Pretty Ironic. PG streets and the yahoo drivers are not conducive to safe bicycling, however there are some cyclists out there who do not obey the rules of the road! No wonder I see so many of them on the sidewalks.

That's too bad. I am participating in this great event, and I hope that person is ok.

Both drivers and cyclists (myself included) need to learn how to share the road. Wish it was possible for more people to cycle to work. It reduces our use of fossil fuels and it is good for your ticker.

Just ware a helmet and obey the rules of the road and people shouldn't have any problems

I can't understand why they would have this thing set up where it is because you can't go up 5th avenue on a bicycle anyway. It should be on the parking lot at 97.3 radio.

Absolutely, wear your bike helmet. BIG does not need more clients. Be safe out there.

I kind of have to agree, that the location is not a good idea, since 5th avenue does not allow for bicycles. I think the Mayor's office kind of blew that one

good thing there was a church there. God was watching!...or not...

Or not, its not a church. Its a First Aid School.

With all the damaged roads from winter, you cannot count on bicyclists to be able to stay to the edge of the road and you cannot count on cars to stay in the middle of their lane. People need to avoid road hazards.

Compound that with cell phones, coffees, distractions, common lack of attention and roads that are totally not conducive to safe biking and you have a clear cut case of what's good for Vicky isn't necessarily the best plan for the other 98% of the Province.

This accident was probably predictable. I agree that it is not the best location, considering that 5th is off limits for bikers, and the access to and from 3rd Avenue is not very safe.

Having said that the whole concept is somewhat bogus. At best you might reduce some carbon levels for the week, but that is about it. Any savings in the burning of fossil fuels, will be burned somewhere else by someone else. The idea that by saving fuel, and hydro, you are somehow saving the plantet is bogus. Every litre of fuel you save,will be burned by someone else, and every watt of electricity will be used by someone else.

When you have a global shortage of fuel and electricity, you cannot save anything.

With all the huge potholes out there I would use extreme caution trying to share the road with vehicles right now. I drive an SUV and get tossed about hitting some of the larger potholes. I try to avoid them when I can but sometimes there are too many to avoid. I can't imagine what it's like in a small car. I think Mr Rogers would be further ahead getting some of the main commuter roads fixed before he encourages bikes to share them with the motoring public.

It is unfortuneate that there was an accident this morning near the Monday location of the "Bike to Work "Celebration Station.

Some people seem to think the location was a poor choice.

The location is on the city sanctioned and promoted cycling route on 3rd avenue. The cycling route follows 3rd avenue from east central to downtown, continuing along 3rd avenue, past the Dairy Queen on 3rd avenue, to 3rd and Victoria.

This is not 5th avenue.....

ya Norm1 but the tents are on 5th...enough said..sorry about the church comment...forgot it was a first aid school. Good thing it was a first aid school...

There was another crash this morning on Simon Fraser -- a busy road with very little room to move about at school times. The cyclist appeared to be ok, thankfully, and was being cared for.

I agree, with potholes as they are, cars are not the only danger to cyclists. Add in a gravelly, slippery road side, and it's a scary place out there. Be safe, cyclists!

Maybe next year Dan will adopt a Mountain bike week because of the potholes.

OH, he'll probaby just want to make a study out of it.

feel bad for the cyclist, hopefully on the mend...maybe tried to avoid all the gravel that is yet to be swept up adjacent to the street curbs on many streets all over town.
City has a policy of alternating street sweeping, ie different neighbourhoods each year so this year, they were sweeping streets in College Heights and Hart Highway where there still was tons of snow while the streets in neighbourhoods adjacent to downtown were already bare of ice and snow and STILL HAVE TO BE SWEPT UNLESS WE CALL AND COMPLAIN AND THEN THEY COME OUT AND DO "only" THE STREET WE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT AND not THE REST OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ALL IN ONE GO...HOW EFFICIENT IS that??????? So who wants to bike downtown?

OK all-knowing, all-seeing, Omnipotent one Papalou.

What can we do then?

Well that sucks. PG doesn't seem like the best fit city for biking to work...kudos to all the people who try anyways.
Unfortunately I work 30 kms away from my house, in an industrial site, down a road that gets questionable in a car let alone on a bicycle, so I'll be driving. I promise to watch out for all you other bikers though!