"Sometimes cause and effect is blindingly clear. Such is the case in Ontario, which last year banned speed cameras that ticket drivers who break the posted limit. [...] Nine months later, the impact is apparent: Outlawing Ontario’s speed safety cameras has triggered an explosion of urban speeding"

What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off

In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.

bloomberg.com

"Sometimes cause and effect is blindingly clear. Such is the case in Ontario, which last year banned speed cameras that ticket drivers who break the posted limit. [...] Nine months later, the impact is apparent: Outlawing Ontario’s speed safety cameras has triggered an explosion of urban speeding"

What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off

In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.

bloomberg.com

"We know what prevents deaths of people cycling, it’s the same thing that will shift people from “interested but concerned” to choose cycling: high-quality cycling infrastructure like protected bike lanes. The only thing standing in the way of us having that is political will [...]"

Cycling infrastructure saves lives - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia

When I opened Instagram on Monday night and saw the screenshot saying that a person cycling had been killed in Halifax, I felt deeply sad, but I was also angry. Many people I know and care about have ...

thecoast.ca

"Keeping people divided is useful for some political interests, but it doesn’t help any of us get around any quicker or reduce traffic. We should resist being forced into a specific identity: we’re all just commuters, in it together, but using different kinds of transportation."

Shawn Micallef: I’m a cyclist, I’m a driver, I’m a TTC rider. Stop making me pick sides, just make it easier to get around

Cyclists, drivers, TTC riders and pedestrians can unite in service of a better commute

thestar.com

"Cities need planting strategies tailored to local conditions rather than universal greening formulas [...] The findings also suggest cities should move beyond measuring success through tree numbers alone. The arrangement, density and type of vegetation matter just as much as canopy cover."

Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C – but only if they’re the right type

A new study has shown that more vegetation is not automatically better.

theconversation.com

Very interesting tool by @cjlm.ca to map the walkability of cities across Canada : aportee.ca You can select different types of amenities (grocery, library, hospital, park...) and visualize its accessibility on foot. For now it seems that there is no option to show by bike or public transit.

"Keeping people divided is useful for some political interests, but it doesn’t help any of us get around any quicker or reduce traffic. We should resist being forced into a specific identity: we’re all just commuters, in it together, but using different kinds of transportation."

Shawn Micallef: I’m a cyclist, I’m a driver, I’m a TTC rider. Stop making me pick sides, just make it easier to get around

Cyclists, drivers, TTC riders and pedestrians can unite in service of a better commute

thestar.com

"Cities need planting strategies tailored to local conditions rather than universal greening formulas [...] The findings also suggest cities should move beyond measuring success through tree numbers alone. The arrangement, density and type of vegetation matter just as much as canopy cover."

Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C – but only if they’re the right type

A new study has shown that more vegetation is not automatically better.

theconversation.com

Measuring passing distances on 8,753 occasions in which a motorist overtook a bicyclist, Laura Hamm and Marty Miller found that “painted bicycle lanes were associated with reduced passing distance and higher passing speed.” ...

Very interesting tool by @cjlm.ca to map the walkability of cities across Canada : aportee.ca You can select different types of amenities (grocery, library, hospital, park...) and visualize its accessibility on foot. For now it seems that there is no option to show by bike or public transit.

“Most Canadians are exposed to Ultrafine particles (UFPs) on a daily basis and these pollutants are not currently regulated, despite growing evidence linking them to increased mortality risk [...] While air quality regulations have reduced many pollutants, UFPs are not currently regulated"

Reducing vehicle emissions could prevent thousands of deaths in Canada

A shift to cleaner transportation could prevent more than 3,600 premature deaths in Montreal and Toronto by reducing ultrafine particle pollution, finds a new study led by McGill researchers. Ultrafin...

mcgill.ca

“Extreme events are so far outside anything we have expected [...] It’s not so important whether it’s what we expected as experts. It’s whether it’s what we expect as people on the ground.” Extreme Heat Isn’t the Only Climate Impact Shocking Scientists : www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

“Extreme events are so far outside anything we have expected [...] It’s not so important whether it’s what we expected as experts. It’s whether it’s what we expect as people on the ground.” Extreme Heat Isn’t the Only Climate Impact Shocking Scientists : www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Scientists being criticized for bias when they speak up for their science in policy arenas is how you get to science no longer informing policy

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · last mo.

As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that @natureportfolio.nature.com chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵

It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.

