Sabat Ismail

2 months ago | spacing.ca | Robert Zaichkowski |Sabat Ismail |Dylan Reid

Bike lanes have been a controversial issue in Ontario this past year with not only a record breaking six cyclists killed in Toronto, but also the Ford government’s Bill 212 which limits new bike lane installations and risks ripping out existing ones. However, with a provincial election called for Thursday, February 27, it’s worth highlighting some of the progress that has been made on other fronts.

Jan 6, 2025 | spacing.ca | Sabat Ismail

Albert Koehl is an environmental lawyer and a founder and coordinator of Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition. Spacing’s cycling columnist Sabat Ismail did a Q&A with him about his new book, Wheeling Through Toronto, published in May 2024 by the University of Toronto Press. Sabat Ismail: Could you please introduce your book? Albert Koehl: The name of my book is Wheeling Through Toronto: A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders.

Oct 24, 2024 | spacing.ca | Sabat Ismail |Mahtot Gebresselassie |Tricia Wood |John Lorinc

This column introduces our new cycling columnist, Sabat Ismail, who will be contributing insights into cycling in Toronto. Sabat Ismail is an urban planner and artist based in Toronto. My fondest summer memories have always included me on a bike: biking down hills, passing by a chorus of chirping birds, watching rabbits scurry away as I near, discovering parts of my community that I had never seen – or that I never had the chance to connect with in the unique way that you can on a bike.