On October 3, 2007 the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will consider a report on Sustainable Transportation Initiatives: Short-term Proposals. It contains initiatives in a number of areas including cycling. This report includes recommendations to study a number of proposals most of which are recommendations contained in the Toronto Bike Plan. The outcome of these studies would be reports that would come back to this Committee or the Planning and Growth Management Committee and then eventually on to Council which would be the basis of a decision to actually implement these projects. These are all necessary projects and should be supported. If you want to lend your support to these you can sign up for a deputation or send in a written deputation by contacting pwic@toronto.ca. The deadline to register is 12:00 noon on Tuesday October 2nd.

This report comes as a result of the City's Climate Change Plan that was adopted by Council in July of 2007. The report states that this report contains only some of the City's transportation proposals that will be included in the Climate Change plan and that other transportation proposals will be dealt with separately. These will all be included the Sustainable Transportation Implementation Strategy (STIS) which is called for in Toronto's Climate Change plan.

The 'short term' proposals in the area of cycling infrastructure are those that would lay the foundation for future bike lane or bike path projects. This is good in that it gets these ideas on the agenda and prepares the way to get money in the 2008 budget for these studies. It is concerning however these are called short term proposals. ...(more)

The City of Toronto will be hosting a cycling consultation session on July 26th, 2007 with information on the status of current cycling projects, and an opportunity to be involved in the prioritization of cycling infrastructure projects to be completed in the future. The results of this consultation will be forwarded to Toronto City Council in a report. The details of this event are quoted below, click the link to go to the city web page for the event.

2007 Toronto Cycling Consultation Session

Thursday, July 26th
6:30 to 9 p.m.
St. Lawrence Hall
157 King Street East (at Jarvis)

As we reach the 6th year of the Toronto Bike Plan, this first session will be an open house format to:

• learn about the status of current City projects from staff
• give feedback and comments
• participate in activities to help prioritize bike projects and timelines.

This year several decisions will be taken by City Council that will set the course for the Bike Plan over the next 5 years. This July the Climate Change Plan will be finalized. (see Previous Article) The City is also developing a Sustainable Transportation Plan and the Transit City Plan. In addition the 2008 budget will be set which will include the money for cycling infrastructure and cycling programs in 2008 and a 5 year capital plan for 2008 to 2012. It is important that measures to support the implementation of the Bike Plan by 2012 be included in all of these decisions. This consultation will be an opportunity to help outline how that will take place.

The information gathered at this session could feed into another report due to coming forward that will set the plan for implementing the Bike Plan. As part of the work to develop the Climate Change Plan the city has asked that "the General Manager of Transportation Services and General Manager of Parks, Forestry and Recreation to report in 2007 on the actions and resources required to complete the infrastructure elements of the Bike Plan by the end of 2012," (from Staff report 'Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan: Moving from Framework to Action" - recommendation 8. b.)

The Climate Change plan has included support for the overall goal of completing the Bikeway Network by 2012. Now work starts to develop the details of how that will be done. This consultation is your opportunity to get involved in that work.

There has been much discussion of the reconstruction of Lansdowne Avenue from College Ave to Bloor St. West. There have been reports that the project is to include bike lanes but that is not the case. The Bikeway Network proposed in the Bike Plan has bike lanes indicated on Lansdowne Ave north of Bloor to Davenport but not on this section. That is not to say that the reconstruction of the street will not offer benefits to cyclists.

When people think about the Bike Plan, it is often the Bikeway Network of bike lanes, on-street signed routes and off-street paths that first comes to mind. However, there is more to implementing the Bike Plan than installing the 1074 km of designated infrastructure. Another whole chapter of the Bike Plan is dedicated to making streets that are not part of the Bikeway Network bicycle friendly. In fact the guiding principle of the Bicycle Friendly Streets chapter of the Bike Plan is "Every Toronto Street is a Cycling Street..

Among the recomendations in this chapter is recommendation

4-5: Provide Wide Curb Lanes on Arterial Roadways
That, during road resurfacing or reconstruction projects on arterial roadways, the City provide wide curb lanes, where possible.

Road reconstruction provides an opportunity to improve the road design. In most situations the roads are rebuilt as they existed with no provisions for improving the road design to make it more bicycle friendly. This may be due to the fact that changing the design of the road adds extra hurdles for the project to go through. If there are parking changes or bike lanes to be added then bylaws have to be changed by a report to community council. This can spark opposition in the community and drag out the approval of the project. If there are no changes to the design of the road there is no need for any approvals and making it much easier for the project to get completed. The tendancy is for reconstruction projects to take the path of least resistance and not make changes to the road design. It takes the initiative of the local councillor or of the staff people working on the design to recognize an opportunity to improve the road designs and perseverance on their part to see the projects through the approvals necessary.

On Lansdowne Avenue that initiative was taken by Councillor Adam Giambrone and the staff in Transportation Services designing the project. The existing street has 3.5 m lanes that bikes and cars have to share. The new street will have 4.0 m wide lanes providing more space for cyclists to share the road safely. This was achieved by taking out parking on one side of the street. This is the contentious issue that has generated opposition in the community but the staff report found that there was an over supply of parking in the area and with parking on one side there would still be enough spaces to meet the demand. (for more details see the staff report on the issueLansdowne Ave. Staff Report March 2007 - Page 3 existing conditions) The existing and new cross sections of the street are shown below.

The cross sections show that the lanes increase from 3.5 m to 4.0 m allow cyclists and cars to share the road more safely.

This street will be safer for cyclists than the existing conditions and it is important to do that on this street as it will be a connector between the future bike lanes on Lansdowne north of Bloor and will connect at the south end to the new bike lane that starts at College and Lansdowne and heads west along Dundas.

The past couple of Sundays I have been riding rather than skiing. Normally at this time of year Sunday consists of catching TBN's ski bus early in the morning and heading north for a day of cross country skiing. Not this year, not so far. The unusually warm winter is keeping both streets and the ski trails free of snow. Riding around the city, missing the snow, I have been thinking of the connection between this year's odd weather, climate change and the role that cycling plays in our transportation system and the effect that has on our environment. The new year lends itself to this kind of reflection framed in the context of resolutions.

The transportation choices Torontonians make have a direct impact on our local and global environment. Making small changes to how we travel in the city can have a big impact on our individual and collective level of greenhouse gas emissions. The now off-line One Tonne Challenge web site stated that if an individual reduced their car use by 10 % they would reduce their contribution to the amount of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere by half a tonne annually, half of the total goal. Torontonians have shown when they are presented with information as to how they can change their individual habits to help our local and global environment they make the change en mass. Torontonians have embraced blue boxes and green bins helping the city reduce the amount that is dumped in landfill. The city made them aware of the problem, made them aware how they could take individual action to help address the problem and gave them the means to do it.

The same can be done to help Toronto as a city reduce its collective emissions of green house gasses, improving air quality as it does. Torontonians are aware of the problem of climate change. Polls are finding that the environment and climate change are top of mind concerns. The city must now promote cycling as a way to reduce transportation related emissions while providing the means to allow its residents keep their own resolutions to take their own individual action to help contribute to the solution. Ensuring that cycling is a viable choice for those residents means completing the Bikeway Network, building bike friendly streets, integrating cycling and transit and ensuring that there is secure bike parking across the city.

The new year brings new opportunities and new challenges for the implementation of the Toronto Bike Plan. After the election we have a new Council ...(more)

In a week were cycling issues are up front at the standing committees of City Hall it is appropriate that a campaign is starting up to raise the profile of cycling and pedestrian issues in the upcoming municipal election. The Toronto Coalition of Active Transportation TorontoCAT.ca is putting forth a plan to make Toronto a Cycling and Walking City. For more information I have quoted the press release below.

New coalition of cycling and pedestrian groups gets into gear to make active transportation a municipal election issue in Toronto
Toronto, ON - September 12, 2006

Active transportation (cycling and walking) is the most affordable, healthy and sustainable mode of transportation. A city where cycling and walking are safe and enjoyable is a great place to live. Toronto could be a world leader in urban living and sustainable transportation, but the City of Toronto dedicates less than 2% of its transportation budget to active transportation.

The next Toronto City Council needs to take active transportation seriously and a new coalition of community groups, businesses and environmental groups has formed to make sure that cycling and pedestrian issues don't fall through the cracks during election 2006.

The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) emerged out of consultation with environmental, health and transportation groups from across Toronto. The result is a practical and visionary plan for how the next City of Toronto Council can make active transportation a central part of transportation planning.

