type nonprofit purpose cycling advocacy location centre for social innovation 720 bathurst st. suite 300 toronto ontario canada area served toronto membership 2015 3 000 key people jared kolb executive director meredith james president staff 5 volunteers 100 regular volunteers 100 others slogan safe streets a healthy city a vibrant voice 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 3 000 members by the end of 2015 . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 . membership has grown steadily since cycle toronto was formed in 2008 . the following table includes numbers from the cycle toronto 2014 annual report . year members 2008 374 2009 513 2010 1049 2011 1863 2012 2276 2013 2253 2014 2865 2015 3054 see also edit advocacy for respect for cyclists cycling in toronto toronto bicycling network references edit cycle toronto 2015 annual report external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cycle toronto & oldid 737494384 categories organizations based in torontocycling organisations in canadacycling in toronto navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 05 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view