Metrolinx to Fund Cycling Transit Infrastructure

By: RTH Staff
Published: 2008/04/03 (Category: Transportation)

Regional transit coordinator Metrolinx has just announced $190,000 in funding for bike racks on buses and secure bicycle lockers near municipal and regional transit stations.

The idea, according to city alternative transportation manager Daryl Bender in a press release by the mayor's office, is to "make multi-modal trips more convenient" by more closely integrating cycling and transit infrastructure.

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By jacksquat
Posted 4/3/2008 1:20:03 PM

Brutal how the provincial transit authority is better for Hamilton's transit than Hamilton...

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By Frank
Posted 4/8/2008 3:03:42 PM

Now all we have to think about is something like velo-city. That'd be seriously cool!

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