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."
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.
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.
By any account, Mark was a wonderful and kind person. From Mark's family: "Mark's big unforgettable smile and gentle spirit touched the lives of everyone he met. He was one of the most loyal employees of Miller's Scottish Bakery for over 40 years.
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.
Margie's family is devastated and her community is grieving for her. Please join us Saturday to honour her memory and show Margie's family that they are not alone. You are warmly welcome to leave flowers at the memorial.
www.ffsafestreets.ca/events
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
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
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.
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
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.
Please join us Saturday to honour Gigi's memory and show Gigi's family that they are not alone. You are warmly welcome to leave flowers at the memorial. Gerberas were Gigi's favourite.
Gigi was vivacious and had so much more life to live. She walked everywhere, and was well known and loved in the neighbourhood, creating community on her several daily walks. Gigi was struck and killed by a pickup truck driver on March 21, 2026. Her family and community are devastated.
📍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.
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...
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.
Screen Time.
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...
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...
Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear Lucy Maloney and me on a stage with graphics on a screen behind
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
Toronto! Tickets are now available to the general public for our live show on Thursday, February 5th at the Hot Docs Ted Rodgers Cinema, presented by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.
Take that, Doug Ford!
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
Breaking news. Absent local councillor still doesn't give a shit. Vote them out, term limits, whatever. Get this loser out of here.
The state of the already terrifying sidewalk on Parkside drive. Fuck me I guess? Nothing can be done.
@ffsafestreets.bsky.social
"The Ford govt is escalating its retreat from road safety. Bill 60, building on Bill 212 and championed by Sarkaria, would prohibit municipalities from reallocating vehicle lanes towards safer, more complete streets...These are choices that deliberately increase risk"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
It’s the big day! The appeal hearing @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s successful Bill 212 case is being heard at Ontario’s Court of Appeal. Time permitting I’ll try and live post the proceedings, like I did for the Ottawa convey injunctions back when #lawtwitter was a thing.
Let’s use the snow to build protected intersections before the cars come back #walkto @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @shawnmicallef.bsky.social @rzaichkowski.bsky.social
"Jess S, a road safety advocate w/ @ffsafestreets.bsky.social, said she’s worried traffic safety around schools, where most cameras were installed, could suffer in 2026.“You're putting children at risk. I cannot wrap my mind around any rationale for something like that" 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Having a transportation system that results in violent death is not normal. This is a policy failure. This is all 100% preventable.
The members of FFSS are battered, we are bruised, we are broken, we are bone-deep exhausted, and we will NEVER stop fighting until this senseless violence is ended.
If you are struggling and hurting in the aftermath of a crash, you are warmly welcome to join our monthly peer support mtg. Please DM us for the Zoom link.
Whether your loved one was killed by a driver or you survived being struck, you are not alone. More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_serv...
My friend was hit in a crosswalk last week in #WalkTO - he is OK but went to hospital & has a concussion 🤕
I checked data... Turns out left turns account for 26% of injuries caused by collisions - pedestrian's had right of way in 24% of cases. So drivers are the problem! @ffsafestreets.bsky.social
The Compassionate Friends supports bereaved parents and grandparents. Today, our hearts are with every parent who has lost a child from road violence or any other cause. Child loss is the worst pain that life can inflict on any human being.
Your children are not forgotten. You are not alone.
If you are struggling in the aftermath of road violence, you are warmly welcome to join our monthly peer support meeting on Sunday at 1:00pm. Join us in person in rm 375 in 401 Richmond or DM us for the link to join on Zoom.
You are not alone.
More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/support_services
