Cambry Ardship
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Watching this video, my takeaway for Toronto is of the importance of finishing the bike lanes on Eglinton so cycling in North York is safe, connected, and visible. Side streets and back alleys are no substitute for high quality bike lanes!
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Watching this video, my takeaway for Toronto is of the importance of finishing the bike lanes on Eglinton so cycling in North York is safe, connected, and visible. Side streets and back alleys are no substitute for high quality bike lanes!
Note the very limited number of signs Toronto is getting, compared to the hundreds of school zones across the city
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Note the very limited number of signs Toronto is getting, compared to the hundreds of school zones across the city
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914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
914,000 arts and culture workers in Canada nodding in agreement.
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I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I will believe in the end of identity politics when steel and lumber (28,000 jobs and 105,000 jobs respectively) stop getting bailouts, while higher education (310,000 jobs) collapses in front of our eyes because it's full of ivory tower elites
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Wild that in the next few years GO will likely overtake the 24/7, higher frequency, and much larger LIRR in daily ridership. Can only imagine how much higher it will be as service continues to grow to rapid transit levels.
Fare and service integration and a *nice* system clearly help.
Fare and service integration and a *nice* system clearly help.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Wild that in the next few years GO will likely overtake the 24/7, higher frequency, and much larger LIRR in daily ridership. Can only imagine how much higher it will be as service continues to grow to rapid transit levels.
Fare and service integration and a *nice* system clearly help.
Fare and service integration and a *nice* system clearly help.
Regional government reforms in Waterloo Region and York Region. Appointed chairs, no elected councillors, and population-weighted voting by mayors sitting on council.
There’s much chatter about Ford changing local government structure. What does it mean for Waterloo Region?
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
There’s much chatter about Ford changing local government structure. What does it mean for Waterloo Region?
Active discussions are underway, predicting regional chairs will be appointed instead of elected and directly elected regional councillors would also be gone by the 2026 municipal election, Luisa…
www.therecord.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Regional government reforms in Waterloo Region and York Region. Appointed chairs, no elected councillors, and population-weighted voting by mayors sitting on council.
Toronto! This can be us!
The transformation is extraordinary.
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Toronto! This can be us!
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So - it's becoming clear that the endgame for our zoning advocacy should be a "kit of parts" for both buildings + zoning rules. A toolbox that works on all lot sizes (including small lots).
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So - it's becoming clear that the endgame for our zoning advocacy should be a "kit of parts" for both buildings + zoning rules. A toolbox that works on all lot sizes (including small lots).
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
It will be 2 pieces:
1. Town centres (attached here, w no side yard)
2. Distributed (w side yards)
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Carney thinks he’s still a banker, or a central bank bureaucrat who only has to worry about one thing. His idea of how to maximize Canada’s economy, let alone our diplomacy, is shockingly blinkered, even given his background.
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Carney thinks he’s still a banker, or a central bank bureaucrat who only has to worry about one thing. His idea of how to maximize Canada’s economy, let alone our diplomacy, is shockingly blinkered, even given his background.
Finally figured out why Ontario's GO trains/busses are painted green. Green means go.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Finally figured out why Ontario's GO trains/busses are painted green. Green means go.
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The Carney govt got this in Oct but released it on a Friday to minimize coverage.
"Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committee report recommended"
"Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committee report recommended"
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
OTTAWA — Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committ...
www.baytoday.ca
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The Carney govt got this in Oct but released it on a Friday to minimize coverage.
"Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committee report recommended"
"Canada should create a pharmacare system that offers free access to essential medicines to anyone with a health card and allows private insurance to continue playing a role, an expert committee report recommended"
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Saturday morning on Marlee and Lawrence Ave West. Cyclists need better protection from the raging traffic here. #onpoli #topoli #biketo #visionzero #toronto
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Saturday morning on Marlee and Lawrence Ave West. Cyclists need better protection from the raging traffic here. #onpoli #topoli #biketo #visionzero #toronto
I see the boycott as a related political phenomenon to the also remarkable pro-social pandemic response by most Canadians
This isn’t about Canadians’ US boycott fizzling out, a “passing tend.”
It’s utterly amazing that this grassroots effort has persisted as long as it has, in the absence of government support, bar some provinces ditching US liquor, and in the face of a government actively seeking deeper integration.
It’s utterly amazing that this grassroots effort has persisted as long as it has, in the absence of government support, bar some provinces ditching US liquor, and in the face of a government actively seeking deeper integration.
Opinion: The holiday shopping season will be a key test for the already fizzling Buy Canadian trend
There are early indications that many consumers are already finding it difficult to put patriotism ahead of price
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I see the boycott as a related political phenomenon to the also remarkable pro-social pandemic response by most Canadians
Thunder Bay and westward annexed to Manitoba, and the rest of Ontario split into two provinces
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Thunder Bay and westward annexed to Manitoba, and the rest of Ontario split into two provinces
Who gets to keep their nostalgia and who must accept change? Asking for North York
I wrote about the Imperial Pub this week & then diverted from writing about the Imperial Pub.
