Please join us for the launch of Doctors for Safe Cycling on October 4th at 12:30pm in front of City Hall. We would love for physicians to join us in your white coats and stethoscopes, bikes and helmets, for our press conference and rally for safe cycling. Many doctors wearing their white coats with bikes and helmets will send a strong visual message and generate a lot of interest from the media.
The Bloor Street bike lanes are a one-year pilot project, installed in August 2016. According to City data, more people than ever are now using Bloor Street to ride to work or school, visit local shops, or meet friends. We know that bike lanes make cycling safer. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2012 looked at cyclists' injury risks on a variety of routes in Toronto and Vancouver. The conclusion: "Of 14 route types, cycle tracks [separated bike lanes] had the lowest risk …, about one ninth the risk of the reference: major streets with parked cars and no bike infrastructure."
Despite this and other evidence, and the success of Bloor Street, City Council may vote to remove the bike lanes next month. We need your support to prevent City Council from removing the Bloor Street bike lanes.
Join us on October 4th to make certain that the Bloor Street bike lane is here to stay, and to tell our City Council that they must continue work to ensure safe streets for everyone in Toronto.
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