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Why Licensing Cyclists is the Wrong Reaction
3 Comments | Posted by Mike in Toronto, other cities, safety
So, the other day I made a reasonably sarcastic post about an entirely meaningless web-poll that was up on the CTV Ottawa website.
Anyway, Marcus Gee over at the Globe takes the time to offer a more serious and detailed reason why bicycle licensing is a silly idea. The key part, emphasis mine:
That is the key [...]
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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]
Comes the story of a man in North Carolina who was driving on Sunday morning when he saw a man cycling on a busy road with his 3 year old son in a bike seat on the back of the bike. The driver was angered by the cyclist bringing his child with him onto a [...]
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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 [...]
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.
A reader pointed us to this report [.pdf] from the Greenways and Neighbourhood Transportation Branch of the City of Vancouver. It documents cycling and pedestrian traffic based on StatsCan census data and the city’s field research.
As you’d expect, cycling and walking are highest in the downtown, with walking being more popular in the core, and [...]
Bad Science deconstructs and rebuts some silly, fearmongering cycling accident statistics from a British insurance company:
“Mounting financial pressures have led to a surge in inexperienced cyclists taking to the roads,”say LV in their press release: “resulting in a 29% increase in road accidents involving cyclists in the past six months.” It’s topical, it involves death [...]
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Who’s being silly?
0 Comments | Posted by Padraic in cycling deaths, other cities, police, winter
I bike TO notes the public response and eventual apology after a Waterloo Region police sergeant had this to say after a 34-year-old father of four was hit from behind, and killed, by a car, while cycling on a dry country road and full of reflectors:
Riding a bike with weather conditions like this, it seems [...]
