"We go through everyone she might be thinking of until it becomes clear: she’s getting Brad Bradford mixed up with Brad Bradford.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

www.janeswalkfestivalto.com/sunday-may-3... Come take a walk with me!

NEW: The One-Hour City Conspiracy! “Here's the REAL conspiracy: Too many people are forced into car-dependent lives, with more health harms, crashes, noise, air pollution, social isolation —& less space for everything our streets should be giving us.” Thanks @usa.streetsblog.org #1HourCityConspiracy

We’ve been sold personal joy while our civic spaces, values, and conversations have been eroding. There’s nothing wrong with personal joy, but it is limiting.

To be honest most Ontarians simply don't care, so complete is the dehumanisation of the poor: If you’re treading water on welfare in Doug Ford’s Ontario, you’re slowly sinking archive.ph/NwvnO

Two crossing guards in Ontario have been killed on the job in less than six months (and both since the Ford government emboldened motorists by removing speed safety cameras). There should be a public inquest or coroner's report. This is not acceptable.

More cars = more congestion: “Ride-hailing was responsible for approximately 50 percent of the increase in congestion between 2010 and 2016"

So, this? Does not make me feel more safe. (CW: Police, gnus, security theatre) www.instagram.com/reel/DXhvs2m...

Does anyone else invariably wind up with paste on their nose whenever they poster? Just me?

Speaking of parks: jennieworden.substack.com/p/spring-cle...

Hanging out in my shared backyard. Aka a park.

An unused park is a clean park, I guess. But seems like it misses the point of having a park.

See, this is what I'm talking about. Maybe if you have a back yard, you see parks as sedate places for genteel strolling. But where the heck else are people who don't have yards supposed to barbecue, and listen to music?

"All of us need to resist the politicization of this," says Bradford on the issues at 500 Dawes. Yeah, imagine politicizing stuff.

When Canadians talk about affordability, the discussion often revolves around the cost of fuel. While we pay for gasoline and diesel with our credit cards, in study after study, scientists have shown we also pay with our health. We should talk about it more. thenarwhal.ca/climate-chan...

Councillor Colle’s motion calling on Toronto MPs to oppose the expropriation of Little Norway Park for airport expansion CARRIES 22-3.

Today @ Toronto City Council, Cllr Holyday asked why Little Norway Park is so special. In Etobicoke Centre, 48% of residents live in single-family homes, w. front- and back yards. In Spadina-Fort York, where Little Norway is located, it's about 7%.

Another example of the cost to society of private car ownership. This railroad signal has been saved by the guard rail, but will require thousands of dollars in repairs. Crashes like this are repeated hundreds of times per day, costing society millions of dollars.

Starting this summer, @thelocal.to is making Peel region a regular part of our reporting. And we’re hiring a full-time reporter to help launch it! Final day to apply is today. thelocal.to/were-hiring-...

“When I was re-elected, many said, ‘What a surprise,’ but it I wasn’t surprised. I know we have two parallel levels at work. The lobbies of men angry because of the removal of cars, and the people. It was the latter, women and young people, who voted for me. So, I can say, ‘The future is with us.’”

Check out Montreal snowplowing 🗺️❄️ 📞📱 report a slippery sidewalk or an icy street in Montréal? Let us know/we’ll take care of it. montreal.ca/en/topics/sn... Snow removal/sidewalks & streets municipal snow removal services: •plow sidewalks •progress—snow loading ops •tips ✅How do we get this?

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

TIL that whenever the tenants of a building I'm working with hold a meeting in the lobby, or put up organizing posters to try to deal with some of the landlord's nonsense (AGIs, renovictions, removal of amenities, failure to complete repairs), the corporate landlord removes the lobby furniture.

getting hyped for the Blue Jays game

Really striking how vague the actual policy ideas are here for a sitting councillor announcing a 2nd mayoral bid: more special constables on TTC, vague DC relief, don’t raise property taxes so much. Think this Bradford for Mayor sequel will need more substance. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Councillor Bravo asks about the finances of the speed camera program. CFO says 24% of fine revenue is remitted back to the province. Admin costs take 35%. Remainder goes to road safety initiatives, including to pay the salaries of 18 police officers, plus crossing guards, etc.

More than 800,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in California will be able to unionize under a bill that has now been signed into law. The law also requires the corporate giants to bargain with these workers in good faith.

the folks who are making a big deal about banning speed cameras sure have been caught by speed cameras a lot

Serious question: just how many militarized, armed initialed, goon squads does the US have? There seem to be … a lot? And many of them are attacking and intimidating civilians right now? And the President commands some but not all of them?

No. Absolutely Not. Full stop. It should be career ending for a political party to even suggest such a sociopathic plan for Canada. #CDNHealthCare #TorStar #DRDayAgain #CdnPoli

Adapted from public health, the safe systems pyramid for road safety places population-level changes at the bottom, having the most impact. At the very top are individual-level measures like education and enforcement. visionzeronetwork.org/applying-the...

This makes me feel crazy. Being aware of the speed limit is like step 1 for driving! "Stealing is illegal, sure, but how are people supposed to know which stores they can steal from without getting caught if the camera ones don't have giant 'NO STEALING' signs??" www.thestar.com/news/gta/20-...

Fun facts: The Ontario legislature isn't sitting today, won't be sitting for another 17 days and last met on June 5. It's a good thing provinces don't have any responsibilities in this country.

Want to learn how we tackle noise pollution in Toronto? Starting Oct 11: 🕚 Orientation: 11–12 ☕ Drop-in: 12–1 You’re not alone — small changes make quieter cities. 🔗 buff.ly/XPklEge #NoMoreNoiseTO #NoisePollution #TorontoEvents

This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

This is your friendly periodic reminder that "recreation" is more than just sports (organized/competitive or not). - Dance - Crafts - Music - Snacks - Walking - Reading - Just chilling - Drama and improv - Play - Gardening - Literally anything we do to recharge our souls can be recreation.

The “E-Bike Effect:” Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%. E-bikes support fewer car trips. V @lloydalter.bsky.social

Okay, Ward 19: Let's do this. #J4BEY

Hey #Toronto friends: Secord community members could use your support to get our elementary school and community centre rebuilt to accommodate our growing community: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pu...

"Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say" gizmodo.com/cracker-barr...

This is incredible - true to their word, Italian dock workers went on strike with calls for an arms embargo and an end to the genocide in Gaza www.leftvoice.org/blocchiamo-t...

Motasem A Dalloul reminds us that the devastation Palestinians are enduring in Gaza—the violence they are surviving and dying from at the hands of the Israeli government—is as tangible, relentless, and catastrophic as ever.

Montréal’s bike infrastructure hardly takes up any space from cars on city roads: theconversation.com/montreals-bi...

it's too hot out. have some snow to look at. #naturespam

One thing is that I feel there is a lot of talk about fighting crime by addressing the root causes rather than just throwing people in jail. But there needs to be follow through in *actually doing that* or at least proposing some really specific plans and selling them to people

Living as I do in the big city, my experience of #ElectionsCanada is pretty positive: polls tend to run smoothly, information arrives on time, & their library of procedural information demystifies the polling process. Folks in the North don't have the same experience: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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