TTCdinosaur
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How many are we actually talking about? I doubt the casual bikeshare-r will show up.
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elcorrerador
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afransen
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Not very effective protest. I'm saying block the car lanes with bikes, if they want to take the bike lanes away.
TTCdinosaur
Active Member
This is not a critical mass. This looks like special interest hippies to most people.
If you aren’t wanting to watch a 4 hour video … https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/2024/10/16/bloor-complete-street-community-meeting/
txlseries4
New Member
I don't think it's far fetched that we'd see rides with turnout similar in size to the ghost ride and gathering on August 1st at Bloor & Avenue Rd.
From Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists Facebook group
chrisw
Active Member
What percentage of riders use Bikeshare? I think there was quite a decent amount, and it's a lot easier to commute in and use Bikeshare. A bigger group means you should draw people in from further away.
TheGrimSweeper
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Bikeshare alone is expected to hit over 6 million rides in Toronto this year. In terms of percentage of overall cycle rides I'm not sure where or how to get that. I would imagine privately owned bike rides still make up the bulk share.
Towered
Superstar
Guess what's going to happen if this idiocy comes to pass? Cyclists will, and should, ride in the middle of the curb lane out of spite. I know I would. Eat my booty shorts, drivers!! 
Cambry Ardship
Active Member
I think that Bikeshare has over 300,000 members now. Of course, only a tiny fraction will be using the service every day, but for comparison, in the 2021 census only 15,000 Torontonians said their main mode of commuting was by bicycle (of course, conversely, there will be much larger number who occasionally commute by bicycle) .
The other point is that half of all bikeshare trips take place on Bloor-Danforth and Yonge, so the impact of Bikeshare is particularly concentrated. Anecdotally, whenever I'm on those streets it seem like a non-trivial fraction of bikes.
(from https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/pa/bgrd/backgroundfile-240804.pdf)
The other point is that half of all bikeshare trips take place on Bloor-Danforth and Yonge, so the impact of Bikeshare is particularly concentrated. Anecdotally, whenever I'm on those streets it seem like a non-trivial fraction of bikes.
(from https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/pa/bgrd/backgroundfile-240804.pdf)
slicecom
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Correction: half of all e-bike bikeshare trips take place on Bloor-Danforth and Yonge. Important distinction to make as they are only a small fraction of the total bikeshare trips, and are likely used by a very different demographic than the bikeshare ridership as a whole.
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turbanplanner
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Bribing us with our own tax money, ala Harris Cons
MisterF
Senior Member
It's worth mentioning that commuting only tells part of the story. Things like running errands and general getting from A to B are probably the majority of trips. I for one never commute to work on a bike but I am a regular Bikeshare user.
PL1
Active Member
You can bet that I will be. I'm thinking of getting a shirt/sign made with "don't like me using this lane? Tell DoFo to bring back bike lanes!", with his phone number on itGuess what's going to happen if this idiocy comes to pass? Cyclists will, and should, ride in the middle of the curb lane out of spite. I know I would. Eat my booty shorts, drivers!!
Admiral Beez
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Of course we cycle on the road, where we always were before bike lanes. As a mid-50s cyclist who began riding in the 1970s the very idea of dedicated bike lanes is still novel.