"Councillors have always said that unless they see a strong show of public support their hands are tied when it comes to doing more to improve cycling and walking in Toronto " explains Martin Koob of the Toronto Bicycle Network "but now with TCAT we have both a clear message from a broad cross-section of the public and a practical plan for action - there is no excuse not to act."

The TCAT plan is practical because its proposals focus on improving and expanding initiatives that the City of Toronto has already begun. The plan acknowledges the budgetary constrains that Council faces and stresses that investing in active transportation is very cost-effective way to improve the transportation system and quality of life in Toronto.

"In addition to its environmental benefits, active transportation promotes healthy living and is a very affordable way to get around the city" says health promoter Paul Young of the South Riverdale Community Health Centre "The city promotes active living but it also needs to create the spaces where that can take place."

The TCAT plan is visionary because it recognizes that the steps we take today are part of a broader transformation that will make Toronto a healthier, safer, more affordable and sustainable city. The plan encourages decision-makers to not just make piecemeal changes, but to embrace innovative ideas and lead in integrating walking and cycling into all dimensions of city planning and business.

TCAT will be conducting surveys of all the candidates in the upcoming election to find out where they stand on supporting active transportation. The results of the surveys will be available on TorontoCAT.ca by mid-October 2006.

TCAT encourages community groups, citizens and the media to use TorontoCAT.ca to learn about the challenges facing active transportation in Toronto and keep cycling and walking on the front burner during the municipal election. In 2006 vote with your feet!

As they say it is time to get out and vote with your feet.

The 2006 version of the Toronto Bike Map is now online and should also be available in community centres, libraries and bike shops across the city. With the weather warming up it would be a good time to get your hands on a copy and start exploring Toronto by bike. The online map is at the following link Toronto Cycling Map 2006

This section of the Bike Map around Eglinton West Station shows some of the new features. The TTC's 29 Dufferin and 7 Bathhurst routes with bike rack equipped busses are marked with the red dotted lines. Bikeway network Route 26 on Elm Ridge was added this year. The yellow squares show where the on-street network connects with the off street paths.

The biggest change to the map is the extension of the numbered bike route system (aka the Bikeway Network Information System) to routes to the north, east and west of the central area of the city. This is the this is the result of the second phase of bike route sign installation that happened over the past winter. The route numbers are in a blue box on the red or blue line that indicates a street with a bike lane or an on street route. There are not yet route signs installed on the trails through parks or ravines, however, this year money has been budgeted to extend the Bikeway Network Information System to the park trails. There will also be a third phase of installing bike route signs on more on-street routes. These should show up on the 2007 Bike Map. Unfortunately there was not much change on the map in terms of bike lanes. Only two new bikelanes are shown. One on a short stretch of Royal York road on either side of the Queensway and very short sections of Dundas St. West and College Avenue. This is due to the difficulty experienced last year in getting bike lane projects approved.

Another addition to the map is the TTC Routes which feature bike racks on the busses which are part of the pilot project that is currently being conducted. These are indicated by a red dotted line. You can see more info on the TTC's bike rack equipped bus program on the bike map and on the 'Rack-it and Rocket' web page. The web page even includes videos of how to load your bike onto the rack. The pilot study ends this June at which point the TTC will decide on the future of the program. It would be a good idea to try out the racks and send in your comments on the service and express support for the idea before the pilot project ends. There is a survey form on the web to submit your comments: Bike Rack on-line survey

There are other new features on the map to help cyclists make connections between the routes around the city. One are yellow squares that indicate connections between on-street routes and the off-street, park and ravine trails.

The road to setting the City of Toronto's budget is a long one. The 3 year strategy for getting the Bike Plan back in gear has to make it through the entire process successfully if we are to see real progress in making cycling a viable transportation option for a larger number of Toronto residents. The road to final approval will wind through various committees of Council, the Budget Advisory Committee, the Policy and Finance Committtee and ultimately to City Council. There will be some steep up hills to climb and perhaps a few down hills where we can pick up speed. Last Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2001 the Works committee gave the three year back in gear strategy a bit of a push and a tail wind to get it started on its way.

The committee was urged to act by TCC members, other individuals and organizations who made deputations or sent in letters of support of the Toronto Bike Plan. Their appeals were heeded by the Councilors and some positive decisions were made.

Councillor Adam Giambrone Ward 18 - Davenport led the way at Works by proposing a series of motions that start the process of putting the proposals from the Toronto Bike Plan - 3 Year Implementation Strategy (PDF) and the recommendations from the Toronto Cycling Committee (TCC) TCC 2006 Budget recommendations into the budget approval process. Some of these proposals, those dealing with the Bikeway Network implementation on roads and hydro and rail corridors, could be dealt with directly by the Works Committee. Other, budget proposals go down their own roads. The recommendation dealing with Cycling Safety Education and Promotion programs was forwarded to the Planning and Transportation Committee and Bikeway Network Implementation in Parks was referred to the Economic Development and Parks Committee for consideration during their budget deliberations.

On the issues that are pertinent to the Works Committee, Councillor Giambrone moved that the Committee adopt the TCC's recommendation that $4.5 million for be budgeted for Bikeway Network implementation in 2006 and that staffing levels be increased in order to implement that level of activity. If these motions are ultimately adopted by City Council in the 2006, they would address the problems of inadequate funding and insufficient staffing for cycling infrastructure. This motion passed, but, this is where the road gets a bit twisty. The Works Committee recommendation goes back to staff at Transportation Services who are developing their budget proposal for the entire division. They will report back to the Works Committee on which Bikeway Network projects can be moved up to 2006 given the added funds. That report and the Transportation Services Division budget will come back to the Works Committee in the fall during their budget considerations. There will be pressure to reduce items in that overall budget. Councillor Giambrone and the Works Committee will have to be vigilant to ensure the funds for the Bikeway Network remain intact. Individuals and organizations who want Council to support the strategy will also have to continue to lobby the members of the Works Committee and the subsequent Committees who deal with this budget to ensure the cycling items make the entire trip to final budget approval.

Councillor Giambrone also moved a motion to try to deal with the problem of the slow approval process for bike lanes. He asked that staff at Transportation Services work with the Toronto Cycling Committee to come up with options for an expedited bike lane approval process which would be presented at the November meeting of the Works Committee. This motion was also passed.

All in all it was a good day for the Bike Plan, a good start. There are still many opportunities for the proposals to get sidetracked or for one of the Council committees to try and make a U-turn. It is imperative that the supporters on Council and members of the community continue to work to ensure that the 3 year strategy to get the Toronto Bike Plan back in gear survives through the 2006 budget process to the eventual approval in the spring.

At their first meeting of the fall the City of Toronto's Works Committee will consider a report which lays out a strategy to get the Bike Plan back on track. This report is in response to the Toronto Bike Plan - Year 3 Progress Report (2004)-PDF which showed that there has not been much progress last year. (See previous article. This lack of progress prompted the members of the Toronto Cycling Committee (TCC) and the City's Roundtable on the Environment to ask staff to develop a plan for accelerating the implementation of the Bike Plan. You can see the full report at the following link from the City of Toronto's web site. Toronto Bike Plan - 3 Year Implementation Strategy (PDF). The decision as to whether or not this strategy gets implemented will rest with the members of the Works Committee. Now is the time for those who want to see the Bike Plan truly implemented to start to put pressure on these Councillors.

The report deals mainly with three areas: 1) expanding cycling infrastructure on roads and through hydro and rail corridors which is the responsibility of the Transportation Services Division 2) expanding bicycle paths in Toronto's parks which is the responsibility of the Parks, Forestry & Recreation division and 3) enhancing the bicycle safety, education and promotion programs that is the responsibility of the City Planning division. The report makes recommendations in some of these areas for accelerating the work on implementing the bike plan.

The most extensive recommendations relate to the expansion of the Bikeway Network. It lays out a three year plan to build 100 kms bike lanes and get a start on a city wide east-west bicycle path through the Finch Hydro Corridor and a majority of the Gatineau Hydro Corridor in Scarborough. The report recommends that the budget for this be set to $3.0 million for 2006, $6.0 million in 2007 and $6.2 million in 2008. The report also recommends that additional staff be hired to handle the increased level of activity.

The $3.0 million proposed in the plan for next year is slightly more than the $2.3 million budgeted for 2005 but only half of the $6.0 million that the Bike Plan recommended be spent in that year. The Toronto Cycling Committee has recommended that the amount budgeted in 2006 be raised to $4.5 million in order to truly give this plan some acceleration.

