andrewurbanist.bsky.social
@andrewurbanist.bsky.social
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Inbox. A Toronto city councillor, following Vaughan’s bravery, is moving to pause speed cameras.

Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart.

They would vote against road redesign too.
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let’s protect Ontario’s bike lanes in this provincial election. Call on all parties to #ReverseBill212! @GreenpeaceCA act.gp/3CBhHCp
Stop the removal of Ontario’s bike lanes
Call on all parties running in the Ontario election to reverse Bill 212
act.gp
March 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The last paragraph is the biggest point (but worth reading everything leading up to it)

Removal of bikeways will lead to every road user losing.
Absolutely no one wins.

Drivers, pedestrians, transit user, cyclists - every road user loses.

#BikeTO
#BikeTO

"…in every scenario the researchers ran, a Bloor West bike lane that stretched into Etobicoke was deemed critical. Bike lanes on arterial roads are 'absolutely necessary. There are no parallel side streets that are suitable.' ” @mbonsma.bsky.social

By @katelunau.bsky.social
The Bloor Street bike lane has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
January 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social has launched a campaign shaming Stantec Consulting Ltd for being retained to do work associated with Doug Ford's bike lane removal efforts. Please sign & spread the word. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VoteFordOut www.cycleto.ca/shame_on_you...
Shame on you, Stantec
www.cycleto.ca
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Myself, and a few others will be writing letters to the PEO.

Licensed engineers' prime directive is to protect the public.
There is absolutely no evidence that this does.

The penalty for not doing so is suspension or loss of one's license.

You typically can't practice while under investigation.
The firm Stantec has been named. Put them on the shelf with Diamond Schmitt & Urban Strategies as corporate citizens who’ll take the cash to destroy part of the city (and here put lives at risk).
Stantec is working with the Ford gov't to rip out bike lanes in Toronto, despite the injunction that prevents this work taking place until March & despite the tens of thousands of Ontarians who don't want to see their money wasted ripping out perfectly good infrastructure we paid to put in:
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM