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Many people ride bikes on Danforth Avenue including a child

Destination Danforth: The Final Push

City Council will decide this week whether to keep Destination Danforth

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 10, 2021

  ConnectDanforth, ConnectKingston

Overhead view of people riding bikes on a wide road. Text reads "Scarborough Needs a Cycling Network"

Scarborough Needs a Cycling Network: A Documentary

We found were many positives shared across these experiences — joy, health, utility, cost savings, and more. However, there was an equal amount of fear, danger, lack of safety, and the common knowledge that Scarborough roads take lives.

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 10, 2021

  ConnectScarborough, ConnectKingston, ConnectDanforth, Eglinton4Everyone, Scarborough Voices

Kevin rides an orange Cycle Toronto cargo bike on a trail in Scarborough

What does it take to get a bike lane built?

There is a lot of work ahead in 2022, but Cycle Toronto’s team of staff, volunteers, and local partners are ready to meet this moment. Through our advocacy, we make the change we want to see in our city. We don’t build bike lanes; we get them built.

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 08, 2021

  Accelerate Our Advocacy

A man wearing a bike helmet in a park. Text reads "Mohammed cycle educator"

Essential Cycling Tips

Five essential cycling tips everyone should know

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 01, 2021

  cycling education, education, video, Essential Cycling Tips

Rendering of The Queensway at the Ontario Food Terminal with bike lanes and heavy trucks

The Queensway Could Become a Complete Street in Etobicoke

he City is proposing adding a raised, protected bikeway separated from car lanes with a concrete curb and more

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 01, 2021

  action alert, The Queensway, Etobicoke

Rendering of Sheppard Avenue facing Leslie with protected bike lanes.

Sheppard Avenue: Toronto's next best bikeway?

The City is proposing big improvements for Sheppard Avenue and the preliminary designs show potential for Sheppard to become one of the best bikeways in Toronto with wide, fully-separated bike lanes and many protected intersections. 

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Dec 01, 2021

  action alert, ConnectSheppard, North York

Rendering of Port Union Road with protected bike lanes

Progress on Port Union Road Bike Lanes & Public Meeting

Now, with your support, the City's project team is proposing a raised bikeway separated from car traffic by a concrete curb and extending the Port Union bike lanes north over the 401!

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Nov 29, 2021

  action alert, ConnectScarborough, Port Union

Many people ride bikes on Danforth Avenue including a child

ACTION: Big votes on ActiveTO, 2022-2024 bikeways, and more

Keeping ActiveTO bikeways and committing to install about 100 km of meaningful bikeway projects across the city in three years is a strong step forward

A person rides a bike on a wide road lined by houses

Join O’Connor Drive Road Safety Town Hall

It’s time for O’Connor Drive to be redesigned as a complete street — safer and healthier for everyone. Following an 81 year-old’s life being taken on O’Connor near Pape Avenue, local Councillors Fletcher and Bradford are working with local residents...

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Nov 15, 2021

  O'Conner Drive, action alert

Person rides a bike in a raised bike lane beside a bike rack

College Street Bikeway Upgrades Could be Coming - Show your support

Upgrades are being proposed to one of Toronto’s oldest and busiest bikeways — College Street between Manning Avenue and Bay Street.

By ry.shissler@cycleto.ca on Nov 09, 2021

  action alert, College

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