This is your city on driverless cars. A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock. sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/w...

another visit from the puncture fairy Last night I had a loud blowout on the rear of the cargo bike. Never seen this sort of damage on the sidewall of a tube. Not sure if this is associated with the puncture but I did find this hole in the casing. There was also less serious damage to the…

Swapping in the studded tires for the winter Time to swap in the studded tires for the cargo bike (406 size). It's a bit earlier than usual. Last year I didn't do it until February. To make things easier, I keep tubes inside both sets of tires. The set for the studded tires also have a Mr Tuffy…

Forward.

My review of a Brompton clone. jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/j...

Thanks @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca and @mayoroliviachow.ca for the very quick turnaround on this bike lane fix in Bloor West Village. jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/a...

Hey @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca please have the curbs on this section of the Bloor bike lanes moved back to their original positions. Cars are just parked in the bike lane, in front of the No Frills in Bloor West Village.

Cycling Good Cheer 2025 Today was the sixth annual Cycling Good Cheer Ride down Yonge St with Santa. Today's theme was Raccoons, and we started at Raccoon Park, just a bit south of Yonge and Eglinton. Yes the park has a Raccoon theme. Santa is getting the marshalls organized. I arrived without any…

Two years with Loki. The earlier picture was the day after we picked him up from the breeder, and of course the priority was to get him used to riding the bike. 😉

Oooh, I want a standing electric cello. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNmc...

A few notes on Via Rail Had a quick work trip to Ottawa this weekend. I decided to take the train. It was the first time that I booked business class as well. Here I am in the lineup to board the train. Apparently I lined up with the serfs and so I didn't take advantage of the priority boarding.…

what a clusterf**k www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Closing the loop: the northwest corner After the recent closing the loop ride, I wanted to follow up with a ride that explored the northwest corner. I had heard that there were new bike lanes along Finch that were put in as part of the Finch LRT, and so I planned to ride up the Humber River Trail…

National Housing Day Rally (Bill 60) Today was a large rally organized by several different tenant organizations to protest Bill 60 which is up for passage on Monday. Although public pushback forced the government to walk back the most controversial aspect of the bill that would have removed…

Closing the Loop Ride The Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition organized a "Closing the Loop" ride to press for the city to close the seven gaps in the classic loop of Toronto ride. The loop as shown in the poster is about 74 km, but today's ride was 50km, taking in the southern half of the loop,…

A cat killed by Waymo in San Francisco gets more media coverage than the 43 people killed by drivers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/u...

During today's protest ride, we demonstrated that a large group of cyclists is agile enough to move to the side and to let an emergency vehicle through.

Bill 60 Protest Ride Bill 60 is another ominbus bill from the Ontario government that includes many anti progressive elements, including removing renter protections. For the cycling community, it revises the HTA to make it more difficult to install new bikes lanes. In other words, Bill 212 all…

The US penny is no more www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

Lest we forget

Such a disappointing move by the Democrats. The house will strip out any "compromise" parts of the Senate bill, and we'll see what survives reconciliation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...

First snow on ground 2025 First snow on ground is early this year. Forecast is for up to 4 cm of snow in Toronto, but downtown the roads are totally clear with no need for snow clearance thus far. Brine trucks were out last night. IT'll stay below zero until midday Tuesday so we might get some icy…

First snow on ground is early this year.

College at McCaul College St at McCaul was closed down so that they could redo the streetcar tracks. Today they reopened the intersection earlier than the scheduled date of Dec 1. This intersection is also very close to the UofT building where the bike team works, so here are some pictures of some…

Harbord update: going westbound, paving is done all the way to Ossington. Looks like they are just in the process of hauling away some of the construction materials. Still to come are some paint markings and the plastic paddles, but the lane is rideable.

Thanks to @mikeschreiner.bsky.social, @kristynwongtam.bsky.social, @marymargaretbey.bsky.social, @jessicabellto.bsky.social, Deepak Anand, and @voteleefairclough.bsky.social for meeting with us during @ocufa.bsky.social Advocacy Day jnyyz.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/a...

A day at Queen’s Park Today was Advocacy Day for the Ontario Confederation of Faculty Associations (OCUFA), where representatives of faculty associations from all across the province descended on Queen's Park to talk to MPP's about issues concerning universities. Since this is a bike blog, I'll…

Cuomo parking his OJ-mobile in the bike lane says pretty much everything about his campaign

ROCKBROS Bicycle Light Helmet: First look  With the shift back to standard time, my bike commutes back home will be in the dark. My Lumos helmet with built in lighting has served me well since 2011. However, it is starting to show its age, with the visor not fitting so well, and parts of the shell…

Ghost bike ride in memory of Jean Louis Jean Louis was a champion cyclist from St. Lucia who did much to promote cycling in that country. He was killed while riding on Appleby Line on October 17. Today was the ghost bike ride and installation in his memory. Geoffrey with the ghost bike. I don't…

The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade Today was a family friendly Hallowe'en themed ride. I used the occasion to break out the tandem with skeletal stoker. Mocha is small enough to fit a Brompton basket. A group picture before we leave. Given that it started and ended at Pedaal, Bromptons were very much…

Protect our Rights, Protect our Streets Cycle Toronto organized a rally to mark the one year anniversary of Bill 212. We gathered at the same place where the rally on the eve of the successful charter challenge to Bill 212 was this past April. Michael Longfield reminds us that the government is…

Harbord bike lane update The Harbord bike lane upgrades are done from Queen's Park Crescent to Grace. Here are a few pictures headed west. I'm not sure if these planters qualify as bioswales since I don't see any drainage features. I'll also be interested to see how these plants hold up during the…

Guelph Memorial Ride and Ghost Bike Installation Today was a ghost bike ride to remember a 37 year old cyclist who was killed by a garbage truck driver on August 29 in Guelph. The ride was organized by the Guelph Coalition for Active Transportation (GCAT). Almost 50 cyclists gathered at the…

In line to see the installation of Dr. Melanie Woodin, the first female president of the University of Toronto.

A new basket for Loki I've noticed that Loki has been looking a bit crunched in the front basket of the Haul a Day. The difficultly is that the current basket appears to be the largest one available. Here is the basket with the fabric cover removed. You can see that it has been dented a fair bit.…

You've got to be kidding... Multiple vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have been slapped with over $3,300 in speeding-related fines -- many of them caught on automated speed cameras. Average: 17 km/h over the limit. This is all @isaaccallan.bsky.social & his FOI skills. #OnPoli

Parents Against Speeding TO Today, a group of parents met on Bloor St just east of Dundas St W. to protest the government's forthcoming legislation to ban the use of Automatic Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras. Thomas is our MC. Danielle talks about the importance of speed cameras in keeping kids…

Councillor Pasternak is objecting to ghost bikes An item was considered and passed by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee (IEC) at City Hall this past Friday. The background to the item was a letter from Councillor Pasternak "to implement a permanent roadside memorial program that would…

Etobicoke Creek trail still blocked at the GO line overpass This morning I set off to do a loop from High Park to Etobicoke Creek, passing through Marie Curtis park on the way back. I knew that the trail blockage at Col Sam Smith Park was opened on weekends, and I was hoping that the trail…

The Reading Line 2025 Today was another edition of the The Reading Line, this one being the first edition in Toronto since Janet Joy's return from the Big Apple. This one featured author Claire Ross Dunn and her novel "At Last Count". She rode with us and stopped at various places in the downtown…

I don't know why blue Loctite is packaged in a red tube.

Just remember that one igNobel laureate went on to win a Nobel Prize in Physics a few years later. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...