Janet Joy 🇨🇦
@jsquaredink.bsky.social
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#JoyRide: rode my Brompton from NYC - Toronto on Empire State Trail
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#JoyRide: rode my Brompton from NYC - Toronto on Empire State Trail
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Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social will be hosting a Bill 60 protest ride this Thursday. Leave 8 AM at Bloor & Spadina. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...
Bill 60 Protest Ride
www.cycleto.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social will be hosting a Bill 60 protest ride this Thursday. Leave 8 AM at Bloor & Spadina. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...
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Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Early this morning, our city still plunged into darkness, I set off to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
As the sun came up, we were joined by canvassers, labor leaders, elected officials, and working people — a movement to bring a new day to our city.
Tomorrow, we win it together.
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Spooky season may be over, but we're not ready to move on; so here's a short video of The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade! @jsquaredink.bsky.social #Halloween #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/XN-BU...
The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade
YouTube video by bromptoning
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Spooky season may be over, but we're not ready to move on; so here's a short video of The Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade! @jsquaredink.bsky.social #Halloween #bikesky youtube.com/shorts/XN-BU...
I am sitting on a rock in a park. A “puppy” runs up to a cat on a leash barking. Owner said. Sorry. He’s okay. I say calmly. This is not an off leash park. She takes offence. “I’m trying my best to teach him off leash” go to an off leash park I say. More words. she exits saying fuck off to me. Why?!
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I am sitting on a rock in a park. A “puppy” runs up to a cat on a leash barking. Owner said. Sorry. He’s okay. I say calmly. This is not an off leash park. She takes offence. “I’m trying my best to teach him off leash” go to an off leash park I say. More words. she exits saying fuck off to me. Why?!
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One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, Hurricane Melissa has killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in damage.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely
e360.yale.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
One of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record, Hurricane Melissa has killed dozens of people and inflicted billions of dollars in damage.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Warming made the deadly hurricane four times more likely, a new analysis finds.
Slow Down on Parkside Drive for ONE night!! #halloween 🦖
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Slow Down on Parkside Drive for ONE night!! #halloween 🦖
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Speed cameras save money and lives and are used all over the globe. Why are saving lives and money so controversial? www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Speed cameras are controversial in Canada. So why does Europe love them? | CBC News
Speed cameras are widely in use across Europe, where studies have shown they are highly effective at preventing accidents.
www.cbc.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Speed cameras save money and lives and are used all over the globe. Why are saving lives and money so controversial? www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
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This is not good. Today's legislative session at Queen's Park could see Third Reading for Bill 56 - which calls for a ban on speed cameras - happen today. Hope some lawyers got recruited to fight this awful bill ASAP! #shame #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.ola.org/en/legislati...
Orders and Notices 2025-Oct-30 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Orders & Notices - 2025-10-30 - Parliament 44 Session 1 of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
www.ola.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is not good. Today's legislative session at Queen's Park could see Third Reading for Bill 56 - which calls for a ban on speed cameras - happen today. Hope some lawyers got recruited to fight this awful bill ASAP! #shame #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.ola.org/en/legislati...
May I suggest @choirchoirchoir.bsky.social lead @bluejays.com fans in the 🇨🇦 anthem at the Skydome Friday night?! www.choirchoirchoir.com/about
ABOUT — Choir! Choir! Choir! (Copy)
www.choirchoirchoir.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
May I suggest @choirchoirchoir.bsky.social lead @bluejays.com fans in the 🇨🇦 anthem at the Skydome Friday night?! www.choirchoirchoir.com/about
Salmon dead in the water in Humber River & Old Mill Bridge #TorontoRivers
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Salmon dead in the water in Humber River & Old Mill Bridge #TorontoRivers
Intersection Intervention
OCTOBER 31 is statistically the most dangerous night of the year for people walking — using Toronto’s crosswalk infrastructure — THE BEG BUTTON - myself & more will cross Parkside Drive’s 7 intersections again & again. Count your steps to slow down Parkside Drive 1/2
OCTOBER 31 is statistically the most dangerous night of the year for people walking — using Toronto’s crosswalk infrastructure — THE BEG BUTTON - myself & more will cross Parkside Drive’s 7 intersections again & again. Count your steps to slow down Parkside Drive 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Intersection Intervention
OCTOBER 31 is statistically the most dangerous night of the year for people walking — using Toronto’s crosswalk infrastructure — THE BEG BUTTON - myself & more will cross Parkside Drive’s 7 intersections again & again. Count your steps to slow down Parkside Drive 1/2
OCTOBER 31 is statistically the most dangerous night of the year for people walking — using Toronto’s crosswalk infrastructure — THE BEG BUTTON - myself & more will cross Parkside Drive’s 7 intersections again & again. Count your steps to slow down Parkside Drive 1/2
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Last night, I asked you to turn on your light if you’ve knocked on a door.
Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift.
Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift.
Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Last night, I asked you to turn on your light if you’ve knocked on a door.
Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift.
Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
Now I’m asking you to sign up for a shift.
Take nothing for granted. We have a future to win.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
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If only @toronto.ca would prioritize accelerating work on #TTC and #BikeTO projects as they have done with the Gardiner. Time to get their priorities straight! #TOpoli
Great news – following the weekend closure, the Gardiner Expressway has reopened with three lanes in both directions from Dufferin to Strachan. 🎉
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
If only @toronto.ca would prioritize accelerating work on #TTC and #BikeTO projects as they have done with the Gardiner. Time to get their priorities straight! #TOpoli
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Let this sink in…
“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”
📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.
