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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The Crosswalk Vigilante

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Labels: Activism, crosswalk, US, Video

Saturday, August 16, 2014

With Love From Pittsburgh


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Labels: Activism, Bike Lanes, US

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Toronto DIY Culture - Review

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Labels: Actions, Activism, Article, bike boxes, Bike Lanes, Canada, crosswalk, Humour, Manual, Pedestrians, Recommended, Street Art, Toronto, Traffic Calming, Urban Repair Squad
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
-R. Buckminster Fuller-

Mission

Urban Repair Squad | Toronto

To encourage bicycling as an antidote to the poison that is car culture.

To actively construct a positive future of what urban transportation could be by installing it NOW.

To encourage citizens to reclaim ownership and stewardship of their urban space.

To employ the concept of Critical Mass; encouraging cyclists to bond together and more safely take back their rightful place on the public roadways.

Your city is broken. Don't wait for the bureaucrats to fix it.

DO IT YOURSELF.

Giovanna Borasi, Curator | Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal

"Toronto's Urban Repair Squad heard people asking for a bicycle path [and] city hall was taking a long time. So in a way they were carrying out an official function."
(National Post, Dec. 18, 2008)

Urban Repair Squads International

  • Toronto
  • Toronto Bloor
  • Roadsworth/Montreal
  • Bloor West (South Side) 2006
  • Montreal (1994)
  • Toronto/Longboarders
  • Victoria, BC
  • Ottawa
  • Halifax
  • Bike Summer SF 1999
  • Boston
  • Los Angeles (2)
  • New Orleans
  • Baltimore
  • Memphis
  • Oakland
  • Seattle
  • Bogota 2014
  • Anchorage, Alaska (US)
  • Padova (Italy)
  • Traverse City, MI (US)
  • New York
  • New York - Manhatten
  • San Francisco - Oak Street
  • Pittsburgh
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • Brooklyn NY (2009)
  • Seattle
  • Missoula (MT)
  • Santa Cruz
  • Mexico City D.F.
  • Guadalajara (Mexico))
  • Medellin, Colombia
  • Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • London (UK)
  • Hannover, Germany
  • Rome
  • Zaragoza
  • Madrid
  • Cordoba, Spain
  • Barcelona (1983)
  • Paris
  • Toulon
  • Marseille
  • Lyon, France
  • Dijon, France
  • Toulouse (France)
  • Riga, Latvia
  • Bucharest (Romania)
  • Utrecht (Netherlands)
  • Bogota
  • Fortaleza, Brasil
  • Pelotas (Brasil)
  • Sao Paulo
  • Recife
  • Belem (Brasil)
  • Curitiba
  • Sydney
  • Istanbul
  • Guadalajara (2013)
  • Warsaw

Toronto Urban Repair Locations

Kensington Market (2016)
Bloor Street West
Spadina to Bathurst (Twice)
Ossington to Dufferin
Dundas Street West to
Ossington to Bathurst
Queen Street West
Bathurst to Trinity Bellwoods Park
Hallam Sharrows on Google Streetview
Dufferin to Ossington (both sides)
Bathurst & Harbord Bike Boxes
Bloor & Spadina Piazza with Fountain
Crawford Street (Crosswalk Art)
Harbord & Other Locations(Pothole Signage)
Harbord Street Missing Bike Lane Stencil
Two-Way Sharrows ('Wrong way on a one way')
Giant SLOW Stencil (Pottery Road)
Lego Separated Bike Lane
Total:
1 km (2006) Rush Hour Bike Lanes
3,4 kms (2007) Rush Hour Bike Lanes
1,6 km (2008) Sharrows
Two Bike Boxes (2008)
One Piazza (2008)
TTC Bike-friendly Signage (2009)
City of Toronto Corporate Logo Redesign (2009)
Crawford Street Crossing (2009)
Downtown Toronto Pothole Stencils (2010)
Harbord Gap Stencil/Poster
Lego Bike Lane

Mayor Exhibitions

Toronto Free Gallery
Canadian Centre For Architecture, Montreal
Graham Foundation, Chicago
CMAV, Toulouse
SPUR, San Francisco
Int'l Architecture Biennale di Venezia
Sao Paulo 2013

