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“The city is a boneyard of broken cyclists, all hit by drivers…”
Article by Catherine Porter in the Toronto Star: Now, I drive a car too, and can list the reasons why I choose to bike most days: the smell of lilac bushes in the morning, the sense of freedom, the...
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Torontoist Profiles TurnAround Couriers
Via Torontoist: TurnAround Couriers is a self-described “competitive courier business,” but with a special twist: the company is staffed exclusively by at-risk youth. According to the social audits...
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Best Bike Lane Toronto: More Nominations
A lot has happened since BikingToronto first asked you to nominate Toronto’s Best Bike Lane. We’ve received a lot of replies and here’s a summary of a few of the lanes nominated so far: Best Bike Lane...
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Share BikingToronto Faster with Meebo
At the bottom of your screen, on any BikingToronto page, you’ll see a new tool bar. This is the Meebo tool bar and when you click on the “Share Page” button you’re able to instantly share the...
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A Look at the St. Clair TTC Bike Shelter
More photos of the shelter and how to use the rack pictured above on Duncan’s City Ride…
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Available in 17 Languages, The Toronto Cyclists Handbook
The Partnership for Integration and Sustainable Transportation (a joint initiative of CultureLink Settlement Services and the Toronto Cyclists Union) has launched The Toronto Cyclists Handbook. Read...
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Vote Now for Toronto’s Best Bike Lane
We have a winner! Click here to see Toronto’s Best Bike Lane. Have you been out biking in Toronto? Have you been using a bike lane or two? Toronto’s bike lanes may not be perfect, or in great enough...
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Announcing Toronto’s Best Bike Lane as Voted By You!
The people have spoken! We at BikingToronto.com asked you to nominate the best bike lanes in Toronto. Your responses were fantastic and we really learned what makes a bike lane the best according to...
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Councillor Stintz Wants to Target 5% of Cyclists Who Use Sidewalks
From CBC News: A Toronto city councillor wants the city to enforce a bylaw barring bicycles from the sidewalks. Coun. Karen Stintz says there’s already a bylaw on the books, but it’s never enforced....
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Inconsistencies in Antiquated Bicycle Bylaws
Via TheStar.com In downtown Toronto, cyclists caught zipping down sidewalks can get slapped with a $90 fine. The same offence elsewhere will only cost you lunch money: In Scarborough and North York, a...
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Toronto Board of Trade; “Embarrassing” Commuting Times for GTA
What is the price of gridlock? Do you calculate it in money wasted while idling on a 400 series highway? Do you calculate it in lost productivity due to late workers? Do you calculate it in personal...
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BikingToronto.com Asks: What is Toronto’s Best Bike Lane?
Spring is in the air and countless Toronto cyclists (possibly a million) are back on the city streets. They’re cycling to work and school and the grocery store and the park and the lake and… well, the...
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400 Charges in Danforth Bicycle Blitz
Danforth cycle safety blitz nets 400 charges By Joshua Freeman April 15, 2010 Neighbourhoods: Danforth Village While Scott Torrance got the ball rolling on the impending safety audit, others have also...
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Best Bike Lane Toronto: Week 1 Nominations
On Monday, April 12, 2010, BikingToronto asked you to nominate the best bike lanes in Toronto. As a bold pilot project to install separated bike lanes along University Avenue sparks the ire of mayoral...
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How to Keep Cars from Parking in Bike Lanes
Toronto has a real problem with cars, trucks, police vehicles and everything in between parking in bike lanes. Need proof? Take a look at the new Simcoe Street underpass. Take a look at College Street...
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2010 Toronto Cycling Map adds Bike Boxes
Each year, the City of Toronto releases a comprehensive map of cycling infrastructure and suggested routes. The map indicates bike locker locations, stairs with bicycle groves, bicycle rental...
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I BIKE T.O. T-Shirt at Queen’s Park on 24 Hours Toronto Edition Today
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Donald Wiedman, founder of Bikes+Transit sporting a fantastic t-shirt you can get here — IBikeTO.org. He’s flanked by June MacDonald on the left and Olivia Chow on the...
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