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Toronto, but been travelling a lot, road safety, bikes, scooters, movies and walking… borkbork.ca
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Fire on the new Glen Road pedestrian bridge. I have asked @diannesaxe.bsky.social to install mirrors and perhaps some planters in this section of the bridge…historically the old bridge was frequented by folks selling drugs, and there is a large number of folks living under the Sherbourne bridge…

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Things I learnt today - in Ontario 1.9b$ of operating costs for transit comes from ticket sales…meanwhile Ontarios revenue from income tax is 41b$ and sales tax revenue is 30b$…we could make transit free, and have 2b$ left over for extra operating costs for a 1% HST increase…/1

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We should be running these in Toronto….

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Basically at this moment every reporter in ontario - and frankly some international and federal reporters - should be covering Metrolinx and digging…so much to uncover due to their lack of transparency and inability to get stuff done…

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There are still a lot of cycling advocates around the world who haven’t clued into this yet and are actively hostile to kick e-scooters…the Chicago experience is really leading the way in showing what is possible, and how you can get an even bigger constituency for lanes and parking…

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So #topoli, wouldn't it be amazing if Toronto Police Services Board was on TMMIS? It's kinda weird that it isn't right? We were able to convince @toronto.ca to add the TTC a few months ago...I think it would be really good if we all sent them a note to get them on it.../1

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The motions on this self driving car item from @diannesaxe.bsky.social and @paulafletcherto.bsky.social sound like they are from the most anti-tech, anti-American people around...this is stuff Tesla and others have been doing in Canada for a decade... secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

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If you're wondering why we should be planning future subway lines now...here is a good example of what happens when you expropriate property after the project has been announced, instead of buying it on the market before you announce the project... apple.news/Av69hLjlGQui...

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It’s 9pm and the Eglinton LRT is bumpin…at least for the trainees…

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