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.

The Future of Jarvis: Public Town Hall

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam wants to hear from the community about the future of Jarvis Street.  If you are a cyclist, this is your chance to defend our bike lanes! 

When the Public Works Committee decided to rip out the bike lanes, Kristyn was not consulted nor was the public. Now she wants to give citizens a chance to be heard.

This is a free public event, open to everyone:

The Future of Jarvis: Public Town Hall

Tuesday, April 3rd, 6:30pm

Jarvis Collegiate Institute (at Wellesley)

Facebook rsvp:  https://www.facebook.com/events/322820747762732/


If you support the bikelanes, join us at this meeting (and wear your helmet!).

Toronto Cyclists Union

Drivers for Jarvis

Ride for Jarvis

This week was a huge disappointment for cycling in Toronto. While we move forward with protected bike lanes, the Ford administration sent a strong signal that cars matter more than people on bikes.

Let's send a message back. 

Let's ride for Jarvis. 

Let's ride for Toronto.

This is a family friendly event where we plan to ride together on Jarvis Street and take lanes of traffic. Come one, come all!

Meet at 6:30 at Allan Gardens off of Jarvis Street

Not a member of the Toronto Cyclists Union? Become one at www.bikeunion.to/join

As the Green Party candidate for Toronto Centre, I strongly oppose the removal of the Jarvis St. bike lanes and believe we need to look at all street planning with a complete streets approach so all types of traffic; pedestrian, cyclists and vehicles can move about in a safe and timely manner. Please join us on Wednesday and show your support for complete streets in Toronto.

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.

So something happened...

on the way home from the pub tonight. A hostage/robbery situation. So, we had to go to Michaels place and he made me a killer screwdriver followed by a killer lime~screwdriver (lime Finlandia vodka). Anyway we are home safe and I will post an update when I know what is going on.