Holy crap, my city officials have a sense of humour! And they care about the environment!
Sometimes, this city drives me crazy — there aren’t enough bike lanes, the public transit system is a mess and we’ve even banned kite-flying in one of our parks! And yet, every now and then, Toronto gets it right. The most recent example is here below, for your viewing pleasure:
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[...] also saw this yesterday, at the blog Green as a Thistle. This video is quite funny, almost to the point where you don’t believe the City are the ones [...]
For anyone who obeys traffic laws and bikes in a predictable manner, using common sense, bike lanes unnecessary. They are no safer than biking on a shared road and perhaps less so, as they instill a false sense of confidence.
There needs to be more education and enforcement of bikes and vehicles on the same roadways. Then you will see more people feeling safe enough to cycle.
Welcome to Green as a Thistle. My name is Vanessa, I'm a journalist at the National Post, based in Toronto.
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I decided to take on a bit of a challenge: Spend each day, for an entire calendar year, doing one thing that betters the environment. The idea was that everything I did, I kept doing (so if I switched brands, it was a permanent switch; if I turned down my thermostat, I kept it down), so that by day 365, I'd be living as green a lifestyle as it gets.
It was a gruelling year, but in the end, it proved that being an environmentalist doesn't necessarily mean being a smug hippie, nor does it have to mean compromising aesthetic values or good wine. You can read more about what I learned in my book, Sleeping Naked is Green, or just keep reading this here blog. Now, I'm mostly writing about whatever the heck pops into my head (isn't that a novel concept for a blog?).
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Yep. Me again. Creeping into the blogosphere like I tend to do these days — about once every few months, with a totally random subject of conversation, which every blogger will tell you does NOT lead to a very consistent readership. Oh well. But I thought y’all might like to know that Miss Thistle is [...]
Sometimes, this city drives me crazy — there aren’t enough bike lanes, the public transit system is a mess and we’ve even banned kite-flying in one of our parks! And yet, every now and then, Toronto gets it right. The most recent example is here below, for your viewing pleasure:
[...] also saw this yesterday, at the blog Green as a Thistle. This video is quite funny, almost to the point where you don’t believe the City are the ones [...]
LOL I wish my city ( Madison, WI, USA ) had that kind of humor!!
HA!
I wish Madison had that kind of humor too!
For anyone who obeys traffic laws and bikes in a predictable manner, using common sense, bike lanes unnecessary. They are no safer than biking on a shared road and perhaps less so, as they instill a false sense of confidence.
There needs to be more education and enforcement of bikes and vehicles on the same roadways. Then you will see more people feeling safe enough to cycle.