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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><description>ARC was established in 1996 and today is mostly known for advocating on behalf of Toronto cyclists. We are also the folks that place memorial white bikes, known as Ghost Bikes, as memorials to fallen cyclists.</description><title>ARC (Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists)</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @respectcyclists)</generator><link>https://respectcyclists.org/</link><item><title>Ghost Bike Ride For Jean Louis</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saturday,  1 November 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in Burlington&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="590" data-orig-width="590"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s640x960/ea995c4f5388e6f2902a60dda352f9fc10cf989a.png" data-orig-height="590" data-orig-width="590" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s75x75_c1/32356c032fabf95d6dd129b7a6e675c1715c8119.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s100x200/7f965ebf613be883165e36d1e642cceec08cd0a6.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s250x400/c7af61b3da0b60c1e98830fdfa9b6bcc07a077ba.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s400x600/6252d0be95f22adf49fd25a8fca9041b73e9b6d6.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s500x750/cc9e8089842ef500df1c2b8e0febf50822d47a01.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s540x810/92f0348431f51b0f5551c8111c9482f45c262f13.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/5037a5c1d71be8cce53249c81ed48f52/5dff2d22f274193e-c4/s640x960/ea995c4f5388e6f2902a60dda352f9fc10cf989a.png 590w" sizes="(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Friday, 17 October 2025, Jean Louis, a 66-year-old male, was cycling on Appleby Line and Harvester Road in Burlington. At approximately 6:30 a.m., a driver collided with him. Emergency workers pronounced him dead at the scene. As of this time, the Crown has not charged the driver, who remained at the scene, according to Halton police. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jean Louis was a noted cyclist from Saint Lucia. He won that country&amp;rsquo;s athlete of the year award in 1985 for his cycling performances that year in competition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;MEET at 2:00 p.m. at the Appleby GO Station&amp;rsquo;s SOUTH parking lot. We DEPART at 2:30 p.m. for Appleby Line and Harvester Road.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/798916415380996096</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/798916415380996096</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:21:06 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>burlington</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Ride For Adam&amp;nbsp;</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ghost Bike Ride For Adam &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;GUELPH, 18 OCTOBER 2025&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s640x960/8ce9d4d360ae31373974c1a6101b0c188d49935d.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s75x75_c1/1765e454c9e4f8a13ab18be2b69f200240aae7a6.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s100x200/405f4a19752a14ee37bf95408c353738c3a51adf.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s250x400/b178dc0704f6366e8f7e1aee1f6530fdaffa72dd.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s400x600/c6c205dd0627ed3e005ca2c24523504d59bf9a74.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s500x750/8b541065f8ee601df43fa8aed4e96b7caec7b64c.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s540x810/fd9c6f2e8e6d574a315e7775aa003323918203f3.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s640x960/8ce9d4d360ae31373974c1a6101b0c188d49935d.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s1280x1920/0cad4b0a819fb37e8eb7aded238f55b7087710df.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/089e113c1c98f42caa022d738b68a71c/4c50109e39ca366b-b6/s2048x3072/22c82b853d863ae2ab122582834c7f68b89bc6a4.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jun and I departed for Guelph around 1500 EDT. The weather was unusually warm, with temperatures reaching 20 degrees Celsius. The sky was clear and sunny, and as we traveled closer to Guelph, we could observe the vibrant autumn foliage adorning the trees along Highway 401.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;On 29 August 2025, Adam, a 37-year-old male cyclist, was riding on Elmira Road North and Massey Road when, at 1520, a collision occurred with a driver of a garbage truck. The driver of the garbage truck was subsequently charged with careless driving causing death approximately three weeks after Adam’s death.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;During the Ghost Bike Memorial ride, we learned about another tragic road user fatality. A 38-year-old mother was killed by a reckless 19-year-old driver of a large pickup truck on Alma Street north at Paisley Road, approximately three weeks after Adam’s fatal collision. We passed the intersection twice, each time ringing our bells in remembrance of her life. The driver of the pickup truck was subsequently charged with careless driving causing death and two additional counts of careless driving.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Guelph Coalition for Active Transport (GCAT) organized the memorial ride, which served as the concluding event of a day-long Guelph Transportation Summit held at Dublin Street United Church, located at 68 Suffolk Street West. Patrick Andres, the Programming and Events Committee Co-Chair, addressed the assembled crowd of approximately 50 individuals in the church’s parking lot at 1630. He provided an overview of the route and advised participants to follow the Marshalls, who were wearing bright high-visibility vests. A few minutes later, Mike Darmon, the Advocacy Co-Chair of GCAT, commenced the ride, towing the Ghost Bike on his bicycle trailer at the front of the crowd.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The exceptional skills of the Marshalls were evident as the group navigated through multiple stoplights in unison. Notably, there was no friction from other road users during their journey to the crash site.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Upon arriving at the crash site, the crew took a few minutes to prepare the Ghost Bike for installation. Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC) provided the bike, which was constructed by Geoffrey Bercarich and delivered by David Shellnut, The Biking Lawyer. A small memorial dedicated to the victim, Adam, was already present. The Ghost Bike Memorial was subsequently placed beneath the faded memorial for Adam.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virginia Andersen, Chair of GCAT, commenced the ceremony. She directed those gathered at the site to observe a moment of silence and expressed respects to the deceased cyclist. Approximately 20 minutes later, as people paid their respects to Adam, we began the return trip to Dublin Street United Church.