"There is clearly a demand here," [City Councillor] Gord Perks said, looking around a less-than-full parking lot at the Keele Street subway station.

Although cars were not in abundance, bikes were a different story. They filled the bike racks in front of the station and were locked to just about anything they could be locked to in the rear of the station.

[Member of Parliament for Parkdale-High Park] Peggy Nash said bike lockers would provide peace of mind for cyclists. Bike lockers are enclosed secure bicycle parking that provides protection from theft, vandalism and inclement weather. Nash and Perks put in a request to have lockers installed while the station is being re-done. They said it is all part and parcel of the work they have been doing together to promote bike infrastructure and alternative transportation.

This is great first step in the pursuit of "intermodal connectivity" (having practical infrastructure that allows people to switch easily from one mode of transportation to another) in Toronto.

If you live in Gord Perk's Ward (Ward 14, Parkdale-High Park), but even if you don't, send him an email that tells him you support Bike Lockers at Keele Subway Station (and others too!)

Links:

• More at Inside Toronto.

• Send Councillor Perks an email entitled "I support Bike Lockers at Keele Subway Station"

• [photo of Finch Subway Station Bike Lockers from City of Toronto]

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