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More evidence that Helmet Laws don't make us safer 15 May 2013 | 09:42 pm
Today we learned that U of T researcher Jessica Dennis found helmet laws do nothing to reduce rates of hospitalization for head injury. We can add this to the other studies that have successfully ques...
What a close pass feels like 13 May 2013 | 04:42 am
As the title on the video says: this video is not about blame. It's about what a close pass feels like on a bicycle. It's a plea for motorists to allow at least a meter when passing a cyclist. I think...
BIXI is public transit: Stintz proposes TTC take on BIXI for the public good 6 May 2013 | 06:05 pm
We might still get the City to treat BIXI as public transportation. TTC Chair Karen Stintz will make a motion at City Council this week asking city staff to see if it would make sense for the TTC to t...
Queens Quay's a work in progress but cycling will get better (except for the detours) 6 May 2013 | 01:51 pm
Queens Quay is undergoing a lot of street construction but the result should be beautiful . Even with the upheaval, construction, noise, and traffic people are still coming to enjoy themselves. As did...
Bells on Bloor: a pedal powered parade for bike lanes 3 May 2013 | 11:56 pm
Bells on Bloor is a group ride along Bloor Street for bike lanes. A lot of people come out to it, because it's fun! It's taking place Saturday May 11 at noon. Meet at the Bloor Street High Park gate a...
The rise of Motordom and how we learned to blame the victim 1 May 2013 | 01:30 pm
Recently, as I was once again honked at with no place to move, I thought of the recent 99 Percent Invisible podcast on The Modern Moloch . In it Roman Mars interviews Peter Norton who describes how th...
The Financial Case for Bicycle Parking at City Hall 11 Apr 2013 | 02:55 pm
Doug Ford calls the proposed bike parking station in the City Hall parking lot "gravy". That makes him precisely wrong. Bicycle infrastructure offers the cheapest solution to two very difficult proble...
Will City Council finally invest in a BIXI Toronto expansion? 8 Apr 2013 | 02:00 pm
"Reaching the milestone of one million BIXI trips in 18 months is a significant achievement," said Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Ward 34, Don Valley East), chair of the City's Public Works and Infras...
Public works chair pushing Complete Streets policy, integrating walking, cycling, trees, urban design 3 Apr 2013 | 02:02 pm
Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong has gotten the ball rolling on an official Complete Streets policy for Toronto, by recommending that a policy be developed that integrates a variety of by-laws and strate...
CIty to soon allow side by side cycling 20 Mar 2013 | 09:56 pm
The motion still needs to be approved by Council but it looks like side by side cycling will soon be legal in Toronto, after a brief stint of it not. Photo by Tino . Councillor Karen Stintz's motion...
