Vancouver adopted a Portland-based app called Project 529 Garage in October 2015. So how might an app like Project 529 Garage help curb the rising number of bike thefts in Toronto? (Nicole Brockbank/CBC)With Project 529 Garage users download the app, get a serial number tag for their bike and create a bike profile that gets uploaded to the whole app database. Robert Brunt with Vancouver Police says the Project 529 Garage app provides a system that allows everyone to help stop bike theft. For now, Project 529 Garage is mostly being used on the west coast in B.C.

Source: CBC News November 29, 2017 09:56 UTC