Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'streetsareforpeople'
June 2, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen of Toronto(ist), This posting is to notify you that, as part of bike month, Streets Are For People cordially invites you to a smashing game of polo à la bike, tomorrow evening at 6:30 p.m in Trinity Bellwoods Park. That's right folks, a game of mallets, balls, and two-wheeled horses by the gazebo in the park. Suggested attire is fancy, yet fun—so we say, ladies, lace up your corsets, but eschew......
Continue Reading "Polo in the Round"April 23, 2008
In one of the more surreal moments from Streets are for People’s Tuesday visit to Queen’s Park, Rosario Marchese, the NDP MPP for Trinity-Spadina, donned Captain Planet–style superhero digs, made with a few go-get-’em words about public transit, and took flight into the Legislative Assembly’s inner chamber to save the known universe. Except he didn’t, but the cape is fact. Sort of.......
Continue Reading "No Cars Go?"April 22, 2008
Several hundred environmentalist activists marched through downtown Toronto on Sunday on "Reclaim Earth Day." The exuberant parade called on the Harper government to implement an about-face on climate change policy and to implement the Kyoto Protocol. The march ended with a street festival on John Street at Queen organized by the anti-car/pro-bicycle group Streets are for People, which featured games, music, and the famous Petition Car (pictured above). The Petition Car will be delivered......
Continue Reading "PhotoTO: Reclaim Earth Day!"April 9, 2008
In a world where the squeaky wheel gets the grease, cyclists may be a little too well-lubricated for their own good. No matter how much noise they think they're making, cyclists just can't seem to push their agenda as well as, say, the Canadian Automobile Association can push theirs. Into this breach is stepping the Toronto Cyclists Union, the latest in a series of formal and informal organizations to try to help Toronto cyclists......
Continue Reading "Make Those Wheels Squeak"