Always follow a few fundamental bike safety rules:

• Never ride on campus sidewalks unless they’re designated as bike lanes with pavement markings.
• Obey all traffic signs, signals, and laws.
• Stay alert, communicative, and predictable when sharing roads with drivers and pedestrians.
• Yield to pedestrians and walk your bike when necessary. You cannot ride your bike within a pedestrian crossover to cross the street, within a crosswalk at any intersection or location with traffic signals and on sidewalks.
• In accordance with the Ministry of Transportation guidelines, a bike must be equipped with a white front light and red rear light or reflector. These lights must be in use half an hour before sunset, or half an hour after sunrise.
• A bell or horn and white reflective tape on front forks and red reflective tape on rear forks are also required by Ontario law.
• If cycling in the evening, wear light-coloured clothing or reflective fabric that glows in the dark.
• It is highly recommended that adults wear a helmet that fits correctly.
• Individuals can reduce the chances of their bicycles being stolen if they use good lock and locking techniques and take precautionary measures to assist in the recovery of a stolen bicycle, such as registering their bicycle with the Toronto Police.
• If your bike is stolen, call Campus Safety at 416-978-2222.