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jun and I bid farewell and proceeded to Highway 401, embarking on a slow crawl back to Toronto. A five-or six-vehicle collision just before the collector lanes began in Oakville made the trip back to Toronto very slow. This incident serves as a poignant reminder that drivers require frequent recertification. All these fatalities and collisions were entirely preventable. The underlying issue lies in the fact that drivers fail to take their responsibility for road safety seriously. Consequently, we now have two vulnerable road user deaths in Guelph within a month. This tragedy resulted in the loss of a son and a mother. All of these unfortunate events could have been avoided if drivers had prioritized defensive and safe driving practices.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;– Joey Schwartz&lt;br/&gt;ARC member&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/797953423549071360</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/797953423549071360</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:14:45 -0400</pubDate><category>arc</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>ghost bike</category><category>guelph</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Memorial Ride
for Samuel Wilketts</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ghost Bike Memorial Ride&lt;br/&gt;for Samuel Wilkett&lt;/b&gt;s&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;20 September 2025 at 12:30 p.m, &lt;br/&gt;Matt Cohen Park, Toronto.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="500" data-orig-width="750"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s640x960/7c6230aeeadcdafd2593752fbaf9e9cc2bcd4785.webp" data-orig-height="500" data-orig-width="750" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s75x75_c1/d836f1e8f39825b18c60f9d11ba2d6ce006dac20.webp 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s100x200/a22fd4d65e1659e8e3b27f810d18ad9e93601878.webp 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s250x400/a05a11744e0dcc080f9a56661f07da922ef45558.webp 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s400x600/9500a06cc3493111f164de8a10d1e000386edc20.webp 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s500x750/7e64128379fccacaa204984ac4282ee5f5c06607.webp 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s540x810/d0d272233c12ba5d727651c7cd994f82b07f841e.webp 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s640x960/7c6230aeeadcdafd2593752fbaf9e9cc2bcd4785.webp 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/3024c7674badb3f39cee9845697dfe98/bb35f934c676f88b-ec/s1280x1920/5ee5263b2bc0d749c23e2238ea666fd648035ca1.webp 750w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, 31 July 2025, 28-year-old Samuel Willetts succumbed to his injuries incurred when he was &lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cyclist-dies-after-collision-in-downtown-toronto-last-month-police-1.7604018" target="_blank"&gt;struck by a truck-driver 13 days earlier&lt;/a&gt; on Gerard St East at Church Street, near Toronto Metropolitan University.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Samuel was a York University graduate and worked in the Film and TV industry here in Toronto. He was a gaffer and aspiring cinematographer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This ARC Ghost Bike memorial ride is being organized with Sam&amp;rsquo;s family, who will be present that day and ride with us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;MEET&lt;/b&gt; at 12:30 p.m. at &lt;a href="https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-recreation/places-spaces/parks-and-recreation-facilities/location/?id=317&amp;amp;title=Matt-Cohen-Park" target="_blank"&gt;Matt Cohen Parkette &lt;/a&gt;at Spadina and Bloor. We &lt;b&gt;DEPART&lt;/b&gt; at 1:00 p.m. for Gerard Street East and Church Street.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/791462610647367680</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/791462610647367680</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 23:46:04 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>toronto</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Cycling Death Confirmed, 
Ghost Bike Ride TBA </title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cycling Death Confirmed, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ghost Bike Ride TBA&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Cyclist hit at Church and Gerard &lt;br/&gt;on 18 July 2025 Has Died&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;ARC is saddened to learn of the &lt;a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/cyclist-dies-after-collision-in-downtown-toronto-last-month-police-1.7604018" target="_blank"&gt;death of a 28-year old male cyclis&lt;/a&gt;t. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. A Ghost Bike Memorial Ride will be held at a later date.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The cyclist was hit by a driver on Gerard Street near Church Street on 18 July 2025. EMS took him to a trauma hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died in hospital from those injuries on 31 July 2025.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ARC is in contact with his family discussing plans for the memorial. We&amp;rsquo;ll announce the date and time of the ride in a separate message.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/791280673051820032</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/791280673051820032</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 23:34:14 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>toronto</category><category>arc</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Ride 21 NOV @ 5 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Ghost Bike ride on Thursday, 21 November 2024. Meet at 5:00 p.m.,  at Matt Cohen Park (Bloor &amp;amp; Spadina). &lt;b&gt;Depart 5:30 p.m.&lt;/b&gt; for our destination, the Ontario Legislature. This is a ride for the latest person to die, a teenaged cyclist that died last week in Ajax. It is also a ride for all 18 cyclists killed this year in southern Ontario. Unfortunately, bill 212, if implemented, will make more Ghost Bike rides necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="480"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s640x960/ee6831626cf97a5be7a0d0909c8483ae1bc78f41.png" data-orig-height="480" data-orig-width="480" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s75x75_c1/81ccbb1fb21b8c4322589157f0c74f6257741bd7.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s100x200/18144dc092d7f3530bf009c832603d7c47b7010d.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s250x400/e5dbe29e7ac8e120d51c4a9606b1aba2075dc650.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s400x600/462c14ca4d658e5508c5497b214e2b66f5fb2ca4.