Junction Triangle

At the start of the Railpath parade, heading north from Wallace Ave.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-20. A complete gallery of photos from this event are on Vic's Website.

Other discussions of the Railpath opening parade are on the I Bike TO website.

At the start of the Railpath parade, heading north from Wallace Ave.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-20. A complete gallery of photos from this event are on Vic's Website.

Other discussions of the Railpath opening parade are on the I Bike TO website.

Cyclists, walkers, and other neighbours gathered at the Wallace Ave. entrance to the soon-to-be-finished West Toronto Railpath. Mike Foderick and Netami Stuart of the Friends of the West Toronto Railpath welcomed everyone to the event. The "parade" was a celebration of the path's completion this year, and was part of the City of Toronto's "Bike Month" festivities.

Cyclists, walkers, and other neighbours gathered at the Wallace Ave. entrance to the soon-to-be-finished West Toronto Railpath. The "parade" was a celebration of the path's completion this year, and was part of the City of Toronto's "Bike Month" festivities.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-20. A complete gallery of photos from this event are on Vic's Website.

On June 6th 2009, local restaurant Yasi's Place hosted their annual outdoor "bike-in" movie night. This event takes place as part of the City of Toronto's Bike Month, bringing out local residents and cyclists from all over the city to watch outdoor films at the corner of Wallace and Campbell.

Local cycling movie collector Martin Reis emceed the evening, introducing a selection of fun short films, followed by a kid-friendly feature-length movie. Yasi's Place provided free popcorn, plus other movie concession snacks (candy, ice cream, drinks, etc.) delivered right to the seats!

It was a great night out. Can't wait until next year.

Local resident Martin Reis emceed this year's annual outdoor "bike-in" movie night at Yasi's Place.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-06.

Many cyclists from near and far showed up for the annual outdoor "bike-in" movie night at Yasi's Place.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-06.

Many neighbours and other Torontonians from all over the City gathered at Yasi's Place for the annual outdoor "Bike-In" Movie Night.

Photo by Vic Gedris, 2009-06-06.

Poster for the June 20 2009 Railpath parade.

Jack Lakey, writer of the Toronto Star's "Fixer" column reported today on a dangerous pair of sewer grates on Dupont St., north side between Edwin Ave. and Osler Ave. (map).

"Pietro Taleporos emailed us photos of a sunken storm-sewer grate on the north side of Dupont, just west of Edwin Ave., with a utility cover next to it that caught the wheel of his 14-year-old son's bicycle and sent him sprawling."

Also, according to the article, "a small cone and a much larger, orange-and-black traffic pylon were placed over the rough patch", although this was definitely not the case when I rode by at about 8:40 this morning.

You can view the original article on The Star's website here.

This is definitely a dangerous situation for any cyclist who does not see this chewed up section of road in time to ride around it. Let's hope the City fixes this soon.

This section of Dupont St., between Dundas and Lansdowne, is also scheduled to have bicycle lanes installed, possibly sometime this summer. This will connect to the Annette St. bike lanes, and the West Toronto Rail Path. It will be even more critical to have this fixed before then, as the bicycle traffic will likely increase, while cyclists will be directed to ride right through the roughed-up curbside pavement.

A version of this article has been cross-posted to I Bike T.O.