Is Waymo making cities safer? “The more likely outcome, experts say, is that Waymo & other self-driving taxi services, would divert New Yorkers from using public transit, which remains the safest transportation option. Public transportation is 95% safer than vehicles & requires no new technology.”

Up now: RentSafeTO. The City is finally ready to launch a program requiring landlords to post colour-coded signage indicating the results of their building inspection. Here's what a red sign — the worst one —will look like. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

This is a (bad) photo of a pedestrian bridge into Liberty Village. I use it about once a week and it takes about 5 minutes off the walk compared to going around, so it's pretty useful. And I hate it. But I've used it enough to notice what I think lead to this design. Come along with me 🧵

Forge an unholy alliance Ontario Liberals and NDP. Hold your distance for each other and just bloody do it. bsky.app/profile/338c...

Looking north to Yonge St. & The Esplanade from the elevated railway viaduct, Toronto, Apr. 23, 1929. #OnThisDay #1920s #torontohistory #toronto #jeremyhopkin

My fellow Ontarians : This is what happens when you don't go out to vote. This is what happens when you refuse to bring up politics at family gatherings. You end up with a Premier who is a corrupt goon who would rather a late night vote to change the law than be accountable to us, the people.

Golden grasshopper on top of the Royal Exchange (1844) in London. The Grasshopper is the Royal Exchange's weather vane and was the crest of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. According to legend, a grasshopper's chirps once led to the discovery of a foundling, an ancestor of Sir Thomas.

Like Paris & Bogotá: it’s OTTAWA, Canada World's first • Since 1970 Sundays & Holidays • Over 30Km • May 9 – Oct. 12. Every city in the world should do WEEKLY, CONNECTED, citywide Open Streets • Health (mental, physical, social) • Walk, bike, run, enjoy! • Happiness Thanks Nat. Capital Commission

The Doug Ford gov't has passed its 2026 budget bill, which officially removes Ontario's right to know. How he governs, why decisions get made—we'll never know. The same bill consolidates conservation authorities. That's your democracy & your drinking water being impacted #onpoli

A fresh reminder that parliamentary privilege in our system already gives the Ford government protections where appropriate. This is just pure contempt for the public's ability to understand how we're being governed.

Love this Streamlined Moderne building. Charles Henson Canadian Laboratory, 833 King W, Toronto (1934 architect E.L. Sheppard). Perfume factory converted to residential lofts in 1998 (with 7-storey tower added behind). Gorgeous wraparound windows. Cushiony entrance surround. My photos.

It's very rare that you get to see the raw untainted structure of a medieval building. A time capsule in timber and stone: More photos: 👉 rmbconservation.co.uk/news-posts/p... #throwbackthursday

Join us Sun May 3 for the first ever Pedestrian Summit TO to conclude the Janes Walk Weekend! Come share your ideas, socialize, enjoy a meal, and connect with other people who want to create a more vibrant and walkable Toronto for everyone. Graciously sponsored by @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social!

S.Weiss Lingerie, Golders Green 1936 Erno Goldfinger Image from RIBApix www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/erno-goldfin...

Canada has so many small towns that feel and look European, here is one in Fergus, Ontario #Canada Credit to travel.budzzz

Defining space in 3D: enclosure comes from nature (trees, terrain) or built form (buildings, signage). Each choice shapes intensity and emotion, inviting or oppressive. Don’t forget the overhead plane; it can create intimacy or amplify movement through space.

Had an aunt who always had TP that matched her towel colours. Face tissues were coloured too.

TTC A6-class PCC #4371 heads northbound on Bay, approaching Dundas in DUNDAS service, passing a storage yard of Gray Coach buses. ⌚September 1969 📷Richard Glaze #TTC #PCC #TransitToronto #PublicTransit #Streetcars #Toronto

Sitting here with a big smile as I watch!

📍 Euclid Ave #Toronto

One of my favorite facts from the @thewaroncars.bsky.social book is that when brave mayors were trying to make Copenhagen and similar cities more bike/pedestrian-friendly in the 60s/70s, people violently opposed it because "that might work in other European cities, but Scandinavia has a car culture"

Get back on your phones Ontario! You grounded Ford’s Gravy Plane now stop this authoritarian shit! #Onpoli

Know what really melts my M&Ms though? When I buy a private jet and then everybody jumps all over me like I'm wearing fancy dress socks or something. I mean Quebec's got THREE private jets they use just to fly sick people around. Sick people! I mean what've sick people ever done for the economy?