Bloor Street West | Toronto

Urban Repair Squad Installations


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  • Note: Articles in magazines are subject to change
  • Outside Magzine
  • SPUR Urban Center (SF)
  • CMAV Toulouse France
  • The Harbord Gap (Torontoist)
  • Dandyhorse Magazine Spring/Summer 2010
  • Filmed By Bike 2010 (Portland, OR)
  • CCA - Actions | Chicago Oct. 16
  • Montreal Bicycle Film Festival
  • Le Devoir - July 4
  • National Post Article
  • Bicycling Magazine (July 2009)
  • Parkdale Film Video Showcase June 27
  • NYC Bicycle Film Festival 2009
  • Contacting Toronto May 26 (TTC)
  • Toronto Cycling Podcast
  • CCA Exhibition - Montreal
  • Good Magazine #13

Awards & Kudos

Collaction

Art of the Prank

Lowe Counsel

Spacing Magazine
Torontoist/BlogTO/NOW (Oct 2011)
Bicycling Magazine
World Carfree Network Bulletin
Sustainable Cities
The City Fix
Where is my Bike Lane (German)
Greenpeace Magazine (German)
GOOD Online
BlogTO
l'Express
Treehugger
Arkinet (Spanish)
GOOD Magazine
Wooster Collective
Torontoist (March 2010)
Time Out (Chicago) ****/5
You Are The Engine Blog
AV Club New York
Fast Company Blog
Direct Action Blog
Price Tags Blog (Vancouver)
Torontoist 2009
eriepressible Blog
Leah Sandals Art Blog
BikeCommuters.com
Pop Up City
The Practical Cyclist
Bike Commuters Blog
Tom Vanderbilt
Torontoist (January 2009)
Voir Magazine ****1/2 (out of 5)
Trek Bikes Blog
Astoria NY Bike Blog
2007 Best Toronto Activist Group (NOW)
Tooker Bike Lane Appears in the Annex (BlogTO)
Toronto Star Article June 2007
Spacing Wire - Pretty in Pink
Canadian Design Resource Gallery
Stumble Upon
Torontoist (August 2008)

More Articles & Photos

  • Archdaily (Brasil)
  • ESPN Brasil
  • Cycling in Russia
  • La ville resillente
  • Wiki-Ciudad (Spanish)
  • An-Architecture
  • Urbanismo (Portuguese)
  • Torontoist
  • Urbanophil (German)
  • L'Express (French)
  • The City Fix Blog
  • The Green Lantern Blog
  • Pro Bike Guerrilla Artists
  • Landscape Innovation
  • A Stencil Saved My Life (Think Demux)
  • Direct Action Station
  • Raise the Hammer
  • Sustainable Cities
  • Christopher Hume (Toronto Star)
  • Frozen Mammoth Blog
  • Yes, Men Bike Path Expansion Spoof
  • Washinton DC Cycling Blog
  • Canadian Art - Actions
  • National Post - Leah Sandals
  • Designboom
  • Electic
  • Commuter Culture Magazine
  • Bike Off!
  • Street Fighters/Dandyhorse (Sarah Efron)
  • Reclaim Land Blog (Singapore)
  • Design Public | Fresh New Design Blog
  • Hatch: The Design Public
  • Boing Boing (August 14th/2008)
  • Torontoist - Possibilities
  • Bike Blog Columbus Ohio (US)
  • BlogTO - June 2007
  • Dale Duncan - Blowing Off Bike Lanes
  • Environmentally Concerned Individual
  • Four Corners /Responsible Living
  • Freedom Lane (Bloor Street)
  • Get Outdoors!
  • Ideal City
  • Photo by Gabi (Bloor)
  • Photo by MDToronto (Bloor)
  • Photo by Richelle Forsey (Bloor)
  • Photo by Tannie Annie (Queen West)
  • They Ride Ride Ride on Bloor (2006)
  • Torontoist - Bay Bloor Bike Lane Spoof
  • Streetsblog (NYC)
  • Treehugger
  • Tzero Blog
  • The Express Way - The Otter

Essays

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