In the area of Bikeway Network paths through parks, the strategy also lists projects for the next three years that would total $4.1 million over the three years. The level of funding recommended for 2006 is $1.6 million which is in keeping with the recommendation of the Bike Plan.

In the third area, enhancing programs for cycling safety, cycling education and cycling promotion the report states that the funding available to implement these programs has been eroded since 2001. It states that to meet the commitments in the Bike Plan the funding would require "something like a doubling" of the current $150,000. In spite of that the strategy makes no specific recommendations for any increases. The Toronto Cycling Committee has however. At their last meeting they passed a motion that the funding for these programs be increased to $200,000, or 7% of the Cycling infrastructure budget. If that budget was increased to the $4.5 million that the TCC is recommending it would be $315,000 which is 'something like a doubling' recommended in the report.

You can see all of the TCC's recommendations relative to the strategy in the following document. Item 14a Proposed 3-Year Toronto Bike Plan Strategy -TCC

The only way this Strategy to accelerate the Bike Plan will happen is if a majority of the Councillors on the Works committee support it. Now is the time to start contacting them and letting them know your feelings on the issue. You can find the names of the members of the Works Committee and links to their contact information at the following web page. Toronto Works Committee

The third annual progress report on the implementation of the 10 year Toronto Bike Plan has been released. It was tabled at the Toronto Cycling Committee at their June meeting and will also be presented to the June 29th, 2005 meeting of the City's Works Committee. This progress report does outline what was done in 2004 to implement the bike plan but it also discusses what hasn't been done in the first three years of the plan and why.

The report looks at the first three years of the Bike plan and states that "At the current pace of implementation, completing the Proposed 1,074 km Bikeway Network within 10 years appears unachievable.". It gives three reasons for the slow pace of implementation: lack of capital funding, a lack of staff resources, and the lack of a streamilined approval process for bike lanes. You can read the full report from the City of Toronto's website. Toronto Bike Plan - Year-3 Progress Report(2004)-(PDF).

The report states that the staff have started to work on a Strategy for Accelerating the Bikeway Network. This should be ready by Septemeber 2005. This is a good step and the Toronto Cycling Committee has endorsed that work plan at its June 20th meeting. However in order for that strategy to be implemented the various divisions have to incorporate that strategy in their 2006 budget plans and the Mayor and Councillors have to support that in the 2006 budget process. The TCC has called on the various city's division general managers and the councillors to do just that.

You can add your support to that call by contacting your councillor.

The 2004 edition of the Toronto Cycling Map is out. It has been updated with new routes that were constructed last year and it has been improved based on feedback from cyclists.

The 2004 edition of the Toronto Cycling map is now available.

The Cycling Map will be updated every year as part of the Toronto Bike Plan. The new routes and information about new programs will be added each year. Get your new bike map and start exploring Toronto on your bike.

On January 12, 2004 the Toronto Bike Plan - Year 2 Progress report was submitted to the Works Committee. This documents what was done in Year 2, 2003, of the ten year plan. Well, it is intended to be a ten year plan. The most striking statement in the report is an admission that after two years of implementation, at the current pace, it would take 20 years to implement the entire plan. The numbers in the report are a testament to the half-hearted support shown for cycling by the last City Council. When the writers of the report entitled the original plan "Shifting Gears" they did not intend for the gears to be shifted down.

The main area that the pace of implementation has lagged is in building the Bikeway Network of bike lanes, bike routes and off-road paths. In the first two years of the plan only 15 kms of new bike lanes and 10 kms of new paths have been built.

Part of the problem has been a lack of funding. The Bike Plan proposed that $2 million be spent by the Works Department on Bikeway Network projects in 2003. The last city council only approved $782,000. For the Parks Department $1.0 million was proposed for the 2003 budget year. In fact only $615,000 was budgeted.

The other part of the problem is delays in getting Bikeway Network Projects designed, approved and built. In March of 2003 the Toronto Cycling Committee was presented with a list of 18.5 kms of bike lanes that were intended to be built in 2003. Some are still stuck going through the approval process. Two examples of that were the lanes of Dawes Road and on Cosburn Avenue. These would have added 4.4 kms to the Bikeway Network. The design work was done and then presented to the local Councillors, Case Ootes and Michael Tziretas. The next stage in the approval process was for the Councillors to hold community meetings to get residents' responses to the proposals. Those meetings were never held thereby delaying the projects into 2004. Another bike lane project was at least started on Birmingham Avenue but has not been completed by the end of the 2003 construction. It is intended to be 4.6 kms long. One kilometer of that is under construction. The rest of the route has been waiting for approvals of design and its construction has been delayed to 2004.

The report has positive news as well. In the area of Bicycle parking it reports that Toronto has a North America leading 13,000 bicycle parking racks on city streets in the form of post and ring stands. In 2003 2,371 were added. For Bicycle Safety the report shows that the additional five Cycling Ambassadors added through victories in last year's budget battle have helped increase the activity in the bike safety programs that the city offers. You can read all the details in the full: Down Load the report Toronto Bike Plan - Year 2 Progress report(PDF)

In order to get off the 20 year pace and onto the ten year pace we will need whole hearted support from the new Mayor and Council. Early indications are positive. Along with the Year 2 progress report on the Works Committee agenda was a motion from the Toronto Cycling Committee asking that Council support a budget of $3.0 million dollars for 2004 Works Department Bikeway Network Projects and an increase in staff working on those projects so the Bike Plan can be completed in a ten year time frame. see TCC Works Motion. I have heard that that this motion was accepted by the Works Committee. I haven't received formal confirmation of this yet but will post more info when I do. This doesn't mean that the money is in the budget yet. The Budget process starts at the end of January. This straw poll does give us some hope as we enter this budget process that there is more support on the new council for cycling in Toronto and for the Bike Plan.

The City of Toronto has released the Bicycle/Motor Vehicle Collision Study. The study looked at 2,572 car bike collisions that occurred over a two year period, 1997 and 1998. In that time there were 10 cyclists killed and 85 who suffered major injuries as a result of collisions with automobiles. This study analysed the types of collisions that occurred and determined what were contributing factors. It also suggest counter measures that can be taken to reduce the number of collisions and injuries. Some of the counter measures recommended in the study include building more bike lanes and having wider curb lanes to reduce the incidence of the second and third most frequent types of collisions, cyclists being overtaken by cars from behind and motorists opening doors in the path of cyclists (also known as the door prize).

It was two cycling fatalities in 1996 that spurred the Toronto Regional Coroner's Office to conduct an investigation and produce the report on cycling fatalities in 1999: A report on cycling fatalities in Toronto 1986 - 1998. The collision study was conducted to fulfill one of the recommendations of the Coroner's report, Toronto Bicycle/Motor-Vehicle Collision Study (2003)

Collision Type 1: Drive out at controlled intersection (Click the diagram to download a description of the collision type(PDF)

As well, the description of the collision type includes a map with dots indicating where all of the collisions of that type occurred. Click on the diagram above to see the full description of Collision Type 1: Drive out at controlled intersection, which was the most common type of collision. This geographical information can be helpful when designing traffic enforcement campaigns. Looking at the map for Type 6: Motorist Opens Door in Path of Cyclist (PDF) or 'dooring' you can see that most of these type of collisions occur on 5 major east-west routes through downtown. An enforcement and education blitz on these routes could help reduce these kind of collisions.

The report also looked at factors that may have contributed to the collisions. The most commonly cited contributing factor was that the cyclist was riding on the sidewalk immediately prior to the collision. This was a factor in 30% of the collisions. Many people ride on sidewalks because they feel it is safer. This study show that this is not the case and one of the recommendations for countermeasures to solve the problem is education and public awareness. To accomplish this we need enough money in the City's budget for cycling safety and education campaigns.

The release of this report is timely as we head in to the 2004 budget process. It is important that we don't lose sight of the reasons why we need to have the Bike Plan implemented in full and in accordance with its ten year time line. The two primary goals of the Toronto Bike Plan are first to increase the number of trips taken by bike and second to improve safety for cyclists. Work on these two goals has to go hand in hand. One of the main reasons more people don't ride their bikes is that they do not feel safe riding on the roads. The City of Toronto has to take measures that will make cycling safer. The Coroners report recommended that they take these measures; the Collision Study reinforces these recommendations and gives planners data that will enable them to take the appropriate counter measures. It is now up to the City Councillors to budget the money as recommended in the Bike Plan to carry out these measures in order to make cycling safer in the City of Toronto.

Martin Koob
tcc-rep@tbn.ca