Another one bites the dust, and Canada's largest city
reaches its yearly average
cyclist fatality tally, less than half-way through 2008. While Toronto is a
moderately bike friendly place, its 2001 plan to join up 1074km of city bikeways within 10 years seems to have
fallen flat (as have the city coroner's
cycling safety recommendations). Could this be the first opportunity for the newborn
Toronto Cyclists' Union to make a mark? Will a Canadian city ever join
the world's best? Ah well, let's just
go for a ride.
In Quebec. Urban cycling quote of the week, from a Sargent of the Toronto P.D.: "If she didn’t look [before opening her car door into traffic], would that be negligence? It’d be very hard to label that as negligent."