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Toronto is starting a bike-sharing program
April 21st, 2010 | 
Author: Reminds me of Buffalo’s Blue Bikes.
Toronto is poised to get its first bike share program, modelled after a wildly popular system in Montreal.
BIXI Toronto received unanimous approval from the city’s public works and infrastructure committee yesterday. It will launch next spring, if city council gives its OK. Daniel Egan, manager of cycling infrastructure and programs, said the public bike program is designed as a “extension of public transit.”
Users who buy a monthly or yearly pass will have unlimited access to bikes as long as the trips are less than 30 minutes. Tourists can purchase a day pass for $5.
“It’s really intended for the person who comes out of the ROM and rides down to the AGO,” Mr. Egan said. The first rollout will see 1,000 bikes on the street at 80 downtown “stations,” which wouldn’t be more than 300 metres apart.
Here’s the full article: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/toronto/story.html?id=2931686
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This is cool, isn’t it?
Transportation Secretary Announces “Sea-Change” for American Transport: Bikes!
“People across America who value bicycling should have a voice when it comes to transportation planning. This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized.”
from parking meter to parking spot – where to lock your bike in NYC
Buffalo has these bicycle parking spots too, but ours are way cooler than NYC’s.
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NYC Repurposing Old Parking Meters Into Bike Racks
Urban cyclists, rejoice: New York City is transforming 225 parking meters into bike racks. Every third or fourth parking meter on select streets in the Upper East and West sides, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens will have its “head” chopped off and recycled for scrap metal. The remaining poles will be transformed into bike racks.