The first blog (#1) is for Oshawa via GO train and bus. Next, the Welland Canal via Coach Canada (#2), then Hamilton – South (#3) by HSR bus and GO train, and Hamilton – North (#4) by GO bus and train. Coming soon… the Toronto Islands and the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Since the launch of the 2008 pilot GO-by-Bike to Ajax! thousands of local and visiting cyclists have enjoyed learning about and riding our local trails – and appreciating the bikes and transit that got them there! Come on and give it a try – if you start now, and do one, two, three each cycling season, you’ve got years of amazing and physically rewarding outdoor adventures ahead!

The photo above was taken at the 2009 Whitby Rib Fest, some 60 kilometres from home. My seven year old and I  got there by GO train and bike. To and from the train to the Fest totaled just 15 kilometres.  It rained a tonne too – but really it was a great, memorable day.

With BikesandTransit.com and now Bikes and Transit Travel, my aim is to encourage and facilitate a new kind of tourism, by sharing the ease and rewards of combining cycling and transit for travel in and around Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe.

Not to mention reasonable transit fares (where bikes ride for free! – except during rush hour!). In Toronto, a bikes and transit daytrip starts at $3.00 for the TTC subway ($6.00 return, or $10 for an all day family pass for six). $15 to $20 return can get you cycling the wilds of Durham and Burlington. For $20 – $30 – $40 you’re exploring the special beauty of Hamilton, or discovering just how close Niagara really is!

So here we go… Ajax, Oshawa, Hamilton await!… by train, bus, subway, highway coach, ferry… and bike! I hope by reading my local, lightweight, inter-modal travel posts, more cyclists will do the same!

Donald Wiedman
Toronto, ON
647 669 0461
WiedmanCommunications.com