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/8d3bd8523b7818d8b3a3ac11100879f2/49a0672d6bce033d-d4/s500x750/eea5e0905c0ddddd21d6e92414ce5818560b082b.png 480w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/767336714020716544</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/767336714020716544</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 15:35:16 -0500</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>toronto</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>13-Year-Old Female Cyclist Dies in Ajax</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On Thursday, 7 November 2024, a 13-year-old teenaged female was cycling on a road with a signalized intersection. She crossed the street in the crosswalk, which she&amp;rsquo;s allowed to do at her age. A driver struck her on that crosswalk.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ARC is sorry that the parents and friends of our latest cyclist to die on our streets have to go through such a tragedy. Our deepest condolences go out to her and her family. She died several hours later in a hospital. ARC will plan a Ghost Bike Memorial Ride. Details to be announced at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="npf_link" data-npf='{"type":"link","url":"https://fkfb.sizone.org/?r=https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2024/11/07/cyclist-13-airlifted-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-ajax/","display_url":"https://fkfb.sizone.org/?r=https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2024/11/07/cyclist-13-airlifted-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-ajax/","title":"CP24.COM // 13-year-old cyclist dies after being struck by vehicle in Ajax","description":"A 13-year-old cyclist has died in hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Ajax on Thursday morning, police say.","site_name":"fkfb.sizone.org","poster":[{"media_key":"7c2daa29f3020cae112e6de5df25a46b:a411176628256c83-ea","type":"image/jpeg","width":1200,"height":630}]}'&gt;&lt;a href="https://fkfb.sizone.org/?r=https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2024/11/07/cyclist-13-airlifted-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-in-ajax/" target="_blank"&gt;CP24.COM // 13-year-old cyclist dies after being struck by vehicle in Ajax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/766540266817683456</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/766540266817683456</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:36:04 -0500</pubDate><category>cycling deaths</category><category>arc</category><category>vulnerable road users</category><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Bike Rally Against Bill 212</title><description>&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s640x960/ac4e6c27e691e51ac6b88005a86a36f3e405f1ac.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" alt="A Caucasian male speaks to an assembled crowd outside of Beaux Arts Revival red stone building (the Ontario Legislature). There are several people carrying signs, syaing Road Safety Now." srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s75x75_c1/8e54c727ae38d505452b3471f6f3dfd459da797d.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s100x200/ae2d0ee5482a45f84a17a2f6a4722df4c2d431de.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s250x400/9bba0f05fca560baeaa2674fc48625f5abd672fd.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s400x600/b2babefaa927d137b8dab97316bdc13b70814d95.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s500x750/6513745e79807fcfbd6ea6c56de80c7a2d6c8a19.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s540x810/5692ebb857d2f17b716dc6d85b9f83b0901d6239.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s640x960/ac4e6c27e691e51ac6b88005a86a36f3e405f1ac.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s1280x1920/0466664346722d2f509e30fe2415715b6ec6cf6d.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f67d6da4e12c9de3735a320923c1488a/3bfd2f9cf235098b-e3/s2048x3072/e84cc2f704061b4578e91b6c76de953d0b163479.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;span class="tmblr-alt-text-helper"&gt;ALT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bill 212 was tabled on 21 October 2024 in the legislature. If this bill gets proclaimed, it will be a disaster for the citizens of this province. Its affects ranging from community safety issues to adding to the already out-of-control climate crisis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today, Wednesday 23 October 2024, hundreds of cyclists, pedestrian and mobility-rights activists came to Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park to protest Bill 212. MPP Jessica Bell, whose electoral district includes Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park, organized the protest. In her electoral district, three cyclists have died in the past three years, about only 300 metres apart on Avenue Road and Bloor Street West.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At 5:00 p.m., Jessica Spieker started things off with a brief speech relating to her history as a survivor of a dangerous driver incident. Her physical injuries took a toll on her life. Safe streets would have protected her from such an incident. She then acknowledged the 15 members of Brampton Cycles that rode in for the protests. She also acknowledged MPPs that were in the audience, such as Mike Schreiner, the leader of the Green Party, Jill Andrews and Bhutila Karpoch from the NDP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s640x960/99119c7696c846418495904c21c7d49f374f6435.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" alt="A large crowd gathered on a lawn with tall office buildings in the background. The sky is grey and cloudy." srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s75x75_c1/ddeb3a9aaf98b679be7364c2e8a8d3096dc2fcd5.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s100x200/43c8189d259cff7847ac11d5097cc007d5ee2175.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s250x400/0ed3617c690e6bb0ee52c662bdc802b80e7f6594.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s400x600/2d7c463913858eb0258a5dd440785a0acbf54398.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s500x750/1586412fe7d195eccaa38b94c90b6b1d76baa48b.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s540x810/2f112e1510120bd39cff41288bdc0cd9905e5dd7.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s640x960/99119c7696c846418495904c21c7d49f374f6435.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s1280x1920/4413c73c64cb769571a2646b966e2a81b472624e.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/9155efc09e0ba61e2ac30a49c76ed7ab/3bfd2f9cf235098b-16/s2048x3072/523556fd4df76c10fc724e801a1829d6b8ef66a6.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;span class="tmblr-alt-text-helper"&gt;ALT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next, Alison Stewart spoke. She&amp;rsquo;s the Bicycle Mayor of Toronto and Director of Advocacy and Public Policy for Cycle Toronto. She mentioned slogans we could use and, of course, talked about the things the bill might take away.