So proud of the FIRST annual missing sidewalk report by Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects. This was inspired by the annual cycling report and our discussions with Walk Toronto! Make sure to dig into the details and look out for this report in the years to come. #walkto

Montreal Kicked Cars to the Curb and Thrived thewalrus.ca/montreal-kicke… via The Walrus

Toronto city staff estimates that there’s as much as 30 square kilometers of commercial parking lots across Toronto. That’s equivalent to paving over everything south of Bloor Street between the Humber and the Don rivers.

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Thanks raju mudhar for covering today's memorial ride in the Toronto Star, as well as to the hundreds who took part. Joey Schwartz of ARC and Amber Morley were quoted in this piece. #BikeTO #TOpoli #VisionZero #YouNeverRideAlone thestar.com/news/gta/hundr…

Choices have consequences. While a family grieves + Amber Morley -a champion of CompleteStreets- affixes flowers to memorial for 26-yr-old Navjot Kaur, the "BalanceonBloor" grp (dominated by wealthy homeowners) continued its fight against safe roads at @KingswayBIA festival.

"For me, gatherings like today and tragedies like the one we’re here to acknowledge are the rationale and justification for why this kind of infrastructure is critically important” - Amber Morley thestar.com/news/gta/hundr… via @torontostar

What is sadly bizarre is that Canadians --- after a summer of wildfires, floods + heat waves --- have to be convinced that a carbon tax is strong public policy. It should be obvious. thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar

BTW, there's also a "Leader" story in The Economist suggesting ways to reduce deaths tied to car bloat: "As well as making cars lighter, you can make accidents rarer and less deadly." economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

POV: working in the field of sustainable mobility.

"In a quality city, a person should be able to live their entire life without a car, and not feel deprived." —Paul Bedford

This is a huge step in the right direction — and long overdue. The Federal Motor Safety Standards have real teeth. If this rule comes into effect, carmakers will finally have to address how car bloat endangers pedestrians. apnews.com/article/us-ped…

.Julie Dabrusin we've talked to you about this. What can Canada do to parallel this US initiative?

Join us for a coffee (or bike repairs) on Sat, Sept 21 for Park(ing) Day -- the Bloor St W version ... 11am to 3pm in Bloor West Village.

Doug Ford won’t let Toronto use cameras to get traffic moving. The city should do it anyway. Excellent article by @graphicmatt thestar.com/opinion/contri… via @torontostar

Last year was the warmest year ever recorded. We had record wildfires, record heatwaves, record melts, record droughts. This year we may break all of those again. How many more records do we need to break before we #ActOnClimate? #climate #energy #renewables

CAUTION! A number of pedestrians &cyclists have fallen and one was very seriously injured at the new Bloor-St George protected intersection. The problem appears to be the depth of the curb cut. Warning signs required asap. #biketo ⁦⁦Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects⁩⁦⁦⁩

As we stood filming this clip today, we looked across the road to see that a woman had just fallen at the gutter, SW corner. Staff at Bata Shoe Museum know of other instances of falls, including the serious cycling injury on August 30. Dianne Saxe - Toronto City Council Ward 11, UR Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects

See the letter from family of the injured cyclist, asking for witnesses to the Aug 30, Friday, 12:45pm crash at NW corner of Bloor & St George. #biketo drive.google.com/file/d/1iNmuy0…