• The Greater Toronto Transportation Authority and Bikes
  The new GTTA hasn't completely forgotten about bikes in their plans for Greater Toronto transit organization, co-ordination, and probably a few other "-ation" words: In August, the GTTA approved a first “quick-win” list of projects, including: adding 20 new double-decker…

• Dave Meslin & the Cyclists Union on the CBC
  This morning, Dave Meslin of the Toronto Cyclists Union appeared on The Current on CBC to discuss efforts to give cyclists a larger voice in the political process. You can listen to the Real Audio File of the program on the Current site.

• November News from Cyclometer
  If you haven't signed up for email delivery of Cyclometer, the City of Toronto's Cycling Newsletter, well... you should! Here's some November News for you, via the BikingToronto Inbox. 1. Tax Exemption On Bicycles And Bicycle Helmets To Take Effect December 1st Starting on December 1, 2007, the Ontario…

• Opinions on Streamlining the Bikelane Approval Process
  The Star already has reader-submitted opinions up stemming from the article this morning: Toronto likes to boast that it is a world-class city, but it is absolutely parochial when it comes to its cycling policy. You can go to Tokyo and see full-service parking lots holding thousands of bicycles…

• The Star wants your comments about bikelane vetos
  The Star has a "Speak Out" feature up about this morning's article about City Council working around local community councils who may oppose bikelane installation. Go and have your say about "Should community councils be allowed to veto new bike paths authorized by the city?" - they post most comments…

• Toronto planning 50 km of bikelanes for 2008
  The Star has a short article this morning on City Council's plan to eliminate community councils from the Bikelane approval process - meaning that every January, City Council can decide which lanes will go in that year without having anti-cycling councillors…

• Bikelanes planned for Dufferin Jog
  I almost missed this news, but it looks like that bikelanes are a part of the plan to straighten the "Dufferin Jog" (which, for anyone not familiar, is where Dufferin "jogs" a bit east due to the railway tracks via Peel…

• Toronto Cyclists Union looking for volunteers
  Launching in the spring of 2008, the Toronto Cyclists Union will be Toronto's first membership-driven bicycle advocacy organisation. They are looking for people to help out with the following...

• Cycling and the Media Discussion
  Just building on the post from this morning about the Globe article and the Cyclists Union... This article has brought up a lot of interesting discussion about how the "mainstream media" portrays cycling issues and those who care about them. I personally think the Globe article was generally good -…

• The Globe: Grow Up, Cyclists (Dave Meslin and the Cyclist Union)
  The Globe & Mail had a large article in the "T.O." section on Saturday (you can click the side photo for a larger view of the 1st of 2 pages it was on) about the efforts of Dave Meslin in putting together the upcoming Toronto Cyclists Union for next spring:…

• The Star: Bike plan misses benchmarks
  The Star is reporting today on the Bike Plan falling behind schedule: Though it's been cited as a key part of the Toronto's transit strategy, the city keeps falling further and further behind on its bike plan.At the outset, there were to be 1,000 kilometres of bikeways – a mix…

• Spacing: Budget committee backs down from funding bikes
  Tammy Thorne of Spacing just posted about the Budget Committee backing down from increasing the Bike Plan Budget to get it done by 2012. While the original amount budgeted for 2008 was $3 million, the $5.5 million approved (while a substantial increase of 83%) falls short of the $7.7…

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