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Tire wear is a huge source of PM2.5 and ultrafine particle emissions, which everyone studiously ignores. Piles of studies conclude that we should be building lighter and smaller cars and encourage alternate forms of transport, but nobody wants to do that.
Another major source of particulates: Tire wear
Surprise! The amount of PM2.5 and PM10 is proportional to the weight of the vehicle.
lloydalter.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Tire wear is a huge source of PM2.5 and ultrafine particle emissions, which everyone studiously ignores. Piles of studies conclude that we should be building lighter and smaller cars and encourage alternate forms of transport, but nobody wants to do that.
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public consultation results for dedicated transit lanes on bathurst+dufferin. note overwhelming support (75%+ dufferin, 67-68% bathurst) for transit priority+converting parking to transit lanes.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
July 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
public consultation results for dedicated transit lanes on bathurst+dufferin. note overwhelming support (75%+ dufferin, 67-68% bathurst) for transit priority+converting parking to transit lanes.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
transportation services recommendations + councillor compromises do not reflect what people want.
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Buried in the City’s report on the Bathurst and Dufferin #RapidTO lanes is this figure that shows that the 352 parking spaces being proposed to be removed only make $310,000 a year.
That means, on average, each of these street parking spaces makes the city less than $2.50 EACH DAY.
#TOpoli
That means, on average, each of these street parking spaces makes the city less than $2.50 EACH DAY.
#TOpoli
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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NEIGHBOURHOOD RETAIL IS BACK.
Council deferred this bad boy for further study. But there’s a brand new section on the website…
Online consultations: June 18 from 6 – 8 p.m. and June 19 from 1 – 3 p.m. LET’S GO!!!
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Council deferred this bad boy for further study. But there’s a brand new section on the website…
Online consultations: June 18 from 6 – 8 p.m. and June 19 from 1 – 3 p.m. LET’S GO!!!
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Neighbourhood Retail & Services
We want to hear from you! Participate in an upcoming consultation: June 18 from 6 – 8 p.m. or June 19 from 1 – 3 p.m. Small-scale retail, service and office uses support daily life in Neighbourhoods ...
www.toronto.ca
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEIGHBOURHOOD RETAIL IS BACK.
Council deferred this bad boy for further study. But there’s a brand new section on the website…
Online consultations: June 18 from 6 – 8 p.m. and June 19 from 1 – 3 p.m. LET’S GO!!!
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Council deferred this bad boy for further study. But there’s a brand new section on the website…
Online consultations: June 18 from 6 – 8 p.m. and June 19 from 1 – 3 p.m. LET’S GO!!!
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
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“The proliferation of Waymo cars also means the proliferation of roving surveillance cameras.”
LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car
Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“The proliferation of Waymo cars also means the proliferation of roving surveillance cameras.”
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If you enjoy taking on the Tank-role in team-based games consider an exciting career as a crossing guard: you draw the aggro of motorists away from children and elders who want to cross the street, you create space and enable game-winning situations where everyone gets on the point, plus benefits.
March 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you enjoy taking on the Tank-role in team-based games consider an exciting career as a crossing guard: you draw the aggro of motorists away from children and elders who want to cross the street, you create space and enable game-winning situations where everyone gets on the point, plus benefits.
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I’m still thinking about the incredible disconnect between the city that I live in and the city that Andrew Cuomo thinks he’s running for mayor of
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m still thinking about the incredible disconnect between the city that I live in and the city that Andrew Cuomo thinks he’s running for mayor of
Contrast the 540 supportive housing units in "HART" centres proposed with the 1000 beds being currently added to an overcapacity jail system, and you can see the only plan is for cruelty.
globalnews.ca/news/1083742...
globalnews.ca/news/1083742...
February 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Contrast the 540 supportive housing units in "HART" centres proposed with the 1000 beds being currently added to an overcapacity jail system, and you can see the only plan is for cruelty.
globalnews.ca/news/1083742...
globalnews.ca/news/1083742...
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"Instead of a comprehensive solution to the housing crisis, the premier has contented himself with half-measures. It is a missed opportunity that will only amplify human misery, jamming our jails with people looking for a roof over their head."
Doug Ford’s answer to encampments is a phoney war waged against homeless people
The premier’s plan won’t put homeless people in houses. It will put them in jails.
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Instead of a comprehensive solution to the housing crisis, the premier has contented himself with half-measures. It is a missed opportunity that will only amplify human misery, jamming our jails with people looking for a roof over their head."
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broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals”
woke - Stephen Smith:
woke - Stephen Smith:
February 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
broke - Kamala Harris: “i will follow the law when it comes to transgender individuals”
woke - Stephen Smith:
woke - Stephen Smith:
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If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
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This is just a short love letter to PubMed:
absolutely one of the best things US agencies have ever done for science.
'When I were a lad': we had databases of articles (Science Citation Index Expanded or Medline) but the only way to access text was to find the physical journal then photocopy it.
absolutely one of the best things US agencies have ever done for science.
'When I were a lad': we had databases of articles (Science Citation Index Expanded or Medline) but the only way to access text was to find the physical journal then photocopy it.
