It's Friday once again, which means it's time for the Weekly News Wrap-Up.
It's been a slow news week, with really only one BikingToronto post being tagged with the "news" label... but that's okay... there's lots of other stuff to tell you about too. :)
First the newsy post, all about BikeSharing:
- A Bixi BikeSharing Idea for Toronto
An interesting idea was posted the other day in the comments section of the Photo of the Day of Montreal's Bixi being demonstrated in Toronto. BikingToronto reader Barry el Ditto posted this, and it makes complete sense... why have every Canadian City re-invent the bikesharing system: "Why don't all the cities in Canada that are interested in seting up public bike programs, just go with the BIXI model. It's been thought-out and it's ready to go; in our climate..." (read more)
There have been a few "Events" posts this week, so I want to make sure you know about them too... there's some good stuff. :)
- West End Bikeways Open House Meeting
The City of Toronto and the Toronto Cyclists Union are holding an open house to discuss West End Bikeway projects to be completed in 2009 and 2010 in the downtown west end. These projects have been identified in collaboration with cyclists over the past few months. (read more)
- Video from the 2009 Ice Bike Races
In addition to the Ice Bike Race photo links posted earlier today, here's a video of some of Saturday night's fun from YouTube user ArbyW. There are six videos in total on his profile page. (click to view larger video)
Here are some photo collections of the Ice Bike Races from Saturday night. I didn't hear anything about it beforehand, but apparently they collected money for the cyclist that was purposely hit by a taxi… (click for links to photo collections)
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