@rzaichkowski
Accountant, Road Safety Advocate, Bike Blogger & Founder of the Toronto Open Streets Campaign. #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #VisionZero 🚲 Blog = www.twowheeledpolitics.ca Open Streets Petition = tinyurl.com/OpenStreetsPetitionTO
Brad loves to grandstand and knows how to bait a media ecosystem that will take it. That said, not all his ideas lack merit—platform screen doors, for example. If pushing them forces other candidates (hello, Chow) to commit at key stations, that’s a win. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/05/b... #TOpoli
Excellent Toronto Star column by @shawnmicallef.bsky.social about Toronto's poor snow clearing this winter. Appreciated his linking of my post about @bikewaysto.bsky.social's volunteer bike lane clearing efforts! #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Forget about Tory! Better off focusing our energy on the council races since the Mayor has only one vote, as well as calling out Brad Bradford's hypocrisy.
May need to create a #NoJetsTO account on Bluesky if things heat up, Norm! 😉
"We said no to this a decade ago, and it makes even less sense now," said @normsworld.bsky.social, who is refreshing NoJetsTO. "I would expect the mayor to stand up and say this does not fit in with the vision of what Toronto wants for its waterfront" www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou... #topoli #onpoli
Very pleased to see the first article from my PhD thesis published in Planning Theory and Practice.
In the piece, I leverage the concurrent adoption of bicycle equity policies in Mexico City and Toronto to compare how intra-urban differences shape efforts to address infrastructural inequalities.
Urban planner Blair Scorgie argues that the Committee of Adjustment needs some serious adjusting. #TOpoli #ONpoli
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Graphic with bold text on an orange background, with a "Lewis for Leader" logo below: A Political Instrument of the People.
The NDP has a rich history in Canadian politics. We were born out of a movement of farmers, trade unionists, and feminists in an era where fascism was rising and social solidarity was essential.
Today, we are releasing our plan to once again make the NDP the Political Instrument of the People.
It's a good start, but Metrolinx seriously needs to reduce the number of VP's within their ranks! 115 to 120 per that article is far too many!
Glad to see Metrolinx reducing reliance on expensive third party consultants and building more in-house expertise!
If Ontario is going to spend $70 billion to build out “the largest transit expansion in North America,” we must build the institutional knowledge to do so effectively & efficiently.
With a lot of Conservative types looking for another right wing mayoral candidate that's not Brad Bradford, things could be looking up for Mayor Olivia Chow's re-election chances but we still can't take anything for granted! For the meantime, pass the popcorn, folks! 🍿🗳️ #TOpoli
Look what Doug Ford's opening of that can of worms has done! Now the Toronto Port Authority has revived their calls to bring jets at Billy Bishop Airport; something which must NEVER happen! #shame #TOpoli #ONpoli #cdnpoli #NoJetsTO CC @normsworld.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
i spent all summer organizing for dedicated transit lanes against typical toronto nimbys who claimed that "emergency vehicles would get stuck in traffic and more people would die"
anyways, here's real life:
Not feasible. the existing rail corridor to Kingston is too constrained and would require even more expropriations.
$1/day in Toronto and lots of better uses (inc. many willing to pay more). Way past time to charge more for onstreet parking.
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Ward 19 Beaches East York 2023 Mayoral results showing Bradford getting 4.66% of the vote in that riding.
A racoon diving into a dumpster.
There’s a story going around about how Brad Bradford “could lead a tight two way race” against Olivia Chow.
Which is the funniest take I could have seen today.
A reminder, that he couldn’t even break 10k votes in the last election, and in his OWN ward he couldn’t get 5% of the vote.
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Pass the popcorn, folks! The next eight months will get rather interesting! 🍿
Repeatedly describing Brad Bradford as the "centre-right" candidate (4 times) is doing a lot of comms work on behalf of the guy with the baseball bat who votes against Chow more than anyone except Councilor Oppositional Defiance Disorder. @benspurr.bsky.social #TOpoli
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Finally got to listen to the recent TVO Rundown episode about transit. Features @andytakagi.bsky.social discussing the new Eglinton and Finch LRT lines, as well as Doug and Sarah from @thewaroncars.bsky.social about their Life After Cars book. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TTC #TOpoli youtu.be/Wu4wr4lOaVI?...
As much as splitting the right vote would help Olivia Chow should Michael Ford throw his hat into the ring in addition to Brad Bradford, we don't need another Ford in the Mayor's office! #TOpoli www.cp24.com/local/toront...
I heard that too when I went last month. Can't afford to let our guard down, that's for sure.
“Congestion is expected to increase by 10 to 15 per cent during the events in key downtown areas.”
The city said it’s taking “a transit-first approach to help residents and visitors move safely and efficiently throughout the city” for the FIFA tournament.
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Cover page of The Meadoway's 2025 annual report with an image of a meadow, pollinator plants, butterflies, and hydro poles. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority logo appears on the bottom right.
The Meadoway has released their 2025 Annual Report. You can read about last year's highlights including the completion of the Marcos Blvd to Arsandco Park stretch of the trail. Look forward to the Bermondsey to Eglinton stretch next. #BikeTO #WalkTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli themeadoway.ca/app/uploads/...
Even so, nothing can be taken for granted given Brad Bradford's record on council is questionable at best.
Since when did being conservative have to mean being carbrain? Shouldn't being a conservative mean saving money which not having a car - or reducing a household from two cars to one - would achieve in spades? 🤷
Of course there's going to be hypocrisy abound from the opposition!
That still doesn't address the problem that current VIA Rail service is held hostage to the whims of freight rail companies along that Lake Ontario corridor which was why Alto categorically ruled it out.
I was hearing a lot more noise from Gerretsen than from Hsu on the HSR file. To be fair, if I was a Kingston resident or politician, I would be disappointed too about Alto not planning to stop there.
I am aware of @markgerretsen.bsky.social's calls for a stop at Kingston. While not entirely opposition, I recall an earlier article which Alto warned too many changes could derail the project. I just hope this thing gets built sooner rather than later given how long overdue HSR is in Canada.
Fair point. However, a legit question remains when would such an intervention be OK? Requiring UN Security Council approval is increasingly difficult these days with the five permanent members (US, UK, France, Russia, and China) holding veto power.
