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Happy 100 Dick Van Dyke!! it's crazy to realize that his show was already finished when I was born, yet filled so much airtime in my early days. And honestly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang deserves a remake when Timothée Chalamet turns 40 (that's only 11 years). www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

While I'm ranting about politics, here's another point. Majority governments are a pitiful excuse for democracy. If you truly care about democracy, about the will of the people, then you should be adamantly opposed to any political party having a majority government.

After that flight Rudolph was all hyped up and said some things at the Christmas wrap party he can’t take back

my favorite reaction to this was "what if i need to flee an emergency"

I regret to inform you I once again took the bus and wish I biked - had to wait fifteen minutes for a bus, and now it's stuck in traffic 🫠 On a bike I'd already be there

The only wrapped I care about

This is a photo of all the workers who have spent more than five years restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Random Russian Hill (?) cable car from a few years ago, for my #traingeek friends

About 43 years ago, my great Aunt Helen bought us a computer. Cost ~$1,500. I had to work hard to convince her of an Apple II as the Osborne salesman had his hooks in. Here’s my thank you letter. (“Fx-80 dot matrix printer!!”) Great investment.

Toronto expertly manages a Bold New Idea into... the luke warm mush its car drivers demand. Who knows, maybe a strong Province will rip it out to improve things.

"People are waking up to the fact that new vehicles are the Great Canadian Money Suck" and for those that live near transit, #carsharing and for many people, #ebikes, can also be an way to help the "over-vehicled". <gift> www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/efe980e...

Phantom Tax #genx #genz #genAlpha

It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️

This was a choice, not by the person walking but by the decision makers who refuse to prioritize them. Photo Credit: D_S_J_

YESSS I have been waiting for this for so long!

anyone ever on their first visit to Montreal:

Wow - $27 vs $16 - the difference for an uber trip last night on "Business" vs "Personal". Now I know.

i am levitating

Shelter for women and gender-diverse people officially opens in downtown Kitchener

"Currently, there are no specific regulatory requirements for lithium-ion batteries in Canada." ~ Health Canada Shocking but true. Here's the good & the bad about Health Canada's proposal for regulations on consumer batteries: 🧵 www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

In Segway's defense, small electric mobility devices *have* been a game changer for cities. It just turned out that a precondition for *a lot* of people was not looking like a total goober while riding one.

The Highway 413 draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) is now available for comment until January 6, 2026. highway413.ca/en/eiar/

Can we still do this in Toronto? #ttc

“There’s a public health imperative to quickly expand the adoption of autonomous vehicles.” Would the author say the same about building bike lanes? Installing automatic traffic cameras? Requiring Intelligent Speed Assist? All of those are proven to save lives — and at a fraction of AVs' cost.

If you want to help grow the #BikeBus movement please consider donating to @bikebusworld.bsky.social Next year we will be rolling out mini grants for leaders to support their amazing work. My goal is to fundraise $20k b/w T-giving & XMas. We have $18,320 to go!! give.communityin.org/BikeBusWorld...

New York City (finally) awards contract to instal 500 Secure Bike Parking "hangers", offering thousands of riders peace-of-mind in their daily commute / life. (Not without controversy in the small Bike Infrastructure biz...) Next stop, pilot #tocouncil #biketo nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/12/01/a...

I have so much respect and appreciation for the city staff who are doing their absolute best in a hostile environment to deliver on cycling network expansion for Toronto.

Hot take: bike lanes aren't big enough to take all the things people want to put in them. Either keep them for bikes or make them a lot wider

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

"E-bikes are awesome. They’re fun to ride, and they’re already cutting demand for oil by a million barrels per day — four times as much as all the world’s electric cars." @nytimes.com But the Dangers of E-bikes is getting some ink, too www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/m...

If you venture out into the snowstorm with your camera, use a flash to illuminate the falling flakes. Check out my "snokeh" tutorial.

We all have our complaints about Metrolinx, but the transformation that's underway of GO Transit from commuter rail to a frequent regional rail network is one of the most underrated transit stories in North America

rare disagreement with mike. solar-generated electrons are cool, but the e-bike is changing the physical world more radically, and more rapidly, than anything else in modernity (it's just hard to see in the US because the car industry own our asses -- but, it's a big planet!!)

Here's an example of regular London Underground users standing in the spotlight at Baker Street station. I think I waited 5mins to capture this shot!

I don’t ever want to hear about the male loneliness epidemic again. Start doing something to make your community better and you won’t be lonely anymore.

Melissa Bruntlett is an urbanist storyteller. This is her story. 𝙊𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, “𝙊𝙆, 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨, 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤.” 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘. NYTimes 🎁 article @modacitylife.com

The RADpower ebike battery situation is perhaps even more confusing in Canada. Which government and/or agency should respond? I haven'r read anything yet. With a confused public, the potential for disposing of batteries into the wrong waste stream is real & dangerous www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

And to all my friends and neighbours to the south, I hope you are where and with those you want to be. Enjoy your holiday.

Makes a great gift for someone with Bike Ottawa connections… dm me

[argument at thanksgiving dinner] wife: *whispering to me* don’t start taking sides this time me: why not? *sliding roast potatoes in pocket* they're too busy yelling to notice

I hung out in this room, with this man, one delightful afternoon.

London is becoming a cycling city. As we continue to expand London’s cycle network, the number of daily bike trips is soaring. Cycling has risen by more than 40% since 2019 to 1,500,000 trips every day.

WTF

A fun milestone: the per-km cost of our cargo bike has dropped below the CRA reimbursement rate for driving in Ontario ($0.60/km)!

she is also ready for “let’s circle back after the holidays” season

Sad to hear that but ne of the great Jimmys has passed. This album is absolutely one of the best, Top 10, desert island, greatest of any genre. Play it all the way thru when you can. Never disappoints. #jimmycliff

A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero