Every politician & Ontarian should call this the Doug Effect.

NEW: The City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding in school zones five months after the Ontario government shut off automated speed enforcement cameras. #ONPoli globalnews.ca/news/1180229...

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Ravines are great for urban birding! Despite rainy conditions, I spotted multiple Northern Flickers & Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers in Cedarvale today, as well as a #graffiti #art #bird. Also turned up a Louisiana Waterthrush, which is not that common here! #birding #toronto #nature #naturephotography

Rode my #bike to the #garden #allotment. The garlics are up! #bikeTO #gardening #spring

“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of humankind.” ~ Cleveland Amory Willie wishes all the #CatsofBlueSky -- and the humans who love them -- a very special #Caturday 🐈‍⬛

Had a fun evening screen printing bike-themed t-shirts at Bike Pirates. Great group of people running and volunteering at this #diy volunteer-run #bike repair shop. #bikeTO #cycling #toronto

What is the deal with drivers who keep rolling towards you when you're crossing the street?? Drivers, if you're planning on *not* hitting someone with your car, don't drive your car at them!

Hey #bikeTO - does VIA accept bicycles again? I know they canceled bike service in 2024 while upgrading their fleet & were supposed to phase it back in. Not sure if that happened yet? Want to take my bike to Montreal to tour around Quebec. Miss the VIA #biketrain! #cycling #train #toronto #montreal

Doug Ford has gutted the Ontario Endangered Species Act. Among the species now threatened by Doug Ford’s government is the Barn Owl, which as a society we’ve been trying to protect since I was literally in primary school.

My fears about the long-term impact of bike lane bans: "This could lead to a vicious cycle of cycling infrastructure being less-than-optimal, people choosing not to cycle, the infrastructure being perceived as not well-used, and a lack of political support for cycling infrastructure going forward.”

Share this one w your people who don’t read the news much or are passive consumers of information. A secret govt should resonate. If secret over “small” things like bike lanes - what else is there. This should resonate. It should (famous futile words).

#bikeSF #walkSF @sfmta.bsky.social - a shout out from this #bikeTO #walkTO visitor - to your vehicle-Restricted Streets, Slow Streets, green-bordered bike lanes, bikeshare & easy access to nature via interconnected cycling grid. I wanna come back to cycle & walk more! #cycling #sanfrancisco #city

Wychwood Barns garden plots, waiting until it's time to be uncovered. Golden-crowned in Wychwood Park. A Sesame Street scene @shawnmicallef.bsky.social in Oakwood Village as Toronto Fire Services grab coffees & chat with the neighbors. Tulips for sale at the green grocer. #toronto #city #spring

Hiring: Ontario By Bike – Project Coordinator, Toronto... GoodWork.ca/952757 | #ActiveTransportation #SustainableTourism #SustainableTravel #BicycleTouring

Stubbe on St. Clair West has lots of pretty chocolates on offer, including some nice #bike #bicycle ones #biketo would enjoy! #mainstreet #chocolate #easter

#bikeTO I went to #bikeSF San Francisco and it was fun! Gotta say, drivers there were a lot nicer, communicative, courteous, than here on the mean roads of #toronto #ONpoli #TOpoli #cycling Also a decent cycling network.

Two eejits parked in bike lane next to Hunter Cafe on Vaughan Rd. Happy spring riding. #topoli #toronto #biketo

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

Carshare is a great alternative to car ownership. I may never own a car again in my life, having given it up when I moved into downtown Toronto from Scarborough years ago. I rent a small compact car once a week for heavy errands & take one up north every few months. www.blogto.com/city/2026/03...

i love Jeremy's dissolve videos, and this one is gold 🏆 #Toronto

Midtown #toronto, passing south of Oakwood Collegiate, which looks pretty bleak, with a pile of decaying snow, chain link fences & great swathes of pavement. Then, a colourful #alleyway near Rogers & Oakwood, and the first #spring #flowers, on Glenholme, in southern exposure gardens. #city #walkTO

#raccoon climbing a fence, mincing across the top of it, then clambering up the low-hanging branches of a large tree, climbing high up to perch and nap. #toronto #six #city

How many more studies does your city need proving that people on bikes and on foot spend more on shopping streets than people in cars? But the store owner LOVES parking in that spot right outside… Bike-lanes mean business. #UrbanTruth

Today a city contractor dug a 4ftx4ft, 6ft trench into my front garden without asking permission, let alone providing notification, a reason why this is being done, or info about how & when my yard will be restored. How is this acceptable #TOpoli #toronto

In a city of 3.3 million, even 11% means more than 360,000 people looking for ways to get around beyond driving.