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was then time for the main political parties in the Ontario Legislature to speak. Although Jessica Bell organised the event, she had NDP MPP Joel Hardin speak instead of her. He talked about some local Ottawa street improvements that would make those streets safer, now being called into question. He mentioned the governmental overreach that made little sense, since these planning decisions are by convention, local municipal decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mary Margaret McMahon, representing the Liberal caucus, spoke about her time on the Toronto City Council when she put the Woodbine cycle track in her ward. She received death threats from the public about it. Today, they are well-used bicycle infrastructure and the Ford government has its eyes on removing those lanes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aislinn Clancy represented the Green Party caucus. She mentioned she bikes to the Legislature, and it is on mostly bike infrastructure. She noted that several Conservative MPPs also bike to work and should develop a backbone and fight Ford on this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The last member of the legislature to speak was Sarah Jama, the independent MPP from Hamilton. She has mobility issues and uses a motorised wheelchair to get around. Complete streets mean safety for her and people with physical disabilities. Ford wants to stop the safety efforts that are slowing down traffic and prevent deaths. Vehicle speed kills most people when the vehicles hit vulnerable road users at 50 km/h or greater. Complete streets aim at lowering speeds down to a survivable 30 km/h and physically protecting vulnerable road users. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s640x960/306c502dfe311521abf23f28b76c609e9550091f.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" alt="An African-Canadian woman addresses the crowd from her motorized wheelchair. Behind her is a large crowd and a Beaux Arts red stone, brick building (the Ontario Legislature). " srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s75x75_c1/6f270dd8c08a27ae8d9df37e7839d7bad93f5eab.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s100x200/14188288d0727504c6e9c21b0c32fbf5af332d8f.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s250x400/0f6be85d9a9d7843922abd469398f8a3e0fdbdd8.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s400x600/4e4392f7c2e3f51acfce7384c814897bda639b4f.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s500x750/32ba17fad4aa92a0a326af462df91a02402147ec.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s540x810/6b953fe1b5b1057f4cdbbee76f435a2cfd9c27bb.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s640x960/306c502dfe311521abf23f28b76c609e9550091f.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s1280x1920/b726e5f9e97b0885a2a52c740666fb04badfdad4.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/b1ee3ba861f2b825fd1fb25a26a6b2b3/3bfd2f9cf235098b-d8/s2048x3072/bec686119e9e860ba8b699ab5daaee7741a27802.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;span class="tmblr-alt-text-helper"&gt;ALT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bikes are also an equity issue for poorer people that cannot afford an automobile. They deserve a safe means to travel. That&amp;rsquo;s why Jama is against this bill.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) took part actively in the rally. Michael Longfield from Cycle Toronto called for the bill to be cancelled. Bikes are an equity issue, and for many with disabilities, one of the few methods available for them to get around.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sarah Buchanan, from the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) talked about being able to ride with her child from the west end to the doctor. Then, as a reward, they stop at a cookie store. She mentioned that the bike lanes brought in more business for retailers than before the bike lanes. In fact, a Business Improvement Area (BIA) wants to keep the lanes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dr. Sahil Gupta, a trauma physician in Toronto, has witnessed too many preventable severe injuries and a few deaths to vulnerable road users. Taking away bike infrastructure will not help create safe streets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seven years ago in Newmarket, Kendrew Pape&amp;rsquo;s sister lost her life in a crosswalk. Bill 212 demeans her memory because it implies that road diets, which physically make crosswalks safer, will probably not be allowed. A road that should go on a diet, to reduce speed, will likely no longer occur without the Ministry of Transportation&amp;rsquo;s approval: something that is unlikely to happen. The bill frustrates efforts to make streets safer so that some drivers save a minute or two on a commute.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I spoke to explain the route. We would go near six Ghost Bike memorials on this four kilometre route. First, we passed by &lt;b&gt;Dalia Chaka&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rsquo;s memorial at St. George and Bloor. A driver of a large flatbed truck killed her in June 2018. After cycling about another kilometre north and east, we were just south of &lt;b&gt;Adam Excell&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rsquo;s bike at Davenport and Avenue Road. In 2015, an inexperienced driver, believed to be impaired, killed him.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We then passed by &lt;b&gt;Ali Sezgin Armagan&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rsquo;s memorial on Avenue Road, south of Tranby. A driver of a flatbed truck killed him while making a left turn in the middle of Avenue Road in 2024. 18-year-old &lt;b&gt;Miguel Joshua Escanan&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rsquo;s memorial was next. A driver of a cement truck killed him in 2021 on Avenue Road. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The most recent death in the area, the &lt;b&gt;anonymous 24-year-old female&lt;/b&gt;, occurred because of an obstructed bike lane on Bloor in July 2024. Finally, the first Ghost Bike memorial in the area, and one that has a Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park connection, is the one for &lt;b&gt;Darcy Allan Sheppard &lt;/b&gt;on Bloor Street in front of the Colonnade. In 2009, a former provincial Liberal cabinet minister named Michael Bryant killed him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was chaotic to get to the front of the line and to lead the ride because so many people were there. We took the Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park bidirectional cycle track north to Hoskins Avenue. We got some corkers to block the southbound traffic lanes on Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park Crescent and the group of over 500 cyclists, then cycled on Hoskins Avenue to Saint George Street.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We blocked the lanes again on St. George St, but had to move aside as an EMS ambulance went northbound, unimpeded by the ride. From there, the Toronto Police Service bike unit corked Bloor Street for us. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next, we turned right onto Bernard Street in the Annex&amp;rsquo;s heart. Because there were so many cyclists, it was taking up to 15 minutes to pass an intersection. That meant we ran out of corkers. We pressed new ones into service and they did a great job of it.