{"id":1140,"date":"2006-09-15T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2006-09-15T12:47:46","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T16:47:46","slug":"take-the-tooker-group-ride-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/09\/15\/take-the-tooker-group-ride-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Take the Tooker group ride Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/bike-lane-tino-PICT3464.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To help reduce smog in the city and climate change, there are people busily working away at alternative transport options, which include cycling.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, join fellow cyclists and bike activists for a group ride across Bloor-Danforth, where <a href=\"http:\/\/takethetooker.ca\/index.php\">TakeTheTooker.ca<\/a>   supporters envision a bikeway connecting cyclists from Mississauga  to Scarborough through the downtown core &#8212; a living legacy for bike advocate Tooker Gomberg.<\/p>\n<p>In the lead-up to the municipal election, Take the Tooker and cycling advocates are lobbying <a href=\"http:\/\/app.toronto.ca\/im\/council\/councillors.jsp\">City Council<\/a> candidates for a Bloor-Danforth bikeway &#8212; the group ride is part of the campaign. There is a list of the Councillors along the Bloor Danforth line <a href=\"http:\/\/takethetooker.ca\/?page_id=26\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two groups will ride to the Bloor and Spadina parkette, one from the east end (Kennedy Station) and the other from the west end (Kipling Station). There are more details on the <a href=\"http:\/\/cyclingcog.net\/node\/456\">Cycling Cog<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>After the ride, you can join a group viewing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencemarket.com\/gallery\/ex2006.html#current\">The Amazing History of the Bicycle in Toronto<\/a> at the Market Gallery on Front Street. Beer after.<\/p>\n<p>(Take the Tooker advocates would like media contacts to know that there were 30 to 40 bell-ringing, horn-tooting riders on their September group ride.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/bikelanediary.blogspot.com\/\">Martino&#8217;s Bike Lane Diary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help reduce smog in the city and climate change, there are people busily working away at alternative transport options, which include cycling. 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