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Winter cyclist profile — Tanya the IT Coordinator
This is part of a regular series of cyclist profiles, here on Spacing. Name / Occupation / Age Tanya Quinn/ IT Coordinator / 34 What do you use your bike...
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Folding bike rally Tuesday
You’ve seen them whizzing around town. Adults on bikes with little wheels. What are they riding? How can they go so fast? It looks so easy. Maybe I...
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Biking in Toronto poster contest
The City has issued a call for submissions for the Biking in Toronto Poster Contest. This coming spring, 3,000 full colour posters will be printed and...
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POLL: Should parking be removed from main streets?
There is constant debate, among those who care about traffic flow, about whether parking should be allowed on streets that share bus and streetcar routes...
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BrrrBikeFriday!
This Friday is BikeFriday, the frozen edition. Actually, it is not very cold at all. This Friday is expected to be a balmy 2 degrees Celsius. So get out...
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Fred Flintstone & pedal powered cars beware
Today the driver of the artwork titled “Shared Propulsion Car” — arrested on Queen Street on October 25th — appeared in court and...
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Budget committee backs down from funding bikes
We asked and asked. They listened (Councillor Perks did, anyway). But, alas, the Star reported this morning “Bike plan hits funding wall“: The...
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How about roundabouts?
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. Last week, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted to get staff to do a study on the feasibility of installing...
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Toronto needs to cut vehicle emissions by 30%: report
The City of Toronto released a report today from Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. David McKeown, that states nearly 200 lives a year and $1...
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Killer traffic: By the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. 1,700: The number of premature deaths in Toronto that exposure to smog pollutants contribute to each year. 6,000: The number...
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A day for remembering
Today is the second anniversary of the death of cyclist Ryan Carriere. Ryan was tragically killed while on his bike at the intersection of Queen and...
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You Never Bike Alone
Happy BikeFriday my fellow velo-istas! As usual, the bike-friendly folks at Alternative Grounds will be giving free in-house coffee to cyclists. According...
By Tammy Thorne