Bikes
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Alternative Grounds digs BikeFriday
Summertime and the biking is easy…on Friday, at least. Commute to work with me and others this Friday, August 31, for the last BikeFriday this...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Bikers hitting bollards at the Boulevard Club [ Toronto Star ] • Mock-ups show two better ways [ Toronto Star ] • A park lover among the...
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There’s a new kind of bike infrastructure in town
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. As Carolyn Passerelli pointed out in this week’s letters, no bike lanes are going to be installed in the narrowing of...
By Dale Duncan -
How to deal with cars parked in bike lanes
The post on Thursday on MyBikeLane.com’s first anniversary by Spacing’s Tammy Thorne reminded me of the post I made back in mid-April...
By Matthew Blackett -
Friday’s Headlines
• Whitby has green dreams for work-at-home project [Toronto Star] • Goar: Fresh election, same stale tricks [Toronto Star] • Portion of 401...
By Sean Marshall -
Happy Birthday MyBikeLane
From the original MyBikeLane New York: By my reckoning, MyBikeLane is 1 year old today! Congratulations to the innovator of this pioneering open-source...
By Tammy Thorne -
Wednesday’s Headlines
• Hurricane memorial crumbling after 5 years [ Toronto Star ] • Debunking the myths of Toronto’s fiscal woes [ Toronto Star ] • Rules...
By Julie Yamin -
The Bike Dispenser
A Dutch company called Bike Dispenser has created a low-cost system for city-wide bike rentals. From Treehugger: It’s designed to allow one-way...
By Matthew Blackett -
Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL: • INSIDE CITY HALL: Miller gets cold shoulder from NDP MPPs [ Globe and Mail ] • More cuts, more anger [ Toronto Star ] • JAMES...
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A girl I admire
Crossposted to I Bike TO A 16-year-old Toronto teenager tells the National Post about her harrowing experience trying to commute to her summer...
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Vancouver calms and reprioritizes traffic
VANCOUVER — Riding my bike through Vancouver has made me aware of some of the traffic calming features the city has added. Bulges are used often to...
By Matthew Blackett -
BFF forever! Well, for four glorious days anyway…
The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Toronto next week (Wednesday, August 22 to Sunday, August 26). There is a ton of stuff to check out. Download the...
By Tammy Thorne