memorials

Ghost Bike For Darcy Allan Sheppard - April 26
Next court date is May 25.

Photos by Hamish Wilson. I think they speak for themselves. Personally I ride daily along Bloor and it scares me.

As many of you know, I have been involved in organizing & attending memorials for cyclists killed in traffic in the GTA for many years. For a long time though, I always felt that something more permanent should be done to honour their memory.

Last summer, my partner Wendy Lucas offered to plant a tree in their memory along Lake Ontario. I thought it was a very touching idea. We decided to dedicate the tree to all cyclists killed in traffic in Toronto and across Canada.

The tree was planted together with a commemorative plaque earlier this summer just west of the Sunnyside pool on the north side of the Martin Goodman Trail.
Memorial Tree Toronto Memorial Tree FrontMemorial Plaque

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The Google Map of fallen Toronto Cyclists (1989-2008) was created with the kind assistance of ARC (Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists) and its members.

A new banner image: like it? We are likely going to be swapping banners now and then to keep things fresh.

2007 was a mixed year for cycling in Toronto. The Bells on Bloor event featured in our new banner image was one of the better things to happen. The photo was taken by Tanya Quinn during the ride from High Park to Yonge St. back in September. It was great weather, a great turnout and an awesome way to promote the idea of bike lanes on Bloor Street. Politicians showed up, bike cops helped us through the intersections.

It was one of the less cynical things to happen in a year punctuated by lots of promises by politicians, few new actual bike lanes, some dead cyclists, some ill-placed bollards (that just reek of the lack of consultation and lack of thinking from the point of view of cyclists that is going on), and cyclists being vilified in the media for the violent actions of one cyclist.