Following the wishes of Samuel Wilketts' family, his Ghost Bike memorial ride with be in late September, during what would have been his 29th birthday. www.tumblr.com/respectcycli...

Samuel Willetts was identified in today's Toronto Star as the city's first cycling fatality. The 28-year-old worked in Toronto's Film & TV industry as a gaffer and cinematographer. A Ghost Bike ride is being planned with his family. Date of ride is TBA. archive.ph/2025.08.09-1...

Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition traffic count in the downtown core 2025-06-11.

Bike to work day at Toronto City Hall.

Bell Fibe is down in the greater Toronto area, and much of the rest of Canada. This is as big as the July 2022 Rogers Blackout, except Bell Cellular still works.

Parkside Road’s safety speed camera was attacked again! 4th one in about a year. I hope the fifth camera has better defences.

It seems to be true. It looks like PeePee has squandered one of the biggest polling leads in modern times.

The Eglinton LRT will now open in September… 2025! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... MASS HYSTERIA! www.thestar.com/news/gta/egl...

The Bloor Street Bike Lane extension west was well into planning five years ago, about two months before the COVID lockdowns. The lockdowns actually speeded up the process, somewhat. Today, there's some pushback, but generally are well used and accepted by the community.

Today, IRONMAN sold FulGaz, its virtual cycling app, to its chief competitor, ROUVY. IRONMAN laid off all the staff. FulGaz offered the best platform for almost realistic cycling, using videos shot in 4K UHDV on bicycles. You could virtually tour the world from within this platform. RIP FulGaz.

Well, if you were in Grade 13 in September 1985, and enrolled in the Toronto District School Board, your personal information was breached. That means this breach affects people as old as 59. www.tdsb.on.ca/home/ctl/Det...

50 years later, Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' remains the standard by which all albums are measured forward.com/culture/musi...

We are about two days away from Elon Musk having significant influence over the U.S. government when his beliefs seem to veer towards extreme right-wing policies and the politics of division, the _Toronto Star_ reports today.

Watch DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE (2016) for free on the Criterion Channel! bit.ly/4g4yHPh

The victim impact statement of the daughter of the couple killed on Parkside Dr., in THEIR CAR, because of a careless speeding driver. Totally preventable, but yet people are opposing simple measures as photo radar to reduce speeds. Only a road diet will fix this. globalnews.ca/news/1096202...

As expected, the FAA has ordered a mishap investigation for yesterday’s Starship launch. As usual, the company that had the mishap will lead the investigation, in this case, SpaceX. Since they seem to know the likely cause of the RUD, and how to fix it, this maybe a quick investigation.

SpaceX successfully launched the IFT-7 mission today. A few minutes later, they successfully captured Booster no. 14. However, ship 33 disintegrated over the Caribbean Sea at engine cut-off. Image credit: Everyday Astronaut.

Blue Origin's commentator, the same annoying person who commentates on the New Shepard flights, was terrible, especially compared to commentators on SpaceX launches or even NASA PAO. Another gripe, they used imperial units for speed & altitude, when clearly, the flight controllers were using Metric.

Congratulations Blue Origin on the successful maiden flight of their New Glenn orbital rocket. It adds another provider for the U.S. launch market. Image credit: Spaceflight Now/Blue Origin

I want the federal election in October because it is looking more likely that we'll have a provincial election in March or April. Elections Canada and Elections Ontario mostly use the same workers. We'll need a break between elections.

This Guardian article goes into the growing rift between traditional cyclists that use "acoustic" bikes versus people that rent e-bikes from Lime in London. But here in T.O., the issue is more a fight between food couriers on E-bikes and the traditional cyclists. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

More proof that the Gig economy is _The Hunger Games_ made real. Today's _Toronto Star_ investigative report shows that Uber Eats makes food couriers virtually indentured slaves. The City of Toronto can fix this by making them employees with guaranteed wages. www.thestar.com/business/i-w...

My thoughts are with Michael Longfield, executive director of Cycle Toronto. Rode with him on Sunday for the Cycling Good Cheer ride.

We cycled most of Toronto’s Bloor Bike Lanes and down Yonge Street for the annual Good cheer Ride today.

Did some visualizing StatsCan's data around mode of transportation for commuting, because cyclists being only 1.9% of commuters in a city as big & diverse as Toronto is way too simplistic. www.datawrapper.de/_/xMPpK/

Ghost Bike ride THU, 21 NOV '24. Meet at 5:00 p.m., depart 5:30 p.m. at Matt Cohen Park (Bloor & Spadina). This is a ride for the teenaged cyclist that died last week in Ajax. It is also a ride for all 18 cyclists killed this year in southern Ontario.

Well, it looks like we will get a warm welcome tonight at the Legislature.🤣 x.com/thebikinglaw...

Ghost Bike ride THU, 21 NOV '24. Meet at 5:00 p.m., depart 5:30 p.m. at Matt Cohen Park (Bloor & Spadina). This is a ride for the teenaged cyclist that died last week in Ajax. It is also a ride for all 18 cyclists killed this year in southern Ontario.

