CAT | bike lanes
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Ottawa > Toronto
0 Comments | Posted by Padraic in 2010 election, Ottawa, Toronto, bike lanes
The Ottawa Citizen offers a short piece describing the positions of mayoral candidates on cycling policy. Mike described this as “why Ottawa’s mayoral race is better than Toronto’s”; given that the Toronto candidate who once said “it’s their own fault” of cyclists who get killed in traffic now has a narrow plurality in the polls, [...]
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Recent cycling links
0 Comments | Posted by Padraic in New York, Ottawa, Toronto, bike lanes, provincial government, safety, video
1. Cycling in Ottawa contributor appears on CTV News to discuss bike safety in the wake of recent cycling deaths.
2. The New York Times’ ethics columnist goes for a bike ride around New York City and discusses cycling ethics.
3. The 2010 Bikeway Network Improvements pass Toronto City Council, but the high-profile plan for a segregated [...]
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Segregated Cycling lanes
3 Comments | Posted by Mike in Centretown, Ottawa, bike lanes, city council, commuting
Hello all!
With winter finally seeming to have been beaten, it’s time to take this blog out of its seasonal (albeit never planned) hibernation.
There’s been a lot of attention paid in the past few weeks to a pilot project that would see the city create a segregated cycling route through centretown on a trial basis. The [...]
News out of transportation committee today: a motion from Clive Doucet calls for a city-wide study of cycling safety hazards and whether or not segregated lanes might be a solution. The Citizen and CBC have it covered.
Doucet, quoted in the CBC:
“I hope to see Ottawa becoming much safer,” Doucet said Wednesday. “We’ll hopefully have an [...]
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Video: Burrard Bridge bike lane
2 Comments | Posted by Padraic in bike lanes, other cities, video
For everyone who is curious about the 3 month trial of separated bike lane on Vancouver’s Burrard Bridge, here is the first-person view:
(link)
It looks like a safe and enjoyable way to get downtown. Let’s hope the trial is successful.
[Via I Bike TO]
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Getting Rid of Highways to Reduce Congestion
1 Comment | Posted by Adam in bike lanes, commuting, design, other cities, urban space
Often times debates surrounding urban space use pits cyclists who want road space removed from cars and designated for cyclists (as in Toronto) against motorists who want more road space for cars with the idea that it will ease traffic congestion. Often times it seems like a trade between a cyclists friendly, greener city and [...]
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Toronto becomes a little more cycle friendly
1 Comment | Posted by Adam in Toronto, bike lanes, other cities
I really can’t imagine a plan of equivillant scale being implimented here in Ottawa. Jarvis Street in the heart of Toronto is going to be narrowed to 4 lanes between Queen and Bloor with bike lanes being added to help make the route safer. The plan passed Toronto’s City council on Monday morning after Mayor [...]
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Why Bikes and Buses are bad at sharing
3 Comments | Posted by Adam in bike lanes, other cities
I was in Dublin in early January and was generally impressed by the seeming dedication of Dublin to provide bike lanes around most of the city centre. This stood in stark contrast to Cork which had no bike lanes. However, while good intentions are one thing, practical results are another.
Take a closer look at the [...]
Robert Sullivan’s piece in the New York Times is getting a lot of attention from bike blogs for its four suggestions to improve the image of cyclists (it’s also a great description of what it’s like to bike in New York City). They are:
Stop at major intersections.
Don’t go the wrong way on one-way streets.
Stay off [...]
A Spacing Toronto contributor makes a cautious case for allowing scooters in bike lanes after living in Amsterdam, where 1/4 of scooters take advantage of this legal practice.