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We turned right onto Avenue Road and initially just used the bike lane because we didn&amp;rsquo;t really have the corkers available to take the lane yet. A few eventually caught up and did their work a little further south. At one point, the line of cyclists was approximately 700 metres long on Avenue Road.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Bloor Street come upon us again, and the Toronto Police Service again corked the lanes for us to go south onto Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park Crescent. The automobile traffic was mostly at a standstill, but we took the lane and then proceed to the northmost part of Queen&amp;rsquo;s Park and had corkers in place there. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;By the time we were near the legislature again, I had to stop leading the ride and cork because we out ran our corking teams. No matter, we got Wellesley corked and everyone proceed to the front lawn of the legislature. I stopped corking to get back to the end point and thanked everyone that showed up. It was a successful ride and rally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dispersal was interesting. I was one of the last four people to leave the parking lot. It was completely dark out. We left at around 7:20 p.m. Back to utilitarian cycling mode.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/765194115580411904</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/765194115580411904</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:59:35 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>bill 212</category><category>vulnerable road users</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Two More Cycling Deaths In Toronto &amp;amp; Southern Ontario</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Armstrong, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;9 September 1948—29 August 2024 (age 75)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1350" data-orig-width="1080"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s640x960/b484bec3577f133485dc916f6ec89bd61d13bf3b.png" data-orig-height="1350" data-orig-width="1080" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s75x75_c1/6b03efeab522e06b8158d086e93088c5cc0277a1.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s100x200/3140072e3e4f8db13c9caf39b71ab9c1120ee09d.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s250x400/4a25f4b0fc036a12eb542f02d3fe937f99bebcc5.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s400x600/c550769251716680d3a9ee50f02c255b56de1bad.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s500x750/7a73f93e988510bb0c9ed1c27eaffda9caa09497.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s540x810/97b87089539aca791b920525cd49f9d5675ec199.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s640x960/b484bec3577f133485dc916f6ec89bd61d13bf3b.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8104df7f613b663e696c3034cf7bbc0/0ea5d9ae095c1099-20/s1280x1920/dc401543a4c496434ba9b2c223957be8d31c6c81.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image credit: Fatal Light Awareness Program Canada (FLAP)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ARC is sad to announce the seventh cycling death in Toronto this year. Last week, the wildlife rescue organization &lt;a href="https://flap.org/about/" target="_blank"&gt;Fatal Light Awareness Program Canada (FLAP)&lt;/a&gt; announced that one of their leading volunteers, Brian Armstrong, died. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ARC confirmed he was involved in a bicycle crash and then subsequently died from his injuries in a Toronto hospital a few days later on &lt;b&gt;29 August 2024&lt;/b&gt;. He was a retired real estate lawyer, &lt;a href="https://athleticsontario.ca/brian-armstrong/" target="_blank"&gt;Ontario Hall of Fame marathon runner&lt;/a&gt;, a former &lt;a href="https://randonneursontario.ca/who/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Randonneurs Ontario&lt;/a&gt; long-distance cycling club member, and probably most important to him, a wildlife rescue volunteer with &lt;b&gt;FLAP&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From what ARC can determine, there will not be a funeral service for Mr. Armstrong. ARC is planning a Ghost Bike memorial ride, details to be announced at a later time this September. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Susan Bard, Guelph (9 September 2024)&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="640" data-orig-width="960"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s640x960/5a96b9c387c92ba6a1894602b88c68d9de78d33e.png" data-orig-height="640" data-orig-width="960" alt="Susan Bard in an undated photo.

Image Credit: Bard family, via _Guelph Today_ website." srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s75x75_c1/313c01489ac90085bc75b61554dfb1ad78dbfba3.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s100x200/1b1111eed1613fb8ff51e4827a7a7e0c9fde96a3.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s250x400/da7f53bb0e318c6c816ae7d9c4da5e424836417d.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s400x600/6355aacb9e0ce0f46a331196cc6051c3e3d05f92.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s500x750/28c949db37bb356cb6ea57c9f0fd21f40e650749.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s540x810/2e6ee700f4cb3e0a0f9e79952b63248951c1b24c.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s640x960/5a96b9c387c92ba6a1894602b88c68d9de78d33e.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/f8f4e879c2bb63acf52e875bf5c6a541/0ea5d9ae095c1099-d3/s1280x1920/787deb212ac4fa78c57558c1ad05de92d95d324f.png 960w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px"&gt;&lt;span class="tmblr-alt-text-helper"&gt;ALT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;ARC sends its deepest condolences to &lt;a href="https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/a-friend-to-everyone-remembering-woman-tragically-struck-and-killed-last-week-9508234" target="_blank"&gt;Susan Bard&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rsquo;s family and friends. She was riding her bike on Victoria Road North in front of St. James Catholic High School, in Guelph. A 35-year-old male driver collided with her on&lt;b&gt; 5 September 2024&lt;/b&gt;. EMS rushed her to a hospital. She died a few days later from her injuries in the hospital on &lt;b&gt;9 September 2024&lt;/b&gt;, which was also her 79th birthday. The crown charged the 35-year-old Guelph driver with failing to stop after an accident, causing bodily harm. Local cycling groups are teaming up with ARC to coordinate a Ghost Bike memorial ride. Details to be announced.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/761280292481826816</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/761280292481826816</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:11:02 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>toronto</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>Guelph</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Report on Navjot&amp;rsquo;s Ghost Bike Ride</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On Saturday, 7 September 2024, Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists (ARC) conducted a Ghost Bike memorial ride in honour of Navjot Kaur, who died a week earlier from injuries incurred while cycling. On Saturday, 24 August 2024, a motorist hit her from behind while she was riding with a group of cyclists, including her husband. Over one hundred people showed up for the memorial ride that ended on Burnhamthorpe Road in Etobicoke, just east of Kipling Avenue. Of note, deputy mayor and local councillor Amber Morley attended the installation of the memorial.  