Recent content by Gaoler

I was in the Algonquin Highlands recently.... Loads of people on bikes wearing shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops... However... there were lots of people in more appropriate riding gear too... I did see a guy on the QEW this morning tearing it up wearing hoochie shorts tho too...

07:30 this morning...Near the Boulevard Club... 'Looked like rider going Eastbound went over the centre curb/median and landed on the Westbound side... :( Three TPS one Ambulance... No sign of the rider (probably inside the Krankenwagen). 'Hopefully just a skinned knee.

Yeah, I had planned on another run to the Okanagan, but something came up that required me to fly out to get there sooner than I would have had biked. I still had a week in the sunny valley, just no motorcycle involved. I'll try again next year

Rode up to Huntsville yesterday the long way. Rode the "Dynamite Ally" run today... 'Took 6 hours including coffee/eat/bum break stops and a visit to the Dorset observation tower. Which was closed :-( At some point today the area was put under a total fire ban... What's the point of...

'Gonna do the "Ride the Highlands" Dynamite Ally ... Riding up to Huntsville area tomorrow, ride the ally on Thursday... Stay up there and ride home the slow way on Friday. They "say" the route is a two day trip (500km), but just makes me wonder which slow-pokes write these articles..??

Here's the thing... We can't have everything. Its going to take a huge shift in policy and development to make a dent in our congestion problem. Bike lanes could be a part of the solution, but... they're not going to help much on their own. IMO half the congestion issue is due to people not...

You're not really disagreeing... You're just citing an anecdotal example from a minority of people for whom bicycling is a viable alternative, for now. Check back with them when they're 50 years old and its -15 degrees. My anecdote.... On a weekday my workplace has about 250 staff on site...

No kidding... Lol. If it were a business, we'd be out of business..!! I know gov't has a reputation for mis management and waste, but man... The things I see every day make me often say... "As a unionized gov't employee... Right on, as a taxpayer... I'm furious"

^the Canadian constitution as well as the charter of rights isn't worth the paper its written on...

My Ontario gov't. work location isn't "downtown", but for years some of the support/office staff have asked for the opportunity to work from home. These are people doing jobs that are 99% sitting in front of a computer... The work they do is totally measurable so it would be easy to figure out...

Expanding remote work would do far more to alleviate traffic congestion then making concessions for bicycles. Poll 1000 people at random in the downtown... Weather aside, how many of those folks could ride a bicycle to work? You'll have people with physical impairments, people who need to carry...

The idea that the bicycle is a viable form of regular transportation for enough of the population to make any difference to pollution or congestion is hilarious. In our climate, the bicycle is even more of a recreational toy than a motorcycle.