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ON THE COVER: Redo of intersection itself a hazard (Oct./Nov. 2024)

November 8th, 2024 · No Comments

Import of a Dutch design was a response to cyclist death at Bloor and St. George streets

City crews work to amend the recently redesigned intersection of Bloor and St. George by removing trip hazards that were injuring cyclists and pedestrians. BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS

By Austin Kelly

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EDITORIAL: Fact-checking Ford (Oct./Nov. 2024)

November 8th, 2024 · No Comments

Premier Doug Ford, while apparently unable or unwilling to address urgent provincial crises in health care, education, and the ongoing existential threat of climate change, has instead told an Empire Club luncheon last week that he is planning to “rip out bike lanes on major roads such as Bloor Street.” The elites at the lunch were thrilled, a group whose praise Ford craves.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Oct./Nov. 2024)

November 8th, 2024 · No Comments

RE: Road safety for some, sometimes

I appreciated Albert Koehl’s excellent editorial piece regarding the serious hazards bike riders face as underlined by the recent death of a young female cyclist on Bloor Street. 

Construction projects and aggressive motorists indeed present a serious challenge to bike safety especially in situations where there are merge points. 

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Tags: Annex · Letters · Opinion

FORUM: Bike lanes are a solution to congestion, not the cause (Oct./Nov. 2024)

November 8th, 2024 · No Comments

Ford adds fuel an to an ugly culture war of drivers versus cyclists

By Jessica Bell

Queen’s Park should be solving our biggest challenges, like climate change, homelessness, and fixing our public services, from health care to schools.

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ARTS: Wheeling Through Toronto book launch (June 2024)

July 19th, 2024 · Comments Off on ARTS: Wheeling Through Toronto book launch (June 2024)

Albert Koehl launches first book

The book launch for Wheeling Through Toronto by Albert Koehl took place on May 27 at L’Espresso Bar Mercurio at 321 Bloor St. W. COURTESY BRAD MARLIN

By Meredith Poirier 

The groovy L’Espresso Bar Mecurio, a bright Italian cafe at the intersection of Bloor and St. George streets hosted Albert Koehl’s book launch on May 27. 

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NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)

August 8th, 2023 · Comments Off on NEWS: Annex honoured for pioneering Bloor bike lanes (May/June 2023)

BIA selected by advocacy group for foundational work 

Brian Burchell received the Business Road Safety Champion award for his work advancing bike safety on a busy mainstreet along with the Bloor Annex BIA. NEILAND BRISSENDEN/BLOOR ANNEX BIA

By Fox Oliver

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FORUM: Bike lanes made permanent, more warming centres open (Feb. 2023)

March 27th, 2023 · Comments Off on FORUM: Bike lanes made permanent, more warming centres open (Feb. 2023)

Budget process reveals Toronto’s financial house not in order

By Dianne Saxe

The first month of the new year has been an eventful one at city hall. I am pleased to report that two crucial issues have successfully moved forward.

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NEWS: Cycle tracks coming to Davenport (Sept. 2022)

September 27th, 2022 · 1 Comment

Stretch between Dupont and Bedford to include buffers 

By Fox Oliver

The Bike Lane and Road Safety Upgrades on Davenport Road involve an upgrade plan which will take place over three phases, and the second phase is scheduled to begin this month. 

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NEWS: Bike lane refresh for Davenport (Mar. 2021)

March 26th, 2021 · Comments Off on NEWS: Bike lane refresh for Davenport (Mar. 2021)

Updates would mirror protected bike lanes on Danforth

By Luca Tatulli

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FORUM: Finding positive outcomes (July 2020)

August 7th, 2020 · Comments Off on FORUM: Finding positive outcomes (July 2020)

Rapidly expanding bike lanes a healthy solution

By Mike Layton

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EDITORIAL: City staff ignore bike lanes (July 2018)

July 18th, 2018 · 1 Comment

In “The Pothole”, the award-winning 150th episode Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer adopts a one mile stretch of the Arthur Burghardt Expressway after running over an abandoned sewing machine. Kramer decides to make his newly adopted section of a highway a more luxurious experience for drivers by reducing four lanes to two extra-wide ones. What results — to great comedic effect — is mass confusion and chaos and, a lesson in how not to manage a highway.

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Tags: Annex · Editorial · General

NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)

March 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on NEWS: Bike lanes (March 2018)

A dissenter makes his case

By Annemarie Brissenden

Do bike lanes make cycling inherently safer?

That question was up for debate at January’s Grounds for Thought, which runs the last Tuesday of every month at the Green Beanery at Bloor and Bathurst streets. With free coffee on offer, Grounds for Thought is an homage to the coffee houses of old, places where dissent and unconventional ideas were not only welcomed but encouraged.

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NEWS (Nov. 2017): Pilot project becomes permanent

November 24th, 2017 · Comments Off on NEWS (Nov. 2017): Pilot project becomes permanent

Council resoundingly votes in favour of Bloor Street bike lanes

By Geremy Bordonaro

It’s been a long time coming but the Bloor Street bike lanes are now a permanent fixture of the community.

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