Bikes
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Toronto to Ford: Stay in your lane
There are few elected officials who understand the politics of driving, with its brain stem triggers, quite as acutely as the Fords — first Rob, who...
By John Lorinc -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 082, Toronto’s political gridlock
This month, we respond to Doug Ford’s stated plan of banning new bike lanes in Ontario municipalities and building an underground highway from...
By Spacing Radio -
OP-ED: Avenue Road – a bad way to make good roads
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 -
OP-ED: What the Province’s takeover of the Gardiner and DVP really means
Much-needed repair work to the western portion of the Gardiner Expressway began this spring, sparking a lot of consternation about the disruptions to...
By David Simor -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 078, Bike Month
It’s Bike Month! It’s a time we celebrate cycle culture in Toronto and surrounding cities and towns. At least officially. Despite some...
By Spacing Radio -
OP-ED: The bicycle licence, again
For almost as long as there have been bicycles in Toronto, there have been politicians who considered the bicycle licence as a solution to some cycling...
By Albert Koehl -
OP-ED: When Process is the Enemy of Progress
Politicians and government bureaucrats love process. Let’s not rush to blame them, though, because there’s a lot to love. Carrying out a...
By Roger Morier and Jonathan Schmidt -
OP-ED: Road Safety for All — What’s Not to Like?
By Albert Koehl and Roger Morier, road safety advocates and members of the We Belong on Bloor campaign of Community Bikeways. There’s nothing new about...
By Albert Koehl -
Emerging perspectives on cycling policy and practice in the GTHA
By Thomas van Laake, University of Manchester, Léa Ravensbergen, McMaster University, David Simor, The Centre for Active Transportation, and Matti...
By Thomas Van Laake -
Mayor Chow’s cycling network challenge
Olivia Chow’s victory in the Toronto mayoral by-election, brushing off anti-bike lane rhetoric, has been hailed as a new dawn for cycling in Canada’s...
By Thomas Van Laake -
OP-ED: Motor mania and the mayoral hopefuls
Toronto’s mayoral hopefuls are wise to give all due respect to the demands of the city’s most dogged optimist: the motor enthusiast. For over...
By Albert Koehl -
Measuring Toronto’s unsafe construction zones
Prior to this September’s return to school, Mayor John Tory announced that the City of Toronto will be doubling down on its construction-related road...
By Mischa Young