something better to spend it on than bike racks," he said.
ROM plaza will bring Bloor St. new life (Toronto Star)
n fact, the Bloor Yorkville Business Improvement Area has long recognized the need to clean up the neighbourhood. Fully a decade ago, it hired Toronto architectural firm Brown and Storey to prepare a plan for the revitalization of Bloor.
The plan is to widen the sidewalks by 1.2 metres on both sides, which would create a more expansive pedestrian realm.
It also provides more space for trees, street furniture and state-of-the-art lighting.
Reinventing Roncesvalles (SteveMunro.ca)
It seems that Roncesvalles could become the St. Clair debate all over again…there just doesn’t ever seem to be much agreement between the City, the TTC, residents, and/or businesses, on what are the “optimal” cross-section treatments for streets with streetcars on them.
For example, St. Clair ended up giving away a lot of right-of-way space over to traffic, at the expense of sidewalks, in some areas. Is the St. Clair treatment the “best” option?
[Let's hope Roncy doesn't follow St. Clair. While the streetcar right of way is a good thing, bikelanes AND pedestrian space was sacrificed in favour of lanes and parking for cars, which is the worst urban planning imaginable]When you're saddled with kids bike trip is a great experience (Toronto Star)
We start our journey in St. Catharines at Lock 3 on the Welland Canal, leaving both our cars there. If there's a way to fit two adults, twin 12-year-old boys, their 8-year-old sister, our bicycles and a bike-trailer into one car, we haven't figured it out yet.
We chose this area not because we were anxious to explore the Niagara Region but because it offers a 160-kilometre paved circuit along the shore of Lake Erie, north along the Niagara River to Lake Ontario and Niagara-on-the-Lake and back around to the canal.
We set off into a headwind. Within three kilometres, I'm wondering if we've lost our minds. My husband Edward pants up to me and asks: "Are we insane?"
Touring festival wheels into Toronto (Globe & Mail)
Bike culture is about to erupt this weekend, brought on by the Toronto stopover of the 16-city Bicycle Film Festival. And whom do we have to thank for it? A New York City bus driver. In 2000, the driver hit Brendt Barbur, who had come to New York from San
Oh, those tenacious cyclists: War of the wheels continues (National Post)
Alex Nevitte, 16, wrote in these pages last Friday about the hostility and obstacles she faces trying to commute from North Toronto to her summer job in Rosedale. ‘‘What is the deal,’’ she asked, ‘‘with motorists, specifically car and SUV drivers who think they are entitled to the entire road under all circumstances?’’ Some motorists fired back in Wednesday’s paper. Today, three cyclists have their say.
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