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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I want people to be able to drive a car if they choose to! I also want everyone who doesn't want to own a car or can't afford it to be able to walk, bike, or take high quality public transit with efficiency, safety, and enjoyment, no matter their age, ability, or income status.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

NIMBYs online: “there’s no point legalizing more housing, developers will never build enough to lower prices” Edmonton landlords: “help, developers built too much, putting downward pressure on rents”

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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Had a full up accordion bus pull by me on the road. A stark reminder of the 80-120 cars this took off the road for the foot print of at best 4 bumper to bumper The city would be fooked without public transportation, and any elected official should hammer that home to the people sitting in traffic

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

High speed rail from Montreal to Toronto really is not a huge lift. We have lots of potential corridors, clear routes into the cities, and obvious demand and potential demand with significantly expanding urban rail systems and densifying downtowns - its painfully obvious.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.

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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Laudatory, obviously

A meme featuring a penguin, an elephant, and weird penguin-elephant hybrid in Noah's Ark. The elephant is labeled "America," the penguin is labeled as "Europe," and the weird hybrid as "Canada." Noah gestures at the hy rid and says, "What the hell is this?"

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Good morning

Being an artist requires only two things:
<a partially obscured wall in a supply shop that seems to read Art Supplies & Pain>

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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This is bigger than any premier or party. If a single elected official can unilaterally advance policies with adverse public safety impacts, we should be asking hard questions about the strength of our democracy & advocating like hell for evidence-based placemaking. #EvidenceBasedPlacemaking

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Ottawa and Helsinki are cities of similar size and climate; eliminating homelessness, creating a transit focus and eliminating traffic fatalities should be something we aspire to and not just with empty words, but with concrete action because it is indeed possible. 1/

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I'm working on a theory that the single biggest political problem in Canada is the relative neglect of provincial politics.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

NEW: Pope Leo XIV told the world’s press today that the Catholic Church’s moral imagination has long been too narrowed to sexual ethics — and that war, migration, and human dignity are the “much greater, more important issues” of our time.

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“I Cannot Be in Favor of War” — Pope Leo XIV's Wide-Ranging In-Flight Press Conference From Africa

On the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

WATCH this video to understand better why positive and badly needed change in cities can be so HARD AND CONTROVERSIAL, at least INITIALLY when proposed (spoiler — quite often that change becomes popular, or just not noticed much at all, after implementation and once the “status quo bias” wears off."

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This Is The Real Reason We Can't Have The Cities We Dream Of

YouTube video by Global Cycling Network

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

In the 16 weeks since the Ford government made our city turn off speed cameras, compliance went from 87% to roughly 40%. Just last week, someone drove so fast in a school zone, that they flipped their car. This policy is actively putting kids in danger.

Road Safety Implications — Bill 56
- ASE proven tool for reducing speeds in school areas
- ASE pilot showed major speed reductions after 4 years
- speed limit compliance up from 16% to 87%
- high end speeding from 15% to 0.3%
- post-removal floated shows significant driver behaviour change

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