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Advocating for safe streets in our communities 💗

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Sarah @mommypedals.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
#winterbiking is for anyone who wants to try. This is 10s first year with studded tires & she's rocking it, even at -21, feeling like -31. We are in the suburbs. Cold doesn't stop cycling, only bad snow clearing and bad infrastructure stops riders #yegbike
10 yo wearing a green parka and grey snowpants stands beside a navy blue bike in the snow. She has a green ski helmet with pink ski goggles on, and a purple balaclava covers her lower face.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Did you have conversations with people at Xmas parties that you’re still thinking about? Me: it’s criminal that Doug Ford bull(y)dozed Ontario Place & hundreds of trees in the cover of night! Man: Canada has lots of trees.🌳 What would your response be?
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a bald man wearing glasses is sitting at a table with ketchup and mustard bottles and talking to a man .
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
What if—instead of cars—we filled our streets with people, bikes, trees, and life?
photo of a pedestrian street in barcelona, taken by me. there are people going about their business. two women on bikes are looking behind them.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Strava Proof of #VikingBiking #bikeTO
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Last night I went to a Christmas Party & rode my bicycle because that’s my transportation of choice + it’s reliable, efficient, & fun! Returning home I rode on clear dry streets as bike lanes on Davenport & Annette were an icy snirty mess. No photos as it was -14C #bikeTO #WinterTO
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This sums it up, yes.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
I dream that one day our passenger trains will be as fast as our entry level base model personal cars that children aged 16 can drive.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Dancing Through Life!! I need to do more of this … and will! #BikeTO who is interested in #CyclingDanceParties ?
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Old Age What a tribute! youtu.be/o4OlL0OpbW8
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Coldplay - ALL MY LOVE (Official Video) (Directors' Cut)
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Cycling Good Cheer 2024 via @jnyyz.bsky.social h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social #BikeTO jnyyz.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/c...
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Cycling Good Cheer 2024
Today was the fifth annual ride with Santa. Always a good time to remember that cycling with friends is fun. This year there were three possible routes that converged on Bloor and St. George, and t…
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Jun Nogami @jnyyz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Thanks to @bikewaysto.bsky.social for organizing today's ride with Santa. jnyyz.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/c...
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Cycling Good Cheer 2024
Today was the fifth annual ride with Santa. Always a good time to remember that cycling with friends is fun. This year there were three possible routes that converged on Bloor and St. George, and t…
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Jun Nogami @jnyyz.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPZP...
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Bike lanes fight traffic!
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
An active transportation reflection: Having the privilege to run daily errands by bike, feeling the movement of my body, the cool air on my face, and the mental stimulation, does me so much good. It’s not just about the moment, it’s an investment in my well-being for the long term.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 10/12/2024
My @torontostar.bsky.social column: I don’t want to jinx it, but there are signs of surging TTC use in Toronto’s downtown The TTC & City Hall should seize the opportunity to grow ridership more. Things like undercover fare inspectors won’t help. Better service will. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: TTC ridership downtown is surging. Here’s why I’m worried the transit agency is going to drop the ball
The TTC numbers point to a real opportunity to supercharge ridership — as long as the transit agency doesn’t mess it up.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
#CyclingGoodCheer lasts longer than the ride with joyful memories ❣️ @bikewaysto.bsky.social #JoyRide
Me dressed up in sparkly skirt and burley trailer yellow cover on trailer Me on bicycle waving leading people on Bloor My friends in costumes - Heather in cape with antlers & Ingrid in onesie and antlers hugging Annie & I at Mabelle Park Selfie
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Never a bad thing when Rudolph aka @jsquaredink.bsky.social leads of Cycling Good Cheer party #BikeTO
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Could you imagine a hundred drivers taking over spaces like this? People on bikes just make sense. #BikeTO
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Thanks to everyone who JOY’nd us for #CyclingGoodCheer today!! #bikeTO was festive @bikewaysto.bsky.social @bromptoning.bsky.social
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
#CyclingGoodCheer groups from Scarborough, North York, & Etobicoke will combine TODAY at St George & Bloor Street 1pm Come watch &/& or jingle with @bikewaysto.bsky.social 5th annual Sustainable Santa Claus Parade along Bloor & Yonge #bikeTO www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...
