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
Cycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor
(For now)
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.
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
![It was with anger and outrage that we learned back in January that a Canadian engineering firm, Stantec, was partnering with the province in their scheme to rip out 19 kilometres of Toronto bike lanes. Stantec's involvement is a clear betrayal of their own stated corporate values and puts them at odds with the majority of transportation planning experts in the province including the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Ontario Traffic Council, Ontario Professional Planners Institute, and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
Over 2,300 letters from supporters like you were sent to senior Stantec executives urging them to rip up this agreement and cancel this contract. Over the ensuing weeks, sources quietly indicated that Stantec was getting cold feet and had reconsidered the extent of their involvement due to public outcry.
Last week, in response to a protest organized by activists from Fridays for Future at Stantec’s Toronto offices, CBC reports that Stantec are on the record that they have reduced the scope of their work:
The statement went on to say Stantec is working on developing technical drawings for “a small section” of the bike corridors, representing about 1.5 km in total. After those drawings are complete, the firm will no longer be involved, [Colin Nekolaichuk, a public relations manager for Stantec] said.
That's still 1.5 kilometres too many. If you haven't already, email Stantec and say so:](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/259/203/098/670/425/original/83adce056dce4cb7.png)
@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
This is a promising course of action and it's why I donate to #CycleToronto:
#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.
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
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
Great video explainer from #cycletoronto . I hope this is viewable here
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCr7c5NyzEt/?igsh=bGtiZzNzMmR2bnVz
Bloor Bike Lane Rally
#bikeTO #cycleto
From #cycletoronto :
Show your support for safe and connected infrastructure! Ride in solidarity against provincial overreach! Help raise the voices of cyclists in Etobicoke and everyone who uses the Bloor bike lanes!
When: Wednesday, October 16 (meet at 5:45 pm; roll out at 6:00 pm--bring lights!)
Where: High Park North Gates (High Park Ave. and Bloor St. W.)
Guelph
#ON_BT31982
#GuelphBikeBlockers #Urbanism #BikeTooter #Bikelanes #Bike #Biketoot #CycleTO #CycleToronto #BikeTO #SafeStreets #TakeTheLane #Guelph
From #CycleToronto:
Tell the provincial government to leave bike lanes alone...
From #CycleToronto Facebook:
Hi Rexdale! We're hosting a learn to ride program near you, and we still have some spots available...
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=672639984897307&id=100064539345949&mibextid=qC1gEa
From #cycletoronto :
📣 With 37 days before the Mayoral by-election, we’re asking you to sign our pledge to vote for safe and active streets for all. #VisionZero #BikeTO #WalkTO #Equity #ClimateActionNow
https://safeandactivestreets.cycleto.ca/pledge via @cycletoronto
Somehow, I forgot that this also happened yesterday, while waiting to go into the theatre. Not sure what the event was.
At least they weren't naked.
Manual Boost @cycletoronto: @bikeshareto has more annual riders than the total annual attendance of at home games for the Leafs, Raptors, Argos, and Toronto FC combined. It is a year round program that is an integral part of Toronto's active transportation network.
#Toronto #TOPoli #Cycling #BikeTO #CycleToronto #BikeShare #CycleShare #Transportation
