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Every bus is potentially replacing 50-60 cars. If the average city block is 80-200m, then this is replacing 1.9 to 5.6 blocks of cars (assuming 3m separation between cars). So, if the bus lane seems empty, just imagine that each bus is actually 1.9 to 5.6 blocks long and then reassess.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling," cried the NIMBYs. Thankfully, the data proves them wrong yet again. When will we stop allowing progress to be blocked by the always-wrong contingent of Chicken Littles in this city? #TOpoli

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Quiet-quitting at an organizational level. Imagine thinking that frequent, bidirectional service is a frill and waste of money when you are an organization managing regional transit for the most populated and traffic-snarled region in Canada.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

When the Trojan horse has made it inside the wall, keep quiet and don't bring attention to it.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Today is #WorldBicycleDay 🚲 Did you know❓ Cycle lanes count for just 0.2% of the current road infrastructure. It’s time to demand safer streets that put the health & safety of pedestrians and cyclists first 👉bit.ly/4jPzXsa

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

We’re setting the record straight on dedicated lanes. Red lanes on Dufferin and Bathurst will make our travel faster, safer, and more accessible. They will also help cut congestion and reduce pollution. Read this thread to get the facts ⬇️ 1/5

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

On a rainy day, there are 20 pedestrians easily countable in that photo vs two moving vehicles - let's be generous and say 8 people in those vehicles. Yet, the space allocation is 90% for those vehicles plus the empty parked ones. It's unclear how anyone can think cars bring the business.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Takes fighting tooth and nail for years to get any progress on #biketo infrastructure. And then an impromptu vote by show of hands to kill it. This city...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I'm just so sad this morning. That's all. I'm so sad at all the avoidable death and suffering. The cruelty and stupidity of our species. It's unending. I don't know how we are supposed to bear it day after day.

submitted 23 days ago • 24 comments

Carbon capture is like Elon's hyperloop: it's not meant to work, it's meant to undermine real efforts at good climate policy.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Loved this episode. What resonated most was reframing questions: don't ask "do you support free parking", but "do you support kids being safe on our streets?" Don't ask "do you support bike lanes", but "do you support ppl getting around safely, whether by car, bike, foot, or transit?" #biketo 1/3

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

This. They're standard on e-bikes (small harm potential), so it's unfathomable they aren't standard on autos. Reckless drivers should simply have their license revoked. In what other facet of society do we let a dangerous offender continue to operate, especially unremediated?

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

How long until everyone is legally required to have a portrait of Trump in every room of their home?

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

This 💯! My observation while biking on Bloor is that most congestion is from people turning left. Prohibit left turns except at signalled intersections with dedicated lanes and things would flow so much smoother (and would be much safer for pedestrians and cyclists).

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

All part and parcel of politicians denying facts/truth/knowledge, rejecting experts, and substituting their own "facts" instead. Then they get to justify their unhinged policy bc of these "facts"

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Not only that, but also driver malfeasance in widespread speeding, stop sign running, red light running, road raging, etc.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Ford's words must be connected to his govt's actions with the judiciary & an Ontario govt's first use of the notwithstanding clause. "what he said is part of a troubling pattern that goes back right to the start of his premiership." #OnPoli #GiftLink 🎁 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90e3098...

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

"impatient voters are more likely to support govts that offered short-term rewards but long-term costs, a common feature of populist govts. In effect, these govts offer easy solns to complex problems that are appealing in the short term but costly in the long run." Sound familiar, Ontario? #OnPoli

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

What a waste of taxpayer money. I hope he somehow loses again. #CanPoli www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7525104

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

“But those bike lanes are coming out one way or another,” Ford said at a press conference in Mississauga Wednesday morning. “We're appealing it, because judges should not determine items like bike lanes.” And provincial govts should?! Self-awareness is clearly not his strong suit. #biketo

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

submitted 45 days ago • 35 comments

I've just seen some staggering data on how badly infections are affecting urgent care here now. It's hard to comprehend. It's hard to get your head round it. You need to see it to believe it. 👀

submitted 46 days ago • 41 comments

This is the result you get when you pathologically both-sides your reporting, giving equal weight to outdated statistics to absolute whopping lies. That's not actually "balance," but they have convinced themselves it is.

submitted 47 days ago • 6 comments

Imagine actually saying that aloud. Roads cover 25% of this city already and this councillor would have that increase to over 30% (plus a ton more parking, I'm sure). When a third of your city is road surface, then you really don't have much of a city.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

That this is surprising to hear from a politician is such an indictment of how our cities are run. Cars are in the way of street cars and buses, not the other way around!

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Isn't that every major east-west street? Now if it was priority connector roads for TTC and/or cycling, that would make sense - provided it actually meant bus lanes, bike lanes, and maybe even car-free roads.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Many jobs require background checks. Don't get the background check or don't pass? No job. I think people get it. They just need know about Poilievre's refusal and the significance of it, especially in light of election interference issues and Trump.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

"…the risk associated with COVID was found to be analogous to driving impairments seen with alcohol consumption at legal limits. …Acute C19 as measured by PCR➕ was associated with an OR of 1.25 (1.23-1.26 95% CI) for subsequent car crashes, a 25% increase in crash risk associated with acute C19".

submitted 60 days ago • 16 comments

Great data to illustrate the lie that "bike lanes sit empty in the winter." If people can ski in the winter, they can bike in the winter. And this will become more and more common the more we build up and properly maintain a bike lane network! #biketo

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

My fear all along was that Carney would be a Trojan horse, installing a conservative as the Liberal leader and PM. Sadly, this seems to be happening.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

The University of Toronto @uoftcities.bsky.social has created a map of the % of trips made by walking in Toronto (based on the 2022 Transportation Tomorrow survey, which seems to be finally available). From schoolofcities.github.io/ggh-transpor...

submitted 64 days ago • 3 comments

The number of American adults in the labour force with a disability since Covid

submitted 67 days ago • 31 comments

This question raised a red flag for me too. Almost like a right wing dog whistle.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes I'm commuting and some person on an e-bike passes me and will sheepishly apologize for "cheating" and I'm like, look around, we are surrounded by a crawling ocean of miserable people driving short distances in 5000 pound SUVs, you are winning not cheating.

submitted 78 days ago • 12 comments

"his driver’s license is suspended for 15 years" Why can this person ever drive again?!

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

The fact that Poilievre refused to get his security clearance given long-time allegations of foreign interference and now serious allegations of meddling by Indian agents and their proxies in his leadership bid is disqualifying for an aspiring Prime Minister.

submitted 80 days ago • 70 comments