Where's the money from congestion pricing going anyway? It's being used to buy new trains, make them run faster and more frequently, renovate old subway platforms and stations, install elevators across the system and more. youtube.com/shorts/uD_wL...

Harrow Street painted bike lane, January 1rst 2026. Still unusable!

Harrow Street painted bike lane, December 30, 2025. Unusable "infrastructure"!

Driving is the most subsidized activity in American life, and it costs us more than most people can recognize. The least drivers can pony up to store their giant vehicles in public space.

I've watched thousands of videos from the Jan. 6 riot as part of NPR's reporting and archive project on that day. Here are some of the lesser known videos that have really stuck with me. 🧵

Was the building wearing reflective clothing.

12. Open your eyes to whether your city is truly accessible for everyone–every curb cut or lack thereof–for the disabled, people of all ages, & for every parent with a stroller. Find ways to travel a mile in their shoes or chairs, and listen to them. Amplify their voices in calling for improvements.

“In simple terms: a heavier car offers diminishing safety benefits to the person inside it, while imposing rapidly increasing risk on everyone else.” (Graph from The Economist)

Great opinion piece by @adamjwpg.bsky.social in today's @winnipegfreepress.com

It’s very very frustrating to know that there isn’t much chance of any accountability for this behavior after Trump

271,000 people have lost their jobs and federal spending has ctually increased. So people get less services, while we added debt paying for private jets for Kristi Noem, bulletproof cars for Kash Patel. This is what the rust belt voters demanded.

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I totally missed this podcast episode I was on! If your interested in theatre, small press publishing & just making a creative life as a millennial, this is my take. Enjoy! Live at the Gargoyle: Reimagine what theatre is | Mel Marginet Episode webpage: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the...

This - again and again. Stop victim blaming, start politician, infrastructure and lawmakers "blaming". “First, the designers of the system are responsible for the design, operation, and use of the transportation system. Second, road users are responsible for following the rules of (it).”

By making it convenient & comfortable for 'peggers to access their city on foot, bike & bus, families could begin to shed vehicles. It costs Canadians $8-12,000 a year to commute via vehicle. Imagine if we went back to the "family car" days instead of a car for everyone of driving age.... #wpgpoli

No mention by Brodbeck of the idiotic decision to follow through on Pallister's tax cuts. And then even worse, cut the gas tax, terrible environmental policy that bloats the deficit. The Mb NDP should change its colour from orange to petrol blue. #MbPoli www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/2025/1...

“The phenomenon is known as induced demand. The result is an endless cycle in which congestion leads to highway expansion, which invites more trips, which brings back traffic…The pattern is so inevitable that economists have dubbed it the iron law of congestion.” #InducedTraffic

The run that Rob Reiner went on between 1984 and 1992 is one of the most amazing hot streaks any director has ever had. Legendary stuff

we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est

He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.

On this first night of Hanukkah I’m thinking about Ahmed al Ahmed, the brave Lebanese-Australian who reminds us that despite all the terrible horror—in Bondi today, in Gaza, in Ukraine, in Darfur…—that there is still decency and goodness in this world. Thank you Ahmed.

Independent video (verified by the NYTimes) shows a local Bondi Beach unarmed bystander sneaking up behind one of the gunman today and tackling him to disarm him.

You could say that Connor Hellebuyck took matters into his own hands and the power of healing allowed him to do so.

If 30 kph is the safe speed around our schools then it is also the safe speed for our residential streets. If we want to allow kids to have the freedom to move around their neighbourhoods we need to make them safe. @safespeedswpg.bsky.social

It's practically satire with this guy.

Next Green Action Centre keynote event!

People want a new pipeline like they want a pony. It's very different once it's in your own back yard, shitting everywhere.

I imagine how much fun those kids are having. How much sensory input they're getting, being immersed in the world, feeling the weather, really seeing their town. That precious time close to their parent or caretaker.

I don't have a car and ride all kinds of bikes, depending on the situation. I love love love seeing parents and kids on ebikes. I see them having the best time and overhear the best snippets of conversation. As we all pass the cars stuck in traffic. The ebike backlash pisses me off.

immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes

just gonna leave this here bsky.app/profile/holz...

Trump promises farmers the world (to get their votes) Trump fucks over farmers Trump bails out farmers Everyone (including those who didn't vote for Trump) pay for it Sounds logical #America ? 🤔

Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers. If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking & public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers. INCLUDING DRIVERS. The “war on cars” has always been a lie.

A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers. The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.

Great news!! Thank you #wpgpoli this is the right decision. #winnipeg

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A University of Winnipeg professor who researches poverty and urban renewal at the downtown campus now has a new leadership role at the province’s second-largest university.

Vancouver city councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social has introduced a new Council motion that would get rid of right turns on red lights in the city. Via @dailyhivevancouver.bsky.social Unquestionably the smart, evidence-based move for EVERYONE’s safety, but especially for people walking & on bikes.

'corridor urbanism' isn't urbanism. but it is a way to funnel renters and poor people into the worst parts of our region while protecting sky high home values

Congestion pricing cleared my skin and watered my crops

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 160 reut.rs/4a5je20

I once saw somebody who queued for 45 minutes every day to drive 1/2 mile. Motonormativity is such a powerful force, I suspect for a lot of people driving and movement are seen as the same thing. Add in the influence of habits and automatic behaviour and non-car alternatives don't even register

Yesterday I had to go to a big box shopping centre and there were two guys blowing the snow with gas leaf blowers. I was enraged & wondered what @cateblanchettfan.bsky.social would say. Not only do we have to put up with them in summer, but in winter. Rage! #winnipeg #onlyinthepeg

I never wanted to hear this man say “mothers breast” out loud yet here we are, all suffering together.

What about not kill people?

I make a point of crossing it at least once a week to see all the things that were behind concrete barriers in the past. Today I very much enjoyed the Christmas trees at the Fairmont, and a sculpture of moose that I had never, ever noticed in my life!

Hundreds of bicycles brought back to life. WRENCH’s Cycle of Giving provides bikes to children in need. "It’s a worthwhile cause...for so many kids in the city who might not have access to a bike, at the holiday season they’re getting a pair of wheels.....That’s pretty amazing.” t.ly/8S506

Those #VoteOpen days were wild. I'm still resentful that a basic accessible infrastructure decision was made into a political war by a few ppl. Anyhoo, here we are. ‘Doomsday predictions’ proven ‘wrong’ winnipeg-can.newsmemory.com?publink=0c97... #winnipeg #wpgpoli #mbpoli

The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.