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Jarvis Bike Lane Usage Continues to Increase in 2012
Cycling traffic continues to increase on Jarvis Street despite the decision to remove the bike lanes. John Taranu and the Ward 27 Cycle Toronto group, which includes Jarvis Street, conducted a bike...
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Connectivity, separated bike lanes and politicians waffling: right and left...
I know that for many people progressive councillors in the last couple terms of council have promised a lot but delivered little. But Denzil [Minnan-Wong] is promising a lot but not delivering much...
View ArticleCity proposes complete Harbord/Wellesley cycle tracks all at once in 2014:...
There is a Staff report before Public Works (PWIC) that is up for approval to build the Wellesley cycle track from Parliament to Queen's Park in 2014, to coincide with some resurfacing work on...
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Jarvis bike lane removals called off for the day because of protest: they'll...
The Jarvis bike lanes were slated to be removed today (above image from Toronto Star). The 5th lane light has already been installed. The parking meters for cars are back. But protests today have...
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Harbord separated bike lanes get mostly positive reception from residents and...
Residents and business owners alike showed up on a rainy Monday night to discuss the City's plan to install separated bike lanes on Harbord. The section in focus this night was between Bathurst and...
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Should we ask for sharrows on Jarvis?
The Jarvis bike lanes have been scrubbed off. Mayor Ford "won" this round, though it's unclear what's been gained. Long-term I'm sure City Council will again decide what to do with the nastiness on...
View ArticleRolling: a video
From Transportation Alternatives, New York. "For the past 40 years, Transportation Alternatives has been demanding (and winning) new bicycle lanes across the city. Now, it’s easier to bicycle than ever...
View ArticleToronto unique in having an urban vision of "destinations" and narrow roads...
Toronto is "unique", not just for its "war on the car" mayor (who may be losing his job this morning), but also because it seems to be obsessed with it's own version of "complete streets" and creating...
View ArticleOn Chiarelli's 2012 Ontario Bike Strategy
On Friday November 30th, Bob Chiarelli, The Minster of Transportation, released a Cycling Strategy. You’d be well excused for not hearing about it because other news has rightfully captured the...
View ArticleProvince will clarify contra-flow bike lane legality by year end
Contra-flow bike lanes have been stuck in legal limbo in Toronto for the last few years. Looks like this might soon end as the province may clarify the law by year end for hesitant Toronto City Staff...
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When bike lanes disappear: are they just for show?
Even when the City tries to do right (let's ignore for the moment where the City does wrong - as with the Jarvis bike lanes removal), little stubborn facts show the City (except for the tiny Cycling...
View ArticleBuilding on the good work already done: cycling policy in Ontario
The province of Ontario has finally acknowledged that we could use some cycling love. However, the current proposal put forth by the Minister of Transportation is slim and vague.Two provincial groups...
View ArticleSherbourne cycle tracks completed, go try them
The first cycle track in Toronto is now complete! After all the politics and foot-dragging, Toronto is now in the club with the likes of New York City, Chicago, Montreal and Vancouver.Christina...
View ArticleSherbourne cycle track is getting plowed: another step closer to normalizing...
The Sherbourne cycle track is being plowed! In one sense this is banal and hardly anything to get excited over. But since cyclists are routinely ignored when it comes to city services, this could be...
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Vaughan hasn't made up his mind yet on bike lanes for Richmond and Adelaide,...
Councillor Adam Vaughan told the press yesterday, in regards to the news that the Environmental Assessment on Richmond and Adelaide bike lanes will be starting, that he is willing to consider bike...
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One way streets as "destinations", just look at Manhattan
Councillor Vaughan has expressed his concern that the entertainment district (which includes Richmond and Adelaide) should be more than "thoroughfares" and need to be "destinations" as well. Though...
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Forgiving streets: shouldn't "forgiving" for all users be the overriding...
Winter gets me thinking about how our streets are unforgiving. While riding on streets covered with fresh snow I sometimes imagine what would happen if I make a small mistake. Don't get me wrong, I...
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Ottawa study concludes one-way streets only way to accommodate cycle tracks...
A recent discussion paper (pdf) commissioned by the City of Ottawa for their Downtown Moves Project, produced by engineering firm Delcan, may provide clues of what the Richmond/Adelaide Environmental...
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Post-snowpocalypse: Sherbourne cycle tracks cleared long before bike lanes
Sherbourne cycle tracks got cleared. Most of the painted bike lanes in the city? Not so much. (Credit: photos from Jared Kolb, Cycle Toronto)For all the naysayers who figured that building cycle tracks...
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How cycling activists saved contraflow bike lanes from purgatory
In 2008 and 2009, the City of Toronto approved the installation of 13 contraflow lanes, most as a part of the West End Bikeways consultation. The contraflow lanes, however, have been stalled for almost...
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