Data on cycling behaviour neglects equity-deserving groups: study
A study has revealed that the limitations of Statistics Canada’s cycling data are impacting women and marginalized people participating in cycling.
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As gas prices spike, Montreal’s bike culture seen as model for rest of the country
Montrealer Olivia Collette sold her car in 2016 and hasn't looked back.
Collette, a communications consultant living in central Montreal, said getting around using a bicycle, a car-sharing service or a transit pass has not only saved…
Making ActiveTO permanent will make exercise accessible to everyone by providing open and safe space
Cyclists ride along Lake Shore Boulevard East as road closures come into effect for the return of the ActiveTO program in Toronto in May, 2021.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Yader Guzman
Chloe Sher, University of Toronto
Since its inception in…
Slaves to speed, we’d all benefit from ‘slow cities’
Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University
Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed?
As Mahatma Gandhi…
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Christian Brand, University of Oxford
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the…
Feds unveil first ever dedicated fund for active transportation
OTTAWA – Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says for the first time Canada is to have a pool of money dedicated specifically to ``active transportation.''
The National Active Transportation Fund, $400 million to be spent over…
COVID-19 has created more cyclists: How cities can keep them on their bikes
Bike routes have been expanded in many major cities, including Bogata, Columbia, to encourage people to avoid crowded public transportation.
(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
As physical distancing measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 begin…
NDP’s Singh says Canada needs a national cycling strategy
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a well-known cycling enthusiast whose folding bike seems to travel almost everywhere he does.
Singh now wants to bring his love for two-wheeled-transportation to Canadians everywhere with a national…
Ontario commits $93 million to province-wide bike lane expansion
The Province Ontario has announced a major new funding boost for bike lane infrastructure, more than doubling its investment in local cycling to build bike lanes and other cycling infrastructure in towns and cities across the province. This…
Toronto’s Bloor bike lanes heralded but city lags behind other Canadian centres
When a stretch of separated bicycle lanes along a major thoroughfare in Toronto was recently made permanent, cyclists rejoiced and local politicians heralded the move as a major step forward for Canada's most populous city.
But for all the…