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From pick up to back home in under 15mins ❤️ #queenbooks

Tickled pink to finally show off my copy of ‘Life After Cars’ via the fine folks behind @thewaroncars.bsky.social

h/t @sgoodyear.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social

Cc: @ternbicycles.com
#EastEndLove #BikeTO
In front of Queen Books with a copy of LIFE AFTER CARS A photo of my new yellow book with my red bike Image of my bike on its resting pad with my book in hand
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#HappyMonday

Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for November 10th

h/t @lauragmitchell.com @mplscargobikelibrary.com @bikebreath.bsky.social @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social @ridealso.bsky.social @levihildebrand.bsky.social @riesemuller.bsky.social

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Video Playlist for Nov 10th, 2025 #IdeasAtWork 1. Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library - Cyclehoop 2. This city is overcoming the backlash and building a cycling city - Shifter 3. Basket Bags Changed Everything - Bike Breath 4.Why This “Anti-Car Labyrinth” Is Actually Brilliant - Oh The Urbanity! 5. Honest thoughts on cargo bike ownership after 6 months. - Levi & Leah 6. We Review the Riese & Müller Homage 5 eBike with Nicholas Cowell - Fully Charged 7. RJ Scaringe & Chris Yu Introduce the TM-B - Ride ALSO A prson on a e-cargo bike Minneapolis Cargo Bike Library Overhead view of a protected intersection "Billiant" An image with a lot of equipment including a bike, bench, computer and a ladder
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Church St pedestrianization plan via @chanface.bsky.social

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Rodney 🚧🚇‬ ‪@chanface.bsky.social‬ · 3d Update: had another meeting today with the councillor's office about the Church St pedestrianization plan & things are moving along! We’re aiming for Dundonald to Alexander during Summer 2026, possibly rolled into an extended Pride ped’ztn or FIFA activation! Transpo staff & the BIA are onboard! Image of a pedestrian street Chris Moise‬ ‪@chrismoise.ca‬ · 1mo Love it! I will propose it to the Village BIA and Transportation Staff and see what we can do for next summer.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#IdeasAtWork A nod to @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social’s Open House this evening showcasing the new Quayside neighbourhood and speaking to the future of Ookwemin Minising. Biidaasige Park, Waterfront East Transit and the newly transformed Don River.

This is Our New Waterfront
October 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Bike Parts Manufacturers’ Association (BPMA) to meet the growing needs for micro-mobility and bikes.

I mean, why not? Cars are clearly not the future. Moving people is. Invest in equitiable ways to allow people the freedom to move safely!
jdavey.bsky.social jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · Aug 26
Reminder: For 6 years, during World War II, Canada nationalized CCM (Canadian Cycle & Motor) and it could do it again.
But this initiative, under the watch of bike-lane-hater Flavio Volpe, will probably produce stupidly huge SUVs and pickup trucks.
vassb.bsky.social VassB @vassb.bsky.social · Aug 24
A lot of the conversation around BIG nation-building projects has been focussed on physical infrastructure (I suppose digital initiatives become physical fast). 2 OTHER national ideas I noticed: 1 @policyalternatives.ca a crown corp for institutional fleets www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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So then constituents in #TorontoDanforth should be able to have infrastructure prioritizing the safety of vulnerable road users installed on Jones Av and the reconfiguration of Carlaw Av and Logan Av approved. It’s lack of political will not the province that is holding it up. Got It!
A map of Toronto pointing out bike lane upgrades that had been cancelled by the chair of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair Zero Kilometres Zero. That's the number of kilometres of new bike lanes proposed as part of the 2025.IE23.6 Cycling Network Plan - Second Quarter Update. This isn't just about Bill 212. Not moving forward with the proposal for contraflow bike lanes on Logan-Carlaw, reversing the Council-approved decision to upgrade Jones to protected bike lanes, or approving the Kingston sections of the Danforth-Kingston Complete Streets is not solely the result of provincial overreach. These are local decisions being made at a local level. Help us tell City Council and the Mayor that this is a time for leadership. " r BI Dear recipient's full name will go here, No new bike lanes. I fully understand that the City of Toronto is facing unprecedented challenges with Bill 212, which restricts how and where Ontario municipalities can build bike lanes that involve removing travel lanes. I want to commend you and your colleagues for your firm opposition to that legislation back in November." 395
October 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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“It still feels unreal sometimes. What started as a “radical” idea — that health begins with home — became a place where people who were living inside and out of hospitals, shelters, or on the street could finally exhale.” - Andrew Boozary

