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A Kingston city councillor has been identified as the man who police said blocked a Kingston Transit bus using his bicycle and child in June.

Kingston Police confirmed Friday that Peter Stroud had been given an Aug. 15 court date to face charges of causing a disturbance and obstructing property under $5,000. The charges have not been proven in court.

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“I have no further comment at this time,” Sydenham District Coun. Stroud wrote in an email to the Kingston Whig-Standard when asked about the incident.

Stroud, a vocal proponent of active transportation and in his second term as councillor, asked to not be contacted again about the matter until it was settled in court.

The charges stem from an incident on June 23. Police reported in a news release on July 11 that a bus was in the area of Brock and Alfred streets when its driver saw a man on a bicycle trying to flag her down. The driver had already merged back into traffic and could not safely pull back over to pick up the man, police said.