advocacy for respect for cyclists type nonprofit industry cycling founded 1996 toronto ontario headquarters toronto ontario canada area served toronto number of employees 0 website official site advocacy for respect for cyclists arc is a toronto advocacy group formed in 1996 . a group of cyclists felt a pressing need for an organization to advocate on behalf of the needs of cyclists after a period of time where two cyclists were killed by trucks and another two arrested on a critical mass ride . arc was initially formed to lobby for a coroner s inquest and to help in the defense of the two cyclists arrested at critical mass . it has since expanded to provide support and legal advice to cyclists involved in accidents to educate on cyclists rights and to hold direct actions aimed at changing society s dependence on the automobile . 1 contents 1 coroner s report 2 report card 3 mission 4 see also 5 references 6 external links coroner s report edit in 1996 two cyclists were killed on the streets of toronto erin krauser and martha kennedy . with calls from arc and other activists the city began a coroner s investigation . along with representatives of toronto police ontario s ministry of transportation the city of toronto the toronto transit commission and the trucking industry injury prevention professionals arc s volunteers sat on the committee to examine the conditions for the deaths of these cyclists . 2 the coroner s report titled a report on cycling fatalities in toronto 1986 1996 recommendations for reducing cycling injuries and death was released in 1998 . 3 the points of the report that arc felt were the most likely to reduce cyclists injuries and death were revisions to the highway traffic act in particular that cyclists have the right of way over cars and pedestrians the right of way over cyclists ; the creation of comprehensive on street bike lanes and off street trails ; and side guards on large trucks to reduce the chances of cyclists being sucked in by the large wheels . report card edit in 2003 arc began producing a report card on the conditions for cyclists in toronto . it graded the city and the municipal government for efforts in improving cycling infrastructure . 4 mission edit arc s mission is lobbying and education on issues of cyclists rights . legal defense support and advice for survivors of car bike collisions and for cyclists unfairly charged with traffic offenses . direct action and grassroots agitation directed at changing our society s dependence on the automobile . 5 see also edit cycling in toronto toronto bicycling network cycle toronto formerly the toronto cyclists union references edit advocacy for respect for cyclists website cycling advocacy group calls for action on coroner s report cars suck.org toronto coroner s report 1998 toronto cycling committee meeting minutes july 14 2003 arc about us archived march 8 2009 at the wayback machine . external links edit advocacy for respect for cyclists website 905 lagging in bike safety advocates say toronto star sept 2 2008 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title advocacy for respect for cyclists & oldid 742639383 categories cycling organisations in canadacycling in torontohidden categories articles with wayback machine linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 4 october 2016 at 22 05 . 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