h/t @uhn.ca @unitedwaygt.bsky.social

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Andrew Boozary MD MPP in • 1st Executive Director - Social Medicine and Population Health 1h • O It's been one year since we opened Dunn House - Canada's first social medicine housing initiative. And this has been family over the past year. It still feels unreal sometimes. What started as a "radical" idea - that health begins with home - became a place where people who were living inside and out of hospitals, shelters, or on the street could finally exhale. A year later, the preliminary data is staggering. Emergency Department visits for the tenants have plunged by over 50%. And days spent in hospital have similarly plummeted by nearly 80%. But the real drive for change, I hope, is how human dignity and health economics are completely aligned. The first story is from Victoria Gibson at the Toronto Star - about Jason Miles, a man whose addiction and homelessness cost more than $260,000 through ER visits, shelters, and jail stays. Not because he wanted that path, but because there wasn't another one. The second is from Liam Casey in the CBC, about our University Health Network teams and community partners deciding to try something different and center those patients that been sidelined in the health system. The cost calculus is clear when it can be over $50k per month in hospital, $15k in provincial jail and $4k for supportive housing. I believe both these stories show the cost of crisis - and the return on compassion. It's still early, and there's a lot more to do across the province. But one year in, I'm certain of this more than ever: housing is healthcare. compassion saves lives. and dignity has to be designed into the system - not left to Chance.
October 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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"...Together, we’re building a city that works for you." #TOpoli
Key Budget Dates 2026 Budget Timeline Current: Public Consultation: Online Survey 10/01 to 10/31/2025 – Current Complete a short online survey (opens in new window) in one of 12 languages. Incomplete: Fall Budget Consultations 10/14 to 10/29/2025 – Upcoming Attend a consultation in Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Toronto or virtually. Incomplete: Interim Rate Approvals 12/9/2025 – Upcoming Executive Committee meeting to consider interim rate approvals. Incomplete: Interim Rate Approvals 12/16 to 12/18/2025 – Upcoming City Council meeting to consider and approve interim rates. Incomplete: 2026 Budget Launch 01/8/2026 – Upcoming First Budget Committee meeting for 2026 budget. Incomplete: Service Area Presentations 01/14 to 01/16/2026 – Upcoming Budget Committee meeting to review service area budgets. Incomplete: Budget Committee Public Presentations 01/20 to 01/21/2026 – Upcoming Your chance to speak directly to members of the Budget Committee at City Hall or a local Civic Centre. Incomplete: Public Consultation: Telephone Town Halls January 2026 – Upcoming Participate in a telephone town hall to hear more about the 2026 Budget, ask your questions and share your feedback. Incomplete: Budget Committee Wrap Up 01/23/2026 – Upcoming Final Budget Committee meeting for the 2025 Budget. Incomplete: Mayor’s Proposed Budget By February 1, 2026 – Upcoming Mayor Olivia Chow’s proposed 2026 Budget is released for City Council consideration. Incomplete: Special City Council Meeting 02/10/2026 – Upcoming Toronto City Council meeting to consider the 2026 Budget.
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Finding useable spaces to park my e-bike @ternbicycles.com

Cycling infrastructure isn’t just about bike lanes #IdeasAtWork
May 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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What happens when an election brings out the ability to create third spaces for youth?

"Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes." - @nytimes.com

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A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes. A do-it-yourself merch night was held for Zohran Mamdani supporters at Farm to People, an eatery in Brooklyn.Credit...Shuran Huang for The New York Times Emma GoldbergBenjamin Oreskes By Emma Goldberg and Benjamin Oreskes Nov. 4, 2025
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This was the scene yesterday at Ossington and Dundas during #Ossfest Who is attending today? What would happen if this was a permeant fixture through out late spring to early fall?

Would civilization come to a crawl without single occupancy vehicles?
July 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Thank you @goodroads.bsky.social for providing space and stage for amazing discussion today. More of this in 2026!
April 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Really enjoy working on @uoftcities.bsky.social projects like this.

Heavy lifting by @jamaps.bsky.social with data analysis & visualization. Also Mia Wang who’s led data collection and GIS data processing.

Who are streets for?

h/t @daniel-romm.bsky.social @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social #IdeasAtWork
uoftcities.bsky.social School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · Oct 1
The distribution of public land in cities has serious implications for how we move, how safe we feel, and who can access opportunities. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social + our data viz team find that 80% of T.O. street space is dedicated to motor vehicles:
Who are streets for?
More than 80% of street space in Toronto is inequitably dedicated to motor vehicles. How can this be fairly re-designed?
schoolofcities.github.io
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This is all sorts of awesome @merriam-webster.com

Tagging @uoft.bsky.social @torontomet.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @dalhousie.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social @uottawa.ca @queensuglobal.bsky.social to toss this into your forums of knowledge. #IdeasAtWork
merriam-webster.com Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · May 8
We love sharing our passion with words with you and we wanted to give you an opportunity to share YOUR passion w/ us.

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May 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Umm @tomflood.bsky.social if you haven’t already met @shawnmicallef.bsky.social we need to get you two on a stage, with microphones for a barn burning GTHA town hall tour on car culture & the destructive path it’s carved through our cities & more times than not through peoples bodies.
Not Complicated - Back To School PSA. The Biking Lawyer LLP BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS, DRIVER EDITION SLOW THE FUCK DOWN so our kids can get to school safely It's really not complicated. A reinterpretation of the Jaws movie poster CARS I think you're gonna need a bigger bike. ОН I'M SORRY DID MY HEADPHONES MAKE YOU DRIVE INTO ME? An image of woman riding her bike In the style of Wheel Of Fortune CATEGORY: VISION ZERO PR0TECT B_KE LANE City: We'd like to solve the puzzle, is it "WEAR BRIGHT CLOTHING" ROVÉLO CREATIVE
September 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#HappyMonday

Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for August 25th

h/t ‪ @casualcommuter.bsky.social @ttcriders.bsky.social @nerd4cities.bsky.social @rmtransit.bsky.social @flurfdesign.bsky.social

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#IdeasAtWorkVideo Playlist For August 24th, 2025 1. Why Toronto Fails at Wayfinding, and Tokyo Doesn't w/Casual Commuter 2. How Toronto is finally building their missing subway w/ The Flying Moose 3. Flying over the Ontario Line: construction update w/ Metrolinx 4. Toronto's War on Bikes and Transit w/Ray Delahanty | CityNerd 5. Toronto's Transit is TERRIFIC! w/Building Beautifully 6. How NOT to build public transit (Toronto’s Streetcars) w/flurfdesign 7. Lost On The Toronto Subway w/Paige Saunders Wayfinding that shows the good and bad side Image of streetcar "The stars have aligned."
August 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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kayehm.bsky.social kanchan m @kayehm.bsky.social · 18d
Took my #BikeTO colleagues on a walk/roll of the newly & under construction Harbord Bikeway yesterday.

Harbord/Hoskin has been a bikeway since 1998, 27 years.

Curbs, planters, accessible platforms.. and so much more.

Learn More:
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October 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#HappyMonday

Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for October 20th

h/t @pbs.org @msnbc.com @samd.bsky.social
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#IdeasAtWork October 20th Playlist - YouTube
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October 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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#IdeasAtWork Spent an informative morning with Rejwan and Renuka touring AccessPoint on Danforth

The Hub operates on a shared services model in a 14500 sq. ft. facility.

Learn more here accessalliance.ca/contact-us/a...
h/t @unitedwaygt.bsky.social

#TDReadyCommitment
#AnyWayWeCan
Green Rooftop garden with a shed in background Close up of the rooftop shed Information board about local bees Outside with multiple learning about the roof top garden
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist.

EP 289 CAR BRAIN: Exploring Motonormativity with Prof @ianwalker.bsky.social & Prof Marco te Brömmelstroet via @activetowns.bsky.social

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EP 289 CAR BRAIN: Exploring Motonormativity with Prof Ian Walker & Prof Marco te Brömmelstroet
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May 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Three that would be in that starter pack for sure: @torontopublicspace.bsky.social @modacitylife.com & @climatetown.bsky.social #IdeasAtWork
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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What would happen if Toronto prioritized reducing car trips?
To strengthen #TransformTO To bolster #VisionZero To ease the financial burden on #TOpoli’s maintenance budget to repair our streets.
What might that look like? Do we have politicians & the #PoliticalWill to make it happen?
holz-bau.bsky.social Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · Oct 9
since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates
Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...
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October 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Get Outside! My friend Hilary Donaldson, Director of Music at St. Andrew’s United Church took her choir to the court yard. Steps from Yonge Street and Bloor Street and created an accessible access point for people to enjoy the music.
September 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The weather was crappy yesterday (raining)

I packed extra socks and stopped off at home to pick up a rain jacket before heading off to the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub for a scheduled @unitedwaygt.bsky.social tour of the facilities and meeting the staff.

h/t @ternbicycles.com 1/2
Map and details of my ride from home to work to a tour and back home Image of my bike in front of a wayfinding billboard Image of people in a hallway The wayfinding says "Early On Child and Family Centre" Image of a wall mural with streets and people's faces
August 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for October 6th

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Video Playlist for Oct 6th 2025 #IdeasAtWork 1. Why can't Canadian hockey teams win? by Tifo Sports by The Athletic 2. The Toronto Blue Jays Are The 1992 World Series Champions! by Toronto Blue Jays 3. Jacques Villeneuve - Winner Indy 500 (1995) by SPEEDWORLD 4. The Story Behind Magdeleine Vallieres' Rainbow Ride In World Championships 2025 by FloBikes 5. Relive The Toronto Raptors' Historic NBA Championship Run by SPORTSNET 6. UNBELIEVABLE upset 🤯 | New Zealand v Canada | Rugby World Cup 2025 | Highlights by Rugby World Cup and World Rugby Women 7. Canada makes history after beating U.S. in women’s soccer by CBC News: The National Illustration of a hockey player on the ice On teh ice is written Failure Image of cyclist in a race "Rainbow Moment" Image of Canada's Womens Tean
October 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM