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  • T-shirts I like

    Threadless.com is an ongoing t-shirt design competition. Each week, four to six designs (out of 600) are selected and sold through the oneline store. Two...

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  • Headlines worth following: Aug 2

    • Toronto police to use closed circuit TV at Caribana parade [ National Post ] • Police to film street party [ Globe and Mail ] • Ad on...

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  • Extreme Bike Lockers

    The City of Toronto launched its new bike locker program last week. I posted on this, and one clever fellow replied, in part; At $10 per month, this is...

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  • Flat Tire Fridays are No Fun

    Being a nine-to-fiver I have come to, somewhat unnaturally, appreciate the arrival of Friday. This Friday, however, is not up to snuff. I got a flat tire...

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  • Bike Lockers in T.O.

    The City of Toronto has launched its Bicycle Locker Pilot Project. You can now rent a locker for 10 dollars, per month for a minimum four-month term at...

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  • Quay to the City

    It looks like we can get ready for our first taste of a revitalized central Waterfront. As reported before, Queen’s Quay West from Spadina to York...

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  • Contested Streets

    It should not be considered a privilege to walk or bicycle in your neighbourhood and not get hit by a truck. It should be a basic right. This is part of...

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  • Bikely Keeps you Safe(r)

    A website called Bikely lets people use Google maps to plot out their favorite bike routes and share them with others. The safe routes, escape routes...

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  • A gate fit for a prince

    John Lorinc has an article in the Globe & Mail today about a facelift at the CNE: Tomorrow morning the city will cut the ribbon on a landscaped...

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  • Two cycling designs to watch out for

    I’m at the stage in my life where the possibility of having kids is quite real. It takes a lot of planning for me to get into “big...

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  • More Parks, Less Parking

    This is a picture of me, lounging on the sod of the newest park in town. It says, “Streets are for People” just above the windshield. This...

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  • Kingdom of bicycles on a highway to hell?

    The New York Times magazine had a very scary article this weekend on the rise of car culture in China. Here are just a couple of interesting bits of...

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