«La voiture réchauffe plus les villes que la climatisation» Depuis quelques jours, j’entends de plus en plus cet argument pour nuancer les rejets de chaleur des climatiseurs. Qu’est-ce qu’en dit la littérature sur le sujet ? UN FIL 1/19

"The last decade has taught us that we have to build our own spaces, protect our own spaces, and use our own spaces to organize. We can’t depend on the “fair-weather” allies who join us at happy hour but vote against us at the polls."

10 Years After Pulse, Protecting Queer Spaces Is Critical for Liberation

LGBTQIA+ bars are places to dance and drink, but they are also sites for building our futures.

truthout.org

"The last decade has taught us that we have to build our own spaces, protect our own spaces, and use our own spaces to organize. We can’t depend on the “fair-weather” allies who join us at happy hour but vote against us at the polls."

10 Years After Pulse, Protecting Queer Spaces Is Critical for Liberation

LGBTQIA+ bars are places to dance and drink, but they are also sites for building our futures.

truthout.org

"Cities can start with paint and posts to establish a basic network quickly, demonstrate usage, and then harden high-priority segments with concrete as funding allows. This staged approach gets more streets safer for everyone sooner rather than delaying everything for premium designs."

When it comes to road safety, quick-build strategies may be better than ‘perfect’ solutions

A case in point: ‘road diets.’

fastcompany.com

"The real challenge is ­building cities where people have ­multiple viable ­transportation choices [...] When every single person must drive for nearly every activity, congestion is not a bug in the system; it is the inevitable outcome of the system itself."

Comment: Cities need multiple ways for people to get around

Cars consume an extraordinary amount of urban space, both while moving and while parked.

timescolonist.com

"Cities can start with paint and posts to establish a basic network quickly, demonstrate usage, and then harden high-priority segments with concrete as funding allows. This staged approach gets more streets safer for everyone sooner rather than delaying everything for premium designs."

When it comes to road safety, quick-build strategies may be better than ‘perfect’ solutions

A case in point: ‘road diets.’

fastcompany.com

Trying the new branch of @remgrandmtl.bsky.social in Montreal before its official opening tomorrow. Nice to meet some contacts there. It is very interesting to see how the global public transit network changed those last few years in Montreal despite all the challenges (and attacks) it is facing.

Artemis II inspired everyone at so many levels. This should not make us forget the current attacks on science and the need to continue to fight for science. "Without science, the stunning images of Earth from space are only pretty pictures. We all deserve so much more." - @drkatemarvel.bsky.social

Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

nytimes.com

Artemis II inspired everyone at so many levels. This should not make us forget the current attacks on science and the need to continue to fight for science. "Without science, the stunning images of Earth from space are only pretty pictures. We all deserve so much more." - @drkatemarvel.bsky.social

Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

nytimes.com

"One of the biggest problem we have in transportation planning in Canada is that we don't view our transportation modes as a comprehensive network" - @jedwinmok.com Nice to see @cbcnews.ca with @hudsonyuen.bsky.social for a video on what to learn from Copenhagen’s public transit solutions.

Canada’s flawed transit (and what we can learn from Copenhagen)

YouTube video by CBC

youtube.com

"That may be the most important lesson about local speed mitigation tactics. These moves can clearly save lives; researchers don’t doubt their effectiveness. Even better, many residents are eager to see them implemented. The missing link: policymakers courageous enough to do the right thing."

The Best Tactics for Tackling Speeders

Drivers who exceed speed limits are the cause of about one-third of all crash deaths in the US. To slow them down and save lives, cities have several effective tools.

bloomberg.com

"Canada and Mexico must urgently break the chain of deepened integration with the U.S., as the latter has proven to be driven by violence, openly hostile to regulation, dismissive of international norms and indifferent to the deleterious cross-border consequences of its policies."

Trade without accountability, pollution without borders

No executive — in Washington, Ottawa or elsewhere — should have the unilateral power to dismantle protections, bypass accountability.

rabble.ca

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

“Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated U.S. pick-up trucks and SUVs – vehicles that are heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”

ETSC: Mutual Recognition Deal with U.S. Will Cost Lives on Europe’s Roads

By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…

etsc.eu

"The study introduces a new measure called the Equal Infrastructure Allocation (EIA) score, which compares how much dedicated infrastructure space is available per traveler, for different modes of transport."

Study finds Montreal cycling infrastructure doesn’t match demand

Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a ...

mcgill.ca