People like Derek Chadbourne are hard to find these days.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Derek Chadbourne
People like Derek Chadbourne are hard to find these days.
Mixed Messages On First Day of Bike Month
In order top to bottom
Fab Cyclops Squad hams it up at the Pancake Breakfast
Cop welcomes cyclists to Bike Month with a targeted bike blitz at Baldwin and Beverley (9AM)
Bike Union Belle Yvonne celebrates her birthday by joining the Ride for Pancakes
Share The Road message on Yonge during the pancake ride
A message along Bloor street says it all. Justice denied but not forgotten.
You can join the Justice for Darcy Sheppard Facebook group here
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Blessing Of The Bicycles - May 28th 6PM
Location: Bloor Street West at Spadina (southeast side) 6PM Sharp
With Minsiters Vicki Obedkoff & Hans van Nie
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church
Note: The Listings in NOW Magazine and the
City of Toronto Bike Month Guide are slightly
incorrect.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Darcy Allan Sheppard's Last Words
"You are not going to get away that easy."
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
It's Official - We Are Roadkill
There will be a vigil at the ghost bike on bloor at 5:30 pm tonight
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/25/14079301.html
http://blogs.canoe.ca/canoedossier/oh-canada/bryant-and-the-bike-courier-2/
Monday, May 24, 2010
Updated Map: Fallen Cyclists of Quebec and Ontario
View Dearly Departed = Cyclists Killed in Ontario/Quebec in a larger map
Note: there were no fatalities last year until end of May this year so far there have been 6 in Ontario already.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
GO Transit Niagara Service
Photo by (GO Transit/Brian Main)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Cyclists Dismount On Bloor
That despite promises from the city in the past to accommodate cyclists during construction projects. The message comes through loud and clear. Photo by Hamish Wilson
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Bike Jokes at Bike Pirates
It is going to be great, with some fantastic local comedy talent (Dylan Gott
Kathleen Phillips, Rebecca Kohler, Tim Gilbert, Adam Christie) and will also include a *first ever* set by our own design guru Frank Maidens!
Come on out and have a laugh in support of Bike!Bike! 2010 coming to Toronto.
Details:
Details:
Bike Jokes stand-up comedy night at Bike Pirates
Friday May 21st. 9pm
$5-$10 sliding scale donation
Confirmed Comics:
Dylan Gott
Kathleen Phillips
Rebecca Kohler
Tim Gilbert
Adam Christie
When Idiots Speak
A TORONTO SUN columnist weighs in on just one area of her vast expertise - cycling safety, related infrastructure design and traffic legality
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Toronto Ride of Silence May 19th
Bloor & Spadina 7PM
Photo: Globe and Mail (Quebec)
263 cyclists were killed in Canada
between 2000 & 2004
- To HONOR those who have been injured or killed
- To RAISE AWARENESS that we are here
- To ask that we all SHARE THE ROAD
Good News From GO Transit
Photos by (GO Transit/Brian Main)
Friday, May 14, 2010
Toronto is a worse city for cyclists than it was when Mr. Miller took office
By Peter Kuitenbrouwer May 13, 2010 – 9:47 am
"I am as dumb-founded as other cyclists this morning to learn that city council late last night turned down a test of bike lanes on University Avenue, apparently after Councillor Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) apparently voted in error to kill an amendment that would permit the lanes.
Granted, it was late, after a long day at council, and Ms. Fletcher was tired, and all those amendments can make things very confusing. Still, Ms. Fletcher is not just any councillor. She is the head of the Parks and Environment Committee at City Hall, a member of the executive committee, and represents one of the densest wards in town, a ward that is lousy with cyclists. How could she do such a thing?
Ms. Fletcher looks forward to getting the University lanes through “in the new round of council.” Good luck with that: whoever becomes mayor, it does not look as though we will be getting a more pro-bike council than we had now.
Or maybe Ms. Fletcher is right. Much as Mayor David Miller came in on a green, forward-looking platform, he has proven a tepid supporter of cyclists at best, a far cry from such pro-bike visionaries as Gérald Tremblay in Montreal and Michael Bloomberg in New York. Toronto is a worse city for cyclists than it was when Mr. Miller took office, with more traffic congestion and few new bike lanes of any significance. The Martin Goodman trail along the waterfront, meanwhile, is closed east of downtown for waterfront construction, and has not had its markings painted in a lot of years (on Cherry Street, where the bike path competes with a lot of big trucks, the bike markings are now invisible.)
