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I heard TPS was doing a micro-mobility safety blitz, so who do I talk to about this?
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I heard TPS was doing a micro-mobility safety blitz, so who do I talk to about this?
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵
August 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The global phenomenon of “bikelash” has become one of the biggest barriers to implementing interventions that make our streets more liveable, accessible and sustainable. So how do we best manage it as advocates for change? Here are eight strategies we recently presented at the Velo-city Conference.🧵
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Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
New idea: what if there was an app
August 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New idea: what if there was an app
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You sure about this, Google?
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You sure about this, Google?
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
July 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I spent seven years writing a book on this and she just… said it in three succinct paragraphs to politico.
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I am 100% ready to join you to “ban right on red”. Montreal has this, but only because that’s the way it always was. Other cities elected to allow right turns on red, to allow for greater traffic flow. And look who’s paying the price. Day after day, another tragedy. Make this an election issue.
The cyclist got hit at the exact same intersection I was about to bike by, it could have been me. We need to consider banning right on red in all downtown intersections. You shouldn’t be taking your life in your hands every time you walk or cycle. A woman got killed crossing the street a block away.
July 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I am 100% ready to join you to “ban right on red”. Montreal has this, but only because that’s the way it always was. Other cities elected to allow right turns on red, to allow for greater traffic flow. And look who’s paying the price. Day after day, another tragedy. Make this an election issue.
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#topoli #onpoli New from me in @spacing: Some reflections on @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s huge legal victory in the bike lane war with Ford Nation. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Bike Lanes: 2 - Ford Nation: 0 - Spacing Toronto
In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with Premier Doug Ford, he reveals how, about a month ago, he ...
spacing.ca
July 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#topoli #onpoli New from me in @spacing: Some reflections on @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s huge legal victory in the bike lane war with Ford Nation. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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A good how it started/how it's going from the ED of CycleToronto here
July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A good how it started/how it's going from the ED of CycleToronto here
Question for you train-heads our there. What is preventing GO from running more southbound weekday service from Barrie-TO… ASAP. This schedule is practically useless.
July 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Question for you train-heads our there. What is preventing GO from running more southbound weekday service from Barrie-TO… ASAP. This schedule is practically useless.
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The federal government set a target to double housing starts to nearly 500,000 units. Meanwhile, the CMHC forecasts that by 2027, starts will only reach 220,000 - 50,000 *fewer* than in 2021.
Despite this, there is no urgency whatsoever from the feds to address this issue.
Despite this, there is no urgency whatsoever from the feds to address this issue.
July 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The federal government set a target to double housing starts to nearly 500,000 units. Meanwhile, the CMHC forecasts that by 2027, starts will only reach 220,000 - 50,000 *fewer* than in 2021.
Despite this, there is no urgency whatsoever from the feds to address this issue.
Despite this, there is no urgency whatsoever from the feds to address this issue.
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this Toronto City Councillor is really laying down "cyclists gtfo" stickers in a place where a dump truck driver hit a cyclist just 2 months ago
July 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
this Toronto City Councillor is really laying down "cyclists gtfo" stickers in a place where a dump truck driver hit a cyclist just 2 months ago
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The recent move by @chrismoise.ca to place those boneheaded "Walk Your Bike or Scooter" decals (along with disabling replies) is not the only recent anti #BikeTO thing he has done. He also had a short contraflow on Ontario Street downgraded from a cycle track to bike lane. #shame #TOpoli #VisionZero
July 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The recent move by @chrismoise.ca to place those boneheaded "Walk Your Bike or Scooter" decals (along with disabling replies) is not the only recent anti #BikeTO thing he has done. He also had a short contraflow on Ontario Street downgraded from a cycle track to bike lane. #shame #TOpoli #VisionZero
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For clarity, here's what Councillor Brad Bradford is opposing today: replacing this 24-space parking lot with a 50-bed seniors shelter.
July 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For clarity, here's what Councillor Brad Bradford is opposing today: replacing this 24-space parking lot with a 50-bed seniors shelter.
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I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.
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GAZA IS STARVING DO NOT LOOK AWAY
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
GAZA IS STARVING DO NOT LOOK AWAY
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"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
New York City’s Subway Is Actually Safer Than Your Car
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a point about assaults underground, but his policies aren’t improving anything.
www.bloomberg.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"...the risk of being murdered underground is... orders of magnitude less than the risk of dying from a traffic accident elsewhere in the US. Cars are deadly, and any transportation policy that encourages their use over public transportation is pretty much by definition anti-safety."
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Forever And Ever Amen.
July 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Forever And Ever Amen.
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In which a Toronto cop gives $325 tickets to cyclists who slow-roll a changing red light, but two videos beforehand, ignores a driver who slow-rolls a stop sign because he’s a “fair and reasonable person.”
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In which a Toronto cop gives $325 tickets to cyclists who slow-roll a changing red light, but two videos beforehand, ignores a driver who slow-rolls a stop sign because he’s a “fair and reasonable person.”
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Seems like it might be hard to not cut funding after saying it's "disappointing" and "not in line with the ambition that we expect."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Toronto sixplex policy ‘disappointing,’ Federal Housing Minister says
Policy to limit sixplexes ‘not in line with the ambition that we expect from Toronto,’ Gregor Robertson says
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Seems like it might be hard to not cut funding after saying it's "disappointing" and "not in line with the ambition that we expect."
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Study: Majority Of Billionaires Consider Selves Middle Class
Study: Majority Of Billionaires Consider Selves Middle Class
ST. PAUL, MN—In a comprehensive new survey of how the wealthy view their socioeconomic status, a study published this week in the Journal Of Economic Perspectives found that the majority of billionair...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Study: Majority Of Billionaires Consider Selves Middle Class