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“I don’t understand it. Every day I drive from my home near Lawrence subway station to my office at King & Yonge & the traffic just keeps getting worse.”

“Move! GET OUT OF THE WAY,” he then shouted from his solo occupied SUV at a bus carrying 85 people.

Funny.

www.thebeaverton.com/2024/12/why-...
"Why is Toronto traffic so terrible?" wonders man in car
TORONTO – Reports from this morning rush hour suggest that people who drive everywhere continue to wonder why Toronto traffic is so bad. “I don’t understand it,” said Lloyd Travers. “Every day I drive...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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As a realtor, this is good news. However, I always add caution to rapid rate decreases for the following reason. Rates don’t decline rapidly because things are fine economically. The decline this fast because something is broken in the economy. www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...
#gtarealestate
BoC delivers jumbo interest rate cut, signals slower pace of cuts moving forward
The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point today but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
December 11, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Morning ride to work in pea 🫛 soup fog #cyclinglife singing that Reindeer song Rudolph with your bike lights so bright 🌞 ✨️ won't you guide my bike to work on time !!! You betcha Santa 🤶 🧑‍🎄 and Santa FYI Hermie wants to be a dentist 😜
December 10, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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READ THIS: How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world

In the 1960s, Dutch cities saw cars as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to turn #Amsterdam into the cycling nirvana of today. www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...
How Amsterdam became the bicycle capital of the world
In the 1960s, Dutch cities were increasingly in thrall to motorists, with the car seen as the transport of the future. It took the intolerable toll of child traffic deaths – and fierce activism – to t...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:39 AM
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Don't be angry at the person riding on the sidewalk, direct your frustration at the decision makers that have refused to provide safe routes. Let's attack the problem not the symptom.
November 26, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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“Dual-mode households (cars & ebikes) can reduce their car use by 19% compared to those solely reliant on cars, particularly affecting shorter trips. This supports households moving to one car and adopting a ‘car light’ lifestyle.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social 
momentummag.com/study-shows-...
Study Shows How E-Bikes Are Shifting the Transportation Landscape
a recent study highlights the benefits of e-bikes, including reduced reliance on cars and increased mobility for people of all ages
momentummag.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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I actively avoid calling people on bikes “cyclists.” It fuels an “othering” or “us vs them,” and makes it easier to claim that safe infrastructure is for a small in-group. None of which is helpful.

It may take more characters in a post, but I just say people on bikes. Because that’s what they are.
November 22, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Name a better qualified doctor than Dr. Oz, we’ll go first:
November 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Monday morning ride #cyclinglife #Oshawa #Whitby #BikeToWorkDay morning sunrise 🌅 over @@TownofWhitby
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM