The numbers are in: ridership has skyrocketed on Bloor.

With nearly one million cyclists counted riding on the Bloor bike lanes between Avenue Rd. and Shaw St., this 2.4km stretch is one of the busiest cycling routes on the continent.

The numbers we’re seeing on Bloor St are even more impressive when you consider that it remains disconnected, linking to only two continuous north-south routes (Shaw and St. George - neither of which are protected facilities). If one segment on its own can lead to substantial increases in ridership, imagine what a westward extension, and eventually a city-wide grid, could achieve.

Let's keep up the momentum and extend the bike lanes westward from Shaw St. to Runnymede. by 2020.

Toronto City Council: We, the undersigned, support extending the Bloor Street bike lanes west from Shaw St. to Runnymede.