You’re Invited: Official Opening of New Bike Station at Victoria Park Subway Station May 31, 10 AM

Toronto in Ontario, Canada is making another Bike Station available for the green travellers.

Bike Stations:

• are secure, indoor parking facilities for bikes
  • only people who register to use a bicycle station can access this parking

• provide safe, long-term parking to protect your bikes against theft, vandalism and bad weather

• are  protected with 24 hour video surveillance

Please click here for Bicycle Station Common Questions and Answers (FAQs).

Membership Benefits of Bike Stations

• Key card access lets you securely access your bicycle 24 hours 7 days a week at your convenience.

• Most stations are close  to TTC or GO Transit to make your commute more convenient.

• Membership with the bicycle station is reasonably priced and includes a 10% discount at participating bike shops in Toronto.

• New members receive
  • a FREE Bicycle Station t-shirt
  • a FREE City of Toronto bike map
  • Dandyhorse Magazine
  • Momentum Magazine

 Please click here to register and for more info.

Locations

• Victoria Park Bicycle Station
  • Located at the main entrance to Victoria Park Subway Station,  the Victoria Park bicycle station will offer
    • secure, 24-hour bicycle parking to customers who purchase a parking plan
    • more than 5o secure bicycle parking spaces available on two-tier racks.
  • The Victoria Park Bicycle Station is officially opened at Toronto’s Victoria Park Subway Station today as follows:

    • Thursday, May 31, 2012, 10 a.m.
      Main Entrance to Victoria Park Subway Station
      Victoria Park Subway Station, 777 Victoria Park Ave

• Union Station Bicycle Station
  The Toronto Union Station Bicycle Station is on the East side of York St.just north of 25 York St.at Bremner Blvd.

Future Locations

• City Hall Bicycle Station
  • is in development
  • location: underground parking garage – access from the Queen Street ramp
  • number of parking spaces: about 350
  • travel connections: TTC subway, streetcar

• Pape Station Bicycle Station
  
  • renovations  will include a secure bike parking facility
  • is expected to open in 2013

• Finch West Station Bicycle Station
  
  • The new TTC station at Finch and Keele will feature a bicycle station.
  • Construction is scheduled to finish in 2015.

Toronto Union Station Bicycle Station
27 York Street
Toronto, ON M5J 2V5
Phone: 416-389-0365
Fax: 416-338-3664
E-mail: bicyclestation@toronto.ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Advisory

May 29, 2012

New bike station to be introduced at Toronto’s Victoria Park Subway Station

Councillor Michelle Berardinetti (Ward 35 Scarborough Southwest), representing Mayor Rob Ford, and Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong (Ward 34 Don Valley East), Chair of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, will officially open a new bike station at Victoria Park Subway Station.

Date: Thursday, May 31
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Victoria Park Subway Station, 777 Victoria Park Ave.

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