Veronica Tang for The Twenty-Fitfh Hour narrates a video discussing cycling in Ottawa and the need for a culture shift. WIth 16 deaths on five years, I can understand the need for change. Please watch. Every view will show our support for improved infrastructure in Ottawa.

Here is a commercial for Bikes on Wheels, the Toronto bike shop where I get my gear. Check out their website here.

From CityNews.ca It might seem obvious, but now there’s a study to back it up: cyclists who don’t wear helmets are more likely to die from a head injury. Dr. Nav Persaud and researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital said the study, which was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday, [...]

The ICEdot Crash Sensor is evolving helmets. It detects critical impacts of helmets and notifies emergency contacts of where you are and how hard you were hit. Crash Sensor + iPhone® Your helmet can only go so far. ICEdot takes your protection farther. The Crash Sensor is a slim device [...]

By Tess Kalinowski for the Toronto Star. “There have been some high-profile cycling accidents, and I think that’s just raised the issue. The car-cyclist interaction has not gone that well in Toronto,” Read it here.

By Derek Flack on BlogTO. “Is a speedier rush hour commute for motorists worth taking another step back for bike safety in Toronto?” Read it here.

By Katie Daubs at the Toronto Star.   Cycling around Toronto, I’ve always been pleased — maybe even a bit smug — about all the exercise I was getting, the money I was saving, and the frustration I was avoiding on the TTC. I’m a cautious cyclist, but that doesn’t matter [...]

Watch CP24′s video here. Toronto police kicked off a weeklong bicycle safety campaign Monday, but it’s not just cyclists who are being targeted. This isn’t the first time police have held a bicycle safety campaign. Similar safety campaigns have focused on motorists and pedestrians. Read the article from CP24 here.

Watch the CityNews video here. With more and more bicycles on Toronto’s roads, cyclists are in the spotlight as part of a week-long police safety blitz. Officers were on the Danforth Monday morning, making sure cyclists were following the rules of the road. “Share the road – share the rules,” [...]

Absolutely love this. Huge thank you to the Project Aura team for coming up with new ways to make cyclists more visible. Following is their write up from Vimeo.   Riding at night can be a daunting and dangerous task; many biking commuters are faced with the issue of being [...]

From CBC News. Police are searching for a man in a case of road rage that left two cyclists injured in Flamborough Thursday. Around 3 p.m., a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man were riding their bikes in the area of Brock Road at Old Brock Road when a man [...]

There were so many incidents lately I had to put them all in one post. I’m not sure why there is an increase lately, but it’s frightening. Following are some articles from news sites across Canada. Vehicle crashes into building after collision with cyclist Read more here.   Cyclist killed [...]

“The city of Copenhagen has a vision of becoming the world’s first carbon neutral capital in 2025″ I really like what I see here. Dedicated bike lanes and good cyclists. This is what I want to see in Toronto. And it’s winter in Copenhagen at the time of shooting. I [...]

A tragedy. None the less, a tragedy that could have been prevented. To Ilona’s point below “Aren’t all city roadways supposed to be shared with cyclists?”, she is right. All cyclist share the road with motorists… if there is no bike lane. Cyclists are not to travel between parked cars and moving [...]