Two Wheeled Politics

Earlier today, Community Bikeways hosted their third Loop Trail ride to promote the need to fill in the ten gaps along the trail.

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.

Back in June, I finally got to join Dismount Bike Shop for their Wednesday evening social rides.

Good evening!

On Friday, August 28, Toronto showed up big time during a Critical Mass ride to protest the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision earlier that month which gave the Ford government the green light to remove bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.

Over the past few years, I wrote a few articles looking at where things stand with Ontario’s trails.

Earlier this month, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned last year’s decision by Justice Paul Schabas in favour of Cycle Toronto; meaning the proposed bike lane removals on Bloor, Yonge, and University could go ahead.

If you take your bike on GO Transit to Barrie, there are three main trails you can get to.

On Tuesday, August 11, I published Part 1 of my experience hiking the Alay Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

This week has been a stinker for Toronto’s cycling community.

During our trip to Kyrgyzstan, our focus was the eight-day Best of Alay Mountains Trek hosted by Visit Alay from July 19 to 26.

Last week, the City of Toronto confirmed the West Toronto Railpath had finally reopened to the public; a closure which has happened for the past four years as part of improvements to Bloor GO station.

Two years ago, Helen and I visited Central Asia for the first time including Uzbekistan and Almaty, Kazakhstan; plus a few days in Istanbul.

All right, folks!

This evening, Cycle Toronto marked one year since their court victory against the bike lane removal provisions of Bill 212 with a rally and ride from Ramsden Park to the courthouse at University and Armoury.

One trail closure which has long frustrated cyclists in Toronto is that of the Lower Don Trail south of Pottery Road.

Earlier this year, I got a tip from Terry Walsh that a new active transportation bridge was built across the Credit River in Mississauga as part of the Nine Creeks Trail.

Having recorded my rides on Strava for the past few years now, I have noticed many Toronto area cyclists had done Wednesday night rides with the Dismount Bike Shop.

Next week’s city council meeting has two member motions proposed which the cycling community ought to pay attention to.

Over the years, I have read a number of books about cycling and active transportation.

With the Scarborough Waterfront Project having started construction last fall for the Brimley Road South Trail and the western segment to follow next year, this leaves the Eastern Beaches to Bluffers Park as the last major gap in the Waterfront Trail to f…

Last week, members of Toronto’s cycling found out about the eglintonTOday Complete Street project being scrapped because of not just provincial legislation, but also the City’s own refusal to install the bike lanes at the same time as last fall’s resurfac…

Recently, it was brought to my attention on multiple social media platforms that some new bikeways were installed on Portland Street and Blue Jays Way.

On May 11, 2026, the TRCA updated the East Don Trail project website to say work on the Phase 1 trail is expected to be done by early July.

On Monday, I was informed by city staff that the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project website was updated to say the project can no longer proceed due to changes in the Highway Traffic Act.

The City of Toronto recently announced two public drop-in events for the Eglinton & Allen Intersection Study to review a long list of design options for that intersection.

On April 30, 2026, Simcoe County officially opened the Barrie-Collingwood Rail Trail extension from Stayner to Angus.

Since 2024, Councillor Lily Cheng and Peter Low have hosted a community bike ride from Willowdale to Downtown.