Before: a street with a slip lane to the right.
After: same street with the slip lane removed
The city of Richmond removed the slip lane to fix this dangerous intersection. (Daytime picture = before, night = after). Great work Richmond! Let's keep removing slip lanes throughout the lower mainland.
“By 2030, Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. That’s one of the goals outlined in the French capital’s new 2024-2030 Climate Plan… #Paris promises to establish 300ha of new green space by 2030, with 10% in place by 2026.”
Leadership.
#ClimateCrisis
A cycling advocacy group and charity has launched a Charter challenge against the Ford government’s recent legislation that takes aim at Toronto’s bike lanes.
NEW: CycleToronto and other citizens have launched a Charter challenge of the Ford government's law to remove bike lanes. CT's executive director is not present at the Queen's Park announcement because... he was doored on Monday in a painted bike lane and is hospitalized.
Long line up of people on bikes waiting for the light to change on a Paris street, in a separated bike-lane.
Paris definitely wasn’t always this way. This is very recent. It wasn’t magic. It just took vision and leadership. Your city could choose leadership too.
Great pic via @JBPssx
Love it!
How did I not see this clip until now? Love how mad those car-brain types get! 🤣 #BikeTO #ottbike #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
The Bicycle Blamed Now the furniture makers are blaming the bicycle for the dullness in their trade. They say that people who own wheels care very little how their homes are furnished during the summer months. They are not at home to enjoy these esthetic surroundings which were once so dear. What does a devoted wheelman care for a new bookcase when he has no time to read? Are not his books the open volumes of nature in her charming moods? What does Juliet care for a sofa built for two when Romeo has his tandem? Home has become but a sleeping place, and the tired wheelman isn't a bit particular what sort of a bed he sleeps in. No doubt the furniture makers are right. --The Arizona Republic, 30 May 1897.
A decline in furniture sales
What an incredible read. A thorough and damning documentation of climate inaction by big oil and a gripping recounting of the Fort McMurray fire. Fire Weather by John Vaillant
Community is the antidote to what ails us. #ptbo
Ontario’s Bike Lane Hogwash: Lessons on What Cities Give Up By Giving In To Car Culture.
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Signbonbpost that says community: can we have a safe route for our kids to walk, bike, roll to school? City: No, a driver might get mad.
I hear this time and again and it makes me feel so angry. I am always looking for win win win solutions. I reject the us or them narrative. The messaging is all important to build consensus.
We badly need this in the US - and to be fair some cities and states are pushing very hard in that direction - but the gas industry is fighting like hell to stop it.
We got an electric backup and can set it to what temperature it kicks in at. Our contractor recommended -8C. The heat pump can work well below that, it just gets less efficient. We are happy to be off of gas.
I have been advocating for this too! Streets are our city's biggest land base and we can use them for revenue.
Peterborough-Kawartha MP Michelle Ferreri refused to give her support for Peterborough's application to the Housing Accelerator Fund, correspondence between her office and Minister Sean Fraser shows.
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The Narwhal has also seen that leaked cabinet document for Bill 212 that's been floating around the Ontario politics world, and it has some pretty interesting stuff in it about Highway 413.
Story from me, h/t to The Trillium for reporting on this first!
Yesterday, @emmamci.bsky.social had an article published in @thenarwhal.ca explaining what happens now that Bill 212 has passed. In a nutshell, there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered, so we'll need to stay vigilant. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...
Zoom, zoom, kaboom. More crashes=standstill on the streets. Vision Zero saves lives and reduces injuries, and also helps with congestion. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-high...
Ford hasn't figured out induced demand yet, or that if everyone drives it would take a 600 lane highway to avoid congestion. Back to basics, do the math.
#bikeptbo and #ptbo are lucky to have the Bethune St bikeway. It’s a gem of active transportation architecture.
It needs some love.
Last night we repositioned 15 of the planter boxes back to the middle of the road. Today at 3pm we are “planting” pine and birch boughs for winter. Join us!
“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.”
Leadership. #Paris
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I’m going to say this again. Given that the Ontario Liberal, NDP and Green Parties are WELL AWARE of the likelihood that splitting the vote would hand the Doug Ford Conservatives another comfortable majority govt with a small % of the vote, I’d think they would put aside ambitions AND WORK TOGETHER.