Here&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="https://medium.com/@joeyschwartz/ghost-bike-ride-for-navjot-bc1cb22bb775" target="_blank"&gt;my report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s640x960/5d51e4c1a767a9ef72a0f73aca854c9479877ec1.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s75x75_c1/1f3b9c810f84ba2ce582222df8115a3a1d2c4388.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s100x200/67429c2e7f426f955a7cf7fb95a1221044d54cf1.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s250x400/a0455efd20346e85e750a30a03bb3e8187e4bcd8.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s400x600/bd47470742dc6c62112780a3b6ff3e3d8b40f952.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s500x750/505c021497ce58088c2c3affc70d0d59d3156898.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s540x810/82d04b278413e60caa60f16175c2cce4aea359b5.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s640x960/5d51e4c1a767a9ef72a0f73aca854c9479877ec1.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s1280x1920/164883f9e7a499420896a62a70dac6d03d882077.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/67306ef2e26c496b9516df5d68cba5f9/4a6b35c28f36f57e-e0/s2048x3072/4ab0e9e1e6ab1b8c7f59b5c956240eec9d1bf3c1.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/761098550878846976</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/761098550878846976</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 20:02:20 -0400</pubDate><category>memorial ride</category><category>ghost bike</category><category>toronto</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>arc</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Ride for Navjot</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On Saturday evening, 24 August 2024, the driver of a compact car struck a Navjot Kaur, a married 26-year-old female student, was riding her bicycle on Burnhamthorpe Road, east of Kipling Avenue, in central Etobicoke. She succumbed to her injuries in hospital a week later on 31 August.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;MEET at 12:00 p.m., Saturday 7 SEPT 2024&lt;/b&gt;, at Matt Cohen Parkette at Spadina and Bloor. We&lt;b&gt; DEPART&lt;/b&gt; at 12:30 p.m. A meet-up along the route will occur at the Bloor parking lot of Tom Riley Park (roughly 1:30 p.m.). &lt;b&gt;RAIN or SHINE.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1080"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s640x960/36b1272c91a99aa05d1d3af184f2a3b183bff38c.png" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1080" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s75x75_c1/109998b959e88de4cc5c09d5718342a0d6628fc0.png 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s100x200/7a38cd2633ef18492bf481e5ccc115d3c49c3252.png 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s250x400/c648f17ec39c13469550fe58a911b3145ccb8247.png 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s400x600/cb3dfecd013fa58dae52c06bef76dd8e30349daa.png 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s500x750/bd572fe54ad4b199920ab07856e36a54f50920ab.png 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s540x810/f7b719298bb990f1b794119ec3a977c2ea2f0a73.png 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s640x960/36b1272c91a99aa05d1d3af184f2a3b183bff38c.png 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/fd023dff931a8a22f210a80f6b8694f1/994149377617f18a-8d/s1280x1920/3e90f1a2544d8c740c0be2c6d9fb81ee94fa8e01.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Kevin Rupasinghe ©2024&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/760807706029391872</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/760807706029391872</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:59:28 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Female Cyclist Dies in West-End Toronto</title><description>&lt;p&gt;A motorist hit a female cyclist on 24 August 2024. She succumbed to her injuries today. She was the &lt;b&gt;6th cycling death&lt;/b&gt; in the City of Toronto, 9th in the GTHA, and 13th in southwestern Ontario. &lt;b&gt;Ghost Bike Memorial ride to be announced at a later time.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/fatal-302024-burnhamthorpe-road-and-kipling-av/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/fatal-302024-burnhamthorpe-road-and-kipling-av/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/760375325578428416</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/760375325578428416</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:26:58 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>toronto</category><category>cycling deaths</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Memorial Ride: Yorkville</title><description>&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1080"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s640x960/369de1a4a3552926ee2cbf2e00c78350936e190e.jpg" data-orig-height="1080" data-orig-width="1080" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s75x75_c1/23067dfa0dee19c4a9c4a8eca177e5ed8e5133bf.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s100x200/979f93958fee16ba6da3fb07a3713ecf80ff039b.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s250x400/476ef470ac366f70e077120296fcaba1b502e9cd.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s400x600/7d8c74429821db7a2ccff3d0d0810dbc1e84e351.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s500x750/054f5cd211617112723f2bcfba04b4fe8d535254.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s540x810/d9b437dae343962e99f4f55be2a4a373de51d7e2.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s640x960/369de1a4a3552926ee2cbf2e00c78350936e190e.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/701cc8b463162632c6fa0befe9fe98d9/1c34e0de8d60e286-37/s1280x1920/c90d33aa9117da0b98b4b0a6268c0344f6ab7f51.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Thursday afternoon, 25 July 2024, a 24-year-old female cyclist, was struck by a driver and their large dump truck on Bloor St., east ofAvenue Road, in the Yorkville neighbourhood. She was pronounced dead at the scene. MEET at 6:00 p.m. at Matt Cohen Parkette at Spadina and Bloor. We DEPART at 6:30 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/757075671410442240</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/757075671410442240</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:20:23 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>toronto</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>arc</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Female Cyclist Has Died In Downtown Toronto</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Female Cyclist Has Died In Downtown Toronto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Collision Occurred This Morning in the Yorkville Neighbourhood&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;A driver of a dump truck hit and killed another cyclist this morning on Bloor Street in the Yorkville neighbourhood. &lt;b&gt;ARC&lt;/b&gt; wishes to send its condolences to the cyclist’s family. ARC will announce a&lt;b&gt; Ghost Bike Memorial ride at a later time.