This year’s December cover is a photo courtesy of cycling advocate Jun Nogami.

Jun Nogami has been a bicycle advocate since moving back to Toronto in 2004. He documents the activities of ARC (Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists) when they install ghost bikes in the GTA. His photo shows a ghost bike at Dufferin Grove, installed in memory of 23-year-old Alex Amaro, who was killed in December 2020. This is actually the second ghost bike in her memory. Someone set fire to the first one in December 2021, and this replacement was installed close by in February 2022. 

One thing is clear is that the bicycle lanes on Bloor Street have drastically improved road safety for all users and that removing them creates a real danger to cyclist safety. Ghost bikes are a somber reminder of the duty we have to one another, especially to vulnerable road users, and the very real risk of tragedy.  

—Gleaner News Staff

READ MORE:

• NEWS: Ford government is intent on removing bike lanes in Toronto (Dec. 2024)
• EDITORIAL: Bill 212 causes congestion (Dec. 2024)
• FORUM: Dangerous road safety bill is a distraction (Dec. 2024)
• LETTERS: An open letter to the Minister of Transportation (Dec. 2024)
• FORUM: Bike lanes are a solution to congestion, not the cause (Oct./Nov. 2024)
• EDITORIAL: Fact-checking Ford (Oct./Nov. 2024)
• NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)
• FORUM: Bike lanes made permanent, more warming centres open (Feb. 2023)
• NEWS: Report urges reduction of traffic lanes on Avenue Road (Aug. 2021)
• CHATTER: Community groups push pedestrian safety on Avenue Road(Nov. 2020)
• NEWS: Bike lanes to extend to High Park (Sept. 2019)
• EDITORIAL: City staff ignore bike lanes (July 2018)
• NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)
• CHATTER: Cyclists prey for open doors (Dec. 2017)
• NEWS (Nov. 2017): Pilot project becomes permanent
• NEWS: Here to stay? (Oct. 2017)
• EDITORIAL: Bike lanes, good for business (Fall 2017)
• CHATTER (MARCH 2017): Preliminary data on Bloor Street pilot bike lane released
• CHATTER: Ground-breaking bike lanes launch on Bloor Street (August 2016)
• NEWS: Bikes blessed for another season (June 2016)
• FOCUS: An early advocate for bike lanes (June 2016)
• NEWS: Bike lanes for Bloor Street (May 2016)
• NEWS: ARA calls for bike lanes, removal of parking & 30 km/h limit on Bloor (Mar. 2011)