Happy Birthday! Toronto’s first bike lane turns 40
Happy Birthday! Toronto’s first bike lane turns 40 by Albert Koehl Toronto’s first bike lane is now 40 years old! When it was installed in the late summer of 1979 the bike lane on Poplar Plains Rd. might have signalled—despite … Continue reading
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Flashback Friday: Pushing up St. Clair
Flashback Friday By Claire McFarlane This photo of a woman about to walk her bike up a muddy hill on St. Clair Avenue West was taken in 1907 and was pulled from the Toronto Archives. Although biking conditions on most … Continue reading
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