January 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is just a short love letter to PubMed:
absolutely one of the best things US agencies have ever done for science.
'When I were a lad': we had databases of articles (Science Citation Index Expanded or Medline) but the only way to access text was to find the physical journal then photocopy it.
absolutely one of the best things US agencies have ever done for science.
'When I were a lad': we had databases of articles (Science Citation Index Expanded or Medline) but the only way to access text was to find the physical journal then photocopy it.
"AI can replicate, embed, and accelerate problematic power dynamics that run through society. It can take the troubling history of capitalist patterning and crank up the speed."
January 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"AI can replicate, embed, and accelerate problematic power dynamics that run through society. It can take the troubling history of capitalist patterning and crank up the speed."
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Fascinating early data from NYC's congestion pricing experiment. Overall traffic is down by 8%.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
January 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fascinating early data from NYC's congestion pricing experiment. Overall traffic is down by 8%.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo reporter finds robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 70% of the time, Waymo says it follows "social norms" rather than laws.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | On roads teeming with robotaxis, crossing the street can be harrowing
Our tech columnist captured multiple video of Waymo self-driving cars failing to stop for him at a crosswalk. How does an AI learn how to break the law?
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Waymo (aka Google) admits that it trains its robotaxis to break the law. When WaPo reporter finds robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 70% of the time, Waymo says it follows "social norms" rather than laws.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Child care remains the most fascinating part of the economy to me
December 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Child care remains the most fascinating part of the economy to me
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“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
www.latimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.”
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
#Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
My favourite Toronto version of this is when as a pedestrian you've just exited a TTC bus, parked in a bus Bay/slip lane thing, at a red light.
Lucky for you, you can begin crossing... except for the car attempting to turn right on red across the face of the bus, from the lane left of the bus.
Lucky for you, you can begin crossing... except for the car attempting to turn right on red across the face of the bus, from the lane left of the bus.
The utter stupidity of allowing drivers to turn right on red lights is the hill I will die on. Probably literally.
It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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December 13, 2024 at 1:14 PM
My favourite Toronto version of this is when as a pedestrian you've just exited a TTC bus, parked in a bus Bay/slip lane thing, at a red light.
Lucky for you, you can begin crossing... except for the car attempting to turn right on red across the face of the bus, from the lane left of the bus.
Lucky for you, you can begin crossing... except for the car attempting to turn right on red across the face of the bus, from the lane left of the bus.
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The utter stupidity of allowing drivers to turn right on red lights is the hill I will die on. Probably literally.
It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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December 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
The utter stupidity of allowing drivers to turn right on red lights is the hill I will die on. Probably literally.
It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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It's time to stop risking pedestrian and bicyclist lives by trusting drivers to decide when it's safe to go.
#BanRTOR #SafeStreetsForAll #NCDOT
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What Ford has announced, however, is more prison space — including a proposed expansion at Eastern Ontario, to be built in partnership with a private firm. With just $20 million for new shelter spaces, no further expansion of treatment centres, jails will become de facto shelter.
December 12, 2024 at 6:07 PM
What Ford has announced, however, is more prison space — including a proposed expansion at Eastern Ontario, to be built in partnership with a private firm. With just $20 million for new shelter spaces, no further expansion of treatment centres, jails will become de facto shelter.
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NEW: CycleToronto and other citizens have launched a Charter challenge of the Ford government's law to remove bike lanes. CT's executive director is not present at the Queen's Park announcement because... he was doored on Monday in a painted bike lane and is hospitalized.
December 11, 2024 at 2:06 PM
NEW: CycleToronto and other citizens have launched a Charter challenge of the Ford government's law to remove bike lanes. CT's executive director is not present at the Queen's Park announcement because... he was doored on Monday in a painted bike lane and is hospitalized.
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NEW: Cycle Toronto is launching a legal challenge over Bill 212 and is looking for a court injunction to prevent the removal of separated bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University.
The group says secondary routes "do not exist."
#onpoli
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The group says secondary routes "do not exist."
#onpoli
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ecojustice.ca
December 11, 2024 at 2:49 PM
NEW: Cycle Toronto is launching a legal challenge over Bill 212 and is looking for a court injunction to prevent the removal of separated bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University.
The group says secondary routes "do not exist."
#onpoli
ecojustice.ca/wp-content/u...
The group says secondary routes "do not exist."
#onpoli
ecojustice.ca/wp-content/u...
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They built a bike lane on a commercial street in Québec city and guess what happened to sales? Yes, like everywhere else, revenues went UP (by 10%). Car trafic is down by 35% and evaporated (not diverted to side streets). More pedestrians and more bikes. www.journaldequebec.com/2024/12/10/p...
December 11, 2024 at 1:08 PM
They built a bike lane on a commercial street in Québec city and guess what happened to sales? Yes, like everywhere else, revenues went UP (by 10%). Car trafic is down by 35% and evaporated (not diverted to side streets). More pedestrians and more bikes. www.journaldequebec.com/2024/12/10/p...