Toronto Bike Share

[Neutrino]

"His worship Mayor John Tory will be making an announcement"

 

[Northern Light]

New Bike Station this morning at the Beltline Trail and Chaplin Crescent.

* This appears to be the location for the above mentioned presser.

 

[LNahid2000]

Another $8 million in funding announced for Bike Share Toronto. That's like another 200 stations!!

 

[raptor]

Another $8 million in funding announced for Bike Share Toronto. That's like another 200 stations!!

Is all of the money to be allocated to expansion? Perhaps some will go to operations

 

[BejewelledCarp]

And here I was hoping for Presto integration.

 

[Avenue]

https://twitter.com/GraphicMatt/status/1029743843959140352

This is not a new funding announcement, as the press release notes the city and feds are merely “jointly reiterated their commitment to expand Toronto's Bike Share system.”

It's just a mere dumb photo op.

 

[LNahid2000]

Another $8 million in funding announced for Bike Share Toronto. That's like another 200 stations!!

Actually, looking into this further, it seems to just be a re-announcement of the existing expansion aka John Tory's re-election campaign. Too bad.

 

[amnesiajune]

This is pretty interesting. I'm not sure if it's been shared yet.

http://bikes.oobrien.com/toronto/#zoom=13&lon=-79.3967&lat=43.6714

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I'm finding expansion to suburbs/north york a bit crazy given that very very few people can climb up the hill to uptown on these bikes. I guess they (plan to?) have a system to actively transport and redistribute bikes back up north.

Don't underestimate short-distance biking. As someone who regularly bikes between Eglinton and St Clair, I would gladly keep my personal bike at home if I had ubiquitous access to bixi. One day, Eglinton Connects will bring a strong cycling network along the entire corridor.

I think there should actually be a mini-army of bixi bikes at Yonge+Eglinton. Would be fantastic alternative to the shuttle bus during subway closures, and would bolster the day-time bike numbers in downtown. There would need to be some system of redistributing the bikes back north overnight though as you say.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I could probably get from Yonge/Eglinton to Yonge/Sheppard in under 30 mins on a Bike Share, but wouldn't want to try conquering the York Mills hill on one of those heavy bikes.

The Yonge-401 bypass trail idea needs to be brought up every single time the York Mills hills are mentioned. It would really be a game-changer.

 

[Towered]

There really should be bike stations outside of every subway station...

 

[Leo_Chan]

There really should be bike stations outside of every subway station...

With at least 100 spaces of private bicycle parking.

 

[vic]

There really should be bike stations outside of every subway station...

Also need other bike stations within a reasonable distance to bike to/from. Otherwise you're just cycling from subway station to subway station.

 

[Avenue]

"There really should be bike stations outside of every subway station..."

That absolutely makes no sense. Like, a bikeshare station outside of Yorkdale station?

 

[ShonTron]

"There really should be bike stations outside of every subway station..."

That absolutely makes no sense. Like, a bikeshare station outside of Yorkdale station?

Yes - but at the Ranee entrance. Maybe not Highway 407 Station, though.