U.R.S. paints up Queen West

North and south side between Bathurst to Trinity Bellwoods Park more or less.
Nice work.

Exclusive: Official Urban Repair Squad Strikes Again! "We Hear City Is Broke, We Fix, No Charge!"

Looks like Ossington and Dundas is worth checking out on your bike.

Read the communique.
Too funny. Ride on.

Text of the hand-written communique received in my mailbox yesterday together with a CD containing the image posted:
"Hallo from Official Urban Repair Squad.
Our agents inform us that your city is too busy patting itself on back-side about Bike Plan 2001 that they don't bother putting up any bike lane. We come to make roads safe so citizens of Toronto leave car at home and ride bicycle to work making for cleaner air and more friendly city. For to make rush-hour traffic more safely for the bicycle riders we have create a special lane. The "Rush Hour Bike Lane" no hurt business, no loose parking and no need for expensive designer to paint line on road.

Rush Hour Bike Lane is CHEAP CHEAP. Can be done OVERNIGHT.
Then you will see. Less cars. More Bikes. CLEANER CITY.
We hear city is broke. We fix, No charge.

oxox 'Official' Urban Repair Squad"

O.U.R.S - Ossington to Bathurst (South Side)

Erased Bike Stencils on Bloor (Photo Essay)

This is a photo essay to document the remnants of the bike lane stencils painted on May 30th by the Other Urban Repair Squad.

Bike Lane Guerillas Article (Star)

Article

Fun read.

The Pink Bike Lane (more photos)

Brought to you by the Other Urban Repair Squad.

Pretty in Pink (Toronto's Newest Bike Lane)

Painted by the "Other" Urban Repair Squad (O.U.R.S.) in Easy-Off paint.

North side Ossington all the way to Dufferin.
Happy Trails!

Bloor Bike Lane partially removed!

P1020164, originally uploaded by Martinho.

P1020165, originally uploaded by Martinho.

Bloor and Walmer.

Unofficial Bike Week Events: A New Bike Lane on Bloor

Stretches all the way from Spadina to Bathurst (North Side). Nice and wide too.
Read the cool article on BlogTO today.

Brought to you by the Urban Repair Squad.

Mass hysteria on Bloor

Well it seems that cyclists will be added to the list of people seeking help in our story below. We have fielded many questions from the media about who painted bike lanes on Bloor and who would have the audacity to do something like that. Apparently some cyclists are upset that the new bike lanes will confuse drivers/cyclists and that cars are parking in the lanes willy nilly. Well the latter just means they are like any other bike lane in Toronto. We at Bike Lane Diary believe that cyclists have a little more sense than to be confused by a few squiggly lines. There are reports though that more than a few drivers have claimed that the lines contain subliminal messages that encourage them to do violent acts to fire hydrants while dressed as a clown.

Maybe it is time that we all take a moment and have a beer while we down our meds.