The festival, which runs from Oct. 22 to 26, is made up of more than 100 films and videos focused on the environment.

Hahn, director of Tales of a Yellow Bike, decided to focus her film on the importance of bicycles as the main mode of transportation after learning about Toronto's BikeShare program, which ran from 2000 to 2006.

The bicycle lending program, in which hundreds of members could rent yellow bikes at 16 hubs in the city, shut down due to insufficient funding.

"I wanted to do a film about bike sharing programs across the world," Hahn said. "Our first days of shooting happened when BikeShare shut down in November 2006."

Tales of a Yellow Bike tells the story of bike share programs in Europe, North America, Columbia and China and the perception of bicycles in various countries.

"In Amsterdam they have so many bikes they don't know what to do with them all," Hahn said. "In China they have 470 million bicycles. In China, bikes used to be the only mode of transportation. In Bogota, Columbia there are hundreds of kilometers of bike lanes."

So why is Toronto so slow at jumping on the bicycle wagon?

It is with regret that I am writing to tell you that, after six years of award-winning programming and service, the Community Bicycle Network's beloved BikeShare program will not be operating during the 2007 season due to a lack of funding.

While we will not be able to deliver the program, the Community Bicycle Network continues to explore opportunities that may allow some form of bike-lending program to continue next year.

We are extremely proud of the BikeShare program and this year's highlights include:

Hello BikeShare Members,

Thank you for supporting and using BikeShare!

PLEASE NOTE that all BikeShare bikes must be returned no later than December 1st for winter storage and maintenance.
Bikes can be returned to either CBN headquarters at 761 Queen Street West suite 101 between Monday – Friday 11am-6pm or any of the BikeShare hub locations. Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

Some of you may have already read or heard about our funding shortfall to operate BikeShare next year. We will keep you posted on the status of BikeShare and any developments over the winter.

BikeShare, a multiple award-winning bike lending program run by the Community Bicycle Network, must find a new source of funding or the popular program will shut down. BikeShare is Canada's longest-running and largest community bike lending initiative.

This week, the program received a Bicycle Friendly Business award in Best Overall from the City of Toronto. BikeShare has also been recognized locally, nationally and internationally by numerous organizations including Transport Canada, the Green Toronto Award, and the Stockholm Awards for Sustainable Development.

"We've won awards year after year from the city of Toronto, and have supporters across Canada and the world, but sadly this has not translated into a reliable source of funding," said Maogosha Pyjor, BikeShare's Project Manager.

Great news! You can now submit your Bikeshare membership online!

For instructions on how you can become a member of the fabulous lineup of yellow bike users, follow the links from the New Membership/Renew Membership page.

Fill out an application and submit your payment. Then just wait for your membership card to arrive in the mail and you're ready to start riding!

Online registration has been made possible with funding from the Bell Community Economic Development Fund

BikeShare's fleet of wonderful yellow bicycles will be back on the road starting Tuesday, April 18th. Check this website again in the coming weeks for details about how to register on-line.