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safestreetsto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

The pain and grief of road violence never goes away. 13 years later, Marr's family thinks of her every day. She should have been able to live out her golden years with her family. Marr Horsey is never forgotten and her family is not alone.

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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

No matter the years that have gone by, her family still misses her deeply and thinks about her every day. This intersection remains as dangerous today as it was 13 years ago. Please join us Wednesday to honour Marr's memory and show Marr's family that they are not alone.

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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

That's our guess too. So that way, the sign can be slammed onto a kid walking to school and kill them instead. 😭 Several pedestrians have already been killed that way by drivers slamming into light poles and knocking them over onto an innocent person who just happened to be walking nearby.

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

What we need is complete streets designed for safety instead of speed, especially on high-speed arterial roads like Birchmount, and automated enforcement.

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

We all deserve better. Any driver who can't control themselves and refrain from speeding in a school zone and potentially killing a child should pay a fine at bare minimum. Also, 50km/h in a school zone is ludicrous. Almost no children and very few adults would survive being struck at that speed.

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

If our leaders had ANY IDEA how much pain is inflicted when a driver kills a loved one, or cared, they would do everything in their power to prevent the carnage and devastation, instead of destroying the effective preventative measures already in place.

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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

As cities like Montreal, Paris, and New York make big investments in pedestrian priority projects, is Toronto lagging behind the global stage? Help us organize and shape an agenda for making the city a better and safer city for pedestrians of all ages.

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

The Summit is open to anyone who cares about pedestrian issues, walkable city enthusiasts, residents, community advocates, city builders, and organizational representatives interested in making Toronto a pedestrian-friendly city.

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

Purchase tickets here: www.cycleto.ca/pedestrian_s.... The $25 cost covers expenses for the venue and meal. We are offering more affordable tickets for lower-income community members, and pay-it-forward tickets for folks who can afford to pay a little more to help others attend.

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Pedestrian Summit TO

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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

Mark loved his close friends and was always quite enthusiastic making new friends from all walks of life. His respectful, gentle and kind compassion towards all people he met along the way will be forever cherished and remembered by all who knew him."

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

He had a love of the outdoors and traveled many a weekend all over Southern Ontario to ride his bicycle, see the sights and enjoy exploring a slower pace of life appreciating each day. He was always embracing the everyday life of people.

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

He was often seen walking around town with his white & black border collie with a blue frisbee. He lived a happy and content life devoted to his work, family, pets and friends.

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