Cycle Toronto
| File:Cycle Toronto logo.png | |
| Established | 2008 Toronto, Ontario |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
| Purpose | Cycling advocacy |
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Area served | Toronto |
| Membership | 2,800 (in 2014) |
Key people | Jared Kolb, Executive Director Meredith James, President |
| Staff | 3 |
| Volunteers | 100 regular volunteers, 100 others |
| Website | Cycle Toronto |
Formerly called | Toronto Cyclists Union |
Started in 2008, Cycle Toronto (formerly the Toronto Cyclists Union) is Toronto's largest cycling advocacy organization with over 2,800 members as of November, 2014.[1]
History
A number of cycling activists had talked about starting an advocacy/lobbying organization for Toronto over the years, similar to the Active Transportation Alliance in Chicago or Transportation Alternatives in New York City. In 2007, David Meslin did a research trip of cycling advocacy organizations across North America and returned with a presentation. Toronto cycling activists soon began the organizing work of forming the Toronto Cyclists Union, a membership-based cycling advocacy group. At the organization's 2012 annual general meeting (AGM), members voted in favour of a motion put forward by the Board of Directors to change the name of the organization to Cycle Toronto.