Bike Lane Monitor: Sep 9 2000

ARC Bike Lane Monitor
Toronto cyclists standing together.
legal defence, direct action, lobbying, education

College St.: Lippincott to Bathurst St. (South Side)
Sep 30 2000 - 13:00 to 14:00

Summary:

Q: How many seconds can you stop in this location before a cyclist is endangered?
A: 12

The duration of the monitor session was 1 hour (3600 seconds).
Total vehicles observed in bike lane: 18
Number of cyclists were forced into mixed traffic lane or onto sidewalk because of illegally parked/stopped vehicles: 227
Bike Lane Violation Rate ((Total Duration of Bike Lane Violations/Duration of Monitor Session)/100): 204%
Average infraction duration = 407 seconds

Comments	Duration(Seconds)	Bikes Passing	Seconds per bike
green van	35	9	3
grey van	270	10	27
Volvo	3600	95	37
blue (bank)	159	6	26
taxi drop	17	1	17
grey Chev (bank)	168	5	33
black pickup	11	0	11
black SUV (bank)	152	9	16
wagon (bank)	206	11	18
red van	247	4	61
grey Pontiac	378	15	25
taxi drop	13	0	13
Toyota (bank)	45	0	45
black Honda (bank)*	664	20	33
Sunbird	863	21	41
grey (bank)*	395	13	30
Sunfire (bank)*	90	4	22
grey (bank)*	14	4	3
TOTALS	2776	227	12