Photos over the week

May 12, 2010 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

Who wants to read an essay every blog post? Not me!

Let’s do some photobloggin’!

We live in such a beautiful city. This is one of my favourite bridges, and I’m totally envious of the people who get to cross it every day as they go about their lives.

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Anyone else notice the fabulous signage that’s gone up recently. It’s a wonderful improvement to the trails system, and a lot of work was put into it to make a coherent, navigable system by bike. I’m thrilled to have played a small part in the project. The best additions of signs are the ‘you are here’ complete maps that are featured at some trail heads. So cool!

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On the plush Monaghan bike lane, as my front tire slices right through the centre of the bike diamonds.

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Here’s the famous Shifting Gears trailer. Hauler of 75+lbs of umbrellas and goodies, I have a love/hate relationship with the thing. It’s marvelous for lugging stuff, but man does it get to be hard work!

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@ the PRHC’s helicopter landing pad. Oh, the places you’ll go by bike! We had a great energizer station in the first week of SG here, and gave away all sorts of goodies to folks coming in the morning.

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And one of my favourite events of the month so far. We had the SG launch at Ontario Public Service (Robinson Place), with a variety of speakers and snacks. Here’s mayor Paul Ayotte sending us off. But note the detail: he’s cradling a bike helmet on the podium! Our man wheeled in to the event by bike. What a champ!

  1. Micheal on May 13, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    I’m going to have to place a small complaint regarding the trail head signs. I assume those are the ones with “Rules” on them. It seems to me that those rules are very anti-cyclist and provide absolutely no guidelines for pedestrians or pet owners. I would have liked to see something more along the lines of:

    “Be aware of other trail users”
    “Keep right except to pass”
    “Keep control of your pet while on the trails”

    instead of:

    “Don’t speed” with no speed limit
    “Ring bell or warn when passing”
    “Pass on the left”

    At least the former three address all trail users instead of allowing anyone on foot to do what they want and leaving the cyclists to try to navigate the mess.

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  2. Clifford on May 14, 2010 at 9:41 am

    Good point, Michael.
    The current language is targeting one mode of trail use.
    I imagine it’s a bit of leftover (or ongoing) stigma that exists towards the “scofflaw cyclist“. I think the way we make rules can sometimes reinforce scapegoats, instead of empowering people. I.e., in the current trail signage situation, it’s likely that people who aren’t on bikes are inclined to view those on bikes with a closer eye to their behaviour as it relates to the rules. Whereas a more tempered, inclusive approach to trail behaviour in general would empower all modes.
    Thanks for the note,
    Clifford.

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