Photo: "Twice as Dangerous!" by goofibulator

If you've ever had to navigate around cars parked in the bike lane or dodge the oblivious cell-phone-yakking drivers who cut you off as you pedal along, you'll welcome the news of the "Safe Cycling" campaign by the Toronto Police. Announced yesterday, the campaign will run until Sunday, June 24. I expect many a scofflaw cyclist will receive a well-deserved ticket, but the main focus of the campaign is drivers who endanger cyclists by driving like jerks, parking in bike lanes and flinging car doors open without so much as a glance in the mirror.

If you liked Google Maps before, you're gonna love them now! A few days ago Google Maps got a tremendous satellite imagery update which happens to include Toronto. Exciting news for this poster: I've long used the satellite view to scout out cycling shortcuts that bypass busy roads and estimate lane width on unfamiliar streets, and the new stunning resolution of 50 cm per pixel will make that job much easier.

After the jump are some images that demonstrate the awesomeness of the new maps: bits of High Park, Pearson Airport, and mysterious circles near the Humber and the Lakeshore which look suspiciously like an alien-breeding facility.