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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...
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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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Why unidirectional cycle tracks will likely work better on Richmond and Adelaide
If all goes well Richmond and Adelaide will have protected cycle tracks by the end of next year. We don't get many chances like this in Toronto where we missed our Bike Plan's targets by a wide margin....
View ArticleAmerican bicycle culture and infra from the perspective of a Dutchman
A Dutch "anthropological" look at American bicycle culture by Mark Wagenbuur of BicycleDutch. Much the same for Canada. Glimmers of change, but we're still so much in a car-fetishizing culture with...
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Dr. Monica Campbell, champion for people on foot and on bike
Welcome to 2014! May we actually get some real, protected infrastructure this year!At the end of last year I ruffled some Vehicular Cyclists' feathers by posting this: Avid Cyclists as policy makers...
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Council votes to allow e-bikes in Toronto bike lanes
In a controversial decision City Council has voted to allow e-bikes--both the regular-bike-looking and the e-scooter with vestigial pedals--in the bike lanes of Toronto. Council overturned the decision...
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Contraflow plans crossing Dufferin are dangerous, argue West end ward groups
The City had planned the Florence/Argyle and Lindsey/Dewson contraflow plans as a "quick win" back in 2008 as part of a west end bikeways plan. That was before everything got shelved due to...
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Local designer helps us visualize what protected intersection can look like...
I've spoken about protectedintersections before. They're really common in the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe. The concept is catching on in the United States (tested on a street in...
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Union Station's Front Street reveals a total lack of knowledge of traffic...
The new Front Street design is based on vague planning ideas about "shared space" as if some fancy brick on its own would solve traffic problems between drivers, taxis, pedestrians and cyclists. At...
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