No funding for two programs that help at risk groups at Jane and Finch and now no funding for a program that should be part of Comrade Miller's Green Plan but millions for renos to Comrade Miller's offices, to pay for coffee, etc.
Toronto BikeShare program kaput
City says funds are unavailable to save program that lent bicycles to city dwellers
April 10, 2007
matthew chung
staff reporter
A local bike-sharing program is riding off into the sunset and the city won't be coming to its rescue.
Magosha Pyjor, who ran the bike-lending program recognizable for its yellow bikes, told city officials seven months ago that the program needed about $80,000 to keep operating.
The Community Bicycle Network's BikeShare program relied on grants from private companies and ran from April to December since its launch in 2001. "From the city's perspective, it looks like it's come to its end," said Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre). "We tried to shake the bushes and look under rocks and try every ... combination we could to assist that very worthwhile, small, non-profit group. "But the city just has nowhere it could fund it from," he said.
He says the city, which already provided storage space for the fleet of about 150 bikes, is feeling its own financial crunch right now and didn't have the resources to take on its funding.
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