handy tips

on the need for truck side guards, which would have prevented many cyclist deaths, and have been mandatory in Europe since the 80s

the first year in Toronto's history to yield a net loss in bike lanes

even motorists like the Jarvis bike lane. Except for one angry lady.

in short, a City Hall committee disregarded a staff report that essentially said the Jarvis bike lanes are working well, and recommended to remove said lanes without any public consultation or even consulting that ward's councillor, at a projected cost of $68,000. Begun this Bike War has.

campaign from the Bike Union

Minnan-Wong's conversion to bike advocate is fascinating. Still lots of potential pitfalls including incomplete lanes and the proposed Richmond lane, which I can't imagine will get built without a big outcry.

by Dave Meslin. Points out that Ford supports separated bike lanes.

"It is known that helmets are of very limited value in the event of a collision with a car... The promotion of helmets implicitly shifts responsibility of care to the cyclist and away from drivers, and away from the provision of safer streets by means of street calming or bicycle facilities." Why not do both. I personally wear a helmet all the time, but I still want better bike lanes and safer motorists.

I'm struggling to understand this. It seems impossible just from this article alone.

Bixi on its way to Toronto. Nice!

Obama's Transportation Secretary, a Republican, has turned out to be supportive of bikes and pedestrians.

"We are no match for the power, armour, and speed of The Car. In direct confrontations between cyclists or pedestrians and The Car, we rarely inflict more than superficial wounds, while our bodies and vehicles are often crushed or incapacitated."

until google maps does bike directions in Toronto, use this.

Urban Repair squad paints comic-style reactions to road hazards on the road

Smitherman wants a "time out" from the Bike Plan, which was approved in 2001 and is already years behind schedule.

fascinating map and analysis thereof

interpretation of events based on the security cam YouTube videos and eyewitness accounts

security cam footage of the start of the Sheppard-Bryant affair.

The bike thief. "Chimpanzee go to zoo"

Dave Breslin on Bryant / Sheppard

for killing a cyclist. Ouch.

wireframe, pedal-powered lamborghini

would love some of these in the T-dot

the half-crazy bike thief

this is awesome. (via funkaoshi.com)

I was curious about the intended scope of the Bikeway Network. Not bad, but woefully incomplete at present

decent google map of toronto bike paths, official and un-

ooo-wee! map showing downtown Toronto laneways for covert biking

"a-bike", portable folding bike

what do we actually do about bike theft?

Advocacy for Respect towards Cyclists