So exciting to see such an outspoken advocate run for city council! We definitely need more young people with fresh ideas.

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. Repetition works. (Did we mention that repetition works?) #UrbanTruth

Today on my podcast Canadian History Ehx: Laura Secord! When she walked through the night to warn British forces of an American ambush, she helped change Canadian history. Subscribe on all podcast platforms or read 👇 canadaehx.com/2020/06/22/l...

Doug Ford's right wing flunkies say that people who are pissed that he spent $28 million of taxpayers money on jet are a "petty jealous mob." They are citizens who deserve funded ERs or have kids with special needs who should have support in school. Ford needs to stop whining.

"E-bikes are cheating," says man wearing a space helmet whose bike and components are made of ultralight materials designed by NASA and aerodynamically tested in wind tunnels for F1 racecars.

Let's call this policy what this is. It's socialism. It's Leftism. And it's curing actual ills. Righting institutional wrongs. It's not coming from someone who is infallible, or someone who is always correct. It's coming from someone who promised to help and is trying to keep those promises.

This was an FOI request from advocay group Safe Parkside - exactly the kind of information Ford wants to hide.

I've seen the humans by the lake characterized as "rich" or the classic misanthropy, "condo people" (who, because they couldn't afford a house, are lesser humans) but adjacent to the airport is a dense cluster of affordable housing/co-ops. Little Norway et al.

All the focus on Canada Post finances, let’s check to see how much we gave Oil & Gas in 2024 $29.6 Billion in subsidies, loans, tax breaks and funding 😂 silly silly country #cdnpoli

Cops parked in the bike lane directly in front of a Tim Hortons truck parked in the bike lane is the chef's kiss of policing in Toronto. Spoiler - the cops were not ticketing the doughnut & coffee supply truck. #BikeTO

EU ‘right to repair’ law The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries. The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill. www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

“This is not the itinerary for a bachelor party.” We can’t afford to keep housing affordable, or to pay teachers and nurses what they deserve, or to adequately fund programs like OSAP or ODSP, but we can afford to buy a rich man a private plane?

"The timeline for a scaled-backed yongeTOmorrow is also tediously long, with tendering for construction starting in 2030 or later. Toronto should install temporary measures to create more space for pedestrians like New York did nearly 20 years ago." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Named for Audrey & Theodor Geisel (Dr Seuss) for generous contributions to library & devotion to improving literacy. (Photo of whole not mine.)

pretty sure our federal ministers of defense, global affairs, and finance have more reason to fly overseas for work than dougie. Dougie wants to be mayor of Toronto and Cdn PM, but can't get his gov't to support schools, hospitals and municipalities which are his prime provincial responsibilities.

So Trumpy. "I'm the victim here!"

We're celebrating this spring, as several journalism award programs have named The Narwhal as a winner or nominee in recent weeks. We're so proud of our stellar team of journalists who never give up. 🎉 thenarwhal.ca/spring-2026-...

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ICYMI - The yongeTOmorrow public consultation is happening TOMORROW (5:30 - 8:30 PM) at Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street). Please attend to demand the reinstatement of previously proposed pedestrian priority zones. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #VisionZero www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/04/wtf-...

Reminder that this “glut” of small units was approved under a planning process that took ~2.5 years to complete. Almost like that process is designed to allay the concerns of people who already own homes and has zero to do with the new homes themselves. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

Calls for “more consultation” sound reasonable—but they sidestep a familiar pattern: a few loud local voices mobilize, bring a councillor onside, and the outcome is predictable—the stops stay, while the goal of faster, more reliable service keeps getting pushed aside. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

Parents of the 168 children murdered by the US government have written to Pope Leo. They wrote of their children and their deep grief. They thanked him for being a voice for peace. Meanwhile silence from the White House. But there is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

A dramatic new Toronto history walking tour! The city has been shaken by countless riots over the years — from rampaging firefighters to brawling circus clowns. So we'll be talking about some of the most fascinating Toronto riots in the places where they happened. Next Saturday! Pay what you like!

On April 19, 1904, a night watchman discovered a fire coming from Toronto's E&S Currie Neck Wear Factory while out on a night patrol. Fueled by high winds, the fire destroyed over 100 buildings by the time it was out. This is the story of The Great Toronto Fire. 🧵 1/8

Agree!

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