Bike Sudbury

Why do people not cycle in the winter? Not because of the cold. Research shows you need 1) a network of safe bicycle paths - without having to share or cross path with motorized vehicles and 2) snow removal. Surprise, surprise...

For those that live in the Valley, you may be interested in the discussion at Operations on Monday (Jan 18): M.R. 80 Corridor Review - Old Hwy 69 North to Cote Blvd "This report provides an update to the M.R. 80 Corridor Review study and provides recommendations for improvements to the intersection of Municipal Road 80 and Notre Dame Avenue (Hanmer) and the intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Cote Boulevard. In addition, public consultation will be completed for new lane co...nfigurations on Municipal Road 80, Notre Dame Avenue and Cote Boulevard to provide enhanced opportunities for active transportation." The direction was approved. The recommendation is to reconfigure MR80 in this section with 2 traffic lanes, one center turning lane, and bike lanes. So watch for the public consultation and make sure you participate! If you want to listen to the discussion, it starts around the 46:10 mark. https://agendasonline.greatersudbury.ca/

Today's the last day to provide input into the 2021 budget. You have until 4:30 pm to provide ideas or take the survey. Want more cycling infrastructure in your neighbourhood? Want more bike parking in your neighbourhood? Want the City to support winter riding?... Want more connector trails? Want something else? This is your chance to make your voice heard. Provide your input at https://overtoyou.greatersudbury.ca/budget-2021 #bikesudbury #safecycling

We submitted our priorities for the 2021 municipal budget today. See our submission here: https://bikesudbury.ca//Bike-Sudbury-2021-Budget-Submissio We encourage all cyclists to put in their own comments into the survey on https://overtoyou.greatersudbury.ca/budget-2021. You can attach a file in question 4 of the survey.

Thinking of doing some fat bike riding this year? The Walden Mountain Bike Club has great fat bike trails that you can ride (for a fee). The WMBC is one of our great supporters. If you'd like to try riding on the Walden trails this winter, here are some guidelines from Rusty, the President. Good knowledge too even if you want to go out elsewhere. There's great riding in the regular season too out in Walden with lots of opportunities to learn mountain bike riding skills for t...he whole family. Kivi Park also offers fat bike riding (also for a fee). https://www.waldenmbc.ca/ (new website in progress)

Some really great presentations today at #OBS2020. Equity, diversity & inclusion: Ontario examples Connecting the cycling network Connecting the cycling network with transit... Connecting the cycling network with trails It's all about infrastructure connections and equity today.

Here are some inspiring projects from 8 80 Cities who just presented them at #OBS2020. Total cost for all three projects? $150,000. https://www.880cities.org/8-80-streets/

The second session at #OBS2020 this morning was the discussion "Cycling & the new normal: provincial perspective". Guest panelists: MPP Stephen Blais - MPP for Orléans MPP Jessica Bell - Ontario NDP critic for Transit MPP Norm Miller - Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Premier Doug Ford... MPP Mike Schreiner - Leader of Green Party moderated by Diane Freeman, Councillor, City of Waterloo Interesting discussions around infrastructure funding, tourism, road safety, and equity. There is also interest in reviving the All Party Cycling Caucus that existed previously. We'll provide the link to where folks can watch all of the sessions once that's up. Here's some links to private bills that are currently on the table: Bill 185, Vision Zero Strategy Act, 2020 https://www.ola.org//bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-185 Bill 148, Doored But Not Ignored Act: https://www.ola.org//bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-148 Bill 62, Protecting Vulnerable Road Users Act, 2018 https://www.ola.org//legislative-business/bills/parliament

Just a reminder that the bike rack program closes Oct. 30th! If you know a local business who could benefit from a new or better bike rack, let me know that they can take advantage of this program to get a discounted bike rack. Here's a link to the flyer: https://www.greatersudbury.ca//FINAL%20-%20CGS_BikeRacksfo

A really good discussion at the first session at #OBS2020 today - all about trails and the importance to Tourism and local cycling. The City of Greater Sudbury is planning on doing a Trails Master Plan next year. Looking forward to discussion on what this might mean to enhancing our trail systems for cycling here in Sudbury.