Toronto’s cyclists are voters; the attempt by Newstalk 1010 to capitalize on this lightening-rod issue (by bringing in “FOR” and “AGAINST”signs to council this week, only to be turned away, because signs are banned at council) is one illustration of how seriously people take bike rights. The mayoral candidate who stands up for bicycles stands to gain a lot of votes."
The Vote Against The University Avenue Separated Bike Lane Project
5/12/2010 9:52:58 PM “PW32.9 - Hall” 15 yea+13 nay,carried,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Ashton YES Del Grande YES Fletcher YES Grimes YES Hall YES Holyday YES Kelly YES Lindsay Luby [Chair] YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Parker YES Perruzza
NO Augimeri NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Giambrone NO Heaps NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Moscoe NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Rae NO Saundercook NO Vaughan
Note: Mayor Miller was absent watching the hockey game!
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/05/13/paula-fletchers-big-bike-boo-boo/#ixzz0nwJt69z1
"I am as dumb-founded as other cyclists this morning to learn that city council late last night turned down a test of bike lanes on University Avenue, apparently after Councillor Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) apparently voted in error to kill an amendment that would permit the lanes.
Granted, it was late, after a long day at council, and Ms. Fletcher was tired, and all those amendments can make things very confusing. Still, Ms. Fletcher is not just any councillor. She is the head of the Parks and Environment Committee at City Hall, a member of the executive committee, and represents one of the densest wards in town, a ward that is lousy with cyclists. How could she do such a thing?
Ms. Fletcher looks forward to getting the University lanes through “in the new round of council.” Good luck with that: whoever becomes mayor, it does not look as though we will be getting a more pro-bike council than we had now.
Or maybe Ms. Fletcher is right. Much as Mayor David Miller came in on a green, forward-looking platform, he has proven a tepid supporter of cyclists at best, a far cry from such pro-bike visionaries as Gérald Tremblay in Montreal and Michael Bloomberg in New York. Toronto is a worse city for cyclists than it was when Mr. Miller took office, with more traffic congestion and few new bike lanes of any significance. The Martin Goodman trail along the waterfront, meanwhile, is closed east of downtown for waterfront construction, and has not had its markings painted in a lot of years (on Cherry Street, where the bike path competes with a lot of big trucks, the bike markings are now invisible.)
Toronto’s cyclists are voters; the attempt by Newstalk 1010 to capitalize on this lightening-rod issue (by bringing in “FOR” and “AGAINST”signs to council this week, only to be turned away, because signs are banned at council) is one illustration of how seriously people take bike rights. The mayoral candidate who stands up for bicycles stands to gain a lot of votes."
The Vote Against The University Avenue Separated Bike Lane Project
5/12/2010 9:52:58 PM “PW32.9 - Hall” 15 yea+13 nay,carried,quorum
YES Ainslie YES Ashton YES Del Grande YES Fletcher YES Grimes YES Hall YES Holyday YES Kelly YES Lindsay Luby [Chair] YES Minnan-Wong YES Moeser YES Nunziata YES Palacio YES Parker YES Perruzza
NO Augimeri NO Davis NO De Baeremaeker NO Giambrone NO Heaps NO McConnell NO Mihevc NO Moscoe NO Pantalone NO Perks NO Rae NO Saundercook NO Vaughan
Note: Mayor Miller was absent watching the hockey game!
Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/05/13/paula-fletchers-big-bike-boo-boo/#ixzz0nwJt69z1
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Dear Volkswagen
We really admire that you take the time to read BLD. Especially the article where Ford replaces the spare tire with a bicycle. We would really like to tell you how much better your bicycle looks compared to Ford's. Unfortunately our article was a spoof. We did not think anybody would actually believe it. Nor actually try to better it to get ahead of Ford.
BLD June 2008
http://bikelanediary.blogspot.com/2008/06/ford-seeks-new-emergency-spare-tire.html
Volkswagen April 2010
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/28/volkswagen-bik-e-replaces-spare-tire-with-electric-mobility-devi/
BLD June 2008
http://bikelanediary.blogspot.com/2008/06/ford-seeks-new-emergency-spare-tire.html
Volkswagen April 2010
http://green.autoblog.com/2010/04/28/volkswagen-bik-e-replaces-spare-tire-with-electric-mobility-devi/
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Charlie's Freewheelin' Grad 2010
The award-winning Charlie's Freewheelin' Project Graduating Class of 2010 celebrates in Regent Park during Critical Mass
Friday, May 07, 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Why Minneapolis is the best!
You can drink beer and ride at the same time. Patrons pedal as they drink. Photo by Dara F.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Ghost Bike for Darcy Allan Sheppard moved to north side of Bloor
The construction workers and the bike pirates have been looking after the bike with great respect.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
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