More on Toronto Transportation Cycling Infrastructure Group’s call for YOUR Suggested On-street Routes and Informal Connections

By Michael Holloway, November 29, 2013 11:27 PM As some of you may know, I have been lobbying through my Bike Mapping Wiki Project and elsewhere for several years to get the City to recognize the importance of these kind of off-arterial cycling routes - but most importantly, at every turn on this I have … Continue reading More on Toronto Transportation Cycling Infrastructure Group’s call for YOUR Suggested On-street Routes and Informal Connections →

Feedback to the TTC Leslie Barns Construction Liaison Group (CLG) – Lura Consulting Representative – regarding Bicycle Construction Detours

By Michael Holloway, November 28, 2013 10:05 PM Re: Update: Mosley and Leslie Intersection Closure TO: Niki Angelis Community Outreach Officer, Leslie Barns FROM: Michael Holloway Cycle Toronto advocacy group, Ward 30 Bikes (Cc: soda-bikes@googlegroups.com; ward_30@cycleto.ca) Thanks Niki, I thought that might be a City thing - thanks for forwarding my observation. Early in the process … Continue reading Feedback to the TTC Leslie Barns Construction Liaison Group (CLG) – Lura Consulting Representative – regarding Bicycle Construction Detours →

C.I.P. wants to know YOUR Suggested On-street Routes and Informal Connections!

By Michael Holloway, November 27, 2013 1:32 PM The City of Toronto Transportation "Cycling Infrastructure & Programs Unit" (C.I.P.) wants to map cycling routes that you use to avoid dangerous, grid-locked arterial roadways - or just any route that you use to move around the city. The route you submit might be included on the … Continue reading C.I.P. wants to know YOUR Suggested On-street Routes and Informal Connections! →

CycleTO Ward 30 Bikes: Problems/Opportunities Map – a text-list of the entries

By Michael Holloway, November 23, 2013 6:49 PM At our November Ward 30 Bikes monthly general meeting it was decided we needed to take all the ideas on the "CycleTO Ward 30 Bikes: Problems/Opportunities" Map (http://goo.gl/maps/Musw4) and turn them into an easy to read list. Here are all the posts on the map list - … Continue reading CycleTO Ward 30 Bikes: Problems/Opportunities Map – a text-list of the entries →

Bicycle Parking at 1075 Queen Street East Proposed Development

By Michael Holloway, November 23, 2013 3:36 PM Ward 30 Bikes member, Michael Holloway's write up concerning bicycle parking in the planning documents for the proposed apartment/retail development at Queen Street East and Winnifred Avenue, Toronto. Originally posted at Facebook Group: "1075 Queen Street East - Residents against the proposed development" - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1075QueenStreetEast/ (edited for … Continue reading Bicycle Parking at 1075 Queen Street East Proposed Development →

Jog-Downs at Temporary Entrances off Lake Shore into the Big Box Stores at Leslie Street are too Abrupt – Blinding Cyclists to approaching, turning cars.

by Michael Holloway, October 25, 2013 12:22 PM Took a tour of the construction detours of bicycle infrastructure around the Leslie Street reco nstruction today. Many have posted about how happy they are with all the effort and diligence that the TTC and Toronto Transportation have put into these detours - as part of the … Continue reading Jog-Downs at Temporary Entrances off Lake Shore into the Big Box Stores at Leslie Street are too Abrupt – Blinding Cyclists to approaching, turning cars. →

Bike Infrastructure BIG Talking Point at Public Consultation for Dundas/Carlaw Corridor Planning Study

By Michael Holloway, October 25, 2013 6:39 AM There was lots of 'Bike Amenities' talk at last nights' initial "Dundas/Carlaw Corridor Study" Public Consultation. The meeting was held at 326 Carlaw Avenue in the buildings' 3rd floor Amenity Room - a spacious, open room which looks out through three floor-to-ceiling patio doors onto a large, … Continue reading Bike Infrastructure BIG Talking Point at Public Consultation for Dundas/Carlaw Corridor Planning Study →

Ward 32 Spokes’ Cycle Toronto Ward Groups #FF on Twitter

By Michael Holloway Wednesday, October 23, 2013  6:45 PM Follow Fridays are a ritual in Twitter - people meet new contacts through the #FF hash-tag. Last Friday, I (as @Ward30Bikes) missed this Twitter "Follow Friday" attempt by @Ward32Spokes: (All links are live via positioned buttons that I coded into this image of the Tweet - … Continue reading Ward 32 Spokes’ Cycle Toronto Ward Groups #FF on Twitter →

Ward 29 Bikes at the Withrow Park market: Saturday, October 19, 2013

By Val Dodge, October 18, 2013 1:44 am Ward 29 Bikes and Ward 30 Bikes will be offering free basic bicycle tune-ups and advice at the Withrow Park Farmers’ Market this Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., weather allowing. Bring your bike to us! We can make many adjustments in just a couple of … Continue reading Ward 29 Bikes at the Withrow Park market: Saturday, October 19, 2013 →