Taking the Bloor Bike Lane Fight to Ottawa

Last week, the Ford government started work on removing the Bloor bike lanes from Clissold to Royal York. A massive protest was held on Tuesday evening which stalled work that day while smaller ones were held the rest of the week which led to three women being arrested. Given Verdi Alliance Civil and ATS Traffic were identified doing the work, I issued a call to action to name and shame them, while Cycle Toronto issued their own. However, we need to raise the stake further and start calling on the federal government to intervene.

Saturday’s Etobicoke Bloor Street Love-In

This past week has been brutal for Toronto’s cycling community, but also encouraging to see so many come out to protest the removal of the Bloor bike lanes in Etobicoke. While I couldn’t make it out to the other protest actions this week – and Paralympian swimmer Aly Van Wyck-Smart was arrested on Thursday – Friends & Families for Safe Streets (FFSS), Bicycle Mayor of Toronto, and Femmes & Friends organized a last minute event this afternoon which would take a more positive and loving approach. Since I wanted to check out the aftermath of this week’s removal work anyway, I got to check out that event as well.

Resisting the Bloor Bike Lane Removals

On Tuesday, the Ford government was expected to start removal of the Bloor bike lanes from Clissold to Royal York, while the firms identified with the work include Verdi Alliance Civil and ATS Traffic per a call to action I issued yesterday. I took the subway right after work on Tuesday night to witness the hundreds of cyclists who came out to protest the removals with the parking lot at Tom Riley Park being used as an organizing base.

Let’s Name and Shame the Bike Lane Removers!

Last night, hundreds of cyclists and other supporters gathered on Bloor Street in Etobicoke to protest the bike lane removals. While you can read about the protest here as well as on Jun's blog, I have a call to action for the cycling community.

Filling Vaughan’s Humber River Gap

Back in August, I checked out the Bartley Smith Greenway in Vaughan and looked into how it would fit within the larger Vaughan Super Trail initiative. However, there is one other existing trail that would form part of that Super Trail which is the William Granger Greenway (a.k.a. Humber River Trail). I used my day off yesterday to explore that trail as well as how it could connect with Toronto’s portion of the Humber River Trail.

September 2026 Loop and Link Ride

Earlier today, Community Bikeways hosted their third Loop Trail ride to promote the need to fill in the ten gaps along the trail. (you can read about the previous ride here) This edition was joined by a sister ride organized by Misha Perozak of the Scarborough Junction Community which called for the building of the West Scarborough Rail Trail from Warden to Kennedy Stations. About 40 people – myself included – started from the Distillery District while the Scarborough ride – which Jun wrote about on his blog – started at Warden Hilltop Community Centre and brought in a similar number if not more.

2026 Scarborough South Loop Ride

Last year was the first time I joined The Driveside for their annual Scarborough South Loop ride which saw some Waterfront gravel riding, a steep downhill at Gates Gully, and the Highland Creek Trail. It was refreshingly different from some of the other group rides I did at the time. Today marked the 5th annual version of their ride which Helen came along as well, so we brought our bikes on the GO train to Guildwood Station.