The likely next PM - taking a page from Stephen Harper - vows to shut down safe injection sites, thus guaranteeing an increase in deaths. There are 38 safe injection sites in Canada. Let's look at just one. If Insite never existed, nearly 7,000 more people would be dead.

New study examines the effects of 30 kmh (19 mph) speed limits across 40 European cities, including Brussels, Paris and Zurich. Average impact: 🔹 Crashes ⬇️ 23% 🔹 Deaths & Injuries ⬇️ 37-38% 🔹 Emissions ⬇️ 18% 🔹 Noise ⬇️ 2.5 dB doi.org/10.3390/su1611…

Wow, can’t believe he is threatening to shut down all the bars in Canada!

The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT Melissa & Chris Bruntlett

More evidence that e-bikes are car-replacers: New study of Shanghai finds that owning an e-bike leads car mode share to fall as much as 19%. doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.…

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via Streetsblog USA usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

Judging by the comments on my post about Pierre Poilievre lying about legalizing crack … MANY PEOPLE don’t understand the difference between legalization and decriminalization. Maybe this will help: ➡️ LEGAL substances are sold legally, like alcohol, tobacco and cannabis. The

If you don’t see parents letting their young kids (under 13) ride their own bikes in your area, your bike infrastructure isn’t good enough. Sidewalk level bikeways are my favorite, but even a basic curb can do a lot to make a street safer for people biking & rolling.

Without meaningful changes in forestry practices, firefighting resources & a substantial pivot to renewable energy in an attempt to mitigate climate warming Banff will be next & Alberta will have hobbled their tourism industry in two fell swoops while bowing to a waning industry.

The Dutch invest €500M—€30 per capita—per year in cycling. What is the return? Over 1,000 km and 60 hours of cycling per capita per year; preventing 6,500 deaths and €19B in healthcare. Don’t ask whether you can afford to invest in cycling. Ask whether you can afford not to.

Illegal market vapes, sold as cannabis, but either missold or adulterated with (far more risky) synthetic cannabinoids - are a text book example of how prohibition dramatically increases health harms Legally regulated products reduce this risk to zero theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

In the last 20 years, 44 hectares of Paris car parking has been transformed, making room for wider sidewalks, bikes and buses (15ha), bike racks, EV spots, accessible space, & 2.2K new patios/terraces for outdoor dining. 90% of trips in the city are via walking, biking & transit.

This Vienna street isn’t “closed” because cars have been removed. It has successfully been “opened” to everything else, to a diverse & invigorated civic life, because cars have been replaced by a multitude of wonderful things. Language matters. HT Daniel Moser / profile inactive for pic #OpenStreets

Here’s the thing about induced demand: research consistently shows a one-to-one relationship. Studies over the past 50 years reveal that if a city increased road capacity by 10%, driving went up by 10%. Add 11%, and driving increased by 11%. That’s why, even on the 401—one of

Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.” It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was last there. Just a few years ago, #Paris was choking in car traffic much more. This is new. This is leadership. Cities are a result of choices. HT Fouad Khayat

I am an ObGyn from up north of the 49th parallel. I share every one of these concerns that Michelle Obama brought forward. Vote wisely, America. Eyes open, Canada.

"Fifty of the world’s richest billionaires on average emit more carbon through their investments, private jets and yachts in just over an hour and a half than the average person does in their entire lifetime." climateandcapitalism.com/2024/10/28/the…

Bike lanes make a community physically AND fiscally healthier.

The 2nd most populous city in Italy hosted a pilot project using e-cargo bikes instead of vans, and found the companies reduced delivery times 23% and reduced operating costs 40%. Not bad, huh.