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If you live in #Guelph or the surrounding region, then DM me your photos of bike blockers! Please be lenient if it looks like an emergency.

#GuelphBikeBlockers #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Bikelanes #Bike #Biketoot #Waterloo #Kitchener #Cambridge #CycleTO #CycleToronto #BikeTO #SafeStreets #AvoidTheRightHook #TakeTheLane

Jérôme Jul 30, 2025

Cycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor

(For now)

https://www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toronto_wins

#cycletoronto #cycleto #topoli #toronto #biketo

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Jérôme Mar 31, 2025

Obviously not everything is won. They might find another consulting firms that is less shameful. And #CycleToronto encourage us to email them so that they don't deliver the 1.5KM of scope they decided to keep.

But we are slowing the project, potentially saving lives and hopefully leaving more time for the courts to fight it.

It does set a precedent for other firms. Taking contract from the government doesn't mean it's ethical and you can get a PR nightmare out of it.

#Biketo #topoli

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Jérôme Mar 31, 2025

Well that is interesting.

There was a public shaming campaign against #Stantec engineering firm because of their contract with the Ontario government to destroy our bike lanes in Toronto. There was protests at their office downtown Toronto + an email campaign by #CycleToronto

I personally sent 2 emails to their Media person, Colin Nekolaichuk

Well within Cycle Toronto newsletter, we learn that they gave up on the majority of the project (!!) and will only deliver a small part

#biketo

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Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏Mar 19, 2025

@cargot_robbie Whoa! We’ve long admired work of Toronto bike advocates, including their Cycling Handbook in 14 languages: https://www.cycleto.ca/torontocyclinghandbook. We link to that handbook on our site’s “Other Languages” [other than Spanish and English] page.

Photo is some Toronto cyclists we met in 2011, biking in city of Monterey.

#CycleToronto #TorontoCyclistsUnion #Toronto #Canada #cycling #infrastructure #BikeLanes

James Hawley Jan 27, 2025

This is a promising course of action and it's why I donate to #CycleToronto:

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/cycle-toronto-seeks-injunction-against-ford-governments-bike-lane-removals-10115588

#bikeLanes don't inhibit car congestion - they alleviate car congestion by giving people alternative modes of transportation.

#Ontario needs more bike lanes to support safe #cycling across the province.

Cycle Toronto seeks injunction against Ford government’s bike lane removals

If an injunction is granted on March 11, the province will be barred from removing bike lanes until a decision is reached after an April 16 Charter challenge hearing

TorontoToday.ca

Dave Ley Nov 23, 2024

That was another fun #BikeTo protest ride! Always hard to count a pack of cyclists, but at least on the Bloor street contingent in was in the hundreds. And my daughter (rear passenger) started and led a chant of “Bike Lanes Saves Lives!” So proud

#BikeTooter #topoli #onpoli #cycletoronto

Thanks fightforbikes.org

⠵⠻⠷⠕⠭ 🍥🍉⚪🌹Nov 23, 2024

A long pro-bike protest just rolled by on Bloor St. Took maybe 10 min to pass. Our pigheaded Premier here thinks by ripping bike lanes out of downtown #Toronto he can reduce congestion (false), pander to his base, and get reelected if he calls an early election by stoking urban/suburban division (probably true). #SafeStreetsSaveLives #TOPoli #ONPoli #CycleToronto #Bikestodon #Urbanism

Dave Ley Nov 22, 2024

Great video explainer from #cycletoronto . I hope this is viewable here

#bikeTo

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCr7c5NyzEt/?igsh=bGtiZzNzMmR2bnVz

Cycle Toronto on Instagram: "Disclaimer: Nothing against boats or golf. Those are really fun. And they’re not even the best comparison because bike lanes are for so much more than just recreation. They literally save people’s lives. And it would be negligent to not include some insight into actual numbers for a video about statistical accuracy. According to a 2019 study, 44% of Torontonians ride a bike to work, school, or to do errands. Coupled with another 26% who ride for fun and exercise, that’s more than two thirds who ride a bike. And in neighbourhoods where protected cycling infrastructure exists, the number is even higher. In Ward 11 - University - Rosedale, which includes portions of the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes, almost 10% of residents said they cycle to work. Imagine if car traffic downtown was 10% worse? It’s doubtful, but perhaps going forward, our provincial leaders might consider using accurate data to back up their policy positions. It would just be common sense."

720 likes, 49 comments - cycletoronto on November 22, 2024: "Disclaimer: Nothing against boats or golf. Those are really fun. And they’re not even the best comparison because bike lanes are for so much more than just recreation. They literally save people’s lives. And it would be negligent to not include some insight into actual numbers for a video about statistical accuracy. According to a 2019 study, 44% of Torontonians ride a bike to work, school, or to do errands. Coupled with another 26% who ride for fun and exercise, that’s more than two thirds who ride a bike. And in neighbourhoods where protected cycling infrastructure exists, the number is even higher. In Ward 11 - University - Rosedale, which includes portions of the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes, almost 10% of residents said they cycle to work. Imagine if car traffic downtown was 10% worse? It’s doubtful, but perhaps going forward, our provincial leaders might consider using accurate data to back up their policy positions. It would just be common sense.".

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