lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Working within the active transportation, environmental protection, affordable housing and placemaking sphere. Always advocating #BikeTO #TransformTO #BLM #TweetsAreMineByDefault
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A recent addition it seems. I wonder how bad it was coming out of out Mike's NOFRILLS as a driver and not plowing straight into these homes.
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Proper context. The Chair of Infra & Enviro isn't an actual job at the City... but if it was:
Wanted: A Chair for the Climate Emergency
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But something, something it couldn't work here in Toronto.
Where could we find an elected municipal rep with the #PoliticalWill to actually put forward a game changing plan to tackle congestion in our city? Yes looking straight at the Chair for Infrastructure & Environment.
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My elected municipal rep would be absolutely horrified to give constituents additional means of removing them from crafting how our city functions.
Please share widely in #TorontoDanforth
“Six ways to democratise city
planning: Enabling thriving and healthy cities” www.demnext.org/uploads/Exec...
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#ICYMI
“This parking lot is a hub, is the heart of the community.” From an interview in 2021 opposing turning a parking lot into 64 permanent affordable studio apartments at the corner of Cedarvale & Trenton Avenues.
How things have/can change in 2025 and beyond.
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Damn!
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Thank you! bsky.app/profile/lanr...
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"Bixi Montréal told Radio-Canada it recorded a new daily trip record of 98,500 rides on Tuesday. This surpasses the previous record of 83,897 trips, set just one day earlier."
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Not work around or a hack, I'm just creating more video on YouTube, so that it is as portable as possible. Extra step for sure, but I'm also doing it that way now b/c my growing audience isn't jumping on all the social channels I'm on.
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Ok Alex. One down! bsky.app/profile/thes...
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Cc: @socialmedialab.ca
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represent. Vulnerable Road User of any age, sex, creed and colour, you need not worry. Your rightful concern for your safety was ignored in the most brilliant way possible. Face to Face.
I hope this project goes through, but with an election next year, I have my doubts. #BikeTO
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but the nodding head and the “I understand, but this is what transportation wants to do” was such a full on cop out. No talk of #VisionZero or #TransformTO just you drive, you vote, I’m listening to you. It is good to see what your elected officials are up to. How and who they decide to 4/
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and those damn, dirty delivery people that never EVER stop at stop signs. The dirt part was new to me. A noted levelling up on ignorance and racism (but that might be a whole other OP-ED in the future) What I had hopped the IEC chair & elected municipal rep would have calmed last night was fears 3/
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part wasn’t said out loud but with the chair of Infrastructure & Environment Committee at this meeting, you would have thought she would say that last part boldly & out loud. Well she did not. She allowed every myth & fear ravaged conspiracy to go basically unchallenged “What About The Children?” 2/
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A "Progressive" like this is only interested in the photo ops that allow them the ability to look good, especially when an election is right around the corner.
Not prioritizing the safety of VRUs or putting meaningful support behind TransformTO tells all constituents what they need to know
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require rapid action to scale up existing programs, additional authorities for the City to implement effectively, and significant levels of investment and coordination with other levels of government.
Transportation
75% of school/work trips under 5km are walked, biked or by transit
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The City surpassed its GHG emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020, due to an anomaly year during COVID-19 restrictions. The City’s future GHG reduction targets, from 1990 levels, are:
45% by 2025
65% by 2030
net zero by 2040.
Meeting the City’s future GHG reduction targets will 8/
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the trajectory needed to reach net zero by 2040.
The targets and actions presented in the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy were developed through extensive research and consultation across City divisions and agencies, stakeholders and the public.
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#TransformTO On December 15, 2021, Toronto’s City Council adopted the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy (The Net Zero Strategy). The Net Zero Strategy triggers new and accelerated implementation actions to drive down community-wide emissions, particularly in the short term, and establishes
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its fundamental message: fatalities and serious injuries on our roads are preventable, and we must strive to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries to zero. 5/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htjf...
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pedestrians, school children, older adults and cyclists. Based on factors that contribute to serious injury and fatality crashes, the plan will also focus on aggressive and distracted driving, safety for motorcyclists, and heavy trucks.
The City is committed to Vision Zero and upholds 4/
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data driven initiatives The Vision Zero Road Safety Plan is a bold pledge to improve safety across our city using a data-driven and targeted approach, focusing on the locations where improvements are most needed. The Plan addresses safety for the most vulnerable users of our transportation system 3/
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#VisionZero is a comprehensive action plan focused on reducing traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries on Toronto’s streets. The Plan prioritizes the safety of our most vulnerable road users across seven emphasis areas through a range of extensive, proactive, targeted and . 2/
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Perfect start to the day #BikeTO
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Love the sound of clip clopping 🎶 in the morning.
#BikeTO