Museo Nacional de Antropologia: insanely cool

"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk, and there is no network of side streets that could replace these lanes."

Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News

Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.

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540,000 people lost! It's strange to go to public consultations for housing in some of these places and hear people say that they're not anti-growth, just worried about infrastructure. By the numbers, these areas have been anti-growing for decades.

Alex Bozikovic@alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 4d ago

People are living longer, taking up more space, and having fewer children. Three-quarters of old Toronto declined in population 1971-2021; those areas lost *540,000* people.

The Ford government had been warned for years that a few private career colleges were ripping off the system. Instead of cracking down, the Ford government used it as an opportunity to cry poor and cut OSAP for all students (Video: CTV) www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti... #onpoli

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It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵

Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.

In ERs, we see the impact of unsafe roads regularly. Cities with good bike infrastructure have fewer deaths and greater safety for all, regardless of whether they’re walking, cycling or driving. Ontario gov should reconsider how to spend $48 mil Improve lives - not put them at risk #bikeTO #onpoli

Why hundreds of doctors are fighting Ford’s removal of Toronto bike lanes

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Crews are currently replacing streetcar tracks on King West that have reached their end of life. During this work, we *should* be installing newer double-point switch designs and modern control systems.

So much respect for this, and the framing. ABC, the right wing version of Progress Toronto, has used health care workers/hospitals as reason to rip them out. This puts a lie to that (and on University ambulances can bypass cars in the wide bikelanes if needed). So many lies.

The Biking Lawyer LLP@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 2w ago

"We get lots of patients who unfortunately have been struck by cars or had a crash because of unsafe road infrastructure, because of potholes, damage, or obstructed bike lanes" @edwardxie.bsky.social #DoctorsforSafeCycling www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse."

Spacing@spacing.bsky.social · 2w ago

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes Spacing has obtained the RFP for the Ford government's bike lane removal, and it looks even worse than thought. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #toronto #bikes #torontobike @cycletoronto.bsky.social

Another Huge Turnout of Cyclists for Critical Mass Ride in Toronto in Support of Bike Lanes #safecycling #saferroads tinyurl.com/4akerdcd

I'm not even sure I would argue that they had an outsized role on how computing emerged. But I do think that counterculture history has played an outsized role on the fantasies we choose to believe about where computing came from.

They're tearing down four existing apartment buildings on my street, the largest of which is 12 storeys, because the OP puts growth here. But this couple downtown might not be able to live next to a bungalow in Canada's largest city forever. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto needs more homes. These neighbours say they're paying the price | CBC News

An elderly downtown couple says they’re shocked and upset that the city has approved a duplex next door to their three-story Victorian home that they say will tower metres above their chimney and rend...

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Only around 40% of rush hour traffic at Bloor and Shaw in Toronto is made up of cars. Before the bike lanes on Bloor, over 80% of traffic was cars. Now more commuters pass through the intersection, although raw number of cars has decreased. If you build it, they will come.

Unfortunate that this is likely to be the new, time-consuming reality for editors. Handled with rigour, care and integrity by @perreaux.bsky.social & @irpp.org. This is how you build and maintain a trustworthy publication. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...

wood fireplaces in the city should be banned. huge externality, brutal for air quality

John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 2w ago

Subhed: "Couple says city erred when it approved..." Okay they can say that but *did* the city err? Or is this just what novel city policy looks like in application? (Answer: the city did not err.) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Milton GO line stub into Square One would be the move but of course we can't even run full day service let alone double track and electrify it before 2075. www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...

Mayoral candidate Bonnie Crombie wants the TTC subway extended to Mississauga’s city centre. But will Doug Ford buy in?

Mississauga mayoral candidate Bonnie Crombie is pitching a Line 2 subway extension. Can she convince Doug Ford to help fund the massive project?

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

This is right. Which is why local government needs to focus on the physical city and *actually improve it.* In Toronto, the left has failed on both of those points.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · 3w ago

“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language

The theoretical finding is backed up by the empirical literature as well (see www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/professional...). I complain that DCs are both unfair and *extremely inefficient* since the value capture you achieve comes at the cost of raising all housing prices, which seems really bad.

Development Charges: Who Bears the Cost?

CMHC’s research into development charges shows important trade-offs and affordability implications.

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Michael Wiebe@michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 3w ago

This explains why dev taxes can raise home prices. If building costs are $350k per home, then developers build two homes, and the price is $400k. Now impose a tax of $75k, so costs increase to $425k. The 2nd home is now unprofitable; they instead build one home, and the price rises to $500k. 5/5

YES

BikeMN@bikemn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Long live the horse-poo-free Greenway experience. www.startribune.com/mounted-poli...

a lot freaks me out about AI but 0% of my anxiety is about AGI. i think this is the part that freaks me out the most right now -- the many many indications that no one is at the wheel and no adults are present

Ontario's police governance is custom-built to obscure oversight and accountability, perhaps the single example of our institutions functioning precisely as they're intended, indeed at a very high level.

Shawn Micallef@shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 4w ago

Not a soul on the mayoral election campaign tail is breathing a word of this. No member of the establishment. No board of trade serious person. Fantasyland.

It's not common for Engineers to take a stand on anything (much to my frustration), that's why this statement from OSPE about Bill 212 and the recent court ruling is so important. ospe.on.ca/advocacy/osp...

OSPE Statement: Where Things Stand on Bill 212 and Toronto's Bike Lanes

Explore the OSPE Statement on Bill 212 and its impact on Toronto's bike lanes and transportation planning.

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I think the primary question remains, why should prediction markets exist?

Canada’s new prediction market guidance leaves key questions unresolved, Wealthsimple CEO says

Ruling is ‘unworkable’ as events contracts could fall under either gaming or securities regulators, company warns

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I think holding a fire sale for foreign investors, including Americans, and selling off Canada’s critical infrastructure is a bad idea and inconsistent with shoring up our sovereignty. Just one man’s opinion!

When Australia privatized their airports, their Competition Bureau found that consumers paid $1.6 billion in extra fees.

Lack of airport regulation costs consumers up to $1.6b in fees: ACCC

Airlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator...

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Toronto Star@thestar.com · 4w ago

#Breaking: The federal government will allow private ownership of four major airports — including Toronto’s Pearson, Canada’s busiest — in a move that breaks with a decades-long arrangement that saw them run by non-profits on government-owned land.

They killed the building, and now they are killing the institution. Senseless. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ontario Science Centre lays off entire science department as part of restructuring

Government is building a new $1-billion science centre at Ontario Place

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