This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack. www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

Is it really so hard not to speed? The ASE cameras have even given drivers a windowed grace period because they don’t want to be to hard on you. And yet, there are still complaints that this is a cash grab b/c we want to prioritize the safety of vulnerable road users. www.thestar.com/news/gta/wha...

Seeing some dooming about Ford and speed cameras. I think he's made a mistake here. Speed cameras have 73% support with Ontarians. Conservative councillors are against removal. Ideas about implementation might vary but a ban is a mis-step from Ford. This fight is winnable. 1/4

TODAY! 10AM. Sat, Oct 4. 'Circle the Strollers' to protect our speed cameras. Bloor Street, just east of Dundas St. West. #biketo #onpoli PS You don't need a stroller.

“The Ford government has taken a program, a good program, designed to train workers, and are turning it into a slush fund to reward people connected to the premier,” said Green Party leader Mike Schreiner in an interview." #OnPoli

My @thestar.com column this week: Doug Ford thinks flashing lights are a reasonable alternative to speed cameras. He’s wrong, of course. To try to save a program that improves (and funds) road safety, I’ve got three changes Mayor Olivia Chow should put on the table. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

One of Ford’s more ridiculous claims about speed cameras is that fine revenue hasn’t helped cities fund road safety initiatives. Meanwhile, Toronto’s budget for road safety has doubled since the cameras debuted.

If only driving murderously was as culturally taboo as oh I don't know say cutting in line?

Toronto ASSEMBLE!

Demo on Saturday. Take to the streets. It’s the only way. Same will be done for the bike lanes when the time comes.

“The e-bike market is skyrocketing — and, according to some studies, outpacing electric cars…The question now is: Do officials double down on deadly car-centric urban design, or do they rethink cities to encourage people to ditch four wheels for two?” Via @grist.org grist.org/transportati...

Toronto Climate Week Yay! www.thestar.com/business/tor...

It is 2066: 36 years after a catastrophic geomagnetic storm disrupted the world’s power supply and caused world-wide chaos. You are tasked to keep a solar mission on track, and secretly, to discover a saboteur. Will you trust the right people? Wishlist Now: store.steampowered.com/app/4006340/...

Few things are as subsidized as a driver's ability to park a car in public space in North America.

​​Microsoft has released the KB5065789 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, which includes 41 improvements, including new AI actions in File Explorer and bug fixes for Windows Update and Windows Sandbox.

Maybe the Crosstown is ... turning the corner? (Apologies.) No opening date yet but Metrolinx's CEO tells our Laura Stone that Toronto's long-delayed Eglinton LRT could enter its final month-long testing phase this week: #ONpoli #TOpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

We regularly see Toronto prosecutors toss cases or police fail to submit disclosure where cyclists have been hit by dangerous motorists, resulting in life altering injuries. This is a travesty. An injustice. Fantastic reporting by the Star's @alyshah.bsky.social: www.thestar.com/news/gta/she...

Just reading the SickKids speed camera study summary and getting so very, very angry that politicians like Doug Ford and Steven Del Duca are knowingly going to put children in danger for the sake of votes -- and their own toxic ambition.

Koi Security claims to have spotted the world's first malicious MCP server that secretly copies and stealers all emails passing through a Postmark server www.koi.security/blog/postmar...

The solution to pedestrian deaths isn't "defensive walking" as NPR says, but investment in public transit. Don't give us advice on how best to play Frogger on roads full of texting drivers, give us buses that give those drivers a safer place to text  @poolontheruf.gg www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defe...

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

That authorities allowed this to happen speaks to so many issues beyond "road safety", I'm talking class, race, power are why you can ticket 3500 micro mobility users but why speed cameras will be banned: www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...

"On a wet and miserable day, reporter Mark Colley created a vigilante speed trap as Doug Ford spoke next door. The final results were startling." #TOpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/as-...

That he feels he can say this, publicly, is 100% Doug Ford giving this behaviour his approval. This should be an embarrassing secret bro takes to his grave. The way these people drive & treat others will be related too. The sociopathic lid is off.

This is another Doug Ford political stunt & wedge issue, like removing safe & successful bike-infrastructure in Toronto, THAT WILL KILL PEOPLE. He and his Ministers and MPPs will be undeniably responsible for kids, families, people dying. Doug Ford likes to talk tough about Trump, but he IS Trump.

