Torontoist's Emily Macrae looks at how the Finnish city of Oulu keeps its citizens biking during winter. As always, planning is key.

With fewer than seven hours of sunlight a day at this time of year, Oulu is an unlikely leader in winter cycling. Timo Perälä discovered that his hometown’s approach was unique while doing research into winter ( Read more... )

Torontoist's Taylor Moyle described a remarkable problem, Bikes and Belonging, combining cycling with photography for newcomers. How did I miss this? Spacing had more on the project in November.

Musician Beck made an impact with two turntables and a microphone, but here in Toronto a small group of bike lovers have helped make an impact in the ( Read more... )

I'm inclined to agree with Shawn Micallef's argument in the Toronto Star about the NIMBYism in opposition to a Bike Share stand in Cabbagetown.

In a Jan, 23 letter to City Councillor Pam McConnell, the Cabbagetown Heritage Conservation District Committee expressed disappointment that a Bike Share station was installed last summer within the ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the continued rise in rental prices for apartments.
• Centauri Dreams looks at a time in the Earth's history when there was a lot of atmospheric oxygen but not much life.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting there is an authentic lack of gas giant planets beyond 10 AU.
• Itching for Eestimaa notes the British politicians who favoured ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Ben Spurr reports on a new cycling battle that, frankly, sounds like it might be politically bad to take on.

A coalition of cycling, pedestrian, and accessibility advocates is gearing up to fight a proposal that they claim could mean the death of safe bike infrastructure in the city ( Read more... )

• Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith tells the story of how he and his husband got the latest ornament for their tree.
• blogTO looks at Toronto Instagram star Aimee Hernandez.
• Language Hat parses the language of Wallace Stegner's fiction.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the worrying spread of smears and lies.
• Marginal Revolution looks at a musical highway in New ( Read more... )

Nikhil Sharma's Torontoist article goes into some local history.

It’s been 18 years since the City of Toronto created the Shifting Gears plan for cycling policy ( Read more... )

blogTO alerted me to some good news last week.

The future of the West Toronto Railpath, which runs next to the Kitchener GO line, looks promising. That's because earlier today, the province announced that it'd be extending it all the way down to King Street ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Jennifer Pagliaro notes that construction of the Bloor Street bike lanes is impending.

Construction for a bike lanes pilot project on Bloor St. will start next week ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Oliver Moore reports on the families and friends of dead cyclists and pedestrian and their upset with the city's plans for their safety.

In the wake of two more pedestrian deaths, family and friends of people killed by Toronto drivers went to City Hall to urge politicians to move faster to reduce the danger ( Read more... )