Bikes
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Take the Tooker group ride Saturday
To help reduce smog in the city and climate change, there are people busily working away at alternative transport options, which include cycling. This...
By Tammy Thorne -
Toronto Coalition for Active Transport
Cycling, walking, and related organizations in Toronto have come together to form the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT). TCAT’s...
By Spacing -
Artful Street Furniture
Imagine a city where street furniture is designed by psychiatric survivors and artists. It’s a far cry from a city with fully harmonized street...
By Tammy Thorne -
Popular August posts on the Spacing Wire
In mid-March of 2006 we decided to activate our comments section to let Spacing Wire readers have their say, too. We’ve been very happy with the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Ootes doesn’t like bikes
Okay, this isn’t exactly a breaking news headline, I admit, (in fact, it could be called an understatement) but check out the latest anti-cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
Montreal Cycling
On my recent trip to Montreal, I found the city’s cycling projects very interesting. Of course, Montreal cyclists will tell you they have many...
By Dylan Reid -
DuskTOdark Cycling Adventure
On September 15, Toronto will see its first “Dusk TO Dark” evening mass cycle ride, a 25km trip through the waterfront starting at Fort York...
By Dylan Reid -
So Much for a Bike Lane
It’s bad enough that the city only created 1 km of bike lanes last year. What’s even worse is that the city is allowing those bike lanes that...
By Dylan Reid -
Three people don’t make it “mixed reviews”
The Star has an article today about the Queen’s Quay pedestrian/bike lane experiment. They had quotes from three residents who didn’t seem...
By Matthew Blackett -
BikeFriday starts THIS FRIDAY!
Do you know someone who would like to ride their bike to work, but is too nervous to ride in traffic? Have you ever experienced the wonderfully safe...
By Tammy Thorne -
Stockholm syndrome, part II: BIKES
I just returned from a week in Sweden and was quite taken by the country’s advanced urbanity. I have a couple posts to make about my trip with some...
By Matthew Blackett -
* moonlight bike ride *
Who could resist a moonlight bike ride on a fine August night? Quiet, peaceful, and lit by streetlamps, the city takes on a new, almost more personal...
By Chris Hardwicke