Eglinton bike lane around here has been a source of qute some contention... www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Male cyclist rushed to hospital after being struck by vehicle in Little Jamaica www.cp24.com/local/toront... #VisionZero #VisionZeroTO #ZeroVision #ZeroVisionTO #WalkTO #BikeTO #TOpoli #ActiveTO

Given last night's crash at Eglinton & Oakwood and the fact bike lanes were promised on Eglinton from Keele to Mt Pleasant, PLEASE e-mail the City ASAP using this template which I encourage you to customize for your own experiences & share. #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero www.reddit.com/r/torontobik...

A cyclist was seriously injured at Eglinton & Oakwood last night. Now that the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is open, the #BikeTO community deserves to know WHEN will the long promised bike lanes on that street be installed? #shame #TOpoli #VisionZero CC www.cp24.com/local/toront...

The CIMA+ engineering report commissioned by the province of Ontario concluded that protected bike lanes reduce the risk of collisions for all road users by 50%. Bike lanes save lives. We're all hoping this person is ok.

"Fletcher pointed to other examples of Ford’s overreach during her terms.... But she says recent moves like banning speed cameras and restricting new bike lanes show that provincial interference is 'ramping up.'" www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/13/n...

Cycled to Colonel Samuel Smith Park today. The trail and parks were jammed with people; nice to see the city coming out into the sun. #bikeTO #cycling #toronto

It’s already 10C on this winter heatwave day & I’ve employed the emergency Leonard Cohen quote in my @thestar.com column about poor snow clearing + gaslightingesque messaging coming from city hall. Beautiful Losers, 1966:

Walking down to St. Clair W. for groceries this AM. The sun burned off the fog. Snow banks are melting, amaryllis & tulips for sale at the local milk & variety. Roads pitted after a hard winter. Getting out on the bike tmrw after rain cleans off the final salt layer. #toronto #streetscape #city

Excellent Toronto Star column by @shawnmicallef.bsky.social about Toronto's poor snow clearing this winter. Appreciated his linking of my post about @bikewaysto.bsky.social's volunteer bike lane clearing efforts! #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Guys, I can’t do another one. I will retire to run a bar in Malta if this happens.

When Bluesky was down today I went back to Twitter and was punched in the face by the stench of abandoned aquarium. Milo Yiannopoulos, who I honestly thought was dead, stanning Hillary Clinton. Dem flaks earnestly retweeting Nick Fuentes. It’s time to cordon off anyone left and introduce alligators.

Toronto’s Shaw Street bicycle boulevard featured by NACTO!

Portable paint boxes like this one owned by Group of Seven artist Frederick Varley, which contained brushes, tools, & paint, along with wooden panels to paint on, were key to painting out in the harsh bush in Algonquin Park. They were also used by #TomThomson & the other #GroupofSeven members. #Art

Bike lane abruptly ends with snowbank northbound on Yonge & Davisville and isn't even close to plowed on Winona & Ava Rd on Saturday. Particularly scary on Yonge where there seemed to be a lot of impatient drivers. #bikeTO #toronto #TOpoli

Exploring different Crosstown stops-Mount Pleasant. Walked home to Oakwood/Vaughan. Eglinton is impossibly awful to walk alongside, so dodged into the 'hood to walk on sidewalk-less streets. Safer, in a relative sense. Which is better? Snow bike or snow beetle? #walkTO #toronto #ttc #TOpoli #bikeTO

Exploring different Crosstown LRT stops - Mount Pleasant. Found flower power murals offset by the snowy streets. #walkTO #ttc #streetart #art #flowers #urban #toronto

This old bank building is one of the things I covered in my opening day video about Line 5, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. youtu.be/qL3ABYUhhH0

Exploring different Crosstown LRT stops - Mount Pleasant & "At Origin" coffee with fabulous mosaic works in the back & a subtle mosaic-bedecked planter installation out front. Coffee & a chocolate walnut cookie to go, to start this Saturday ramble. #walkTO #art #coffee #cafe #urban #toronto

Ascending, as though to the moon, at Mount Pleasant LRT station, exiting thru a building from 1928. The façade was disassembled, catalogued, then put back 2gether brick-by-brick, oh my! And so begins a Saturday walk in part of the city that's now easy for me to get to. #ttc #TOpoli #walkTO #urban

Cozy #winter #city #birding in Wychwood Park, a hidden gem of older homes around a pond, north of Davenport near Bathurst. Apparently you can hear coyotes howling there most evenings. Spotted various birds this time, including house finches. Warmed up later at Krave on St. Clair W. #toronto #nature

Curvilinear city hall interior. Wintry, twinkly Nathan Phillips Square of a Thursday night. Folks skating around the rink while music is playing. #toronto #architecture #winter #skating #night #urban #cityscape

Rebecca Street. #Toronto #NightPhotography #Photography

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