High speed rail in Canada is a good investment. It’s the kind of ambitious nation-building that actually makes Canada more resilient etc. No surprise, far-right Pierre Poilievre says he’d cancel it, saying it will go over budget. Spoiler—it will. Just like EVERY car highway does. But he likes those.

This morning, I took my gravel bike for its first ride of 2026 to check out some of the construction along the East Don Trail and the Lower Don Trail. If you are able to go for a ride this afternoon, do it since it's beautiful out! #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/04/apri...

"we’re a carsick city + the sickness seems to be getting worse. I say “seems” because I’m not sure how to quantify the vibe change I’ve witnessed in the past decade, as a person who drives, rides a bike, walks + takes public transit." @lizrenzetti.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

If you're against Canadian bilingualism, you're literally siding with Elon Musk

After having to wait on hold for a few months, I finally got to check out a copy of Life After Cars by @thewaroncars.bsky.social from my local library! Look forward to reading it. #BikeTO #BikeSky #WalkTO #TTC #TOpoli

We're the *only* g7 country without high speed rail at this point and developing countries like Egypt, Morocco and Indonesia all have it. It's honestly getting embarrassing at this point if we can't get it done within a decade.

Thanks @thestar.com for publishing my letter in response to #CPC Leader Pierre Poilievre's call to scrap high-speed rail. Canada is decades overdue for high-speed rail and it's time we get this thing built! #cdnpoli #LPC #NDP #GPC #AllAboardAlto www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...

I don't know what those anti high-speed rail folks such as AltNO are smoking, but having 62% of respondents say they're in support of Alto high-speed rail compared to 18% who are opposed is NOT weak support! Let's keep our eyes on the prize and get this thing built, folks! #cdnpoli #AllAboardAlto

Road safety improvements are proposed on Davisville Avenue between Yonge Street and Mount Pleasant Road, which include transit stop upgrades and new bikeways. Visit toronto.ca/davisvilleavenue to learn more, or attend a public drop-in event on April 16 at Greenwood College School from 6 to 8 p.m.

The survey for Phase 2 of the High Park Movement Strategy Implementation is now live. Please complete it by Tuesday, April 21 to show your support for a car-free High Park. The virtual public meeting is still happening on Tuesday April 7 @ 6 PM. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

A great, kind, compassionate man who contributed so much to this world is gone. RIP, Mr. Lewis. #onpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

PP is so stupid and pathetic. A valid free-market/"conservative" critique of current HSR scheme might be its exclusivity. Infra should be publicly owned but should also be open to private operators/investors to rent slots in schedule to run their own trains alongside public operator.

The Hidden Differences Between US and Canadian Urbanism

Since the Eglinton-Allen intersection will be headed to IEC next Tuesday (IE28.2), I wrote a recap of the March 23 virtual meeting which over 250 people attended to explain where things stand. Please send comments to [email protected] this week. #BikeTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/03/reca...

Here's yet another reason why we must never allow Pierre Poilievre to become Prime Minister! He's content with Canada remaining an international embarrassment by wanting to scrap high speed rail which is decades overdue! #shame #cdnpoli #LPC #CPC #NDP #GPC www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...

My @thestar.com column: There’s lots of disagreement about Toronto transit projects, but damn near everyone can agree about one thing: electrifying and increasing GO Train service is a great idea. It’s a real shame Doug Ford’s government has screwed it up again. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social made a big mistake by calling Doug Ford's plans to take over Toronto's share of YTZ "a very interesting vision". Let's use the three April 13 byelections to send Carney a message this is NOT OK! #shame #cdnpoli #TOpoli #NoJetsTO www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Part of today’s federal-provincial-municipal announcement: a funding agreement, at last, for the Waterfront East LRT. $3 billion divided three ways. news.ontario.ca/en/backgroun...

While federal and provincial parties will always have their disagreements, attacking the new federal #NDP leader right off the bat as Mr. Nenshi has done is NOT what New Democrats (or any principled leader) should do! We need the federal & provincial parties to work together! #shame #cdnpoli #ABpoli

Congratulations @avilewis.ca on winning the #NDP leadership race on the first ballot with 56% of the vote! Thanks Heather, Rob, Tanille & Tony for putting your names forward while we now start the hard task of making the party relevant again to Canadians! #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Thanks @torontolifemag.bsky.social for fact checking those anti-Chow ads ABC Toronto launched yesterday. Not surprisingly, the numbers they used - especially for crime and city finances - were misleading. #TOpoli torontolife.com/city/fact-ch...

If you wanted divy up downtown Toronto into 4 quadrants to achieve something similar, I'd suggest pedestrianizing Yonge from Lake Shore to at least College and making Queen a transit mall from Bathurst to River, both blocking all through traffic.

If you're a member of the #NDP, you have until 7 PM Eastern to vote for the next party leader! That's less than twelve hours away! Let's make sure @avilewis.ca gets a first ballot win! #cdnpoli 🍁🍊🗳️

For those of you who live in #UniRose & a Danielle Martin campaign volunteer knocks at your door, ask them why her party is noncommittal when it comes to #NoJetsTO call to keep the ban on jets at YTZ. Here's Serena Purdy's statement which condemns #LPC support for Ford's power grab. #cdnpoli #NDP

The City of Toronto has released their 2026-2028 Congestion Mangement Plan, which features significant emphasis on enforcing traffic laws and improving transit speeds.

