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It’s been a rough road. A decade after the city promised to complete the bike lane network by 2012, cyclists are still bringing up the rear – and eating curb, for that matter – on our roads. We don’t want to let the air out of the tires just yet, but the city’s going to have to saddle up and start tradin’ some serious paint if we’re going to meet our goal.
467 kilometres Bike lanes the city promised to build by 2012
69 kilometres Bike lanes built so far
75 kilometres What the city would have to add each year for the next five years to meet its target
2.7 kilometres Bike lanes actually added to the network last year
$66.8 million Amount committed over 10 years to building the bike network
5.5 kilometres Length of pathways that can be constructed with funding so far allocated over the next four years
$12.5 million Amount promised Bike Plan infrastructure funding has been shortchanged over the last five years
$400,000 Amount in the 2008 budget for bikeway network expansion
$280,000 Amount the city spent on bike promotion, safety and education programs in 2007 – half of the $560,000 activists says is needed
$200,000 Amount cut in 2007 from the parks bikeway expansion budget
$20,000 Estimated cost to build 1 kilometre of bike lane when the Bike Plan was adopted in 2001
$4.86 million Amount budgeted over the next five years for park trail upgrades and repairs
9 Number of the 90 proposed trails in the bikeway network that can be upgraded with money budgeted over the next five years
$1 billion Amount a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle emissions will save in health care costs per year
