@UPS_Canada We'd like to take this opportunity to remind all road users that it's never okay to park, stand, or stop in the bike lanes - not only does it cause congestion - it creates an extremely unsafe obstacle for all road users.  @ups_canada, please educate your drivers. (2/2)

Bike lanes aren't delivery parking spaces! This @UPS_Canada driver parked in the Bloor bike lane (July 17) to make a delivery to one of our businesses. When asked to move his vehicle to a safe location by both BIA staff & the recipient, he was rude and dismissive. (1 of 2)

Thanks to ⁦@BloorAnnexBIA⁩ we have beautiful trees. A godsend on scorching hot days. #biketo

Thursday's here, and so is the long weekend BUT REMEMBER TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS! #Toronto #Unirose #CityOfTO #torontoontario #ConnectedCommunity #spring #springspectacular #christiepits #TOpoli #exploreannex @blogTO @BloorAnnexBIA #explorebloorannex #Bloorcourt #BYTime

Welcome to the neighbourhood! Simit-Chi Turkish coffee shop and home-made pastry delights on Bloor Street in the Annex. ⁦@BloorAnnexBIA⁩

SAVE THE DATE! SPRING SPECTACULAR is coming to Christie Pits Park Sunday, May 18th🎵🌭🥤🧢🍔 Stay tuned! #Toronto #Unirose #CityOfTO #torontoontario #ConnectedCommunity #spring #springspectacular #christiepits #TOpoli #exploreannex @blogTO @BloorAnnexBIA #explorebloorannex

@GoodRoads @BloorAnnexBIA The Bloor Annex BIA in partnership with the city commissioned a study to investigate the economic impacts of bike lanes and traffic patterns. Customers to the businesses along the Annex went up, and the amount they spent went up. Conflicts between all road users decreased by

@marymargaretbey @AislinnClancyKC @LaurieScottPC @JoelHardenONDP @PrabSarkaria @AMOPolicy Brian Burchell of the @BloorAnnexBIA repeats what he's been saying the whole time — after bike lanes were put in, spending went up and road conflicts went down. "We’re not a freeway, but a village," he said.

When we proposed the Bloor Bike lane pilot, we also proposed a rigorous third-party economic study. It was done and found a financial benefit to local businesses, on top of the significant safety improvements to ALL road users with minimal delays.

Annex businesses tell the Ford government to back off the Bloor St. bike lanes. Why they say removing them would be disastrous for the neighborhood ⁦@CityNewsTO⁩ #ONpoli

We lovingly maintain these trees so that when they're fully grown, we'll have a continuous canopy over the entire st. - which you can see starting to happen. We're dedicated to complete streets that welcome pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers - it's just good for business. (2/2)

The Bloor Annex BIA is passionate about building a vibrant main street where people are welcome to shop. A big part of that included removing cement tree boxes & installing 40 street trees in their place. The sidewalks now have more space for pedestrians of all abilities (1/2)

Bike Lanes are good for Business, says Businesses

"All of the evidence we’re seeing tells a very compelling story – bike lanes are good for business, they improve safety for all road users, and reduce congestion." Businesses on Bloor Street @BloorAnnexBIA , where @fordnation wants to eliminate bike lanes.

Inbox: Group rep'ing merchants in the Bloor-Annex corridor tell @fordnation that bike lanes help businesses: “Are we building highways or are we building main streets? Because highways don’t encourage main street economic activity.”

replacing cement tree boxes with 40 street trees; supporting installation of bike lanes; adding 300 bicycle parking spaces. Bloor in the Annex is a thriving main street -of which bike lanes are an essential part - removing the bike lanes would be an extreme step backwards. (2/2)

Since 2014, the Bloor Annex BIA has embarked on and implemented an ambitious plan to support turning the area into a vibrant, green, and welcoming business district.  This plan included creating and enhancing public spaces like building award-winning parkettes, (1/2)

Ontario Premier promises to take bike lanes off Bloor. Inbox, BIA repping 270 businesses there says they: "a firm believer in the actual evidence that concludes that bike lanes on Bloor Street are good for business, improve safety for all road users, and reduce congestion"

@moore_oliver Thank you to the @BloorAnnexBIA for coming out and saying this. Being able to ride my bike safely has meant that I can see the cool stuff going on and potentially stop. That didn't happen when I was mostly on the subway.

Wheeling through Toronto: A History of the Bicycle & Its Riders. Available wherever fine books ... and fine bikes are sold. #biketo @CurbsideBikes