City Council Votes to Keep Bike Share and 2010 Bikeway Network Improvements, minus the University Avenue bike lane project

On Tuesday, May 11th, City Council approved the public bike share program by 33-8. The program will be run by Montreal’s Bixi and will start with 1,000 bikes at 80 stations located throughout the downtown. More information available in the Toronto Star and IBikeT.O.

Council went late into the night on Wednesday, May 12th in their debate about the Bikeway Network. The plan was finally approved by 26-8, but without the University Avenue pilot bike lane (picture available here). More information on the vote is available on IBikeT.O. and the City Council’s blog.