Lisa Stokes
Travel with a Bicycle Tourism and Advocacy Focus
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Riding UP
Metrolinx, the provincial agency responsible for regional transit in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area, opened the Union Pearson Express (UP Express) last July amid much criticism based on the price of the service ($27.50 cash/$19 with Presto Card, one way) and skepticism over the ridership projections of 5000 people per day. The train travels…
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Father Tobin Road Traffic Calming Endangers Cyclists
Father Tobin Road in northeast Brampton runs 3.5 km west-east from Dixie Road to Mountainash Road. It has houses, parks, two elementary schools, a middle school and two high schools. Unfortunately, as a 3.5km long, straight, overly wide road, it encourages drivers to use it to avoid busier arterial roads and to exceed the…
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November 21, 2015 – Buffalo and The LRT
I have long admired Frank Lloyd Wright and am familiar with his work from books. Alun, my sixteen year old, is interested in architecture, so I suggested to him that we visit The Martin House in Buffalo. We left just after lunch and had an uneventful drive, with less than ten minutes spent at…
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November 8, 2015 – University of Guelph and the My Kitty Cafe
Owen discovered the existence of Cat Cafes a couple years ago while browsing on the internet. He asked me if I would take him to one, however, at the time, the only ones I could find were in Montreal and New York city. I told him we would go to one when there was…
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Bike To School Week – May 26-29, 2015
I worked with Walk+Roll Peel and the principal at my children’s school in northeast Brampton to encourage participation in Bike Week. The school has an enrollment of 760 students. Bike Week was promoted to families in the school newsletter, advertised on the notice board outside the school on the Friday before Bike Week began…
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Tour De Mississauga 2015 (#tourdemississauga)
Today I rode in the Tour de Mississauga for the third year in a row. Two years ago I rode the 60km route with Patti. Last year I rode 100km for the first time, but Patti was jet-lagged from a recent trip to the UK so I made friends along the way. This year…
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Sunday July 5 – Tour de Guelph
The day of the Tour de Guelph dawned cool, dry and sunny with heat forecast for later in the day. This was to be the longest ride of my life at 111km. It was advertised as a 100km long ride on the website where I signed up for the ride. After registering and paying…
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Canada Day
A quick post to share Canadian flag images I have created. And a few Canadian images. Have a Happy Canada Day everyone.
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Sunday June 21 – Ride Don’t Hide
On March 8, I volunteered to help out at the BikeBrampton booth at the Toronto Bike Show which allowed me to get into the show for free. Patti came with me. We had a look around for a while and then gave David and Dayle a break and looked after the booth. We had…
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