Albert Koehl

Albert's road safety advocacy has always been motivated by a commitment to social justice: how we get around shouldn't be based on power or wealth, but on fairness and respect for each other, and the climate.

Since founding Bells on Bloor in 2007, Albert has been involved in virtually every aspect of cycling advocacy, including his annual stint as a bike-riding Santa. He is especially proud of his ability to shape public attitudes with his writing and to rally grassroots coalitions to the cause of a better, more livable city.

Jessie Ye

Jessie is a McGill University graduate who studied Environment and Political Science. She recently moved to Toronto's Koreatown neighborhood and has been loving it ever since. She is passionate about urban design and joined TCBC to help make Toronto streets a safer place to walk and ride, as well as encourage more sustainable ways to travel.

Jessie is a regular cycle commuter and occasional 'spandex bandit' who loves to explore new places on her bike. She serves on both the Steering and "We Belong on Bloor' committees.

Jennifer Alexander

Jennifer is a dedicated advocate for pedestrian and bike safety with a specific focus on the inner suburbs of Toronto. She has worked for almost a decade to promote safer streets and more walkable communities.

A business development consultant and strategist, Jennifer collaborates with various non-profits to support their operations, growth, and advocacy goals. As a passionate walker, she encourages families to embrace active transportation, particularly walking and cycling, as part of their daily routine. She is committed to fostering safe routes for children walking to school and building healthier, more connected neighborhoods. To expand on this work, she writes a community newsletter, The Etobicoke Voice.

Robert Zaichkowski

Robert is an accountant who has enjoyed riding bikes since growing up in Moncton (NB). He has been advocating for safe streets since 2013 including writing the Two Wheeled Politics blog, working with bike lane campaigns on Bloor and Yonge, and tracking the progress of Toronto’s bike lane installations.

He believes in Community Bikeways’ goals of amplifying community voices and holding governments accountable to their road safety and climate action goals.

Jonathan Schmidt

Jonathan is a commuter, utilitarian, and recreational cyclist and road safety advocate.

He lives in Scarborough, and recognizes that not all parts of the city are the same, so cycling and road safety advocacy have to be done differently in the many contexts of Toronto.

When not involved in road safety advocacy, he also works for a better world, saves the climate, and builds community as an adult educator, theologian, and not-for-profit executive.

Michael Black

Michael has been riding a bicycle for 60 years and living in Toronto’s midtown for most of that time. He has been involved in many of the city’s major bike lane campaigns, including those promoting safe cycling infrastructure on Yonge, Eglinton, Bloor, and Jarvis. Michael co-founded Walk Toronto a decade ago.

He spends an equal amount of time working on pedestrian causes as on cycling advocacy. These two pursuits frequently intersect when dealing with planning and heritage issues, street design, green space, parking space, multimodality, and accessibility.

Michael Holloway

Michael is a jack of all trades — farm labourer, creative writer, woodworker, fine-dining bartender/waiter, bicycle courier and computer coder — who has lived and worked across Canada.

A resident of Toronto since 1998 and Leslieville since 2010, he describes his primary reason for volunteering with Community Bikeways as being to help Toronto become a city that places community ahead of private interest towards equity and sustainability. In addition to serving on TCBC's Steering Committee, Michael also acts as TCBC's social networks architect and back-end manager.

Mark Fernando

Mark is an engineer working in software development in the financial services sector. A long time Toronto resident, Mark lives in Central Etobicoke with his wife and three young boys. He describes his main motivation for getting involved with Community Bikeways is to ensure that Toronto streets are safe enough for everyone to comfortably walk and cycle to their destination.

In addition to serving on the Steering Committee, he is Chair of the “We Belong on Bloor” campaign. He looks forward to helping create safer and cleaner transportation alternatives for our city.

Roger Morier

Roger is a retired communications specialist who has lived and worked in several cities in Canada and overseas.

A resident of the Bloor West community since 2012, he describes his primary reason for volunteering with Community Bikeways as a desire to help Toronto in its efforts to become truly a world class city, demonstrating leadership in climate smart initiatives that promote equity, inclusion, safety, and sustainability. In addition to serving on the Steering Committee, he works on the “We Belong on Bloor” campaign.

Janet Joy Wilson

Janet Joy has volunteered for Cycle Toronto, The Bike Brigade, Bike Minds, 880 Cities, and is a founding member of Community Bikeways. She has received many awards and honors as a volunteer and event producer.

During a 30-year career in publishing, she blended her love of books and bicycles to originate and co-found The Reading Line in 2014. The mission to make cities better, one street and one book at a time, resulted in hundreds of people participating in ‘Book Rides’ through Toronto, Brampton, and Brooklyn, New York.

Ersan Ozon

As Director of the Regenesis Cycle York Community Bike Center, Ersan leads transformative initiatives to promote cycling as a sustainable mode of transportation. Through strategic partnerships with private and public organizations, he has been instrumental in advancing community-driven cycling projects in North York.

Ersan has been particularly involved in projects to enhance transit connectivity in underserved neighborhoods like Black Creek. Using a data-driven approach, he has worked to analyze transit data that informs urban planning decisions.

He was recognized as a Youth Accessibility Leader by Employment and Social Development Canada in 2022, highlighting his contributions to enhancing accessibility in the Black Creek area and beyond.

Mary Ann Neary (In Memoriam)

Mary Ann was a founding member and co-coordinator for Community Bikeways. In her work with the group, she saw that Toronto’s City Council and Transportation staff were held accountable for delivering on promised cycling infrastructure.

She was retired health care professional and administrator living in the Upper Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto. She became interested in improving active transportation infrastructure in the city after commuting by bike for more than a decade. Comparing Toronto’s infrastructure to other cities in Canada and Europe, it was obvious the city was falling well behind in making streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

Mary Ann passed away peacefully on May 12, 2024.

In the fall of 2024, we awarded our first Mary Ann Neary Advocate of the Year Awards to Ken Brown and to David White, both of whom have been longtime champions for safe roads in Toronto. The awards were presented by Mary Ann's brother and sister-in-law, Bern and Ruth.