The city says it has laid bylaw charges against two companies that left a construction bin in the Bloor Street W. bike lane where a 24-year-old cyclist was killed in July.A construction bin in the bike lane on Bloor Street W. A cyclist was killed nearby after she merged into the vehicle lane, police said. The city says it has laid bylaw charges against two companies that left a construction bin in the Bloor Street W. bike lane where a 24-year-old cyclist was killed in July.
Mass Contracting Ltd., a general contractor responsible for restoration work in a parking lot nearby where the cyclist was fatally struck, was charged with causing the encumbering of a street. "This was totally, totally unnecessary. This was an unnecessary death that could have been prevented by simply not having a garbage bin illegally in a bike lane," said Joey Schwartz, a co-organizer of the ride.