This message from Paige came up over at the stolen bike thread: My bike got stolen today (June 7, 2010) from the 7/11 on the corner of Ottawa and Parent at 730 pm. It’s a red supercycle mountain bike. The seat on it is a lady schwinn all day rider. Wide and cushy! The only …
1. Call to Order. 2:15pm 2. Adoption of minutes from the May 23, 2010 meeting (emailed out by Steve). 3. Guest Speakers – Jessica and Melissa from the Odette Business School, talking about the survey and its results. They answered some of our questions, and explained how the cross tabulations worked. – We’ll put the …
Even Art in the Park has something for Bike Month. Gilbert VandenHeuvel, an exhibitor at Art in the Park had a variety of recycled bicycle art/furniture on display today. All the pieces are made from used bikes, and the pieces are made one at at time with whatever parts are available. Gilberts website is therecycler.ca, …
Windsorite.ca is reporting another hit and run. A cyclist was struck by vehicle on Tecumseh Road East around 7:47pm Friday evening. The vehicle, described as a red Dodge pickup truck, drove off immediately, without checking on the well being of the downed cyclist. The collision occurred near the intersection of Factoria and Tecumseh Road East …
I came across a post by local blogger Chris Schurr about the 3-foot-passing law and the related Star editorial. Increased public education of both cyclists and motorists as well allocating resources to municipalities to properly design city streets to accommodate cyclists would go much further in my opinion. However, what the NDP has successfully done …
Thanks to the Windsor Star for the great article on Bike Friendly Windsor as well as about Bike To Work Week: Bike commuters hope to set trend An important correction though – the Thursday breakfast is being held at Xtreme Motions, which is located at 3880 Tecumseh Road East, not on Drouillard. The breakfast is …
Stolen bike: Mercier, gray frame, blue seat and handgrips
Fellow BFW member Steve Konkle responded to the Windsor Star article that claimed the 3-foot passing law was nonsense. Here’s a link to the well-written letter: http://www.windsorstar.com/Bikes+belong+road/3104862/story.html Another cycling advocate (and Ward 3 candidate for city council) Tristan Fehrenbach wrote a response, too. Here’s a link to his: http://www.windsorstar.com/travel/Consider+cyclists+pedestrians+plan/3104861/story.html Thanks for your letters guys! If …
