Ashley
@ashleyquan.bsky.social
Into social welfare policy, safe streets, science, cooking, big feelings, design, adventures, and hyperbole.
This is way better than my idea of zip tying a shovel to the front of my bike youtu.be/Qutf9SSf55E?...
Cyclist clears way with homemade bicycle snowplow
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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I spent the week in Minneapolis. About the only thing I’m sure of now is that more people are going to die. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Richard Warnica: In Minnesota, I witnessed Donald Trump’s American carnage made real
As confrontations between ICE and protestors and activists grow more common, the tension only rises.
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most people, left and right, treat traffic violence like the weather and not a specific policy choice
I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment
Incredible deputation at the budget committee wherein he references Avatar/James Cameron five times in three minutes www.youtube.com/live/JykDq6u...
I saw Olivia Chow wearing a neoprene mask (with breathing vents so you don't fog up your glasses when you bike in the winter), so I bought a neoprene mask
This video is for Doug Ford, and all those in my replies saying bike lanes "stop emergency vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.
As per @joelharden.bsky.social's newsletter. The province is retaining it's own contractors and plan to undertake first bike lane removals by the end of the year. Bloor St. in Etobicoke and a section of Yonge St. are the first in the crosshairs.
Did some visualizing StatsCan's data around mode of transportation for commuting, because cyclists being only 1.9% of commuters in a city as big & diverse as Toronto is way too simplistic. www.datawrapper.de/_/xMPpK/
Someone should make Before Sunrise but on a VIA to romanticize intercity train travel for Canadians
The fact that 98% of Americans have never been on an intercity train says a ton about why so many folks think high-speed trains are a waste of money. They've never experienced the joy and simplicity of going from one city center to another one 200 mi away in two hrs. They have no frame of reference.
Thinking of starting a bit wherein I praise Ford's $200 cheques to everyone as the beginnings of a Universal Basic Income
Don't know if this is the right read, but Bill 212 specifically talks about "bicycle lanes." Does this mean that it doesn't apply to multi-use trails? Can the City go around installing multi-use trails where it would've installed a bike lane without falling under the legislation's purview?
The goal should be to help US facilities move upstream towards higher-end, sometimes custom-made goods with quick turnarounds. Not raise the cost of their inputs, which will make them less competitive on the global market and possibly start a trade war.
Direct action time! Cycle TO, Friends and Families for Safe Streets, ARC, Bike Brigade & us invite you to help us deliver Ghost Bikes to Queen's Park Thurs. Nov. 21. The same night as the final reading of Bill 212 (anti bike lane bill). JOIN US: www.facebook.com/share/14kpto...
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Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment: 1. Stojo collapsible coffee cup 2. Salonpas and ibuprofen 3. Burt's Bees lip balm (the one that's a dupe for Black Honey) 4. Allen key set for my bike 5. Clif bar
describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment. 1. Notebook 2. Water bottle 3. Handheld video game thingy 4. Smokes 5. Fisherman’s Friend
That one guy riding around in a circle changing hats is working REALLY hard
And here are new and updated ridership numbers for Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes. Increases as high as 656%.
The supplementary report on Doug Ford's bike lane ban bill is now available. City staff say it could cost $48 million in provincial tax money to remove bike lanes. And city would lose out on $27 million invested to install the infrastructure. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... (PDF)
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