Bloor Street West Bike Lane Leads Way for National Active Transportation Strategy

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment advocates for a National Active Transportation Strategy to reduce healthcare costs and climate impacts, citing a Toronto pilot project where a bike lane increased cycling by 49% and reduced vehicle/cyclist conflicts by 61%.

• The pilot bike lane on Bloor Street from Shaw Street to Avenue Road resulted in a 49% increase in weekday cycling, rising from 3,300 to 5,220 cyclists, and a 61% reduction in vehicle/cyclist conflicts.
• Evaluation studies of the Bloor West Bike Lane indicated that driving times during peak periods increased by only 2 to 4 minutes, and local businesses saw an increase in customer spending.
• The author asserts that bike lanes provide significant health and environmental benefits, including the reduction of chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, while emitting no greenhouse gases or air pollutants.
• The document proposes a National Active Transportation Strategy featuring targets, design criteria, and policies to address the high cost of chronic diseases in Canada and to support municipal efforts to install bike lanes.

APA

Perrotta, K. (2017). Bloor Street West Bike Lane Leads Way for National Active Transportation Strategy. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/bloor-street-west-bike-lane-leads-way-for-national-active-transportation-strategy/

Chicago

Perrotta, Kim. Bloor Street West Bike Lane Leads Way for National Active Transportation Strategy. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2017. https://cape.ca/bloor-street-west-bike-lane-leads-way-for-national-active-transportation-strategy/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{perrotta2017bloor, author = {Perrotta, Kim}, title = {{Bloor Street West Bike Lane Leads Way for National Active Transportation Strategy}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2017}, month = oct, url = {https://cape.ca/bloor-street-west-bike-lane-leads-way-for-national-active-transportation-strategy/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }