“In the construction of streets hereafter the Council should pay special attention to the needs of those who ride bicycles. A part of each street should be paved with the most suitable material for them. In addition to this, strips on a large number of streets in different parts of the city, where asphalt or brick does not now exist, should be put in first-class shape for bicycle riders. We must remember the fact that the traffic upon the streets is changing rapidly, both because of the electric service and because of the introduction of bicycles, and parts of the streets hereafter should be graded and paved with special reference to the comfort of those using wheels.”
Archival material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and thoughts on Toronto and its waterfront. Undressed, in this case, refers to the bathers who frequented the city's waterfront and rivers in the nineteenth century and more broadly to the city of Toronto itself. My interest is in studying this undressed state of the city and its people and seeing how it changed in the twentieth century.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Bicycle lanes in Toronto in 1896
From the Mayor's inaugural address 1896:
“In the construction of streets hereafter the Council should pay special attention to the needs of those who ride bicycles. A part of each street should be paved with the most suitable material for them. In addition to this, strips on a large number of streets in different parts of the city, where asphalt or brick does not now exist, should be put in first-class shape for bicycle riders. We must remember the fact that the traffic upon the streets is changing rapidly, both because of the electric service and because of the introduction of bicycles, and parts of the streets hereafter should be graded and paved with special reference to the comfort of those using wheels.”
“In the construction of streets hereafter the Council should pay special attention to the needs of those who ride bicycles. A part of each street should be paved with the most suitable material for them. In addition to this, strips on a large number of streets in different parts of the city, where asphalt or brick does not now exist, should be put in first-class shape for bicycle riders. We must remember the fact that the traffic upon the streets is changing rapidly, both because of the electric service and because of the introduction of bicycles, and parts of the streets hereafter should be graded and paved with special reference to the comfort of those using wheels.”
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