Picking up old and weathered Ghost Bikes that were part of an arts installation at the Brickworks in the Don Valley. Some will be refurbished.

Ford and Sarkaria's anti-bike lane Bill 212 will go into it's final reading on Thurs. Nov. 21. We intend to send them a strong message that day. Save the date. Stay tuned. @RespectTO @FFSafeStreets @CycleToronto #youneverridealone by @tomflood1

Protesting Bill 212 About 400 people showed up at Christie Pits to protest the latest foolish idea from Doug Ford. Ripping out bike lanes won't fix congestion, it'll make it worse. But why let the facts impede a good wedge issue for an election? medium.com/@joeyschwart...

At long last, I got around to creating a starter pack to help Toronto area cyclists and their friends find (and follow) each other. If there's someone you feel I should add, please let me know! #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero go.bsky.app/NiMuHSF

TOMORROW!!!! Join this student-led protest to save our bike lanes on Saturday Nov 9th at 2:00 p.m. in Christie Pits Park. Students are more likely to rely on active transportation as inexpensive, convenient transportation. They deserve to be safe just as much as any motorist. www.fightforbikes.org

A 13-year-old teenaged female cyclist succumbed to her injuries tonight. A driver hit her on a crosswalk in Ajax this morning. Condolences go out to her family & Friends. Ghost Bike Memorial ride details TBA at a later date. #nocyclistridesalone fkfb.sizone.org?r=https://ww...

Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists hosted a Ghost Bike memorial ride for Brian Armstrong today. He was a member of many diverse communities and they came out today to pay tribute to him. I want to thank everyone that came out and our guest speakers.

Brian Armstrong is being remembered in a new article in the Toronto Star. A Ghost Bike memorial ride will be near the end of this month. Details TBA. www.thestar.com/news/gta/def...

GCAT and ARC are organizing a Ghost Bike Memorial ride for Susan Bard. She died in the hospital on 9 September from her injuries sustained in a collision while cycling. We'll meet at Guelph's City Hall details in the link. www.facebook.com/share/p/87Zo...

The news of the 7th cycling death this year only came to light this week. Brian Armstrong died in a bicycle crash on 29 AUG '24. A 72-year-old female rider died from injuries in a bike/car crash on 9 SEP '24. Ghost Bike Rides TBA. #neverridealone tmblr.co/ZQ2_8dgGd6H-...

Here's my article on Saturday's Ghost Bike memorial ride for Navjot Kaur in Etobicoke. medium.com/@joeyschwart...

Thanks to Catherine McDonald's sleuthing, we now know identity of the cyclist killed in late August in Etobicoke. Navjot Kaur was a married 26-year-old college student. She was the sixth cycling death of the year in Toronto, the worst in this century. globalnews.ca/news/1073788...

A female cyclist was hit by a motorist on 24 AUG 2024 in Etobicoke. She succumbed to her injuries today. She was the 6th cycling death in the City of Toronto, 9th in the GTHA, and 13th in south western Ontario. Ghost Bike Memorial ride TBA. www.tps.ca/media-centre...

Another selfish drunk driver, impatient, kills two cyclists as he illegally passed another motor vehicle on the right. It turns out, those two cyclists were NHL players, Johnny & Matthew Gaudreau. Today was supposed to be their sister's wedding. RIP. www.dispatch.com/story/sports...

If Paris can do it, Toronto can too. It just needs the political will to make safe bicycle infrastructure a priority across the city. fkfb.sizone.org?r=https://ww...

I stand with Fred! As a Jew, as a former CUPE member, and someone that went to school with Fred Hahn, he is not an antisemite. He is an anti-Zionist, but so am I. That doesn't mean he is anti-Jew. He's pro-justice for Palestinians. #FredHahn

Replacing a Ghost Bike Memorial. After seven years, Xavier Morgan's Ghost Bike on Lake Shore BLVD W had seen better days. We replaced it today. www.facebook.com/share/p/6czb...

Coverage of Wed. Ghost Bike Ride for an unknown female cyclist. She was only 24-years-old. An absolutely unnecessary death, and it happened in protected bike lanes b/c an illegal garbage bin was in the way. May her memory be a blessing to her family and friends. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A driver of a dump truck hit and killed another cyclist this morning on Bloor Street in the Yorkville neighbourhood. ARC wishes to send its condolences to the female cyclist’s family. ARC will announce a Ghost Bike Memorial ride at a later time.

A 16-year-old male cyclist died in St. Catharines, Ontario yesterday evening. Collision between him and female driving an SUV. RIP. Since this is out of ARC's territory, we won't be placing a #ghostbike there. #cyclingdeath

#ghostbike Memorial Ride for an unknown male in Oakville, killed on Monday, 13 May 2024. Ride is this Victoria Day Monday, at the Oakville GO Station. Arrive at 1:00 p.m., depart 1:30 p.m. www.tumblr.com/respectcycli...

Cycling Death In Oakville Details are limited, there's been yet another cycling death in the GTA. Police are reporting that the cyclist struck on 8th Line died. An ARC @RespectTO Ghost Bike Memorial Ride will be arranged at a later date. Details TBA. experience.arcgis.com/.../5372f09e...