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  This is the first of three blog posts I will make about cycling in, or near, the Dixie Road corridor, and the various cycling facilities, or lack thereof. Dixie Road Cycling Facilities North of Bovaird Drive Bramalea GO Station to Clark Boulevard (Bramalea City Centre) along Dixie Road Clark Boulevard to Bovaird (Chinguacousy Trail)Continue reading “Dixie Road Cycling Facilities North of Bovaird Drive”

I am relating this story here on my blog as I wish to provide more information to the city insurance claims adjuster but am unable to successfully send image rich emails to the city without them being bounced for being to large. There is an approximately 2.4 metre multi-use path adjacent to Castlemore Road onContinue reading “Poor Sign Placement – Castlemore Road”

My daughter began attending Mohawk College in the upper city on the mountain in Hamilton in January.  Shortly after she began I discovered that there are several sets of steps from the lower city to the upper city.  As someone who has climbed the CN Tower for the past nine years I was intrigued.  Also,Continue reading “Exploring Hamilton Mountain Staircases”

According to Brampton’s 2016-2018 Capital Budget Overview (on page 69) the City of Brampton has approximately $4.7 billion of assets in operation, excluding land.  As assets are used and age, their useful life declines, which leads to the need for replacement. This decline is known as depreciation expense and is considered to be the minimumContinue reading “Brampton Cannot Afford A Tunnel”

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 fromContinue reading “Riding UP”

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 speedContinue reading “Father Tobin Road Traffic Calming Endangers Cyclists”

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 oneContinue reading “November 8, 2015 – University of Guelph and the My Kitty Cafe”