June 08, 2026
Biking in Toronto
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In this 1861st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Cycle Toronto's Executive Director Michael Longfield about their court challenge against Bill 212, the appeal by Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party, and the role of Cycle Toronto in defending protected bike lanes in Toronto. This episode is exactly 1:08:
On January 25th, Toronto received more snow than any other day in recorded history. On February 5, I snapped the picture above. Most of my bike lanes were unbikeable, but that mountain of snow and ice blocking the Lake Shore separated bike lane at Dwight Ave. was the absolutely worst.
It was a much warmer day today. Maybe it was all that sun. It felt good to be back out there, biking the city.
On Friday I posted my cycling stats for January 2026 as evidence it's been a pretty decent month. That was then, this is now. That Friday was so cold, I didn't bike. Same for Saturday. Then, Toronto got more snow in one day that any other day of my life.
According to Environment Canada, it's currently -23°C in Toronto. At least when you factor in the windchill, and it's pretty windy out there. With all the snow we got 8 days ago, and this current deep freeze, I'm reading social media posts about how awful this winter has been
Brad Bradford wants to be mayor of Toronto, but I'm not happy with his efforts to gain the trust of the electorate. I think he's lying to us. Here's what Brad Bradford posted on his Instagram page yesterday. I'd comment there, but he's limited comments so I'm unable to do
The temperature was around -10°C when I hopped on my bike for a 70KM bike ride. It wasn't going to be 70KM straight, but a round trip with a lengthy (and warm) break in the middle. I was biking to a Kelseys at the border of Burlington and Oakville
They said it would snow all day. That was a lie. Instead, there was some snow last night while I slept, and then rain for most of today. The result is a slushy mixture of mess. It was slippery enough that for the first time this school year, I walked
I just read a CBC article about how Toronto might get 2-4cm of snow today. Accompanying the article is a pretty picture of a cyclist in the snow. I often see such pictures when organizations write about snow in Toronto, and I always zoom in to see if it's me
For the first time in my life, I've cycled over 1000km a month for eight months in a row. If Mother Nature cooperates, I hope to do it again in November!
Earlier this summer, I went off on a bike rack I use outside the Costco in South Etobicoke. Well last night I biked to SVP Sports in Etobicoke and encountered what is actually the most useless of bike racks.
I always bike to concerts at the Budweiser Stage, at least I've been doing so for the past decade. I used to lock my bike up the fence just outside the main gates, but then a bunch of proper bike parking showed up. Much better! When I biked to Barenaked
Last month I wrote about Toronto's new park. It's called Biidaasige Park and it's a little east on Commissioners Street from Cherry Street. If you just take Cherry Street, you'll miss it, at least I did, and you'll end up at Cherry Beach. Be sure to turn off Cherry at
From CBC: An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. The judge ruled Wednesday that Cycle Toronto and others "have established that removal of the target bike lanes will put people at increased risk of harm and death, which engages the right
When having to cross the QEW on bike, the Ogden Ave pedestrian bridge that took you to Insley Road on the north side of the QEW was always a trusty fave. Then, they closed it and I found alternative routes (Dixie, Hurontario, etc.) As a creature of habit, I just
This summer, I've been biking more Mississauga streets and trails. When you do so, you can't help but notice shared bikes and scooters are seemingly everywhere. I mean, they're just parked there, not at all attached to a bike station or rack. I found the release about the program launch
It was actually over ten years ago that I first blogged about the Idaho stop. In 1982, the state of Idaho made it legal for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. Essentially, if it's safe, you can slow down a little and blow right through the stop sign.
It's 32°C right now in Toronto, but it feels like 42°C, unless you're by the lake. If you're find the heat oppressive and see relief, I'm here to tell you my 40KM bike ride along lake Ontario in the west end of Toronto into Mississauga came with a
If you cycle this city, and lock your bike up outside of stores or restaurants, you know there are good bike racks and bad bike racks. The picture above was taken by yours truly outside the Costco in south Etobicoke. That's where I score my drugs. This style of bike
For the first time in my life, I cycled > 1000 km in the month of April. In April 2025 I racked up a total of 1143.67 km. #biketo
I got a call from my oldest daughter yesterday. She was walking home from a McGill library in Montreal. It was a particularly cold night, and she asked what I was up to... "I just biked Jarvis home from his soccer practice," I said. "Before that I was biking Morgan
It's cold in Toronto right now. Like, real cold. As I type it's -19 with the windchill. Tomorrow will be -29 with the windchill. As my wife would tell me, those are Edmonton temps! I won't even bike in -29, but I did get in three rides yesterday. You have