"The very thing that’s exciting about solar energy —its abundance and low cost —also makes it of little interest to investors. Sun (+ wind) are so freely available all around us that it’s hard to hoard them + make big profits from them" - @lindamcquaig.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.

High-risk and priority groups in Ontario will be able to start receiving COVID-19 and flu vaccines by the end of September with access to the rest of the public opening on Oct. 27.

We got our toddler the MMR the day he was old enough. These people are killers.

“We need 4,000 kilometres of high-carbon-density steel tracks. None, not one metre of that track, can be produced today in #Canada and we need a 4,000-km supply.” They've got 4 years to gear up Canadian foundries. —Martin Imbleau, CEO of Alto high-speed project. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Nice little Sunday in High Park...glad @tps.ca can find time to harass cyclists but can't prevent speed cameras from being cut down in a seemingly well coordinated criminal enterprise. You gotta ask why they hate us so much.

“Bike-lanes take up too much space & make streets dangerous!” (They actually make streets safer for everyone. Data doesn’t lie. On streets with protected bike-lanes, crash rates typically drop—for drivers, cyclists, & pedestrians.) See @momentummag.bsky.social for more comebacks to common myths.

Excellent work, Toronto. Alt-Text: A man wearing jeans, suspenders, and a red shirt holds a sign that says, Christie Pits Nazi-Free Since ‘33

Off-putting that CBC platformed Charlie Kirk’s widow’s lengthy video message tonight, about continuing his “mission” even more aggressively, without comment on how repugnant much of that mission was. And who are the “they” who killed him she referenced? The even more extreme alt-right “Groypers?”

Very glad to see so many people show up at Christie Pits for the counter-protest. The "Canada First" anti-immigrant rally had only about 30 people, counter-protest was in multiple hundreds. Proud to see the community organizing and saying no to hate.

LMAOOOOO tiny racist protest HOUNDED out of the park by THOUSANDS of torontonians screaming ‘GO HOME NAZIS GO HOME!’ Absolutely love to see it, triumph of the human spirit, Toronto sometimes surprises me for the best. Live band playing Bella Ciao. Unparalleled

Huge counterprotest to the hate rally at Christie Pits. Racists vastly outnumbered, immaculate vibes on the good side; live music, giant jenga, the works. Come through & show solidarity!

The anti-immigration protesters have been chased out of Christie Pits by the counterprotesters, who organized an hour beforehand.

FYI there’s is counter-rally to the far right no immigration rally at Christie Pits this afternoon (conspicuous location for a far right rally 🧐). I’m told police will keep the groups apart.

“European cities, like Paris, were smart to focus on air pollution rather than climate change. Air pollution is more real for people. You can see it, smell it. People liked what @annehidalgo.bsky.social did.” — My comments on leadership & urban transformation To be clear, cities should do both.

Area man who dropped out of college and worked at his dad’s business before becoming premier and only showing up for work 50% of the time stands on the lawn of the home he inherited from his mom to tell young people that if they can’t find a job it’s because they’re not looking hard enough.

Story tonight on CBC about speed cameras being repeatedly vandalized. Evidence shows they make things safer, but opponents claim “cash grab.” Don’t like paying for tickets? Don’t break the law & endanger people. Claim cameras are about revenue? They only make money if too many people are speeding.

We are up to 16 cameras cut down overnight. Vigilante Ontario and the tacit approval of Premier Doug Ford. Writing a column on this now.

Toronto Police put major resources into ticketing cyclists inside the park adjacent to this camera & are currentl running a 3 week blitz on scooters. It’s a crystal clear msg to Toronto.

This seems like it should be a fixable problem. Toronto's besieged speed camera, h/t @cambryardship.bsky.social www.cp24.com/local/toront...

I am not worried about any problems I might cause by speaking up against extremism. I am much more worried that we think it can be accommodated. It's the words of Louis Fischer that keep me awake at night.

For 2 decades or so, since before I became Vancouver’s chief planner, I’ve been championing and working on ways to effectively and successfully PRIORITIZE walking, biking and public transit over individual car use, stating that “balance” is too often code for the status quo only slightly better. 2/