Not Your Lane

36 - 6 - A great victory for cyclists in Toronto!

But the need for greater bike lane awareness is still rife. We're far from being a city in which cycling is totally safe, and overcoming that will be realized in separating bike paths with more than a plastic bollard.

So long as 'Ontario seems totally uninterested in demanding any technical or mental facility behind the wheel' (see any one of the photos in our album), we won't be moving forward.

Where do we go from here then? Start with Chris Selley's bit for the National Post for some great insights into first steps to get us all along.

Chris Selley: Approval of permanent Bloor bike lanes brings us a step closer to getting along Hard evidence won’t end the battle between motorists and cyclists all by itself. But the battle will never end without hard evidence

Here's a great Toronto City information resource regarding the , including diagrams and statistics showing the positive effect they've had on the area.

The final vote on making them permanent is TOMORROW - Tuesday, November 7. Head over to Cycle Toronto for information of how to make your voice heard, now.

Bloor Street Bike Lanes - Reports, Studies and Plans - Cycling | City of Toronto

'Motor vehicle traffic is the largest source of air pollution emitted in Toronto [...] Toronto Public Health estimates that air pollution still contributes to 1,300 premature deaths and 3,550 hospitalizations in Toronto each year'.

In a post car-centric city, thinks motorists should be heavily taxed for their use of roads and their share of pollution that affects us all.

The time to enact transportation alternatives is now.

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Electric cars, bike lanes among ways to reduce Toronto’s air pollution: new report | Toronto Star Toronto’s medical officer of health estimates dirty air causes 1,300 premature deaths and says vehicle emissions are the reason.