Ford is hiding his controversial changes to freedom of information laws to exempt the premier & cabinet ministers from disclosure, is included in his budget bill! 🤬 His MPPs will all have to vote with the budget bill, and thus the FOI changes! What a horrible, sneaky, corrupt government! #onpoli

It's spring, and so time to re-start the petition to get Open Streets back in Toronto. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...

Even though the 2026 election won't launch until May 1, ABC Toronto has already started launching attack ads against Mayor Olivia Chow. We need to not only ensure Chow gets re-elected, but also elect (and re-elect) progressives to council. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TTC #TOpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-s...

That's $10.25/gallon for all the Americans crying about the price of gas. But you know what freedom the Dutch have that you don't? The freedom of choice in high quality transportation options that don't require owning cars.

Connecting the Loop Trail to the Meadoway? Count us in!

Have you noticed that Transit App and Google Maps don't show when your LRT is *actually* arriving? Are next-train screens in stations showing inaccurate times? While real-time arrivals work for buses and streetcars, a Metrolinx firewall is blocking real-time tracking from riders on the new LRTs 1/

I wonder what's the reason behind @joshmatlow.bsky.social voting against this snow clearing idea from NYC? Given the major snowfall from January which saw many sidewalks and bike lanes left unusable for weeks, it's worth pursuing whenever the City needs additional resources. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli

An internal report obtained by the NDP reveals that Metrolinx’s 10-year plan for GO Expansion no longer includes electrifying the Stouffville, Kitchener & Barrie lines, with longer, less frequent trips www.thestar.com/news/gta/met... #onpoli

With spring in the air & this year being an election year, it's time to reshare the petition to bring back Open Streets to Toronto! The petition has 935 signatures, but we need at least 10,000 to get the attention of election candidates! #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli tinyurl.com/openstreetspetitionto

📍King St W and Massey St (Northwest corner) - near Strachan 🕜2:30pm 📅Saturday March 28 YOU'RE INVITED!! Join us Saturday March 28 at 2:30pm as we install a pedestrian memorial sign in memory of Gigi Behocaray. Gigi was 94 years old, a beloved mother, and a dear friend.

It's worth reminding everyone Doug Ford used the same kind of bullying tactics against Olivia Chow three years ago by claiming she would be an "unmitigated disaster" if she were to become Mayor! #ONpoli #TOpoli #Mississauga

The Integrity TO guy is so annoying that he couldn't even get one sympathetic vote on council.

Doug Ford is wrong to accuse the privacy commissioner of politicizing his undemocratic FOI changes when he's the one politicizing them. It should also be noted 60% of respondents oppose those changes per a recent Abacus Data poll. #shame #ONpoli #ONDP #OLP #GPO #PCPO www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Per The Trillium, the Premier's office wasted time & resources holding "weekly bike lanes meetings" when Bill 212 and the court challenge were happening. If only Doug Ford expended this kind of energy on issues truly within his jurisdiction? 🤔 #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli www.reddit.com/r/torontobik...

A part of me feels sorry for @joshmatlow.bsky.social after reading this barnburner piece on Doug Ford. He's clearly outgrown his role as Councillor, but he can't run for Mayor again if Olivia Chow does & he would be handily beaten by Nate Erskine-Smith for the OLP leadership. #TOpoli #ONpoli

Just watched TVO's The Rundown about a new book "Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How." Co-editors Ken Greenberg & Ann Golden were interviewed on the show. Can't wait to read it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSFp...

The people who fight the hardest against funding transit and bike lanes are always the ones complaining the loudest about sitting in traffic.

A great opportunity to request cargo bike parking "corral" equipment in car parking spots in Toronto. #BikeTO Email [email protected] to request!

Hey #BikeTO! @bikewaysto.bsky.social will be hosting a 72 km ride along the Loop Trail on Sunday, April 19. Meet 9 AM in front of Fix Coffee + Bikes @ The Well (486 Front St W) & please e-mail [email protected] to register. #TOpoli #VisionZero www.instagram.com/communitybik...

Great analysis by @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social on Doug Ford's transportation policies. Says "Every incremental car we add to the road makes the experience of driving worse for everyone. Traffic gets worse & gasoline prices get higher as more consumers chase a scarce good." #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli

Read our letter in support of asking the City to get involved in the Ontario Place legal case against another attempt by the province at undermining local democracy: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

New from me @envirocentre.bsky.social: Bike share is a proven solution in cities across Canada and would help solve challenges in Ottawa too. #OttBike #OttTransit #OttCity #OttPoli

Wild that we refuse to build new actual mixed use streets but still slap on the idea of it as the facade to a mall.

Medium vs High Density: Why Do We Have to Choose?

PRESS RELEASE: NoJetsTO Condemns the Reckless Stripping of Environmental Rights and Protections from Proposed Island Airport Jet Expansion #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli