Councillor Paula Fletcher published her Fall newsletter today.Have a look, inside she's included some of the work we've been doing on cycling matters in the neighbourhood including Bells On Danforth, the Felstead cut through, and the Dundas bike lanes 🙂
Toronto East Bike Festival, Saturday, September 19, 2015, 10am-4pm. Join us at the Toronto East Bike Festival, Saturday, September 19th, 10am-4pm, at the Warden Hilltop Community Centre, 25 Mendelssohn St., Toronto, organised by TO35Cycles, Ward 26 Cyclists, and the Crossroads of the Danforth BIA. This family-friendly event will include a Bike Rodeo, Kids Bike Zone, … Continue reading Toronto East Bike Festival, Saturday, September 19, 2015
It's coming! Success!Remember our ongoing work on the Lower Don Trail? This struggle to access the Lower Don Trail will soon be a thing of the past!First AttemptIn 2012-2013, when the City of Toronto commissioned a Master Plan for the lower Don Trail, public consultations were held. At that time we advocated for accessible ramps to … Continue reading Advocacy in Action: Ramp to Lower Don Trail
 - to reduce the rate of increase in neighbourhood motor vehicle volumes Ward 30 Bikes' "Eastern Avenue Working Group" is making steady progress on our submission to City Planning about the proposed StudioCentre development on the south side of Eastern Ave between Pape and Larchmount. From our still-in-draft report, this is a snippet about the … Continue reading Better Placed ‘Bike Rooms’ needed in StudioCentre proposal on Eastern
Cyclists look out for cars all the time - but it seems, drivers don't notice.Pinch points created by 'bump-outs'-[[]I just watched a cyclist come off off the light at Queen and Leslie, the cyclist came off the light faster the cab driver, and as he approached the curb lane parking he paced his ride while … Continue reading Separation solves all Modes
by Michael HollowayLead - W30B Eastern Avenue working groupI created this image that attempts a close-to-scale drawing corrected to 180 degrees of the StudioCentre proposed Eastern-Caroline intersection. Â The new street south is the same width as Eastern Avenue. Copy it and paste it into a mark-up program (like MS Paint) and add your Complete Intersection … Continue reading Complete Intersections in the context of the StudioCentre proposed development at 629 Eastern
Meet at the globe sculpture near the northwest corner of Nathan Phillips Square at 6pm - and ride east to Woodbine.Chris Bouchard's Facebook post from July 23rd: All are welcome to join this Tuesday's Cycling Network Plan Scoping Ride, no need to RSVP, just show up.This week (July 28), let's head on an eastward trajectory … Continue reading Tomorrow: Cycling Network Planning Ride with Cycling Unit Staff; 6pm – Bay/Queen to Woodbine
Look what opened up last week just east of the DVP at Toronto Bike Share's maintenance depot:Bike share now available on Dundas East between Munro and Hamilton - Just east of the DVPIt's not a huge fleet at this location... but it's a start!
With Bike Month officially over, here's a recap of all the things we were up to:Top Row: Â Bike Month kicked off with bike to school week. Â Ward30 was there for a hugely popular Bike Train to Withrow Public School. Â Ward30 was also there with Greenwood secondary school. Â For Bike to Work day we helped marshal … Continue reading Bike Month 2015 – that’s a wrap!
By Michael HollowayWard 30 Bikes memberIn order to frame the issue more clearly, I made a Eastern Avenue Context Map.(Full Size: https://ward14bikes.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/b8349-eastern2bavenue2bdon2briver2bto2bqueen-kingston2brd2b-2bproposed2bdevelopments2bcontext.jpg)Together these development proposals along (so far) 3/4's of the length of Eastern Ave offer a huge opportunity for us to create a Spine Complete Street and at the same time remediate a major … Continue reading Eastern Avenue Don River to Queen-Kingston – Proposed Developments Context
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