“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”
📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Let this sink in…
“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”
📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.
“At least one expert now predicting this could trigger greatest hunger catastrophe in the U.S. since the Great Depression.”
📌 The Dept of Agriculture posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid won’t go out on November 1.
We had some fun at yesterday Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade!
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We had some fun at yesterday Great Pumpkin Pedaal Parade!
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When turning right, "attention is focused on oncoming traffic from their left — not on people walking across the street or waiting in the bike lane on their right. With their attention elsewhere, drivers are more likely to turn into people outside of cars who have the pedestrian signal to cross.”
Banning Right Turns on Red: Lessons From Atlanta
How road safety activists passed a law that could make roads much safer.
www.planetizen.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When turning right, "attention is focused on oncoming traffic from their left — not on people walking across the street or waiting in the bike lane on their right. With their attention elsewhere, drivers are more likely to turn into people outside of cars who have the pedestrian signal to cross.”
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“Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list. Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.”
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list. Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.”
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We’ll be there! Heather will be sweeper so she doesn’t try to race the kids. 😜👻🎃 #BikeTO
Tomorrow is the 2nd annual GREAT PUMPKIN PEDAAL PARADE with children’s booook prizes for loudest costumes & decorated bikes 📚 thanks to Annick Press! Oct 26 3pm at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee ☕️ @cycletoronto.bsky.social #kidicalmassTO @bromptoning.bsky.social details here: meetu.ps/e/PxjGJ/R1gz...
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We’ll be there! Heather will be sweeper so she doesn’t try to race the kids. 😜👻🎃 #BikeTO
Tomorrow is the 2nd annual GREAT PUMPKIN PEDAAL PARADE with children’s booook prizes for loudest costumes & decorated bikes 📚 thanks to Annick Press! Oct 26 3pm at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee ☕️ @cycletoronto.bsky.social #kidicalmassTO @bromptoning.bsky.social details here: meetu.ps/e/PxjGJ/R1gz...
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tomorrow is the 2nd annual GREAT PUMPKIN PEDAAL PARADE with children’s booook prizes for loudest costumes & decorated bikes 📚 thanks to Annick Press! Oct 26 3pm at Pedaal Bikes & Coffee ☕️ @cycletoronto.bsky.social #kidicalmassTO @bromptoning.bsky.social details here: meetu.ps/e/PxjGJ/R1gz...
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Doug Ford’s Ontario Govt plan to ban bike lanes “is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list…Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.”
It’ll make Ontario’s cities weaker, less competitive, more polluted, & more dangerous for everyone. AND the traffic worse.
It’ll make Ontario’s cities weaker, less competitive, more polluted, & more dangerous for everyone. AND the traffic worse.
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Doug Ford’s Ontario Govt plan to ban bike lanes “is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list…Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.”
It’ll make Ontario’s cities weaker, less competitive, more polluted, & more dangerous for everyone. AND the traffic worse.
It’ll make Ontario’s cities weaker, less competitive, more polluted, & more dangerous for everyone. AND the traffic worse.
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The first of two public consultations for Kingston Road is happening virtually TONIGHT at 7 PM following @cycletoronto.bsky.social's Bill 212 one year anniversary rally. There will also be an in-person consultation on Monday, October 27. #BikeTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
A Safer Kingston Road
Attend the public events on October 21 or 27 and complete the survey by November 3. View meeting materials in the Public Consultation tab below. The City of Toronto is proposing changes to approxima...
www.toronto.ca
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The first of two public consultations for Kingston Road is happening virtually TONIGHT at 7 PM following @cycletoronto.bsky.social's Bill 212 one year anniversary rally. There will also be an in-person consultation on Monday, October 27. #BikeTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
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A low-speed collision between two trains in the service yard shouldn’t be a huge deal, but given how overly cautious (and ridiculously tight lipped) Metrolinx has been, I don’t see the LRT opening until Spring 2026.
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A low-speed collision between two trains in the service yard shouldn’t be a huge deal, but given how overly cautious (and ridiculously tight lipped) Metrolinx has been, I don’t see the LRT opening until Spring 2026.
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Speed Cameras Save Lives!
This morning's rally --- part of provincial Day of Action --- in front of Wm Burgess Elementary School on Pape Ave, Toronto.
#onpoli
This morning's rally --- part of provincial Day of Action --- in front of Wm Burgess Elementary School on Pape Ave, Toronto.
#onpoli
October 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Speed Cameras Save Lives!
This morning's rally --- part of provincial Day of Action --- in front of Wm Burgess Elementary School on Pape Ave, Toronto.
#onpoli
This morning's rally --- part of provincial Day of Action --- in front of Wm Burgess Elementary School on Pape Ave, Toronto.
#onpoli
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"As the father of a toddler, DeVito's biggest fear is unsafe roads. He knows firsthand how rambunctious young children can be and can see their lack of situational awareness at times. It also doesn't help that car crashes are one of the leading cause of death in children in Canada."
'Horrible piece of legislation': Ontario parents to rally against speed camera ban
TORONTO — Several parent groups against a looming speed camera ban in Ontario are holding a provincial day of action on Monday as MPPs return to Queen's Park for the beginning of a new legislative ses...
www.cambridgetoday.ca
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"As the father of a toddler, DeVito's biggest fear is unsafe roads. He knows firsthand how rambunctious young children can be and can see their lack of situational awareness at times. It also doesn't help that car crashes are one of the leading cause of death in children in Canada."