Olivia Chow will bike to work on her first day in the mayor’s office, CycleTO confirmed in a Tuesday press release.
Olivia Chow will bike to work on her first day in the mayor’s office.
“She understands the benefits of riding a bike,” said Michael Longfield, executive director of CycleTO, in an interview. “She’s been riding a bike for decades. We’re happy to see that, and we’re hoping that her own choice to ride a bike will translate into policies as well. We’ve made a lot of rapid progress in the last three years, and we hope to see that continue.”
“It’s encouraging to know that of the candidates who were stoking anti-bikeway rhetoric, they collectively received less than 50 per cent of the vote for the mayor’s office,” he said. “That mentality is a thing of the past. Torontonians have rejected that. They’re looking for solutions, and to make our city more livable. The ability to choose more trips on bikes is a really important part of that.
“It creates more order on our roads,” he said. “This gives people more transportation options, which is a really important step to easing congestion in Toronto. The city’s only going to get bigger, and that’s a good thing, but we have to make sure there’s options for people to get around so that fewer of them have to rely on single-occupancy vehicles.”
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