Posts Tagged ‘ bikepaths ’

What Will it Take: Jenna Morrison RIP

Jenna Morrison died on her way to pick up her 5 year-old son. His spiderman helmet was hanging from the handlebars of their tandem-bike that they were to ride away on together… Instead, this vision of sustainable urban life and personal transportation turned to an instantly horrific tragedy – when the bike-for-two was crushed by [ READ MORE ]

GoogleMap and Go

If you think about it, you couldn’t blame Cyclists for hoping that at least a few intriguing new technological developments might come out of a geek-powered event named the Sustainable Mobility Summit.  Thankfully that’s exactly what happened this past week at the 2010 Summit held in Ottawa Ontario, where Google Maps announced that its new Bike Directions [ READ MORE ]

A Pedestrian’s Prerogatives?

It seems the universal "Right of Way" for pedestrians has bred complacency and perhaps even a false sense of entitlement. Let's start with how this sense of impunity impacts Cyclists, and just extrapolate from there on how Pedestrians contribute to traffic jamming in general[ READ MORE ]

Protocols: Bike Bells

Bike bells are pretty damned-well near useless when it comes to getting the attention of a hermetically sealed Motorist. They do however serve a (somewhat flawed) purpose with other Cyclists and Pedestrians...So what's the best way to use them though[ READ MORE ]

MetroLinx: Laying New Paths to Tracks

You might be surprised to learn just how progressive and expansive the reach of GO Transit really is, by peering behind the scenes to see what's being projected (and already underway!) within the planning organization called Metrolinx - which provisions all our trusted GO trains and buses![ READ MORE ]

Hell is Other People…Driving Badly

Even good Drivers (Motorists and Cyclists alike) know that there are times when they lapse into bad behavior, and anyone with a sense off conscience will usually correct themselves, and probably thank the stars that nothing worse than a good scare came of their foolishness. Bad drivers, on the other hand, seem to be in [ READ MORE ]

Sidewalk Sissies

Where did grown adults get the idea that it's acceptable to ride on sidewalks? There seem to be more excuses about avoiding "risks" than any actually understanding what the TRUE risks are[ READ MORE ]

Collaborative Bike Routes

Using the collective power of the Net to map out urban routes for Cyclists reminds me of being a kid when you could share "secret routes" or exciting destinations with extended circles of friends...and it inspires me to consider the greater value of socialised riding, and collective route-mapping today At the very least we can consider how map-makers used to build upon each others work until the whole world opened up to safe travel![ READ MORE ]

Bike-Lane Boondoggles

The reason we're starting with Bikelanes, is because it seems as though certain "traffic" issues in Toronto are coming full circle again. First we had Bikers vs. Pedestrians (thanks mostly to thoughtless side-walk riders who give all good Cyclists a black-eye), then it became Bikers vs. Cars (R.I.P. Darcy), then it was Pedestrians vs. Cars (with a horrible run of Pedestrian deaths last month), and now with the fracas on Jarvis Street, and pandering politics from people like Rocco Rossi, it seems that we're getting back to Bikers vs. Cars again[ READ MORE ]

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