Lanrick Bennett

sabcbennett I'm thrilled to share that I'm participating in the @pmcfride for the 11th time! I'll be cycling 200km from Toronto to Niagara Falls to support a cause that means the world to me. As captain of @the_heme_team, I'm honored to lead an incredible group of riders. Cancer treatment has made tremendous progress, but our work isn't done yet. Please consider donating to my ride via the link in my bio! And, as it's my birthday month, what better gift than a lifesaving donation??!! Thank you for your support!

Images of people in fron to the Ride Hall of Fame 2026 poster

Image of people in front of the I Conquered it poster outside

Sabrina is holding a sign in front of her bike that reads Let's Go Heme Team

Hey @bikesky.social , crossing the streams and giving some stage to my wife Sabrina, Clinical Director - Emergency, General Medicine and Family Health Team at @uhn.ca for The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Ride!

Llink below: supportthepmcf.ca/ui/Ride26/p/...

h/t‪ @uhnresearch.ca #BikeTO #IWD

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Mayor Chow, Councillor Bravo, and Chief Planner Thorne came by to give Finch their business license. Surreal, delightful, lovely.

Toronto–Danforth: What Happened This Year A running public record of change, disruption, culture, and accountability (2025)

Yup!

Planning to do these quarterly :)

#ICYMI

Toronto–Danforth: What Happened This Year (2025)

"Logan & Carlaw Bike Projects Paused
Despite overall support in consultation, bike lane projects on Logan & Carlaw were paused after opposition related to parking impacts."

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Several years from now, a thoughtful scholar will write a book called “Trump’s Willing Executioners” about how a nation of 340 million descended into abject depravity.

#IdeasAtWork in #TorontoDanforth + Change of Venue

Ookwemin Minising + Biidaasige Park + McCleary District + #BikeTO + #WalkTO + #HousingNow + #ShopLocal + #xoTO x #PoliticalWill = The Future

h/t @jasonthorne.bsky.social @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social
@toronto.ca

Cc:
@uoftcities.bsky.social

‘Many have quickly embraced a term for the devices that’s presumably sending Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into paroxysms of fury: “pervert glasses.”’ @vtanger.bsky.social

When I explain to people how I rode with multiple Consulate Generals across Toronto on bikes, showed off all of our cycling infrastructure, but it was Shaw Street that they were most impressed with.

They asked, Why we don’t have streets like this ALL OVER TORONTO?

My Answer: Lack of #PoliticalWill

#TrainNerds

From @jamaps.bsky.social “Little saturday experiment --- trying to parse out travel times and speeds from gtfs schedule data to style a route diagram for the new Eglinton Line 5”

higher-res here:
jamaps.github.io/maps/line5-t...

Cc: @chanface.bsky.social @chrisjamesdrew.bsky.social

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👍🏾

a cartoon character says " so what do we do now " in front of a painting ALT: a cartoon character says " so what do we do now " in front of a painting

Can I just say…I would have voted for you. Now what are left with? Seriously we’re kind of screwed right?

Someone…

Anyone…

Make it make sense!

!

Blood Boiling

‘Report on Mayor John Tory, the Toronto Blue Jays and ActiveTO
Jonathan Batty
Integrity Commissioner
December 20, 2022’

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Bad people do bad things.

#IdeasAtWork

Big shoutout to @tomflood.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social and @grantennis.bsky.social with the new Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social .

Cities deserve facts, not fear. Time to call out the myths from bad actors and tell better stories about how cities actually work.

A map of Toronto with multiple boxes of text and red dots indicating school zones that should 30kmh but aren't

Jones Av is one of the most densely populated active transportation corridors in the city

8 Schools less than 150m from Jones
JK to Grade Twelve
5 elementary w/ 1 French; 1 high school & 1 Indigenous School from Jk-12
5000+ students

Did I mention NO 30kmh school zones?

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In My Opinion: Need for protected cycle tracks on Jones Avenue must be made clear to local councillor – Beach Metro Community News The Jones Avenue bike lane looking north between Queen Street East and Dundas Street East is seen in this photo. Photo by Alan Shackleton. By LANRICK

I put forward a petition and we won!

Then we lost!

The sad part is this was part of a street resurfacing project on Jones Av:
Queen to Dundas phase 1
Dundas to Gerrard phase 2
Continue to Danforth Av. 2.2km total

We'll have a chance to do this again. In 25 years! beachmetro.com/2025/06/05/i...

That would be #TorontoDanforth

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You’ll be selling bobble heads soon right?

Officially a floating head and of course keeping it black and white in a world of colour.

Some info on our new @urbantruth.bsky.social project.

City Hall Poll finds term limits for city council and mayor popular with Toronto residents Survey also finds Mayor Rob Ford’s approval rating down slightly. March 4, 2013 1 min read Save mary_margaret_mcmahon Toronto city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon has been fighting to get council to impose a three-term limit saying regular turnover would guarantee fresh ideas. BRENDAN KENNEDY / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO

Most city councillors are unwilling to limit their time in office, but Torontonians love the idea of giving them a political shelf life. A Forum Research poll of 876 Torontonians conducted last Tuesday to Thursday revealed strong support for council term limits. Some 61 per cent support a term limit for mayor, while slightly fewer respondents, 58 per cent, support ending the days of career councillors. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The margin of error in the poll is 3 percentage points 19 times out of 20. “Politicians always say the best term limit is an election, but Torontonians don’t appear to agree,” said Forum Research president Lorne Bozinoff. “They want their mayor and councillors gone by a specified best-before date.” Respondents were asked if they approve or disapprove of term limits, but given no specific time frame. Councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon has been fighting to get council to impose a three-term limit, a total of 12 years, saying regular turnover would guarantee fresh ideas.

Politics LORINC: Mammoliti is perfect example of why Toronto needs term limits By John Lorinc

We tried three times, I think, in the last 15 years. No dice.

Toronto city councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon has been fighting to get council to impose a three-term limit @dmrider.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/cit...

Why TO needs term limits
@johnlorinc.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2018...

Elections Entry of a voting place with a yellow vote sign directing voters into the voting place. In the background there are voting screens set up. The next municipal election is Monday, October 26, 2026. Get Ready to Vote in October Getting ready for the next municipal election starts with making sure you’re on the voters’ list. In a few simple steps, you can check, update or add your information for both municipal and provincial elections all in one place.

Above question Cc's continue - Where should parents point their 'no longer kids' to for municipal info on who to vote for?
@namshine.bsky.social @jaycockburn.bsky.social @thelocal.to @thegreenlineto.bsky.social @jameswsthomson.com @westendphoenix.bsky.social @nolore.bsky.social @lukelebrun.ca

My oldest turns 18 in June. More than enough time to gather information on candidates locally and for Mayor. Excluding @progresstoronto.bsky.social for obvious reasons, where are parents pointing their 'no longer kids' to for municipal info?

Cc: @graphicmatt.com @planningtoronto.bsky.social

“Restoring a culture of street play“ is “a daunting and perhaps impossible-sounding task. But it’s one that would meaningfully improve the well-being of children, of parents, of every person on the street.“ - @theatlantic.com

h/t @norton.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

I’m pretty sure my mom still has a copy of a George magazine somewhere in storage. youtu.be/WgZmrS71SHk?...

A Twisted Toronto History Tour (for Friday the 13th). Join author Adam Bunch on a tour filled with curses, omens, phantoms and other strange tales. Friday, March 13 at 7pm. Meet outside Old City Hall. (We'll end at Union Station.) Pay what you like.

A weird walking tour for Friday The Thirteenth! Filled with strange and twisted true tales from the history of Toronto.

Pay what you like — just meet outside Old City Hall at 7pm on March 13!

#BikeTO

Winter Riding by the Lake

h/t @ternbicycles.com @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social

The writers are really running out of ideas in these later seasons.