UBGH Results

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UBGH Results: May 1997

During ARC's Bike Week event--the Ultimate Big Game Hunt--which took place between 9 am Monday May 26 and 8 pm Tuesday May 27, 1997, 16 teams of cyclists documented (with photo evidence) 249 different vehicles parked in the Toronto bike lanes. Fed Ex wins the booby prize for the courier company with most documented infractions. Here is the breakdown by type of vehicle:

Large trucks 27
Jeeps 5
Cars 89
Film vehicles 11
Courier vans 20 (Fed Ex 7, Purolator 6, UPS 4, Express Airborne 1, Sameday 1, DHC 1)
Small trucks/vans 43
Metro works vehicles 5
School buses 7
Brinks trucks 2
Cop cars 6
Taxis 18
Canada Post/Priority post 6
Tour buses 3
TTC Wheel Trans 1
Bell Canada 2
Flatbeds 2
Bobcat 1
Chipper 1

Total - 249 vehicles

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