Tag: Bike lanes
Letters to the Editor: October 19, 2024
Stop cutting the ‘ounce of prevention’
How will province’s plan to restrict new bike lanes play out in London?
London academics and cycling advocates are puzzled by the province’s commitment to restrict new bike lanes, as city hall anxiously awaits how the legislation will look and work in practice. Ontario cities would have to seek the provinceâs permission to install new bike lanes that remove lanes of vehicle traffic under upcoming legislation, the transportation […]
Letters to the Editor: September 27, 2024
Premier Doug Ford has signalled we need to stop the concept of dedicated bike lanes.
8,400 homes: Builder pitches London’s biggest development ever
The former London Psychiatric Hospital site is poised to become the single largest housing project in the cityâs history, with Old Oakâs latest proposal for the lands adding enough units to house a small town. Itâs a massive project one city councillor described as âtransformativeâ for east London and the city, which is in the […]
E-bike surge sparks safety concerns amid policy changes | Great Lakes Echo
By Donté Smith The surge in electric bike (e-bike) sales has been nothing short of “obvious,” according to Rick Teranes, the co-owner of Bikes Blades & Boards in Grosse Pointe, Michigan “Sales of e-bikes have multiplied in recent years,” Teranes said, highlighting the significant shift in Metro Detroit’s cycling landscape driven by their growing popularity. […]
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London councillor dons black to highlight danger of busy road
It’s not often a London city councillor chooses a wardrobe to match the message they plan to deliver at a council meeting. But that is what Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister did Tuesday, when he made an impassioned plea to improve the safety of a deadly stretch of Hamilton Road. “I am sounding the alarm […]
