Local man says potential problems are acceptable since his three homes are not in downtown area.

We need a term for the business owners who come out of the woodwork to protest bike lanes as if they are a virus that kills enterprise. NIMBY is overplayed and not reflective. NIMPS maybe: Not In My Parking Spot!

This single digit weather in May has to go fam. IT HAS TO GO.

Pearl Marmalade

Anyone who has ridden a bike in a city knows something else about speeding cars: it doesn't even help! We all end up together at the next red light anyway, but not all of us needed to travel at killing speeds to do it

A few days late but I wanted to share what a great @janeswalk.bsky.social I attended with @cycletoronto.bsky.social last Friday! Executive Director Michael Longfield and a colleague led the walk, which despite my expectations was NOT a ride. Me and a few other cyclists walked our bikes :)

Interesting open house with Toronto staff on the Marlee Glencairn project to add density and highrise zoning around the subway station. Though I'm not sure what people who leave notes like this are hoping for...

Totes!

I think ebikes and other micromobility devices are a wonderful thing and arguments against them are usually cloaked classicism, racism or just plain moral panic. However: what do people think about kids using them? I see so many young kids, flying with no helmets on these things and it worries me.

AI is 80% multilevel marketing scheme, 20% genuinely useful technology

Guangzhou isn’t just building bike lanes. It's building a healthier, more liveable city. With over 6,000 km. of greenways, it quietly boasts one of the world's largest cycling networks. What was once overlooked is now impossible to ignore: a vital link in their modern, multimodal transport system.

YEPPPPPPPP

what if solar wind water geothermal instead…

I found the world's most unfortunate name for a wrist doctor

The moral panic over ebikes while motor vehicle fatalities have shot up over the last 15 years…is annoying. In the US, 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011. 42,795 motor vehicle fatalities in 2022. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_v...

Another money and life wasting "gut" decision by the worst premier this province has ever seen. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

After years of producing content in the digital space I'm starting a Patreon. It will have both satirical news stories via The Rovélo Record (full stories) and the advocacy content you might expect from Rovélo Creative in this space and of course much more. www.patreon.com/cw/rovelocre...

In today’s #404DeepDive, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social gets into Ring’s new feature Search Party which was advertised at the Super Bowl which essentially turns the entire neighborhood into a security dragnet. Read more: www.404media.co/with-ring-am...

Terry B spittin facts youtu.be/saF_XwsK25Y?...

Is it just me or is Contexto basically a training module to make us think more like A.I.?

Soooo... Why did the @thestar.com go hard with a story stating the Feb 8 opening as fact, when they just had two anonymous sources "with knowledge" of the date. That story was insufficiently sourced to me. And this is embarrassing.

The thing I love about this podcast is that it's like hearing three smart Toronto urbanism thinkers who I see a lot of on socials come to life in audio form! They talk! Give them a listen!

Meanwhile in Toronto, the new Finch West LRT (Line 6) is shut down AGAIN! What a fucking embarrassment for this city, Metrolinx, and the consortium that built that line! #TTC #TOpoli

I know we measure snowfall in cm, but this record breaking snow was super light and airy. If less than half that depth fell, but it was dense and wet, we'd be much worse off. Why don't they give the official measure in mm of water or something, i.e. the actual amount of moisture that fell?

Seeing so many Americans post about cutting ties with family and friends who are supporting MAGA and ICE now. It's sad but totally understandable. The divide is too vast. The fabric of shared reality has been torn. Even if the country avoids civil war, generational harm has been done.

Night of the Loving Dead

I've read about how GenZs are not drinking/partying like previous few gens did (Xer here) and generally shun that lifestyle. Many reasons (hi COVID! hey cost of living!) but I bet the constant public image curation of the IG generation is a big part. Sloppy drunk pics might not go well on the feed.

An owner that denies problems. An operator that has no ability to fix problems. And a maintainer that just doesn’t respond to questions. Doesn’t seem like a great way to run a railroad. www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

Well this is kind of ironic, I guess? Also, remember when Wired mattered?

Nardwuar becomes first ‘human serviette’ appointed to Order of Canada

Watching "Band of Brothers" about 25 years late. Aside from the horrors of war, it's fun to see so many "before they were famous" actors. But what was Jimmy Fallon doing in there? He was already a well known goofball on SNL by 2001, so that was just some distracting casting.

Is it a Prairie thing or just a Boomer parent thing to refer to a snowfall as a "dump" I have to stifle myself every time my parents say "we had a big dump last night!" And it happens a lot. 😅

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

So, what does this emoji mean? 🫡 I think there is something funky happening with my mac's emoji set: as when I searched it in Google the replies were about the "salute" emoji. Is that what you see here? Here are two screenshots of what I see on two pages, same Firefox browser, same Mac.

Hey @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca the Bloor bike lane west of Old Mill Trail has a very dangerous slick of black ice. In general the lane is poorly cleared in this area, but this is the worst spot. Thanks! #biketo #winterbike

Hey @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca please have the curbs on this section of the Bloor bike lanes moved back to their original positions. Cars are just parked in the bike lane, in front of the No Frills in Bloor West Village.

this is the way! I have to do it outside though so I don't bother if it's below -10C or so.

Merry Line 6-mas to all the giddy transit and urban nerds making breathless content today!

I had my first wintery ride of the season, AND my first ice wipeout of the year. It is still *fall* I guess. I had a rear winter tire (unstudded) but was holding out to put studs on the front. Then my rear brake froze so I had to use my front descending a steep icy hill... Predictable. Still hurts!

With the Harbord/Hoskin #bikeTO lanes open again from end to end, I thought I'd check out the new design. Great work by the city on these, though I have a few questions and concerns (as always!). youtu.be/eIbFTMKwCyM?...

“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.” Cities need smart, specific strategies to manage vehicle size. It’s about space & safety.

I can never get enough of this magnificent dinosaur bird the Shoebill… 🐦 ❤️

HAPPENING NOW: a group of New York rabbis are being arrested at a protest outside the Israeli consulate calling for bringing food into Gaza, an end to the war, and return of all hostages @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social

I subbed to the @theglobeandmail.com's digital offering for $9/month last year. That was a short term promotion, which I forgot about, and realized I've been paying $37/month since October. Rich for my blood. I called to cancel my subscription, as you can't online, and that was interesting... 1/2

Notable back-and-forth between @lanrickbennett.bsky.social and Councillor Paula Fletcher here. Lanrick makes good argument for protected bike lanes on Jones Ave, as previously approved by council. Fletcher says that plan takes away too many parking spaces. beachmetro.com/2025/06/05/i...

Great NYT dive into the Costco phenomenon. I've watched it go beyond a bulk-temple for suburban soccer parents to enthrall even Gen Z shoppers. I know some who organize group trips and rock Kirkland logo clothes. Cult-like for sure. But also incredibly smart. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/d...

“Reuters examined the data from the Gaza Health Ministry to look more closely at those who have died. It found that more than one-fifth of those killed in the territory were children under the age of 12. More than 1,200 families were completely wiped out”

Really important question: Why do Brits invariably pronounce L.A. as "Los AngeLEEs." It's not implied in the spelling or in the Spanish roots of the word. Closer to home, they also say WinnYpeg. But I can forgive that as it's a bit more obscure. Do they just dislike the schwa?