@poleswires.bsky.social
🇨🇦 I am a city that is ok with crooked poles and dangling wires above your heads. Looking to improve public realm, add big trees and get bike lanes right 🇳🇱
Planted 5+ years ago and still this small. Why does the city plant these trees? Never mind the unhealthy and dead trees.
And for those who say it’s our climate, walked through Montreal for 2 days before seeing an unhealthy tree.
And for those who say it’s our climate, walked through Montreal for 2 days before seeing an unhealthy tree.
June 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Planted 5+ years ago and still this small. Why does the city plant these trees? Never mind the unhealthy and dead trees.
And for those who say it’s our climate, walked through Montreal for 2 days before seeing an unhealthy tree.
And for those who say it’s our climate, walked through Montreal for 2 days before seeing an unhealthy tree.
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Cars. Of course it’s cars. We give car drivers so much of our public domain and it’s never enough. In the “war on cars” there’s only ever been one winner.
May 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Cars. Of course it’s cars. We give car drivers so much of our public domain and it’s never enough. In the “war on cars” there’s only ever been one winner.
Sidewalk repair in Toronto. Needs lots of heavy equipment and personnel. Done like this for 100+ years. Wouldn’t laying down square pavers is some places be easier?
May 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sidewalk repair in Toronto. Needs lots of heavy equipment and personnel. Done like this for 100+ years. Wouldn’t laying down square pavers is some places be easier?
A Toronto street reimagined using ChatGPT.
Down with the poles.
Down with the poles.
March 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A Toronto street reimagined using ChatGPT.
Down with the poles.
Down with the poles.
@ttcalerts.bsky.social why does the TTC not prioritize their electric buses on routes with the most pedestrians? Seems keeping the air clean and noise down would be best on those routes.
March 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@ttcalerts.bsky.social why does the TTC not prioritize their electric buses on routes with the most pedestrians? Seems keeping the air clean and noise down would be best on those routes.
Car drivers. I’m about to go from King Street to Bloor street. You prefer I take my car or leave the car home and cycle instead?
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Car drivers. I’m about to go from King Street to Bloor street. You prefer I take my car or leave the car home and cycle instead?
Cars upset that bike lanes slow them down on Bloor. Meanwhile on Spadina cars jammed into bus lanes slowing down 1000s of public transit users.
February 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Cars upset that bike lanes slow them down on Bloor. Meanwhile on Spadina cars jammed into bus lanes slowing down 1000s of public transit users.
Best thing about 2025 so far was subscribing to Bike Share Toronto.
February 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Best thing about 2025 so far was subscribing to Bike Share Toronto.
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Very much worth a watch if you have not yet seen the PM’s brief and moving speech to Americans and Canadians.
“From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."
“From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very much worth a watch if you have not yet seen the PM’s brief and moving speech to Americans and Canadians.
“From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."
“From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."
Spotted 22 bikes on my morning dog walk. It’s -13C with a windchill of -17C.
This is actually comparable to November when the temperatures were mostly above freezing.
Cycling in the winter is a state of mind.
This is actually comparable to November when the temperatures were mostly above freezing.
Cycling in the winter is a state of mind.
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Spotted 22 bikes on my morning dog walk. It’s -13C with a windchill of -17C.
This is actually comparable to November when the temperatures were mostly above freezing.
Cycling in the winter is a state of mind.
This is actually comparable to November when the temperatures were mostly above freezing.
Cycling in the winter is a state of mind.
My New Year’s resolution is to complain more about Toronto’s utility infrastructure and lack of street aesthetics. Hopefully my complaining will make more Torontonians care about how our streets look. They are a public space that are an extension of our living space.
December 31, 2024 at 2:33 AM
My New Year’s resolution is to complain more about Toronto’s utility infrastructure and lack of street aesthetics. Hopefully my complaining will make more Torontonians care about how our streets look. They are a public space that are an extension of our living space.
5:20 pm. On this cold dark evening cycled down University. Taking a right on Richmond was a challenge because more than 20 cyclists went through the intersection at once.
November 27, 2024 at 12:30 PM
5:20 pm. On this cold dark evening cycled down University. Taking a right on Richmond was a challenge because more than 20 cyclists went through the intersection at once.
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Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
November 23, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
Mid November and it is still quite comfortable to bike. Plenty of people biking to work this morning.
November 18, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Mid November and it is still quite comfortable to bike. Plenty of people biking to work this morning.
What are posts called on this site? Flutters? Skeets? Breezes or Puffs?
November 16, 2024 at 10:12 PM
What are posts called on this site? Flutters? Skeets? Breezes or Puffs?
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HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
November 11, 2024 at 3:16 AM
HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk
Awesome. What bike lanes can mean for cities!!!
November 15, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Awesome. What bike lanes can mean for cities!!!
Hello BlueSky users. Hydro poles and wires irritate me and are a blight on our streets that are meant for people, not cars and utilities.
I love bike lanes.
I love bike lanes.
November 15, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Hello BlueSky users. Hydro poles and wires irritate me and are a blight on our streets that are meant for people, not cars and utilities.
I love bike lanes.
I love bike lanes.