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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 22h

Honoured to witness the powerful uprising of over 600 doctors & health care workers fighting to keep bike lanes on Bloor, University & Yonge. #BikeTo #ToPoli cc: @mikelayton.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

RE: Bike lanes save lives and promote health. Removing bike lanes will lead to injury and death. #signed by 600 healthcare workers and counting via #doctorsforsafecycling h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social #BikeTO

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Autobesity [noun]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety. (video maker #unknown) - Marco Te Brömmelstroet Cc: @tomflood.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

King St heading east past Parliament St is my ride home everyday from work. Cc: @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social #BikeTO

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

TOMORROW!! If you are struggling in the aftermath of road violence, you are not alone. You are warmly welcome to join us on Sunday Sept 13 at 1:00pm for our monthly peer support meeting. You can join in person or on Zoom (please DM us for the link). More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I feel bad for the motorists who had to wait while we rode along Danforth for Critical Mass tonight, but they could have just taken side streets.

A panorama of a fuckton of people on bikes leaving to ride Danforth out to Bad Badford’s office.

Looking back on Danforth at a fuckton of cyclists chatting, ringing their bells, doing cyclist things. Cyclists almost as far as the eye can see. Not pictured: about the same fuckton in front of me. The picture is skewed because I was just king of holding my phone up and hoping.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Unreal. This is the largest critical mass I’ve ever been apart of. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The famous New York Daily News headline FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD. Alright I guess I need to be the guy that gives context in alt text. The original headline was about how Gerald Ford refused to bail out New York City when it was bankrupt in the 70s. I'm reappropriating it because Doug Ford (Ontario Premier) just won a case that gives him rights to trample over the urban planning decisions of cities (like Toronto)

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Gabe Blanc @gabeblanc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s been one year since @cycletoronto.bsky.social, @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social, @ffsafestreets.bsky.social and everyone in our city got a huge victory by stopping Doug Ford’s plan to tear up bike lanes, including key arteries in Ward 11 like Yonge, Bloor, and University Ave. 1/2

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

If you are struggling in the aftermath of #RoadViolence, you are not alone. You are warmly welcome to join us on Sunday June 14 at 1:00pm. You can join in person or on Zoom (please DM us for the link). More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

How #BikeToWork Day ended. h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/anot...

People on bikes before heading to City Hall

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today we ride. Grab your bikes, grab your friends and join us at Little Norway Park at 6pm. With TPS and their union buddies doubling down on support for their officers needlessly tackling and injuring a person on a bike over traffic infractions, it's important that we stand together.

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

“Every $1300 New York invested in new bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 added year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents.” Among many other benefits, bike-lanes are a really smart public health investment. #CityMakingMath www.reuters.com/article/busi...

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

computer, enhance it says something that even the Ford government understands that "children cycling safely on quiet streets" is obviously something everybody wants (hence its use as imagery in govt advertising) now if only they'd connect that with actual policy implementation

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Given the recent police violence perpetrated against a cyclist on Queen's Quay, TPS' statement in support of that violence and the silence from City Hall, it's probably time we ride. Strength in numbers. Bring friends. Share widely. Ride bikes.

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Tagging @progresstoronto.bsky.social Will we see your incumbents and/or candidates, during this election cycle, prioritizing the safety of vulnerable road users? Will they have this on their platform? Safety. Equity. Accessibility. h/t @ffsafestreets.bsky.social #TOPoli #BikeTO

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🛑 Join me for my 8th month of INTERSECTION INTERVENTION MAY 31 5-6pm Hold a SLOW DOWN - a reminder people live here & it’s not FORD’s FREEWAY! @ffsafestreets.bsky.social

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I was a safe streets advocate prior to becoming a father 3 months ago, but holy shit has my fear and anger towards the threat of cars grown to a tremendous energy ever since. If vehicular violence claimed my daughter from me, I have no words for what I'd do.

