On one hand, a car might get scratched on a concrete bollard.
But on the other hand, a person might get killed after the car runs over the flexible bollards. 🤔
* glances over at concrete road medians, concrete bollards in parking lots, and concrete curbs everywhere. *
This is a map of car collisions in #Guelph from 2023.
Now look at the $0 in Guelph's City Budget for our Active Transportation Network over the next 10 years. It was gutted by Cam Guthrie's latest budget updates.
Make it make sense.
Cam Guthrie out here behaving like Temu Doug Ford.
A long pro-bike protest just rolled by on Bloor St. Took maybe 10 min to pass. Our pigheaded Premier here thinks by ripping bike lanes out of downtown #Toronto he can reduce congestion (false), pander to his base, and get reelected if he calls an early election by stoking urban/suburban division (probably true). #SafeStreetsSaveLives #TOPoli #ONPoli #CycleToronto #Bikestodon #Urbanism
Action Alert! Join us on Thursday, November 21, as we deliver Ghost Bikes to Queen's Park while the government wraps up its reading of Bill 212, the anti-bike lane legislation. We'll meet at Matt Cohen Park at 5:00 PM, with the ride departing at 5:30 PM. We'll arrive at Queen's Park at 5:45 PM.
https://www.facebook.com/share/12Ah6RySTDP/
#TOPoli #BikeTO #CycleTO #SafeStreetsSaveLives #Bill212 #DougFord #Urbanism #BikeTooter
Letters were read from 122 ER doctors opposing #Bill212 as well as the CEOs of Mount Sinai and Sick Kids on Toronto's hospital row.
A Mount Sinai Hospital survey found that 63% of staff bike to work along the university avenue bike lanes Doug Ford wants to rip out.
https://schoolofcities.github.io/bike-share-toronto/growth
University of Toronto designed a dashboard to show bike share usage in Toronto.
* Winter 2024 (Dec-Feb) had 776,744 trips which is more than Summer 2017's 569,177 trips.
* The first full year saw 665,000 trips in 2015. There were 5,700,000 trips in 2024.
#Bikestodon #SafeStreetsSaveLives #Urbanism #Toronto #TOPoli #ONPoli
I love the slogan "All Ages And Abilities".
You should feel safe on our public streets riding a bicycle, walking, rolling, or using ANY kind of mobility device, being 8 years old, being 80 years old, being able-bodied, being non-able-bodied. I'll also add being ANY gender or race.
Here's a really well produced video (not mine) from yesterday's rally for bike lanes in Toronto: https://youtu.be/FiQIqPTuDaQ?si=UpRKnTjgO6hwoD4s
For those who aren't familiar with the Bloor bike lane, it is nicely showcased off the top. It took more than a decade to get this infrastructure. #cycling #toronto #ONPoli #TOPoli #safestreetssavelives
The atmosphere today was overwhelmingly positive. The sense of shared connection was palpable.
There were cheers and smiles from people walking by on the sidewalks.
It started with bikes but I did see others start to pedestrianize the street. An older woman with a walker, people walking their dogs in the middle of the street, others simply going for a walk...
"Bike lane bans make you as slow as a bicycle"
Spotted at the Toronto protest to save bike lanes from Doug Ford.
#SafeStreetsSaveLives #Toronto #TOPoli #ONPoli #DougFord #CycleTO
Massive turnout at Toronto protest to save bike lanes.
"You take our lane, we'll take yours!!"
Source: https://reddit.com/comments/1gnl0hw
#SafeStreetsSaveLives #Toronto #TOPolo #ONPoli #DougFord #CycleTO
This sign at the latest Toronto protest to save bike lanes
Saturday, November 9th at 2pm at Christie Pitts Park. Protest to Save Our Bike Lanes.
https://www.fightforbikes.org/
#CycleTO #BikeTO #Bikes #Cycling #SafeStreetsSaveLives #SafeStreets #PleaseBoost #CycleWR
600 bikes from Queen's Park rally group ride clear the road for an ambulance in seconds. On the other side of the street, 6 cars can't manage to do it at all.
Source: https://botsin.space/@fuck_cars_bot/113362141762530970
#urbanism #bikes #SafeStreetsSaveLives #safestreets #cycling #Toronto #CycleTO #BikeTO
