With all the melting back over the past couple of days, the Bloor bike lanes between Lansdowne and Avenue are in much better shape. In addition, we were told that the city is trying out some new equipment more suited to clearing the bike lanes. Here is the view at Shaw, where we finally see pavement. Sadly, the block between Christie and Manning is still not cleared.

TCBC put out another call for volunteers to clear bike lanes today. There were two crews at work. The larger downtown crew tackled the bike lanes between Bathurst and Manning. Here are some pictures from Joey and Albert. Photo: Joey Schwartz Albert Koehl Further west, David and Kelly were hard at work on the westbound bike lane near Runnymede. The major obstacle on this stretch has been this huge pile just west of Runnymede.

The Eglinton Crosstown AKA Line 5 finally opened today, after 15 long years since the groundbreaking back in Nov 2011. I decided to check it out from the western terminus at Mt. Dennis station. The fastest way for me to get up there was by riding to the Bloor UP/GO station, and then to take the UPX. Mt. Dennis is a new stop for the UPX.

This blog started with this post 15 years ago, on a morning that was apparently warmer than today. (It's -19°C right now) Taking a look back, you can see that the traffic on this blog has ebbed and flowed, but is probably on a downward trend. This is perhaps because I mainly promote posts on Facebook, even as people have gradually shifted to more short form social media platforms.

The War on Cars is a podcast described as follows: "The War on Cars is is a podcast that delivers news and commentary on the latest developments in the worldwide fight to undo a century’s worth of damage wrought by the automobile, approaching the topic from all angles, from politics to pop culture." Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon brought their road show to Toronto this evening, appearing at the Hot Docs theatre to a packed audience.

When I went down to Bloor this AM, I was pleased to see the eastbound Bloor bike lane nicely plowed. Sadly, the westbound direction is still untouched. When I biked into work I thought that at least some of the rest of the Bloor bike lane would be plowed. Sadly, this was not the case. Here near Lansdowne. The only section that was clear was going east from Bathurst, where TCBC volunteers had cleared the lane.

Ford complains about the Chinese government’s subsidies for its auto-makers. He fails to mention the colossal public bailout of the Canadian branch plants of GM and Chrysler during the 2009

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There has been a world wide call for bike rides this weekend in memory of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was gunned down by ICE in Minneapolis last week. Toronto's ride was this afternoon, timed to coincide with the ride in Minneapolis. poster by the Biking Lawyer, using artwork from @champagne_rodman We gathered at Christie Pits. A good turnout for a bitterly cold day.

Albert and the other good folks at the Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition organized another snow clearing event, this time in the Annex over the past two days. Today, the goal was to clear the eastbound bike lanes between Brunswick and Spadina. On my way over to join, I wanted to check out the Paton Rd underpass that crosses the Davenport Diamond rail line.

Bike shops and groups across the United States are hosting memorial rides this weekend for slain bikepacker Alex Pretti...

The city hedged its bets and said that it might take several days to dig out from the record breaking snowfall yesterday. After lowering everyone's expectations, I found the main roads to be in pretty good shape. Here is Runnymede. There were even fewer cars parked than usual due to the band on on street parking on snow routes. Bloor was not too bad, but I don't understand why they were running shuttle buses since the official TTC announcement was no service on Line 2 between Kipling and Islington.

About 30 per cent of Toronto planned cycling infrastructure will be affected by Ontario’s Bill 60, which bars municipality’s from removing a lane of car traffic to make a bike lane.

I went out this morning before the forecast storm to do a little shopping, and things were quiet and calm. However, it didn’t take long for the snow to arrive. The wind was out of the southea…

It's gotten properly cold now, and I thought that I'd update my post from 2021 about wool socks. Just to reiterate, I wear wool socks pretty much all year, and the challenge has been finding lighter weight socks for the summer season. I've tried many different brands, including Pedaled, icebreaker, smartwool, darn tough, and deFeet. As I noted before, my socks generally fail in two ways.

A motorist rammed into several cyclists. Police and prosecutors blamed the cyclists despite video evidence. It took a year for them to get justice.