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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 19h

In addition to the report below, a new report shows that a vehicle belonging to a Ford government cabinet minister was caught driving 50km/h over the limit *twelve times* over the past three years.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 1d

Every day there are more than 130 vehicle collisions in just Toronto alone. And those are just the ones that are reported, and only collisions with $5k damage or more need to be reported.

Never mind the human cost of speeding… just the reduction of damage to cars is huge.

How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 1d

The fundamental problem is that drivers don’t look at the posted speed as the maximum.

They think the posted speed is the *minimum*

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 1d

As the provincial government looks at banning automated speed cameras, a new report shows that vehicles belonging to cabinet ministers have been regularly caught by automated speed cameras, in some cases going 30kph over the speed limit.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 6d

This Friday evening, I will be on stage with David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto and currently the Managing Director of the C40 Centre.

The event is pay-as-you-can. Space is limited.

Sign up for the event here. www.tickettailor.com/events/urban...

Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 6d

TEA & the UCA are excited to be hosting:
An Evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era for Disasters & Misinformation

📆 Oct 3, 6:30PM
📍 41 Willcocks St, Toronto - In person
🎟️ Pay what you can, seating & standing room

Tickets & more info ➡️ https://loom.ly/g-ccfIcget

Event poster for 'An evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era of Disasters and Misinformation'

October 3, 2025, 6:30pm
Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St. Torotno

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 7d

A reminder that by the end of the day today, there will have been over 130 car collisions in Toronto alone.

And that’s just the reported number. Collisions with less than $5000 in damage do not legally have to be reported.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 7d

Whenever I make a deputation about pedestrian, cycling, and transit infrastructure in Toronto, I try to remind city councillors that even though I own a car, giving these options save me a tonne of money because it means my household doesn’t have to own *two* of them.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 8d

Great article the Toronto Star today on going car free.

The first new car I ever bought was in my 40s, and mostly because the number of family needs in the suburbs and out of the city went up.

By waiting 20 years before owning a car, I’ve saved well over a hundred thousand dollars.

Could you live without your car? We tallied up how much you could save by giving it up — but that’s not all to consider

When considering whether to join the car-free movement, it's not just a simple money decision — it's also a mindset decision.

www.thestar.com

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 10d

This sign could say ‘pedestrian area’. But because we still prioritize cars, the only sign we have is ‘road closed’…meant for construction sites.

This tells people that pedestrians are only temporarily allowed to be on streets, even though pedestrian streets predate cars by thousands of years.

Photo of pedestrian street with’ ROAD CLOSED’ sign in the foreground.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 11d

The City of Toronto has just launched a program to provide low-interest loans to homeowners to install heat pumps!

#topoli

Toronto launches $20-million heat pump loan program

Torontonians looking to replace a furnace will get access to a low-interest loan and support in switching to a heat pump with a new city program.

www.thestar.com

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 12d

Eliminating speed cameras in Ontario will literally get people killed.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 12d

Investopedia looked at the lifetime costs to reach "The American Dream" and found that owning a new car is more costly than raising kids and nearly as costly as owning a home.

Source: www.investopedia.com/2025-america...

Retirement
$1.6M

Owning a home
$957K

Owning a new car
$900K

Healthcare
$414K

Raising two children & paying for college
$876K

Yearly vacation
$180,000

Pets
$39,000

Wedding
$38,000

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 13d

The problem is this:

Everyone wants traffic to be slow and safe in their own neighbourhood…
… but they also want to be able to drive as fast as they can through everyone else’s neighbourhood.

www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Doug Ford’s speed camera plan sparks anger at Toronto city hall

The mayor and the councillors on Wednesday reacted to reports that the Ontario premier plans to get rid of automated speed cameras.

www.thestar.com

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 15d

Here’s the link if you want to verify for yourself:

x.com/keithwalkiew...

Keith Walkiewicz on X: "@e_cdalton Wow thanks! Now do it in Korean" / X

@e_cdalton Wow thanks! Now do it in Korean

x.com

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 15d

It’s a massive problem how much of social media is just bots.

Here’s screenshot of a conversation on x/Twitter where someone purports to be a Democrat switching sides to become Republican, and then someone asks the account to post a recipe… and then again in Korean.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 15d

We need operating funding for public transportation. It’s what countries around the world already do, including the US.

While we’re at it, we also need more interurban transportation funding, including rail and busses.

Rail Fans Canada @railfans.ca · 15d

In this video, we cover the Canadian Urban Transit Association’s call for long-term federal investment in transit and highlight what underfunding looks like on the ground in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto.
youtu.be/UKvP_-Br8Iw

Public Transit: Why Federal Funding Matters for Every Canadian

YouTube video by Rail Fans Canada

youtu.be

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 17d

Someone took the chip from their Presto Card and put it into a magic wand.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 19d

McQuaig has identified the key reason why the oil and gas industry will never support the switch to renewables: They won’t make any money from it.

Their business model relies on an economy that needs to dig, ship, and sell fuel for every milliwatt of energy.

And renewables need no fuel.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 19d

"The very thing that’s exciting about solar energy — its abundance and low cost — also makes it of little interest to investors. Sun (and wind) are so freely available all around us that it’s hard to hoard them and make big profits from them."

Amazing, @lindamcquaig.bsky.social!

#canpoli

Linda McQuaig: This is the national project Mark Carney should have chosen

Long considered a luxury for chardonnay-sipping environmentalists, solar energy now has the potential to become the energy choice of beer-drinking workers concerned about the cost of living.

www.thestar.com

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 19d

These two lanes for bikes take up less than one half a lane for cars.

Photo of bike turning lanes at busy intersection in Toronto.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 20d

We are entering an era where home systems and appliances will themselves be batteries, building resilience from blackouts and giving buildings options to capture more energy than they need.