Cycling
• Cyclists seeking a cultural gear shift [ Toronto Star ]
• Drain cramp: Pair of sunken grates menacing Dupont cyclists [ Toronto Star ]
• Fear and cycling on Jarvis [ Toronto Star ]
• Idaho Stop one way to fuel ‘war on the car’ [ Globe & Mail ]
Environment
• Two more wind turbines eyed for Ex [ Toronto Star ]
• Could charging smokers to clean up mess catch fire? [ Toronto Star ]
• Urban centre no place for gas-fired plant [ Toronto Star ]
• A nickle’s worth for the environment [ Globe & Mail ]
Transit
• Movin’ on down the line [ Toronto Sun ]
• Rail plan not up to speed [ Toronto Sun ]
Urban Landscape
• No easy fix for housing dilemmas [ Toronto Star ]
• Builder of High Park daycare vows to open [ Globe & Mail ]
• Don’t mess with Ossington’s success [ Globe & Mail ]
• A river…runs through it [ Toronto Sun ]
• The anniversary faults [ Toronto Sun ]
City Hall
• City plans aboriginal strategy [ Toronto Sun ]
• City Hall seen by a bloke: It’s a joke [ Toronto Sun ]
7 comments
Re: Marcus Gee’s piece in the Globe. I couldn’t agree more.
Regarding the “Idaho Stop”: Most motorists already do this too, so they wouldn’t have much right to complain when cyclists do it. Take a few moments to observe motorists at stop signs. Very few of them actually come to a complete stop, unless there is impending danger. Cyclists tend to do the same.
All those stop signs on side streets also waste gasoline for cars. It uses more fuel using first gear from a full stop than if one coasts.
The more stop signs on side streets, the more people on bikes and in cars just coast through them.
Where’s the mention of the HUGE investigative report into the Toronto Humane Society by Globe and Mail’s Kate Hammer? Are animals not part of the city? I see CityTV booster Ann Rohmer and the Toronto Star and Sun are completely out to lunch on this. OSPCA now investigating too.
Ken — our 2nd next print issue is the urban animals. They count.
If there is a link we have missed, please link. We can’t get ’em all.
Yeah it’s a cheap move, but I spent a lot of time on this (especially the alternative design for Jarvis) and I’d like someone to read it.
http://joshuahind.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/four-things-part-1/