Danforth East public meeting on Monday - help make bike lanes on the Danforth a reality!

There's a public meeting coming up next week for the section of the Danforth east of us. Not Ward30, but very close to us.  Below is Cycle Toronto's action alert, if you can make it out to the public meeting please do!

City Council recently reinstated the Danforth Corridor Study to determine the feasibility of bike lanes on the Danforth. This Monday, planners at the City are hosting a community meeting for a separate Danforth Avenue Planning Study, and we need you to remind them how important bike lanes are to the vitality, economy, and growth of the Danforth. This meeting is especially important as the study area intersects with Woodbine Ave, which is also being considered for future bike lanes.

The consultation will take place Monday, June 27th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm, at the Hope United Church (2550 Danforth Ave).

If you live, work, or play along the Danforth, this meeting is an essential opportunity to share your comments and concerns about cycling infrastructure with City staff. We urge you to go and have your voice heard.

Learn more about the project on the City's website.

Cycle Toronto is your voice at City Hall. We fought for bike lanes on Richmond, Adelaide, and Bloor, and the Danforth is next. Support our work by joining our more than 3,000 members or donate now.

We hope we can count on you. 

Jared Kolb

Cycle Toronto

Bike Month Begins - City Shares Awesome Staff Profiles

Today marks the start of Bike Month!

Mayor Tory rode a Bike Share to City Hall to celebrate Bike to Work Day and officially kick of Bike Month.  Our Mayor and our Chief Planner!

How was the turnout?  Check out Yonge Street!!

Meanwhile the City of Toronto's Planning department unleashed a series of tweet profiling staff who ride to work and why it's amazing.  Cool!

Hope you all have a great Bike Month!

Small victories: button on Lower Don Trail relocated

Photo: Chris Thompson

If you've ridden along the Lower Don Trail at the Don Roadway recently, you may have noticed a small but significant change. The button to activate the crossing signal on the west side of the Don Roadway, which used to be behind a fence on the north side (the least convenient side for eastbound travellers), has been moved to the south side, where it is much easier to access.

Hopefully, in the future we can change the signal phasing so that pedestrians and cyclists don't have to wait so long in this location. There's lot of other potential cycling improvements that we're working towards in this area. But for now, this is a small but welcome change. Thanks to staff at the City and in Councillor Fletcher's office for their help with this issue.