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 17/05/2026

“There’s no surprise at all. Speeding is only going to rise when there is no enforcement,” one resident told @thestar.com Following the removal of speed camera's on Toronto's Parkside Drive, the road has seen a 235% spike in drivers going 20+ km/h over the limit 😡 www.thestar.com/news/gta/six...

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Six months after speed cameras removed, Parkside Drive sees 235% increase in speeders

All of the speed cameras in the province were removed in Nov. 15, after Premier Doug Ford derided them as a “cash grab.”

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

ICYMI: CBC News @alichiasson.bsky.social did a wonderful job covering Wednesday's pedestrian memorial installation. The designs that would likely have saved Marr Horsey's life - a raised crosswalk, curb extensions and speed calming - are inexpensive. Yet after 13 years, no plans to install them.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If you are struggling and hurting in the aftermath of road violence, you are not alone. You are warmly welcome to join us Sunday for our monthly peer support meeting. If you'd like to join on Zoom, please DM us for the link. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Here's some of that speed data. Cameras may be gone, but speed data is still being collected. There's been a 6X ⬆️ in the number of drivers feeling safe traveling at deadly speeds between houses & a park. Larger signs won't stop this, unless those signs have enforceable consequences & fines on them.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026

From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.

Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

1 in 4 drivers on Parkside are now exceeding 50 km/h. The speed limit is 40 km/h. Reminder: 80% of pedestrians will not survive a crash at 50 km/h.

Percentage of vehicles going 50+ km/h on Parkside, monthly from December 2023 to April 2026. The percentage is between 5 and 10% until the camera ban, at which point it climbs to over 25%

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Some things we can learn from this: - posted speed limits are basically meaningless - speed camera enforcement works

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Read about our new pedestrian memorial program: “If a memorial existed at every location a reckless driver has killed someone on streets designed for speed instead of safety, the scale of this massive ongoing public health crisis would be more apparent to the public.” www.cp24.com/local/toront...

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‘Obviously needless deaths’: Memorial installations honour pedestrians killed on Toronto’s streets

Memorial signs have started popping up in neighbourhoods across Toronto to honour pedestrians killed on city streets.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who joined us yesterday for the installation of the pedestrian memorial for Marr Horsey. Marr was a dearly loved mother, grandmother and aunt. She was robbed of her golden years with her family. Marr is not forgotten, and her family is not alone.

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

‘Obviously needless deaths’: Memorial installations honour pedestrians killed on Toronto’s streets. Featuring Jess Spieker of @ffsafestreets.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

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‘Obviously needless deaths’: Memorial installations honour pedestrians killed on Toronto’s streets

Memorial signs have started popping up in neighbourhoods across Toronto to honour pedestrians killed on city streets.

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Andrew Lewis FC @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

One more time for those in the back: Doug Ford's goal was to encourage drivers to speed without risk of punishment even though it would increase injury and death particularly in school zones and banning speed cameras achieved that very specific goal. Goal set. Goal achieved!

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📍Yonge St and Mill St (northeast corner) 🕜12:00pm 📅Wednesday May 13 Join us tomorrow at 12:00pm as we install a pedestrian memorial sign in memory of Marr Horsey. Marr was 89 years old, a beloved mother, grandmother, and aunt. She was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on May 13 2013.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A fantastic Pedestrian Summit put on by @ffsafestreets.bsky.social & attended by so many rad people. Packed house on a Sunday night. Well held walkers & rollers.

Group of rad people on stage discussing pedestrian issues in Toronto

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We checked out the first giganto-signs courtesy of Doug Ford. This is the dumbest crap and a total waste of taxpayer money. The gov't knows speed cameras are effective. Instead of evidence-based best practices that save KIDS' LIVES, these populist idealogues deny reality and leave us with this.

A photo of the new oversized sign with a hand in the left foreground making a thumbs down gesture, and a bottom caption that says "this sign should be a speed camera"

Another sign, identical and located down the road from the first one, with a top caption that says "all this is a sign of is abject leadership failure" and a bottom caption that says "This does NOTHING to keep kids safe"

Another shot of an oversized sign, with a top caption that says "there is *only* research showing signs are ineffective" and a bottom caption that says "*all* research about speed cameras proves they are effective and save lives"

A shot of the base of the pole holding up the oversized signs. Special poles had to be ordered. There are 2 large holes drilled through the base of the extra-big pole. This is baffling.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Join us Sun May 3 for the first ever Pedestrian Summit TO to conclude the Janes Walk Weekend! Come share your ideas, socialize, enjoy a meal, and connect with other people who want to create a more vibrant and walkable Toronto for everyone. Graciously sponsored by @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social!

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Join us Sunday April 26 10:00 in Acton for a memorial ride to remember Mark Heideman, killed by a reckless driver while biking on March 3 2024. Our friends in Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists placed his ghost bike. The ride will take us to some of Mark's favourite places and end at his ghost bike.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

JOIN US! Saturday April 18 3:00pm as we install a pedestrian memorial sign in memory of Margie Boucher. Margie was 70 years old, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister and auntie. Margie was struck and killed by two hit-and-run drivers on December 31, 2025. 📍130 Eglinton Ave E 🕜3:00pm 📅Sat April 18

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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Interested in Road Safety in #BikeTO? Come to the public event April 15 Anna fill in the survey online: toronto.ca/elmhurst @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social

toronto.ca

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This was a beautiful event, and I am happy to see Friends and Families for Safe Streets begin memorialising pedestrians taken too soon by traffic violence. They are planning more of these and could use your support and presence.

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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

1/ I just called Ford AGAIN. I led with Ford's decision to imperil kids by removing speed cameras in school zones WHEN car speed is a known risk for SEVERE pedestrian injury Risk of severe injury: 37 km/hr = 25% 50 km/hr = 50% 63 km/hr = 75% Source: nacto.org/wp-content/u... Ford ☎️: 416 325-1941

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who attended our inaugural pedestrian memorial installation today. ❤️ Gigi should still be here enjoying life with her family. She is never forgotten.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📍King St W and Massey St (Northwest corner) - near Strachan 🕜2:30pm 📅Saturday March 28 YOU'RE INVITED!! Join us Saturday March 28 at 2:30pm as we install a pedestrian memorial sign in memory of Gigi Behocaray. Gigi was 94 years old, a beloved mother, and a dear friend.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

If you are hurting and struggling in the aftermath of #RoadViolence, you are not alone. You are warmly welcome to join our monthly #PeerSupport Meeting, Sunday March 8 from 1-3pm. To join on Zoom, please DM us for the link. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Screen Time.

child on ipad with headphones: maybe we should stop worrying about the screens kids are on

adult driving looking at phone
AND START WORRYING ABOUT THE SCREENS ADULTS ARE ON

One thing leads to another.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 10/02/2026

My @thestar.com column: With Toronto cops facing a huge corruption scandal, it should be impossible for Mayor Olivia Chow and Toronto council to just rubber-stamp yet another big police budget increase today. The job of police reform is not done. Not by a longshot. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Matt Elliott: Toronto police are doing less — but asking for more money. Why is Olivia Chow determined to give them what they want?

At Tuesday’s budget meeting, city councillors will debate the mayor’s 2026 spending plan, which includes a $94-million boost for the Toronto Police Service.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

If you are hurting and struggling in the aftermath of road violence, you are not alone. You are warmly welcome to join us on Sun Feb 11 at 1:00pm for our monthly support meeting. Please DM us if you'd like to join on Zoom so we can send you the link. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Was lucky to have been invited on to the Vancouver stop of @thewaroncars.bsky.social book tour this past Fall - They will be in Toronto this Thursday night - highly recommend going if you are in town. www.cycleto.ca/cars

Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear Lucy Maloney and me on a stage with graphics on a screen behind

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