The City of Toronto keeps talking about accelerating the Bike Plan, but we'll see what happens. I am thinking positively about it. Other cycling advocates aren't happy with anything that happens, but I don't fall into that camp.
Meanwhile, New York's government is accelerating their plans for an environmentally friendly city. Along with making lanes on city streets bus only, planning on a congestion charge, increasing bike parking, they are also planning on doubling the amount of new bikelanes added in the next two years, from 200 to 400 miles:
In case you're wondering, the 200 miles per year works out to 320 km/year.
As Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing proposal inches its way through Albany gridlock, the city has put on the fast track its Bike Master Plan by moving to double the number of city bike lanes to 400 miles from 200 over the next two years.
About 130,000 cyclists hit the streets every day, and the city is seeing an unprecedented surge in the number of bikers, according to statistics provided by Transportation Alternatives.
The number of daily commuters who ride bikes to work, however, is less than 1% of total commuters, a figure that city officials say they want to increase by making cycling safer and more appealing on the potholed, congested streets.
Toronto has 28 km planned for 2007. Let's step up. :)
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