From My Bottom Step

Armed Robbery on Bike Path

A media release from London Police Service. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Jessica Carthew’s Delegation

A 2010/01/13 presentation to Board of Control by Jessica Carthew. #video

White Oaks Pathways, Revisited

Will pedestrians in White Oaks have something to smile about this winter?

Pedestrians Get Some Brief Attention by City Council

A transcript of the ETC portion of the last City Council meeting in which pedestrian-related issues uncharacteristically had the spotlight.

London’s Anti-Pedestrian Duplicity

A report to tomorrow’s Environment and Transportation Committee discloses how staff chose to not carry out a pathways snow-clearing project in White Oaks as had been directed by City Council.

Support the White Oaks Mums!

Monday, I had the pleasure of listening to the delegation of a group of mums from the White Oaks area, at the Environment and Transportation Committee meeting. And as a publicly outspoken pedestrian advocate, I was proud of them.

Not so proud of our local politicians.

Members of City Council refer to the city’s Transportation Master Plan when it conveniences them to do so. And there’s significant effort being made … Continue Reading

Green Transit Efforts

Paul Berton published an editorial recently about London’s pathetic green transportation ranking (”London’s green transit efforts still need work”; LFP; 2008/11/18). He makes a bit of a mention about public transit without being too critical (keep a sharp eye on this site for more news about the LTC fare increase that was just passed as soon as I receive a clarification from it’s General Manager). Mr. Berton pays lip-service to the creation of bicycle paths but fails to point out the lousy job that the city does of maintaining them or clearing them of ice and snow during the winter. And as usual, he completely ignores pedestrians. Continue Reading

Bicycle Path Ads

Here’s a follow-up to my previous (”It’s the Wrong Message”) post about commercial advertising along the city’s bicycle paths.

In a report to the 2008/11/10 CAPS committee, William Coxhead (Director, Parks & Rec) reports that there are “no plans to continue or expand advertising on the pathways or the parks system at this time.”

I believe that it’s important to remind people how important it is to register your opinion … Continue Reading

Enhanced Springbank Park Recreational Use

It’s being recommended that vehicles be restricted from the portion of the Thames Valley Pathway System (the multi-use pathway system that extends along the edge of the Thames River) that’s in Springbank Park.
At long last, changing safety and environmental principles are beginning to influence pathway and road systems in a way that limits vehicle/pedestrian conflicts. But, we’ve still got a long way to go.
London’s daily newspaper finally … Continue Reading

It’s the Wrong Message

It seems that City Hall recently allowed the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency to stencil advertising on bike paths. Today’s LFP describes the ad campaign (”First ads to crack city bike paths get easy ride”; Jenni Dunning).

How did that escape me? Could it be that they rolled it out quietly so that nobody would be the wiser? A quick look on the city website … Continue Reading