The latest dispatch from the battle on Toronto’s streets between cyclists and cars comes to us courtesy of Lisa Rochon in the Saturday edition of The Globe and Mail. This ongoing tension has been alternately referred to as “bike wars” and “war on the car” – depending on your perspective on the issue, I [...]
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June 15, 2009
Toronto’s nude bike ride
NOW Magazine gets its jollies posting a video from World Naked Bike Ride day in Toronto this past weekend. A fairly boring clip featuring lots of bare male bums.
Meanwhile over at Spacing Montreal, more Bixi coverage. A controversy is brewing over the iPhone app for the public bike sharing enterprise.
June 9, 2009
Bike to work in the nude?
It being only midway through Toronto Bike Month (which oddly starts in the middle of May), there are still a few organized cycling events around the city. Check out this handy cycling events calendar on the City of Toronto website.
I think it’s still officially “bike to work” month, but you might want to save this [...]
May 30, 2009
Cold water on crosstown bike lane
Plans for a crosstown Bloor-Danforth bike lane have switched gears from full steam ahead to “consult and review.”
Not surprising, really. I follows the news and last week’s statement from city councillor Adrian Heaps, who chairs the cycling committee, seemed premature considering everything I’ve read about approving Toronto city projects, especially something that impacts businesses. (The [...]
May 26, 2009
Toronto Bicycle Station grand opening
Because my bike is still being repaired, I took the transit to work today and stumbled upon the grand opening of the Bicycle Station at Union Station and got myself a free copy of Toronto’s newest cycling magazine, Dandyhorse (thank you Cheryl Stevens).
It’s located in The Teamway, which is the pedestrian tunnel running along York [...]