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;From what we know from the Toronto Police Service, the female cyclist was cycling westbound, initially in the bike lane. According to the police, the driver struck her after she left the lane and both were going westbound in the main lane. The investigation is looking to see if construction further west of the crash scene contributed to the collision.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This latest death happened almost across the street from Darcy Allen Sheppard&amp;rsquo;s Ghost Bike, who died almost 15 years ago.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Dump and cement trucks are a disproportionate cause of death to cyclists in Toronto. This is the second death within the past three months in that area that involved a construction vehicle. Current regulations around construction sites are not protecting vulnerable road users, especially if the construction is closing bike lanes.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/756994423519363072</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/756994423519363072</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:48:59 -0400</pubDate><category>cycling deaths</category><category>toronto</category><category>arc</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Oakville Ghost Bike Memorial Ride</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Today, at 1:30 p.m., we rode for an unknown cyclist. He died a week ago. Here&amp;rsquo;s a &lt;a href="https://medium.com/@joeyschwartz/ghost-bike-memorial-ride-oakville-de866f68ec9e" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;recounting of the ride&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/a&gt;by Joey Schwartz.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/751048393750609920</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/751048393750609920</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 21:39:23 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>oakville</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Memorial Ride in Oakville</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Cyclist Killed on Monday, 13 May 2024&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="npf_row"&gt;&lt;figure class="tmblr-full" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032"&gt;&lt;img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s640x960/e47dd9012eb24a3e3d6534fbbec258feae407d71.jpg" data-orig-height="3024" data-orig-width="4032" srcset="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s75x75_c1/5cbebeaef46708b8415535d78464b2e60e937ff0.jpg 75w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s100x200/7061efbebe38dbde511c845c24fee4971f783892.jpg 100w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s250x400/ff350944a2dc12e5a3f5aa4082dfb55233d04ddd.jpg 250w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s400x600/92eec4989f834bf50ab118cfe791e6d9c9d07ae3.jpg 400w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s500x750/bc4fc4e4da0e93a64f8112d2654a8bec8b2cc490.jpg 500w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s540x810/f3b4ed77dbe3e29a1c2b168dbb1d14d20d592f5e.jpg 540w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s640x960/e47dd9012eb24a3e3d6534fbbec258feae407d71.jpg 640w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s1280x1920/6c8f1e89326fc4681f0a4ee92fe11cdc7ae51654.jpg 1280w, https://64.media.tumblr.com/2ec4ab891c53829fbd6fd95c1080ca02/02939da044d9833a-60/s2048x3072/422ce557925241c361560e27bb6411c6612d27ed.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px"/&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Halton Regional Police found a male cyclist on the side of the road on Eighth Line, south of Upper Middle Road, on Monday evening. EMS rushed him to a hospital where they pronounced him dead. He was the seventh cycling death in the GTHA this year, and the second in two years to die in that general intersection in Oakville.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ride details&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meet on &lt;b&gt;Victoria Day Monday&lt;/b&gt;, 20 May 2024, at &lt;b&gt;1:00 p.m&lt;/b&gt;. at the Oakville GO station&amp;rsquo;s north parking lot. We&amp;rsquo;ll depart at &lt;b&gt;1:30 p.m.&lt;/b&gt; on an approximately 5 km ride to the crash site. We will install a Ghost Bike there and have a moment of silence. Then, we will head back to the GO station. Full details on the&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/785092770262247/" target="_blank"&gt;ARC Facebook page.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/750765607822196736</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/750765607822196736</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 18:44:37 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Oakville Cyclist Killed on 8th Line</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Second time in two years, a cyclist died in the Upper Middle Road and Eighth Line area.  This time, a cyclist was killed south of Upper Middle Road on Eighth Line. We don&amp;rsquo;t know what happened and the Halton Regional Police don&amp;rsquo;t really seem to know as well, but are victim blaming anyway. This happened on 13 May 2024, but only today did the mainstream media cover it. ARC will hold a Ghost Bike memorial next week. Details to be announced at a later time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="npf_link" data-npf='{"type":"link","url":"https://sizone.org/R/parse2.php?r=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/oakville-man-dead-following-cycling-accident/article_95df1aeb-9429-5be2-9946-60c0728f93e1.html","display_url":"https://sizone.org/R/parse2.php?r=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/oakville-man-dead-following-cycling-accident/article_95df1aeb-9429-5be2-9946-60c0728f93e1.html","title":"INSIDEHALTON.COM // Oakville man dead following cycling accident","description":"Individual was not wearing a helmet, Halton police said","site_name":"sizone.org","poster":[{"media_key":"a5c70ea2c8eee23c95be09a391726b55:70f4d6e260d81f3d-52","type":"image/jpeg","width":794,"height":417}]}'&gt;&lt;a href="https://sizone.org/R/parse2.php?r=https://www.insidehalton.com/news/oakville-man-dead-following-cycling-accident/article_95df1aeb-9429-5be2-9946-60c0728f93e1.html" target="_blank"&gt;INSIDEHALTON.COM // Oakville man dead following cycling accident&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/750695146273849344</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/750695146273849344</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 00:04:40 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>cycling deaths</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>2 Cyclists Killed on 30 April 2024</title><description>&lt;p&gt;In separate events, on Tuesday, 30 April 2024, two motorists killed two cyclists in the Greater Toronto Area. This was the fourth death in the City of Toronto this year and it wasn&amp;rsquo;t even May yet! The two deaths combined brought the total in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Region (GTHA) to six.