A few years ago, I wrote down in my notes app “lack of bike parking” as a cycling issue in the city. A quiet but vital issue. I wrote it down in hopes that one day, I’d pursue the fix. No one else was going to push for it. Neither the city nor the property owners. That’s why I created BPAT.(1/2)

Meet the team of the recently formed Bike Parking Alliance of Toronto! (BPAT) We're a team of 13 students across the GTA, who came together around a simple issue: Toronto just needs more bike parking and better bike parking, and it isn't there. That’s what we're trying to fix. (1/3)

lol the Brad Bradford convoy had 4 people. (including Brad)

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

Bike parking is one of those quiet issues in Toronto that frustrates cyclists. Plazas & suburban stores rarely have racks, there’s no incentive to install them & it’s not easy for renters to own a bike. We can quietly accept this, but we’re doing something about it. This is BPAT.

Imagine a product on the global marketplace that killed over 1.3 million people per year because of "accidents".

road violence and the decimation of youth mobility are direct results from this normalized and violent car culture. What our kids (and everyone) face on the streets is completely insane.

I was taking a look at my bike lane renderings I’ve made over the past few years and grieving that almost all of them are not possible anymore under our stupid premier.

GO Train platform on an early Sunday Morning at Kitchener GO. Build it and they will come.

I love the Istanbul Metro but my god is the wayfinding and signage awful.

Why does no one talk about how ugly NJ Transit trains look? Electrified trains and brand new trains and they still look like they came out of the 70s.

I have my PLAN478 (Transit Planning and Operations) exam tomorrow and my biggest takeaway from all the content is…if the senior planners and VPs of Metrolinx took this course, we wouldn’t be building shitty transit. I mean almost everything we’ve done atp is basically what not to do. It’s pretty sad

Just a reminder that THIS is what we were supposed to get. Now staff are watering down an already watered down plan No ambition, no courage, and not even listening to the thousands of people who’ve asked for pedestrianized spaces in the city. Instead, Yonge will be car-choked. We will raise hell.

Concerning new documents out for YongeTOmorrow that seems much less focused on pedestrianization. The project originally envisioned having portions of Yonge between College and Queen be at least partially pedestrianized. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

So I uh…made something 🫢

I feel like Toronto’s regretting having a vehicle that constrains the flow of passengers this bad. Single doors means one at a time. Getting off the train is also nearly impossible at busy times. There’s just very little circulation. This was from opening day. Imagine during actual rush hour.

Holy shit the Eglinton Line stopped at EVERY FREAKING SIGNAL 🤬 We got to a stop, we stopped for a lot of time, by the time we depart, the next signal is red. We wait for cross traffic, then we wait for the left turning traffic, then we go, then we stop to pick up passengers. It’s ridiculous.

I have so much to say about my time here in CDMX. The urban planning, the transportation systems and complete streets. Shits on Toronto any day. Our politicians are cowards.

"Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 minute drive away."

Any places I should visit in Mexico City?

If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to these past few months…

It’s good to see everyone (not just transit enthusiasts) shitting on the TTC and the city for the slow speeds and the lack of real TSP in our city. The pressure is hot and things might actually improve.

It’s not very reassuring that my first impression of Line 6 is randomly opening up a livestream of someone riding it and the LRT doesn’t move for what feels like 2 whole minutes after the doors close, even at a far-side stop. Jfc.

It’s alarming that just a new subway or GO station alone now costs about as much as a subway extension per km. ($200-400 million).

The promise: Subway for the cost of a streetcar The result: Streetcar for the cost of a subway

Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.

Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)

The Harbord streetscape is a dreamscape. Well done #topoli - this is a model for how to make better, safer neighborhoods. #biketo #walkto #toronto #cycling #urbanism

Guys…I’m really sorry 😔

The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.

Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live

Doug Ford might ban removal of a road lane for any purpose 🙂🔫

I was driving from work when I noticed a police officer in his cruiser with a radar gun. Not hidden but not in plain sight I was going the speed limit so I was fine but I was thinking, even if we only had police officers instead of cameras, we’d still have drivers say that enforcement is unfair

Noticed this was the City of Toronto.

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!

BRAD BRADFORD, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PODCAST.

I was having this thought for a few days but I think now it’s even more fitting, Putting up more signs or lights as a way to reduce speeding and road violence is about as effective as thoughts and prayers for reducing gun violence.

Working as a transit planner at a transit agency is pretty darn cool. Highly recommend.

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

🚨🚨 City of Toronto is going to resurface Eglinton Ave between Keele and Mt Pleasant without the already approved bike lanes. We need to do something right now.

Toronto: 🧑‍🦯👩‍🦯

I haven’t been back to Toronto in a few months. I’m visiting for a few hours. What new stuff should I check out in the central area? (Other than Biidaasige Park of course).

Why do people need to know it’s light rail? Also these signs were different a few months ago. Metrolinx’s Wayfinding standards keep on changing so often, that the Eglinton station signs have to keep on being replaced 😐. Great way to keep people employed I guess.

I’m so confused. Are the MTSAs in Toronto in effect or no?

The jokes write themselves.

We won 🚲 www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...

Happy we got the transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin south of Bloor but this graphic from @chittimarco.bsky.social is going to be constantly on my mind when I use them.

Anyone have advice for bike lights? My front one which I love because it’s super bright keeps on getting stolen 😐 I know y’all are going to say “just take it with you inside.” Well yeah, I do, but sometimes I may hop on my bike several times a day. I don’t want to keep on remembering to take them.

This but for Toronto and the lack of pedestrian streets. And in the Netherlands, every other street and the city centres were pedestrianized

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