Zombie Bike Lane Critical Mass

According to City staff, the Jarvis St. bike lanes will be gone by early November, but they’ll still be undead for the increasing numbers of us who use them regularly to get to school and work, and just get around. So let's come together one more time: dress up in your scariest Zombie Bike Lane costume and celebrate cycling in Toronto. RSVP for Zombie Bike Lane Critical Mass on the Cycle Toronto facebook page here. Not on facebook? Meet at the corner of Bloor & Spadina at 6:00pm on Fri Oct 26th.

2 minutes is no reason to remove a bike lane. Let’s keep building momentum towards a bicycle-friendly city.

Bike Lanes on Eglinton

The City of Toronto has announced that it will undertake an Environmental Assessment over the underground section of the Eglinton Ave LRT, from Black Creek Drive to Brentcliffe Road. As you may already know, the proposed Eglinton Ave LRT route includes bike lanes on the surface section, but NOT the underground section. Now, the City will explore re-designing the street surface over the underground section. This is our chance to ensure bike lanes are included in the conversation and to advocate for their implementation as part of the final Environmental Assessment recommendations! 

This month, there will be three (3) public consultation meetings to introduce the objectives of the study, discuss guiding principles and provide an opportunity for the community to provide feedback. 

Below are the meeting dates and location. You can also find more information for each meeting here.

ACTION ALERT: Demand Complete Streets for Eglinton by attending one of the following public consultation meetings:

Thursday, May 17 - Fairbank Memorial Community Centre: 2213 Dufferin Street (south of Eglinton Ave. West)

Tuesday, May 22 - The Hub at Victoria Village: 1527 Victoria Park Avenue (north of Eglinton Ave. East)

Thursday, May 24 - Northern District Library: 40 Orchard View Blvd. (northwest of Yonge Street and Eglinton Ave. West)

All meetings begin at 7pm and end at 9pm.

Cyclists Protest Ford's Jarvis St. Bike Lane Cuts

Riding home tonight I encountered this intelligent group of voters cycling southbound on Jarvis street to protest the removal of the recently installed bike lanes.

Toronto city council voted today to remove the Jarvis street cycling lanes that were recently installed. The lanes which cost about $80,000 install will be removed at a cost of about $250,000.
Studies have shown that the lanes did not increase southbound vehicular travel times, and only modestly increased the northbound drive time by about 2 minutes.

http://www.thestar.com/breakingnews/article/1024109

Online reaction to the Jarvis St. bike lane cuts.

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