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Cycling Good Cheer Holiday Bicycle Ride — Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition
Join our 5th annual Cycling Good Cheer holiday bicycle ride through Toronto.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 04/12/2024
My @torontostar.bsky.social column: neighbourhood corner stores are beloved staples of communities. But — whoops — they’ve been illegal in Toronto for decades. Toronto’s bylaws carry a ton of baggage. The weight has kept us from building the kind of city we need. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: Toronto’s neighbourhoods may be about to get their first new corner stores in more than 50 years. Here’s why it took so long
On Thursday, the city’s housing committee will consider changing the rules so that corner stores in residential areas are no longer illegal.
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 06/12/2024
I just want to shout out @graphicmatt.bsky.social because this dude does amazing work covering what's happening at city hall. Dude's fiercely independent and thorough and we need more Matt Elliotts. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/police-bud...
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Police budget on the rise, rideshare licenses may get capped (again), Hotel X2 faces uncanny delay
The week at Toronto City Hall for December 9 to 13, featuring a whole lot of proposed police spending, a report on rideshare wages — and a rideshare cap — and more.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
<Utterly shameless "intro" post sorry> Hi new folks. Last year I rewrote my book Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto. Added like 30000 more words too. My (Toronto) life's work. A very good present to give! Bookstores or direct from Coach House or... chbooks.com/Books/S/Stro...
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Stroll, updated edition
THE TORONTO STAR'S  "30 BOOKS WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS SPRING"The updated edition of a Toronto favourite meanders around some of the city’s unique neighborhoods and considers what makes a city walka...
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Parking Emergency.
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected mobility lane?
City: No, we'll lose parking spots
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Toronto’s new chief planner is @jasonthorne.bsky.social !
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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In the Queens Park media studio where @mikeschreiner.bsky.social is calling out the massive waste of taxpayer money at Ontario Place. We’re very pleased to hear all opposition parties speak out against the MegaSpa deal, and committing to cancel the deal & call for accountability. #topoli #onpoli
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I need a JOY RIDE, how about you?! Sunday December 8th 5th Annual @bikewaysto.bsky.social #CyclingGoodCheer holiday bicycle ride in #BikeTO Don some antlers & ring your bells, details here www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...
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Cycling Good Cheer Holiday Bicycle Ride — Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition
Join our 5th annual Cycling Good Cheer holiday bicycle ride through Toronto.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Details at @bikewaysto.bsky.social events page www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...
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Cycling Good Cheer Holiday Bicycle Ride — Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition
Join our 5th annual Cycling Good Cheer holiday bicycle ride through Toronto.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
#CyclingGoodCheer is just that along with holiday tunes & antlers! Be inspired to JOY’n us this Sunday Dec 8 by @bromptoning.bsky.social 🎥 youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...
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Cycling Good Cheer
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 30/11/2024
A safe bike lane on a major street has a much more attached and motivated constituency than an extra car lane does
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#CyclingGoodCheer is the antidote to #Bill212 WEST END RIDE Santa, elves, & reindeer! Mabelle Park 11 am FREE hot chocolate & cookies. Get a photo with Santa! Bring a non-perishable food or toy donation. Fly 11:45 & ride east along Bloor St 🤶🏾🦌🧝‍♀️ www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...
Cycling Good Cheer poster with illustrations of a tree, Santa’s, & reindeer
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
And Toronto regresses thanks to interference by DoUG FoRd who is NOT the mayor or a councillor in the city!
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a blue car is driving down a road covered in trash
ALT: a blue car is driving down a road covered in trash
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Mitchell Silver @mitchellsilver.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Paris continues to lead. Trees to replace parking! www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Paris to Replace Parking With Trees in New Climate Plan
Also today: See Mexico City’s weird and wonderful architecture in a buggy, and mass transit wins on local ballots.