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Toronto: Yorkville Neighbourhood&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/fourth-cycling-death-this-year-sparks-calls-to-speed-up-avenue-road-safety-redesign/article_3c4fc8dc-07d1-11ef-9101-bf1ce22dfe74.html" target="_blank"&gt;first death occurred on Avenue Road&lt;/a&gt;, in Toronto&amp;rsquo;s Yorkville neighbourhood. If that sounds familiar, another motorist, also driving a large truck, killed a cyclist there about two and half years ago, almost in the same spot. We will hold a&lt;a href="https://fb.me/e/4xa1DTZzb" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt; Ghost Bike memorial ride&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for this 39-year-old male on Tuesday, 7 May 2024, at 6:00 p.m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Peel Region: Terra Cotta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;About &lt;a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10461871/caledon-fatal-crash-cyclist-killed/" target="_blank"&gt;five hours later&lt;/a&gt;, an experienced cyclist, out on a club ride, died when a motorist collided with him near the village of Terra Cotta in Peel Region on Winston Churchil Blvd, north of King Street. A Ghost Bike memorial is in the planning stages for this 60-year-old cyclist named Ovi. Details to be announced at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/749415390651858944</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/749415390651858944</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 21:03:30 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>toronto</category><category>cycling deaths</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Ghost Bike Ride for Vlad Zotov</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monday, 15 April at 6:00 p.m.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;59-year-old Vlad Zotov, a seasoned road cyclist, was out on a personal ride on Bayview Avenue, riding north, near the off-ramp for the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) and south of the Evergreen Brickworks. A 38-year-old male motorist, driving a large SUV, collided with Mr. Zotov and killed him. He was a ride leader with the Morning Glory Bicycle Club here in Toronto. He was a researcher with the Department of Defence and wrote several academic papers. He leaves behind a wife and three children. May his memory be a blessing to his family.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MEET at 6:00 p.m. at Matt Cohen Parkette at Spadina and Bloor. We DEPART at 6:30 p.m. Details in the link below&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="npf_link" data-npf='{"type":"link","url":"https://fb.me/e/6deumCNQ4","display_url":"https://fb.me/e/6deumCNQ4","title":"Ghost Bike Ride for Vlad Zotov","description":"Event in Toronto by Joey Schwartz and David Shellnutt on Monday, April 15 2024","site_name":"fb.me","poster":[{"media_key":"b90574df096099d75f3a50f33811c2a1:ef2da2bc97fc68d6-72","type":"image/jpeg","width":206,"height":206}]}'&gt;&lt;a href="https://fb.me/e/6deumCNQ4" target="_blank"&gt;Ghost Bike Ride for Vlad Zotov&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/747466264058920960</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/747466264058920960</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 08:42:58 -0400</pubDate><category>memorial ride</category><category>ghost bike</category><category>toronto</category><category>arc</category><category>2024</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Alex Amaro Kindness Award Nominations Open</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We lost Alex Amaro on Toronto&amp;rsquo;s roads in December 2020. If you know someone that has contributed to making Toronto a safer place to cycle, nominate them. Nominations close in April 2024.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="npf_link" data-npf='{"type":"link","url":"https://www.cycleto.ca/alexamaroaward?fbclid=IwAR0Qew1X91DJCviLYBR9EWexPjp8TQPL03kM1FvnubMSQIbUTH6UbfUJXD4","display_url":"https://www.cycleto.ca/alexamaroaward?fbclid=IwAR0Qew1X91DJCviLYBR9EWexPjp8TQPL03kM1FvnubMSQIbUTH6UbfUJXD4","title":"Alex Amaro Cycling Kindness Award","site_name":"Cycle Toronto","poster":[{"media_key":"5f7cfbf8510fc4521d1285916bd37129:090c0bf80136ae11-cd","type":"image/png","width":2400,"height":1260}]}'&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/alexamaroaward?fbclid=IwAR0Qew1X91DJCviLYBR9EWexPjp8TQPL03kM1FvnubMSQIbUTH6UbfUJXD4" target="_blank"&gt;Alex Amaro Cycling Kindness Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/743164331603197952</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/743164331603197952</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:05:35 -0500</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>toronto</category><category>cycling deaths</category><category>cycling advocacy</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item><item><title>Kirti Baweja Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Kirti Baweja, a 22-year-old foreign exchange student, was cycling home in the early morning hours on Wednesday, 23 August 2023. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Happening somewhere else nearby, Peel Police stop a driver and start checking his licence and insurance. At that point 26-year-old, knew he violated his bail, fled from the police and drove away. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;In the Malton area of the City of Mississauga, Baweja was cycling northbound on Airport Road. Around 3:10 a.m., the fleeing driver struck her with his automobile and then failed to remain at the scene. She died where she was left for dead by the driver.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;He was finally captured about a week later and charged with four counts including failure to remain, and also fleeing a peace officer.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;ARC held a Ghost Bike Memorial Ride for Baweja on Saturday, 2 September 2023. At the time, we still didn&amp;rsquo;t know her identity. In the past year, this is the second foreign student killed in the Greater Toronto Area by negligent drivers. ARC sends its condolences to Kirti Baweja&amp;rsquo;s family and friends.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/ghost-bike-ride-by-the-airport-for-a-female-exchange-student/" target="_blank"&gt;https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/ghost-bike-ride-by-the-airport-for-a-female-exchange-student/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://respectcyclists.org/post/727828683590647808</link><guid>https://respectcyclists.org/post/727828683590647808</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:32:02 -0400</pubDate><category>ghost bike</category><category>memorial ride</category><category>mississauga</category><dc:creator>canucknoodnik</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
