Matt 🏙🚉🍁🚲
@mattrogers.bsky.social
Trains are the best 🚄🤩
Rides a bike sometimes 🚲
Passionate about safer communities 🌃
Ran for Cambridge Council in 2022 (Ward 2) 👨💼
Urban Planner 🏗
Rides a bike sometimes 🚲
Passionate about safer communities 🌃
Ran for Cambridge Council in 2022 (Ward 2) 👨💼
Urban Planner 🏗
So the Orange Man owns a media company and hasn't created MAGAzine? C'mon...
a close up of a man 's face with a beard and blue eyes making a funny face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a beard and blue eyes making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So the Orange Man owns a media company and hasn't created MAGAzine? C'mon...
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Cars aren't going away anytime soon, so in the meantime, I'll be advocating for a more sustainable design in automobiles.
February 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cars aren't going away anytime soon, so in the meantime, I'll be advocating for a more sustainable design in automobiles.
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"If removing civic infrastructure created through a long and sometimes excruciating process of local democracy — and paid for by local taxpayers — didn’t need a specific mandate, why should negotiating with Trump?" #ONpoli
Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford hasn’t needed a mandate to make major changes in Toronto. So why does he need one for Donald Trump?
By framing his election call in terms of needing a mandate, Premier Doug Ford invites us to look back on all that he’s done to the city without such a mandate.
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"If removing civic infrastructure created through a long and sometimes excruciating process of local democracy — and paid for by local taxpayers — didn’t need a specific mandate, why should negotiating with Trump?" #ONpoli
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Feeling down or depressed? Do you have little energy?
Start cycling! Some uplifting facts:
Cycling:
🚲 improves quality of life
🚲 is a social activity
🚲 is a joyful activity
🚲 provides real freedom
🚲 reduces stress levels
🚲 prevents diseases
🚲 prolongs life expectancy
#BlueMonday
Start cycling! Some uplifting facts:
Cycling:
🚲 improves quality of life
🚲 is a social activity
🚲 is a joyful activity
🚲 provides real freedom
🚲 reduces stress levels
🚲 prevents diseases
🚲 prolongs life expectancy
#BlueMonday
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Feeling down or depressed? Do you have little energy?
Start cycling! Some uplifting facts:
Cycling:
🚲 improves quality of life
🚲 is a social activity
🚲 is a joyful activity
🚲 provides real freedom
🚲 reduces stress levels
🚲 prevents diseases
🚲 prolongs life expectancy
#BlueMonday
Start cycling! Some uplifting facts:
Cycling:
🚲 improves quality of life
🚲 is a social activity
🚲 is a joyful activity
🚲 provides real freedom
🚲 reduces stress levels
🚲 prevents diseases
🚲 prolongs life expectancy
#BlueMonday
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“Protected separated bike-lanes was one of our biggest factors associated with lower fatalities & injuries for all road users. If you’re going out of your way to make your city safe for a broader range of cyclists, we’re finding that it ends up being a safer city for everyone.” @usa.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
January 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Protected separated bike-lanes was one of our biggest factors associated with lower fatalities & injuries for all road users. If you’re going out of your way to make your city safe for a broader range of cyclists, we’re finding that it ends up being a safer city for everyone.” @usa.streetsblog.org
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As a rider, I already hate transit wraps, but this is Hall of Fame stuff right here
An electric-powered mass transit vehicle, part of an electric streetcar network that carries 70 million riders a year, wrapped in an ad for gasoline. How demeaning.
January 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As a rider, I already hate transit wraps, but this is Hall of Fame stuff right here
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Incredible. Metrolinx was going to name a major station “Jackpot City Exhibition Station.”
Good on the minister for quashing this awful idea.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Good on the minister for quashing this awful idea.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario transit agency explored naming deal for GO station with online gambling company: sources | CBC News
Metrolinx pursued a potential commercial naming rights arrangement last year, involving an online casino brand and a downtown Toronto GO station, but the proposal was subsequently quashed, CBC News ha...
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Incredible. Metrolinx was going to name a major station “Jackpot City Exhibition Station.”
Good on the minister for quashing this awful idea.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Good on the minister for quashing this awful idea.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This video is for Doug Ford, and all those in my replies saying bike lanes "stop emergency vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 AM
This video is for Doug Ford, and all those in my replies saying bike lanes "stop emergency vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.
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Planners call it the "Popsicle Test" for a walkable, child-friendly neighbourhood. Can a child safely walk to a store, buy a popsicle, and get home before it melts?
November 23, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Planners call it the "Popsicle Test" for a walkable, child-friendly neighbourhood. Can a child safely walk to a store, buy a popsicle, and get home before it melts?
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Ironically, a place where you can text during your commute is...the ion.
November 22, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Ironically, a place where you can text during your commute is...the ion.
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Any place that has high enough pedestrian traffic to ban bikes from sidewalks should also have high enough bicycle traffic to provide them with protected lanes.
November 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Any place that has high enough pedestrian traffic to ban bikes from sidewalks should also have high enough bicycle traffic to provide them with protected lanes.