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Evan Boyce @evanboyce.ca · 18/11/2024
they don't just want a slice, they want the whole damn cake
screenshot of a tweet (from X/twitter, account @jackhauen) saying: New: Campaign Research, Ford's preferred pollster, had a survey out over the weekend asking not just whether the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes should be ripped out, but also those on Richmond, Adelaide and the Danforth.
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April Sparkles 💛🍁 @aprilsparkles.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A timely message from some familiar faces reminding us some people in our own communities might need a little extra help this year. Thank you to those of you who already support and volunteer for our food banks. 💛 youtu.be/QSoqiAhzjdE
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A message from Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Sandra Oh and more | Make the Season Kind
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just a woman who loves riding her bicycle in NYC! “It’s glorious” says Keri Russell, The Diplomat
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Bromptoning (Heather & Pier) @bromptoning.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Can confirm that restricting non-local cars in the core is awesome! I cycled with some Swifties to the Rogers Centre to take some pics. Everyone there was happy and relaxed, even the security guard who was directing foot/bike traffic.
People on bikes in front of lit-up CN Tower (Toronto).People taking selfies in front of the "Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour" sign at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The Eras Bike Tour encore will be Nov 23 💫 get lit & roll with us! #taylorswift & #bikeTO you know you want to roll thru TO with Swifties 🎶 it’s a joyous event
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
The Eras Bike Tour 💫 was too much fun!!!
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Joey Schwartz @joeys4b.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Ghost Bike ride THU, 21 NOV '24. Meet at 5:00 p.m., depart 5:30 p.m. at Matt Cohen Park (Bloor & Spadina). This is a ride for the teenaged cyclist that died last week in Ajax. It is also a ride for all 18 cyclists killed this year in southern Ontario.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I have been be-speckled! Everyone is welcome at Eras Bike Tour #prizes for costume & bicycles 💫 meetu.ps/e/NzXrj/R1gz...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
BREAKING: Removing Toronto bike lanes will cost an estimated $48 million: “The city released a report Wednesday that calculates the cost of Doug Ford’s bid to rip up bike lanes on Yonge, Bloor and University.” One of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen done to a city. www.thestar.com/news/gta/rem...
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Removing Toronto bike lanes will cost an estimated $48 million: City
The city released a report Wednesday that calculates the cost of Doug Ford’s bid to rip up bike lanes on Yonge, Bloor and University.
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Silly Sausage @appallnepal.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
You simply *must* watch this. Context here:
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
It's a clear case but Fords (plural) have wasted massive amounts of sunk costs and increased later costs down the line for their political wedges and personal Snuffleupaguses
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024
Report says removing bike lanes on Bloor would mean 4 months with only one open vehicle lane in each direction, 4 months with only one vehicle lane in one direction, and a month-long intersection closure at St. George. Southbound University Ave would be one lane for 9 months.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024
And here are new and updated ridership numbers for Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes. Increases as high as 656%.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024
The supplementary report on Doug Ford's bike lane ban bill is now available. City staff say it could cost $48 million in provincial tax money to remove bike lanes. And city would lose out on $27 million invested to install the infrastructure. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... (PDF)
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024
The report also says travel times would get WORSE for drivers during the construction work necessary to remove the bike lanes. Long-term, staff project "likely minimal improvements in travel time" for drivers once lanes are removed.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Holyday “printed out charts” — his staff did — good use of resources & trees — there’s no ‘housing crisis’ because HE has a house AND WE KNOW his kids eat breakfast so nobody else needs a breakfast program
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024
"We do have a housing crisis in front of us. If we can't see it in the face of our neighbours, I don't know why we're here. We know we need to build more affordable housing because, for three decades, every level of government walked away," says Mayor Olivia Chow.
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John Lloyd @boyonabike62.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
A @tomflood.bsky.social sticker sighting here in Southern California!
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