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Taken at the Trinity Bellwoods Park last week
tino : 15 years 3 months ago
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I was lucky enough to get in on some delicious pancakes on Sunday morning. Albert Koehl, Angela Bischoff and the rest of the Bike Lanes on Bloor gang held a little fundraiser. For twenty dollars you could have as many pancakes as you could stuff in your face, fresh squeezed orange juice, coffee and the company of some really great people.
I arrived around 9:30 and the back yard of Mr. Koehl's house was already bustling with activity. I hunkered down and was fortunate enough to share a table with Martino, Wendy and Davide Anderson of Clay and Paper Theatre Company.
The food was delicious, the coffee hot and the company enticing. I am sure money and spirits were raised because of the event. For those not in the know, Bells on Bloor (video) is a yearly reminder to the city that we really do need bike lanes on Bloor Street.
This year the event is on a Saturday and it will be on May 29th. It starts at Noon at the entrance to High Park. Just look for thousands of cyclists itching to remind drivers that yes, we deserve a part of the road as well.
Derek Chadbourne : 15 years 3 months ago
According to the May edition of the City's Cyclometer newsletter, the G20 security zone will require that all post and rings will be removed 2 weeks before the event and installed afterwards.
The G20 Summit security requirements mean that all street furniture within the 'security zone' must be removed temporarily. This includes bike parking rings, of which about 1000 must be removed two weeks prior to the event. The area effected runs from Yonge Street west to Spadina Avenue and from Queen Street south to the lakefront.
Every effort will be made to replace the rings quickly once the summit has concluded by the final week of June. Posts will remain intact so re-installation will be simpler.
The security zone may still be a huge area, potentially going as far north as Queen St, as far east and west as Yonge and Spadina, and maybe as far south as the Gardiner. The actual size is all top secret.
I hope the feds and the G20 will reimburse the City for removing and re-installing all the street furniture; and while they're at it, reimburse all the cyclists for for having to walk blocks out of the way because there isn't any parking anywhere.
herb : 15 years 3 months ago
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