Month: December 2013

Full Court Press Against New Urbanisms’ Complete Streets Underway across North America

By Michael Holloway, December 26, 2013 8:05 PM For example: "Sick of congestion? Build roads, not transit" The Globe and Mail - Dec. 26 2013 - - by Brian Lee Crowley As noted in a post here earlier, representatives of the dinosaur industrial economic sectors are gearing up to paint the Bicycle as the source … Continue reading Full Court Press Against New Urbanisms’ Complete Streets Underway across North America →

Visioning a Cycle Track on the Dundas / Carlaw Corridor using "StreetMix"

By Michael Holloway December 15, 2013 4:03 AM A Cycle Track can move many more people per hour in one lane, than two traffic lanes with cars can. If we build bike lanes in a congested city - people on bikes will come ... thus reducing the number of people using their cars. Adding cycling … Continue reading Visioning a Cycle Track on the Dundas / Carlaw Corridor using "StreetMix" →

@Ward30Bikes attending @TTCLeslieBarns Community Liaison meetings – Monitoring Cyclist & Pedestrian Construction Detours

By Jo Oppenheimer, December 13, 2013 6:46 PM The TTC Community Liaison Group (CLG) met the evening of 10 December. These meetings are used to report actions taken on items noted at the previous month’s meeting, report construction updates, and to identify problems/issues since the last meeting. Community delegates, Community Liaison employees, City of Toronto … Continue reading @Ward30Bikes attending @TTCLeslieBarns Community Liaison meetings – Monitoring Cyclist & Pedestrian Construction Detours →

Bicycle Repair Clinic Schedule – South Riverdale Community Health Centre

By Michael Holloway, December 12, 2013 3:21 PM This address will update monthly with a new calendar - so bookmark this post so you can check the SRCHC Bike Repair Schedule. The South Riverdale Community Health Centre's Bike Repair Clinic happens every Thursday from 1pm to 3pm in the front lobby of the Health Centre … Continue reading Bicycle Repair Clinic Schedule – South Riverdale Community Health Centre →

My Workbook submission as per the Port Lands and South of Eastern Study

By Michael Holloway, December 11, 2013 10:34 PM Below is a cut-and-paste of the online "Participant Workbook", a digital version of a hard copy version provided to participants at "Port Lands and South of Eastern" Public Meeting #1: Port Lands and South of Eastern November 28, 2013 Public Meeting Riverdale Collegate 1094 Gerrard Street East … Continue reading My Workbook submission as per the Port Lands and South of Eastern Study →

Mapping ‘SmartStudio’ Proposed Development – vs – Existing Developments in the South of Eastern Employment Area Study

By Michael Holloway, December 10, 2013 4:23 AM Comparing Existing and Proposed UPDATE 2013/12/13: I completed another portion of this mapping experiment. Using Google Maps line drawing and distance calculation function - I measured the square area of the proposed SmartStudio development --- and compared that with the combined areas of the lots of the … Continue reading Mapping ‘SmartStudio’ Proposed Development – vs – Existing Developments in the South of Eastern Employment Area Study →

South of Eastern / Port Lands Planning Study – Deadline for Submissions December 12th!

By Michael Holloway, December 9, 2013 4:41 AM Deadline for submitting you feedback in this phase of the "South of Eastern / Port Lands Planning Study" is Thursday, December 12th! Online Participant Workbook | http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/s/Port-Lands-and-South-of-Eastern/  Landscape Annotated Conceptual Plan | StudioCentre | Smartcentre | 629 Eastern Avenue Toronto Ontario, Canada M4M 1E3 | Copyright Diamond … Continue reading South of Eastern / Port Lands Planning Study – Deadline for Submissions December 12th! →

I invented hashtag #BTRto – Bicycle Traffic Reports(Toronto)

By Michael Holloway, December 7, 2013 5:24 AM UPDATED 2 13/12/08 11:50pm edt Toronto Wiki adds an entry for Metro Morning's #mmbike Traffic Report tag in Twitter (see below) UPDATED: 2013-12-07 11:17 am edt apparently @metromorning 's "#mmbike" is already accomplishing this (see below) I had to go across Toronto; at night; to a bar; … Continue reading I invented hashtag #BTRto – Bicycle Traffic Reports(Toronto) →