Someone needs to run this through one of those AI voice cloning tools
I've created a 5 part thread🧵 of a hypothetical rant on Car Culture in the spirit and energy of Bill Burr.
1/5
1/5
November 17, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Someone needs to run this through one of those AI voice cloning tools
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In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.
- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.
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Here’s the blunt reality — reasonably-sized electric vehicles need to be the future of cars, but cars can’t be the future of urban mobility.
Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.
These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.
Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.
These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.
November 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Here’s the blunt reality — reasonably-sized electric vehicles need to be the future of cars, but cars can’t be the future of urban mobility.
Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.
These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.
Fewer cars.
Less driving.
More inviting mobility choices.
Better communities and cities.
These are the 4 pillars of the REAL urban transportation solution.
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Over the decade ending in 2019, global SUV ownership doubled. “If it keeps growing at its current rate, increased SUV ownership will offset the entire emissions reduction from electric vehicles.” Plus they’re much more likely than smaller cars to kill pedestrians. www.fastcompany.com/90420280/sho...
Should we outlaw SUVs?
Over the last decade, global SUV ownership has doubled. In that time, the vehicles contributed more to the increase in global CO2 emissions than airlines, trucks, or heavy industry.
www.fastcompany.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Over the decade ending in 2019, global SUV ownership doubled. “If it keeps growing at its current rate, increased SUV ownership will offset the entire emissions reduction from electric vehicles.” Plus they’re much more likely than smaller cars to kill pedestrians. www.fastcompany.com/90420280/sho...
Can you get a medically induced coma even if you're fine? Think I'd rather sit out these next four years.
November 6, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Can you get a medically induced coma even if you're fine? Think I'd rather sit out these next four years.
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This is the Keddy Trail. A protected multi-use path up the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton. It’s named in honour of Jay Keddy, a kindergarten teacher who was tragically killed cycling here when it was just a painted shoulder at the side of the road. Protected cycling facilities save lives.
October 17, 2024 at 1:30 AM
This is the Keddy Trail. A protected multi-use path up the Niagara Escarpment in Hamilton. It’s named in honour of Jay Keddy, a kindergarten teacher who was tragically killed cycling here when it was just a painted shoulder at the side of the road. Protected cycling facilities save lives.
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Waterloo Region, Guelph or Ontario friends: one of our MPs, Mike Morrice, has a petition for the fed gov to hold the province more accountable for transit funding since they won't give any timelines for regional rail on the Kitchener Line. Signing is easy + fast:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-5163 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 6, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Waterloo Region, Guelph or Ontario friends: one of our MPs, Mike Morrice, has a petition for the fed gov to hold the province more accountable for transit funding since they won't give any timelines for regional rail on the Kitchener Line. Signing is easy + fast:
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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More details on the 'potential' HSR running through a corridor that contains ~ 50% of Canada's population. The RFP asks for a below 200km/h option and an above 200 km/h option. IMO, if you are going to build it, BUILD IT. 200+ or bust!
dailyhive.com/vancouver/to...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/to...
October 8, 2024 at 5:13 PM
More details on the 'potential' HSR running through a corridor that contains ~ 50% of Canada's population. The RFP asks for a below 200km/h option and an above 200 km/h option. IMO, if you are going to build it, BUILD IT. 200+ or bust!
dailyhive.com/vancouver/to...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/to...
Higher speeds reduce safety, create more violent collisions, and reduce highway capacity as faster vehicles need more distance between them. This brings on the inevitable stop-and-go more quickly. If there's already congestion problems, then this feels like the last thing we need.
October 3, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Higher speeds reduce safety, create more violent collisions, and reduce highway capacity as faster vehicles need more distance between them. This brings on the inevitable stop-and-go more quickly. If there's already congestion problems, then this feels like the last thing we need.
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Culture Shift.
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
September 28, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Culture Shift.
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
Content done with The Biking Lawyer
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I want to get a starter pack going of people who post about news, events, politics in Waterloo Region so we can start to get the local conversation to be a bit more interesting. So far it's tiny. Who should I add?
September 28, 2024 at 3:05 PM
I want to get a starter pack going of people who post about news, events, politics in Waterloo Region so we can start to get the local conversation to be a bit more interesting. So far it's tiny. Who should I add?
Someone needs to tell totally-legit-businessman Doug Ford
Taking space back from cars and making it for people is good for business. Pass it on. #BikesAreGoodForBusiness @bikeottawa.bsky.social
September 22, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Someone needs to tell totally-legit-businessman Doug Ford
Close it permanently, resurface the street with cobbles, add some space for seasonal/ shorter-term pop-up stands and have rotating amenities that correlate with each season. Quite pleased to see (of all people) Cllr. Cooper push for this.
www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/s...
www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/s...
September 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Close it permanently, resurface the street with cobbles, add some space for seasonal/ shorter-term pop-up stands and have rotating amenities that correlate with each season. Quite pleased to see (of all people) Cllr. Cooper push for this.
www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/s...
www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/s...