On Monday evening I was hit by a motorist in a pickup truck while riding my bicycle at Weston and Lawrence. I’m in a lot of pain with some broken bones. I will likely need surgery on my left ankle and months of rehab to walk again. That said, I feel very lucky to be alive. 🧵

" This vast establishment has driven Toronto into a ditch but doesn’t want to take responsibility for that, pretending more of the same is the solution." Shawn Micallef 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ thestar.com/opinion/contri…

Vote for a mayoral candidate who will make our streets safer for everyone.

Speaking of Saunders/Furey, they combined for just 13.5% of the vote, both running campaigns that were very preoccupied with tearing up bike lanes and blaming cyclists for traffic. There’s not a large constituency for this anti-bike stuff anymore. Progress!

Under-the-radar bit about last night: Toronto just elected a mayor without a driver's license. In a city that's had its past decade shaped by driver culture, that elected Rob Ford based off his moaning about the "war on cars", this is a truly seismic shift.

One can dream 😂

Olivia Chow will be the first Toronto mayor to ride a bike to City Hall since the 1980s! Could this be the start of a golden era for cycling and active transportation in Toronto? Have our streets become safer for riding a bike since John Sewell was mayor?

Cyclist killed in #Brampton. We stand with this person's family and the Brampton cycling community. DUI drivers fleeing the scene to avoid criminal culpability is a horrific trend we've seen more and more often. toronto.ctvnews.ca/cyclist-struck…

As a bicycle messenger in NYC, Robyn was killed on June 24th, 2019. When a cab driver, who was in the bike lane, started to merge into traffic, then a distracted driver of a box truck, knocked my daughter down and crushed them into the road. This 4th, all I have now are memories.

New York cyclists are different breed 😂😂😂

Asked if there was a teachable moment regarding this violent scene? For our elected officials to find the #PoliticalWill to prioritize the safety of vulnerable road users! How are we justifying drivers crashing their vehicles into people? Cc: Sean Shapiro Toronto Public Health

If you bike 🚲 at all, I suggest you read and bookmark this handy guide from ⁦The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt)⁩ on how to report unsafe construction 🚧 zones and what to do should you get injured as a result of a hazardous site. #VisionZero thebikinglawyer.ca/post/construct…

Bad drivers: speeding, running red lights, obstructing bike lanes and intersections, responsible for the deaths of 23 pedestrians and 1 cyclist in Toronto along in 2022 TPS: 🤷‍♂️ Cyclists: trying to survive by taking the pedestrian walk advance TPS: here's a $325 ticket

4 pedestrians hit by drivers in GTA Friday, leaving 1 dead cbc.ca/news/canada/to…