Toronto, land of cycling excess

Ya gotta love Toronto (oh, c'mon, try) for its Cycling Excess.

This year, there were so many events, displays, announcements and other ephemera associated with Bike Week, that the city has officially promoted the event to Bike Month. From May 26 to June 21, the usual bicycle hunting season will be suspended in Toronto and all motorists and bicyclists will live in blissful harmony.

The month kicks off with the Group Commute, from four different start points in the city and ending at Yonge and Bloor, complete with emergency service workers and police escorts! It's sort of like Critical Mass, but the police escort the cyclists to their destination rather than to the police station.

You can get more details at http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bikeweek/ Personally, I'm going to try to find some time to get in to T.O. for the first week just to bask in the glory of bicycle-filled streets. There will be bicycle-filled streets, won't there?

Comments

[Leslie]

There might be if gas hits $1.50 a litre.

[Bill]

I don't know, Leslie. See my previous post. I think it will take more than merely gasoline price increases to put more people on bicycles.