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A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. The group gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained up 40 white bicycle memorials (password) around the city. Maybe Toronto needs a similar reminder.
Meanwhile Planet Ark reports that Americans purchased more bicycles than new cars and trucks combined in the past year — and all without employee discounts or zero-percent financing.
If there is a good way to make city streets safe, Avenue Road is a bad example. By the time a proposed interim safety plan for Avenue Road reached City...
By Albert Koehl
In a recent ranking index, Toronto is listed as the third worst congested city in the world (after London and Dublin). The metric used by the company...
By Mahtot Gebresselassie and Tricia Wood
How does one know if the main street running through a neighbourhood, or on a route to work, is becoming more congested? There is a steadily noisier...
By John Lorinc