On Wednesday Sept. 20th the TTC will consider the results of the Bike Racks on Busses project. A project report has been completed which you can see at the following link. Bicycle Racks on TTC Busses - Pilot Project. The report was quite positive in whole. The racks were well received by customers, they caused no delay in schedules and there was some data collected that indicated the bike racks attracted new riders to the TTC. The one negative in the report was that it stated use was low. For a fledgling program that is only starting on a few routes this is not surprising. However this one fact seemed to be the only basis that the final recommendation was made which was "The data on usage of the racks does not provide clear justification for expansion of the installation of bike racks on buses at the TTC.".

The TTC commissioners will decide whether to accept the recommendation or to look at the whole report and support the continuation of the project. Councillor Giambrone has said that he supports continuing the project. You can add your support by contacting the Secretary of the committee with an e-mail supporting the project. You can contact them at gso@ttc.ca. You can also contact the Councillors on the TTC. I have included their contact information below.

Every other major transit system in North America has bike racks on their busses. It is time the TTC catch up and start implementing them on a fleet wide basis.