Wow. That was quick. The Fisher Wavy Trail is open again!

Just a note that Imperial Oil has closed the Fisher Wavy Trail (from Martindale to Kelly Lake) for up to 2 weeks beginning on October 19, 2020 to do some culvert replacements and upgrades along the trail, during which time, pedestrians and cyclists will not be able to cross the work sites.

Celebrate the Thanksgiving weekend with your favourite bike! The weather forecast looks ideal for some October riding. Looking for a great route... want to re-discover one of our Thursday Social Night rides. Visit our Ride with GPS site . Try out the free app. Do you have a ride you want to share with the Bike Sudbury community? ... Enjoy the ride and wave to other people on bikes !

What we also learned about roundabouts today answers questions we've had about the Maley Drive roundabouts, and why cyclists weren't accommodated with crossrides in the roundabouts. It's currently illegal in Ontario for cyclists to do this. A cyclist must act as a pedestrian and walk their bike around the roundabout, or move into the motorized traffic lane. So until the law is changed, that's the only way to deal with our new roundabouts. For those who don't know what a crossride is, it's the same as a crosswalk, except it's for bikes. You see these along-side crosswalks in places in Sudbury. More info here: https://www.greatersudbury.ca//transpo/cycling/crossrides/ Great info at #obs2020!

The Bike Rack program is finally in place! Do you have a local business that you ride to, and that you wish would have a bike rack? Or even a better bike rack than what's there? This City program helps them get a rack. More info on what the City is doing to help cycling here: https://www.greatersudbury.ca/cycling More info on the bike rack program here:... https://www.greatersudbury.ca//cycli/bike-parking-program/ Great flyer here: https://www.greatersudbury.ca//FINAL%20-%20CGS_BikeRacksfo

https://ridewithgps.com/organizations/5685-bike-sudbury Ride With GPS is a new platform for Bike Sudbury to share our collection of Thursday social rides. Our goal is to continue to build our catalogue of rides and eventually categorize routes suitable for families, rider experience levels and distance.... Ride with GPS allows points of interest to be highlighted and share pictures of landmarks on the routes. As we become more familiar with Ride with GPS , we will seek assistance building our catalogue and content. Check out the Ride with GPS app for your smartphone , visit our routes either on your phone or computer and enjoy some brilliant fall colours from your bike! Cheers!

Great project! This will transform the main north/south artery that runs through the core of Greater Sudbury and will connect many neighbourhoods.

We're cancelling our ride due to risk of thunderstorms. Watch for some rides we hope to organize on some weekends before the riding season ends.

Sun sets earlier so last Thursday night ride of the season! Time change too - meet at 6 pm for a 22 km around Ramsey Lake. Good cycling infrastructure & a few challenging hills! More information at bikesudbury.ca or https://bikesudbury.ca/events/bike-ride-sep-3/

A great ride to unique Little Italy & the Super Stack! A 22 km ride from downtown to Copper Cliff on a combination of neighbourhood streets, trails, & bike lanes/edge line routes. More information at bikesudbury.ca or https://bikesudbury.ca/events/bike-ride-aug-27/

So just to be clear - we don't expect you to show up with an umbrella next week lol. We're cancelling our ride tonight to Copper Cliff and rescheduling that to next week!

Our first cancellation of the year due to weather unfortunately so no need to bring your umbrella tonight. Sigh.... 60% chance of thunderstorms early evening, and the trail between Kelly Lake Road and Martindale is very muddy. We'll do this ride next week!

A 20 km ride in the South end with a combination of mostly rural roads, neighbourhood streets, and the Robinson Trail. More information at bikesudbury.ca or https://bikesudbury.ca/events/community-bike-ride-long-lake/

Hey everybody! During the social ride tonight, we'll be looking for a few volunteers to appear in some short clips for a really cool video project Bike Sudbury is working on. If you're interested in being a part of it, please reply here and we'll fill you in on some more details! Thanks, and see everybody tonight!