We really gotta leave this kind of posting back on Twitter. We know that confronting drivers doesn't go anywhere useful. Don't talk to drivers unless you're willing to see it through. Infrastructure is the problem. Give hell to a traffic engineer. Seriously, they're the ones who need to hear it.

TTC archaeological site

People in the southern corridor option are overplaying their hand. Yes you want to drum up some opposition to maximize your expropriation payout, but not so much that you make it so politically toxic that Alto chooses the north corridor option and you lose out.

People over the age of 70 are absolutely terrified of being killed by a cyclist. It's their number one fear in life. I don't know how cycling activists are supposed to address this. Telling them they're way more likely to be killed by another driver (who's likely over the age of 70 too) doesn't work

Finally, people are speaking out against the Daylight “Savings” Scam

2026 is the year folks. We're getting dogs out of the bars, the grocery stores and food courts. We shall remove them from the beaches, we shall remove them from the playgrounds, the parks and the streets, the condo stairwells.

The snow melt really confirms that we have to send all Toronto dog owners to prison.

Okay that's quite enough now.

You would never guess from reading the article that this person's farm is currently located right beside a railway. Once again asking journalists to actually question people's motives instead of taking them at face value.

He could have, but that would've required doing some work which he is loathe to do. I know the media glows about how he wakes up at 6am or whatever, but his actual reputation in the business world is that he's incredibly lazy.

Crazy. Like, imagine east enders needing a passport to go west of the DVP.

Feeling outraged? That's the point. They don't actually oppose HSR, but they'll pretend to in order to maximize the amount of compensation they get from expropriation. And the media will take the bait every single time.

Alto not looking so bad now eh

“Canada doesn't do enough to foster hockey skills” You know who taught me how to skate when I was a kid? Literally the government: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...

The way that left-NIMBYs weaponize “green space” against current and future Toronto residents is particularly nefarious and might be unique to our city. Anytime anyone mentions it here it's always 🚨 🚨 www.swanseapark.ca

If this guy wins again I'm leaving istg

I think at this point you just have to assume the lack of bike lane clearing is intentional. I understand that Chow was spooked by Bradford, but it's been 7 days already. I think politically it is safe to clear the bike lanes now without backlash.

Seems like despite council direction, Toronto Transportation Services is still refusing to activate more agressive TSP for Eglinton Line 5. Fantastic!

Why do people do this

The lack of municipal parties in Toronto has to be a big part of this problem. We've had multiple elections now where most city council and mayoral candidates literally do not run on a platform.

About time this city did something for us homeowners!

Why does Doug Ford keep doing this to us?

What's interesting is that there was zero tolerance for them when they came to Toronto and there was no controversy over this. Ottawa police clearly saw an opportunity to get Chief Sloly to resign and Ottawa residents suffered for it.

Toronto doing that thing again where they suggest streetscape “improvements” that will seem painfully out of date when construction starts in 2029 (it won't) www.toronto.ca/community-pe...

Finch West streetcar riders getting a faster ride this morning with the bus replacement

This article misses the mark. The fact is, Finch, as it's currently operated, would've been faster with bus lanes. Also, we seem to have forgotten David Miller's opposition to the Downtown Relief Line. Fact is that no one in the 2010s knew what they were doing.

Also, these backlogs make capital spending more expensive! The John Street Cultural Corridor now has to be redesigned at greater cost because the original designs are now out of date. Same issue will happen with remagineYonge and TransformYonge. We're not saving any money deferring infra projects.

This isn't what the ruling said, in fact, it explicitly said that it does not create a positive right to bike lanes. I guess even lawyers don't read anymore?

I remember going to the first public consultation for this, and 90% of it was OCAP and Friends of Chinatown saying that these are condos (they're not) and that they'd rather see it become a parking lot. One thoughtful comment about the ground floor retails was given and the developer took it.

And since then Scarborough's relative population has declined enough to lose a seat in parliament.

You can only say speed doesn't matter if you ignore the fact that Streetcar ridership has/never will recover to pre pandemic levels unlike buses and subways.

If someone has been in Toronto for more than two generations you know to avoid them.

Happy to report that the movie is actually pretty bad! A two and half hour slog. Like there was no attempt to edit the movie.

I have not been shy on my coverage of transit issues in Toronto. With the disastrous opening of the Finch West LRT in early December, I have some thoughts from Hong Kong using my historical experiences with Toronto in this longform post.

So now the city let this drag on for so long that we can no longer do a simple street renovation because construction costs are completely out of control. Unserious city.

TTC has had absymal streetcar service for a while now, but with the return to office push, combined with Ford's bike lane ban, the city is clearly feeling the heat from voters.

This is the most insane thing:

Saxe isn't an idiot. She's hearing from her constituents that have seen their property values absolutely crater over the last year. Between this and the heritage zoning in the Annex, she's trying to pull her constituents out from underwater.

I keep banging on this drum that the worst car congestion is actually in Toronto's outer suburbs but for some reason the relentless focus is on the 5 or 6 guys that drive to their reserved parking spot in Brookfield Place.

Just a blatant lie lol

Once again begging Toronto business owners to acknowledge the existence of Green P parking lots. Just because you're stupid enough to park on Ossington yourself doesn't mean your customers should be too

Another article trying to convince Torontonians that the city exists east of the Don Valley. No one's falling for it. Nice try.

From a broader perspective, I think the city got too spoiled with downtown residents switching from streetcars to bikeshare, Uber, walking etc., and applied those standards to Line 6. They did not anticipate that those options are less available in that part of the city.

She's had at least three times now where staff have done the, “what you're actually seeing with your own eyes here is not the case”. They said that sidewalks were plowed last year, and then had to admit they lied. How many times is Chow going to get the fell for it again award? Start. Firing. Staff.

Maybe the city will learn from this and activate more aggressive transit signal priority for the Eglinton crosstown? *Checks who the councillors are for the street running sections* Oh, nevermind.

One positive thing I'll say is that it's still better than the Spadina streetcar which I regularly outwalk.

Shuttle buses ordered on day 1.

Oh I have thoughts on this (am one of those nerds)

Councillor Cheng pretending to delay this when we know that the province is just going to amend the secondary plan anyways like they did with Yonge and Eglinton.