Shawn Micallef: What a Toronto councillor’s bizarre, AI-generated image of Lawrence Plaza says about nostalgia and change in our city
The outpouring of grief for things that are lost is understandable, but nostalgia can also be harnessed for questionable reasons.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Who gets to keep their nostalgia and who must accept change? Asking for North York
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Toronto, and urban history. Notably, Mayor David Crombie and his anti-development Council colleagues were sworn in on December 1, 1972. Local elections matter!
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Toronto, and urban history. Notably, Mayor David Crombie and his anti-development Council colleagues were sworn in on December 1, 1972. Local elections matter!
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Carney’s “joke” is actually an admission that the government has no capacity to assess & implement digital economic policy (which is to say, economic policy). And instead of treating this as a problem to be solved, he’s cutting capacity further and turning policymaking over to industry.
Bad, indeed.
Bad, indeed.
This is really bad
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Carney’s “joke” is actually an admission that the government has no capacity to assess & implement digital economic policy (which is to say, economic policy). And instead of treating this as a problem to be solved, he’s cutting capacity further and turning policymaking over to industry.
Bad, indeed.
Bad, indeed.
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For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Here's Marlee where bike lanes are opposed in favour of "quieter streets" by opponents. Ironic given the unsafe drivers. Here's what cycling & walking look like today. Double threat of 1 car blocking sidewalk & another driving towards cyclist. #topoli #biketo #onpoli #walkto #visionzero
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here's Marlee where bike lanes are opposed in favour of "quieter streets" by opponents. Ironic given the unsafe drivers. Here's what cycling & walking look like today. Double threat of 1 car blocking sidewalk & another driving towards cyclist. #topoli #biketo #onpoli #walkto #visionzero
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There are several Canadian housing price indicators available. Here is StatCan's, which is based on a survey of construction companies. It shows big and continuing declines since March 2022 in the CPI-adjusted prices of both land and the houses themselves. But there are wide geographical variations.
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There are several Canadian housing price indicators available. Here is StatCan's, which is based on a survey of construction companies. It shows big and continuing declines since March 2022 in the CPI-adjusted prices of both land and the houses themselves. But there are wide geographical variations.
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I second @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social: destroy the Toronto Parking Authority. The [parking arm of the] TPA is "an explicit subsidy for car users in a city that’s already choked by traffic congestion...[and] occupies a massive amount of land in a city that’s being crippled by a housing shortage." #TOpoli
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November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I second @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social: destroy the Toronto Parking Authority. The [parking arm of the] TPA is "an explicit subsidy for car users in a city that’s already choked by traffic congestion...[and] occupies a massive amount of land in a city that’s being crippled by a housing shortage." #TOpoli
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If you're interested in making this spine a little chunkier, the latest on the North York Secondary Plan should be at Planning and Housing Committee on December 3rd. No new details available yet but opposition from the low-rise Neighbourhood is expected.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you're interested in making this spine a little chunkier, the latest on the North York Secondary Plan should be at Planning and Housing Committee on December 3rd. No new details available yet but opposition from the low-rise Neighbourhood is expected.
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The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
Canada says anti-greenwashing rules silence industry | The Narwhal
Carney is moving to nix some of Canada’s rules that restrict how oil and gas companies and other industries advertise environmental claims
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Carney government wants to pare back aspects of Canada’s anti-greenwashing law, telling @meyer.bsky.social it prevents the fossil fuel industry and other groups from sharing their environmental claims. Critics say the law might be working as intended. thenarwhal.ca/greenwashing...
It's November, and bikeshare use in Toronto is currently above the summer peak numbers just a few years ago.
Yesterday there were approximately 21,452 Toronto Bikeshare bikeshare trips
Most used station: 144 Harrison St (274 trips)
Least used station: Harvie Ave / Rogers Rd and 178 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 988
#bikeTO
Most used station: 144 Harrison St (274 trips)
Least used station: Harvie Ave / Rogers Rd and 178 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 988
#bikeTO
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's November, and bikeshare use in Toronto is currently above the summer peak numbers just a few years ago.
Building code (single stair) policies in Toronto.
Good to see this moving forward.
Good to see this moving forward.
Update on my single exit stair ASP: we have an approval!
Thanks to sixplex and single stair supporters Mayor Olivia Chow, Cllr Jamaal Myers, @joshmatlow.bsky.social and others who get why single exit stairs are key to creating livable, accessible, small scale housing. 1/6
Thanks to sixplex and single stair supporters Mayor Olivia Chow, Cllr Jamaal Myers, @joshmatlow.bsky.social and others who get why single exit stairs are key to creating livable, accessible, small scale housing. 1/6
After TO Council passed a motion indicating the City was open to Alternative Solution Proposals for a single stair in apts up to 4 storeys, I applied for a single stair in a 3 storey Part 9 6plex.
I’m told it’s the first one, so it’s a test case. Here’s how it’s going.
#singlestair #sixplex
I’m told it’s the first one, so it’s a test case. Here’s how it’s going.
#singlestair #sixplex
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Building code (single stair) policies in Toronto.
Good to see this moving forward.
Good to see this moving forward.