u/ABetterRichmondHill

Strong Towns Richmond Hill is excited to host a FREE Community Bike Repair & Skills Workshop for Richmond Hill residents on Sunday, July 26 and Saturday, August 15!

Get ready to roll with our hands-on bike repair and skills workshop in Richmond Hill! This in-person event is perfect for anyone wanting to learn how to fix their ride and gain the knowledge and confidence needed to use cycling as a reliable, healthy, and enjoyable form of transportation and recreation.

This event is sponsored through a partnership between Family Services York Region, South-Central Richmond Hill Community Action Table (SCRHCAT), and United Way Greater Toronto.

Register before all spots are taken:

July: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/richmond-hill-bicycle-repair-and-skills-workshop-tickets-1993956012108

August: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1994312133276?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join STRH to make Richmond Hill a city that works for everyone: https://discord.gg/uwfbtqWpJP

Oak Ridges is mostly cut off from the rest of Richmond Hill when relying on safe bicycle infrastructure. After scouring the map for possible routes (since none of the route planners could find a safe route automatically), I finally found this trail.

To better help other people find this route, I have updated some data in Open Street Maps (OSM), and it seems like my route planner, Komoot, is now able to detect it.

You can go to Bayview Ave/Stouffville Rd to get to this trail using the sidewalk if you prefer not to ride in general traffic lanes even for just a moment.

Definitely not ideal as this trail is probably not maintained in the winter and bicycle traffic is forced to stick to Bayview, making it inconvenient if you need to get to a destination along Yonge St, but much nicer than taking the lane on a stroad.

I was stopped at Keele and King at 45:28pm today and had a crash happen right in front of me. [EDIT: not sure why my dashcam said 4:28, it was actually 5:28pm.

I waived over one of them to exchange information because I knew my dash cam would capture the whole thing. It wasn’t until after viewing the footage did I realize the red car ran the red light and I didn’t give the footage to the driver that needed it!

If you’re the silver car driver and you see this, reach out.

[UPDATE] thanks to this group, I finally got an email to the officer from the non-emergency line. I’ve sent an email to him/her and hopeful the video will be in the right hands.

[UPDATE 2] video has been uploaded to a YRP portal. Thanks everyone.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P-KRBZ5RZWAPO5teK9zH0UdAd0TZaYF4q5riy-GcaSg/edit?usp=sharing

If you'd like to join us, please feel free to stop by the Cultural Centre at 10184 Yonge St in the 1st floor board room

You can also join us on our Discord to stay up to date on what we're up to and RSVP in #meetings to make sure we have seats for everyone:

https://discord.gg/uwfbtqWpJP

Strong Towns Richmond Hill is hosting a series of community events discussing the future of our neighbourhoods from a transportation prespective. Our first discussion will focus on the Oak Ridges area, but the concepts can be applied to the rest of the city. Let us know if you are interested!

• Safer streets
• Quieter neighbourhoods
• More mobility options
• Better road maintenance
• More parks and gathering places for your family
• More independence for your children
• Lower taxes
• Less crime
• Restoring our "village charm"

https://forms.gle/cQTVwhJJKVCjEqCKA

Looks like the sedan T boned a viva bus. Drove there at around 830pm on May 12.

This is my nomination for the worst bus stop in York Region

Yonge St / Townwood Dr in Richmond Hill

Stop ID: 2494

Enjoy the sounds and thrill of standing on the shoulder of a road with 2 lanes of 60-80 km/h traffic right beside you, a lamp post for shade, the benefits of standing instead of sitting (a silent killer), while training your patience since the express buses will skip past you here.

Come join our new YRT/Viva advocacy group Strong Towns York Region to start to fix nonsense like this:

https://discord.gg/KsK6QFjw5e