{"id":1743,"date":"2007-04-10T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T18:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:45:08","slug":"are-we-losing-the-fight-for-a-bikeable-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/10\/are-we-losing-the-fight-for-a-bikeable-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we losing the fight for a bikeable city?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_-M-Edwn-coI\/RheoQHTvwlI\/AAAAAAAAAjE\/zACsP01b7jM\/s400\/MORE_BIKES.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/critpick\/critpick_wed.php\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/critpick\/critpick_wed.php\">NOW magazine presents:<\/a><strong> Bikeable City &#8211; Are We Losing the Fight? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This panel discussion will be held at the NOW Lounge (189 Church at Shuter) Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. The event is free.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/councillors\/giambrone1.htm\">Adam Giambrone<\/a><\/strong>, City Councillor, Ward 18 Davenport. From his bio online: &#8220;As Chair of the Toronto Cycling Committee, Adam has fought for new funding, and ensured that cycling stays on the city agenda.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong> Daniel Egan<\/strong>, Manager, Pedestrian and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/cycling\/\">Cycling<\/a> Infrastructure, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/transportation\/\">Transportation Services Division<\/a>, City of Toronto<\/li>\n<li><strong> Wayne Scott<\/strong>, Toronto Hoof and Cycle Courier Coalition. Mr. Scott&#8217;s fight to have Revenue Canada permit foot and bicycle couriers a tax deduction for extra food as fuel requirements can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.messmedia.org\/messville\/FOODTAX.HTM\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Tanya Quinn<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/crazybikerchick.blogspot.com\/\">CrazyBikerChick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong> Darren Stehr<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/respect.to\/wiki\/\">ARC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong> Hamish Wilson<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/cycling\/committee\/index.htm\">Toronto Cycling Committee<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/takethetooker.ca\/\">Take the Tooker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Mike Smith, NOW&#8217;s City Hall columnist, will moderate.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today the answer to the title question looks like a resounding &#8220;yes, we are losing&#8230;&#8221; as the City has been unable to find any money under bushes or rocks to save the multiple award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/communitybicyclenetwork.org\/?q=bikeshare&#038;PHPSESSID=764196cf7b6905a97b5f61c172b56071\">BikeShare<\/a> program. This sad <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/201282\">story<\/a> is in today&#8217;s Star.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bikelanediary.blogspot.com\/\">bikelanediary<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOW magazine presents: Bikeable City &#8211; Are We Losing the Fight? This panel discussion will be held at the NOW Lounge (189 Church at Shuter) Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m. The event is free. Featuring: Adam Giambrone, City Councillor, Ward 18 Davenport. From his bio online: &#8220;As Chair of the Toronto Cycling Committee, Adam<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/10\/are-we-losing-the-fight-for-a-bikeable-city\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Are we losing the fight for a bikeable city?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,13],"tags":[629,5270,976,655,4836,5265,738,607,23,451,5267,1960,1771,5271,5269,5266,2495,5268,3925,5264,737],"class_list":["post-1743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-events","category-green-space","tag-adam-giambrone","tag-bikeable-city","tag-chair","tag-city-councillor","tag-city-hall-columnist","tag-daniel-egan","tag-darren-stehr","tag-davenport","tag-environment","tag-food-2","tag-hamish-wilson","tag-manager","tag-mike-smith","tag-now-lounge","tag-pedestrian-and-cycling-infrastructure","tag-tanya-quinn","tag-toronto-cycling-committee","tag-toronto-hoof-and-cycle-courier-coalition","tag-transportation-services-division","tag-ward","tag-wayne-scott"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are we losing the fight for a bikeable city? - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/04\/10\/are-we-losing-the-fight-for-a-bikeable-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are we losing the fight for a bikeable city? - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NOW magazine presents: Bikeable City &#8211; Are We Losing the Fight? 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