Urban Repair Squad Video at the Bicycle Film Festival in NYC

Screening will be on Sunday June 21. BFF Program listing online


Graphic via apocalipsemotorizado

"Look what I found ..."

Photo by V.G.

Roadsworth > HotDocs in Toronto

Roadsworth Interview by Adam Bemma (NFB)

The Easter Present

by URBANREPAIRS

À bicyclette - Laurent Voulzy
Quand on partait de bon matin, quand on partait sur les chemins, À bicyclette

Nous étions quelques bons copains, y'avait Fernand, y'avait Firmin. Y'avait Francis et Sébastien et puis Paulette. On était tous amoureux d'elle, on se sentait pousser des ailes. À bicyclette, sur les petits chemins de terre, on a souvent vécu l'enfer Pour ne pas mettre pied à terre devant Paulette.

Faut dire qu'elle y mettait du coeur, c'était la fille du facteur,

À bicyclette
Et depuis qu'elle avait huit ans, elle avait fait en le suivant. Tous les chemins environnants à bicyclette Quand on approchait la rivière, on déposait dans les fougères, Nos bicyclettes, et on se roulait dans les champs, faisant naître un bouquet changeant, de sauterelles, de papillons et de rainettes.

Quand le soleil à l'horizon profilait sur tous les buissons nos silhouettes. On revenait fourbus, contents, le coeur un peu vague pourtant. De n'être pas un seul instant avec Paulette. Prendre furtivement sa main, oublier un peu les copains, la bicyclette. On se disait "C'est pour demain, j'oserai, j'oserai demain. Quand on ira sur les chemins, à bicyclette"

Happy Easter from URS!

Before




Article about the action on the Torontoist

Hallam Sharrows - One Year Anniversary

A year ago, Urban Repair Squad painted the 800 meters of sharrows on both sides of Hallam Street which the City of Toronto had promised to install (see page 4 of the report). But never did. According to what I heard, it took a mere 2 hours to paint the sharrows on both sides and a year later they are still there today.  Nice work! On personal note, I have spoken with several cyclists and parents in the area and overall they love the sharrows ... perhaps a bike lane next?

Yes, please!

TTC Adopts New Stickers by URS

No Bicycles signage (before) - Welcoming Sticker for Cyclists by Urban Repair Squad (after)

Over 60 days after the TTC's unfriendly bicycle signage was replaced by the new, more welcoming stickers, the TTC has yet to remove from the over 60 stations where they were installed. It appears the TTC has embraced the new, more positive signage. A welcome change and even better all free of charge. "We fix, no charge." It is important to note that the TTC was asked to replace the old signage in 2002 but chose not to do so with the usual excuses...

Update: As of April 29th - Yup, still there.

New Bike Lane 1,2,3

Big Stripe + Bike Stencil = Bike Lane

In front of City Hall in San Fran

Source

The Better Way To Paint

A previously painted over Urban Repair Squad stencil re-emerged this week just west of Harbord and Bathurst. The city really oughta use better paint.

Photo by Anonymous.

Sticker Campaign Success

Ten days after the first stickers appeared outside and inside most TTC subway stations, they are still there. And it looks like all of them.

" ... To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
-R. Buckminster Fuller

You can listen to Scott Ossington's fine new cycling podcast to find out more ...

With Love From London

Read on

New TTC Bike Signage / January 2009

Before and after...



NOW Article

Torontoist Article

Take Your Space, The City Also Belongs To You

Image via Raquel Morrison on Flickr

Bike Boxes (excerpt from the URS manual)

Urban Repair Squad at the CCA in Montreal

Actions: What You Can Do With the City, installation view at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal ©CCA. Photo Michel Legendre

Urban Repair Marseille-style

Source

Stencil By Kelsey Carriere

Maybe how it all started.

99 Actions - New Website | Canadian Centre For Architecture

99 Actions
Website (CCA)