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Worried about the high cost of living + rising fuel prices?

Ride a bike!

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Mamdani Deputy Mayor On Charging For Street Parking: 'It's Not a No' - Streetsblog New York City Dean Fuleihan said on Thursday that the city is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking.

NEW: Mamdani's City Hall is discussing charging fees for currently free on-street parking — a policy change that would not only create a new revenue stream but also seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the streetscape. buff.ly/9C0Iq34

Agreed. That's how you would do it. After all, if you can somehow get dozens of massive buses to Bloor, why not hundreds of Bike Share bikes to a variety of stations? Use your Presto card to hop on a bike and away you'd go, passing all of the buses along the way.

A collaboration between TTC + Bike Share Toronto would offer a great option during subway closures on Bloor-Danforth. Instead, @ttcriders.bsky.social suffer the indignity of being crammed into shuttle buses stuck behind single-occupant cars. There must be a better way! #onpoli @mayoroliviachow.ca

“The more people ride in street cars the more space it leaves for me.”

Ontario cities fight to end Enbridge’s ‘free ride’ on public land as agreements come up for renewal For decades, the gas utility has run pipelines beneath the roads and parks in Guelph — and many other Ontario municipalities — without paying a cent to the cities hosting the infrastructure. Municipal...

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This essential infrastructure needs to be part of the city’s snow‑removal plan Some bike lanes are used less than others. City hall needs to identify the busiest routes and to prioritize them for snow-clearing. That should be easy, given there are only

"Bike lanes, like roads, sidewalks and mass transit, are integral elements of our transportation system. When these investments are buried under snow, Torontonians are shortchanged."

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You're only taking someone's work away if someone was actually doing the work :)

T.O. residents shouldn’t worry about the slow pace of snow clearing. After all, the city appears to have adopted a sure-fire method to clear our clogged streets.

It’s called waiting for spring" - Ron Brown, Letters to Editor, today's Star

Thanks to @bikewaysto.bsky.social volunteers!
@toronto.ca response's been …disappointing, optics being priority for cars/trucks.

TCBC Clears the Bloor Bike Lane! A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

Three week after the big snowstorm & there are still some bike lanes that were blocked including parts of Bloor in Koreatown! Today, I helped Albert & @bikewaysto.bsky.social clear the bike lane before doing errands in the area. #BikeTO #TOpoli #VikingBiking www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/02/tcbc...

Gee, that load on the shovel looks heavy :)

Ranked: EV Share of New Car Sales by Country in 2025 This graphic highlights how EV sales share has evolved between 2019 and 2025.

US and Canada slow to adopt. www.visualcapitalist.com/ev-share-new...

Audience listens to presentations about e-bikes at Curbside Cycle. Bicycles and other cycling goods line walls of shop.

E-BIKES: Lively presentations + discussion at Curbside Cycle with Community Bikeways. Why we love e-bikes. Why we need them. And why reforms are needed to keep growing cycling in T.O. (Photo by Dani Griscti) #biketo

These key strategies could help Americans get rid of their cars  » Yale Climate Connections Research points the way to a more climate-friendly, diverse, and desirable transportation system.

Going car-free is the best thing most people can do for climate. To reduce car dependency, cities should promote car-free living, supporting compact cities through policy, and investing in public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and shared mobility options.

Star Editorial Board: It’s a pivotal moment for one of Canada’s critical industries. Mark Carney is meeting it Henry Seth Taylor.

The new auto strategy looks a lot like the old auto strategy. Auto industry holds out its hand. Government puts money in it. #onpoli

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Painting featuring a person riding a bicycle in a snowstorm at night.

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Toronto man takes orange shovel to unblock bike lanes A 20-year-old Toronto student says he was having too much trouble biking to school and started to take matters into his own hands. David Zura takes a look.

Orange shovel in hand, urban hero Toby Veeder gets the job done. #biketo

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It’s taken years for the city to close a tiny gap in this 65-km public trail. The trouble? A 110-year-old private golf course lies in the way Toronto has finally decided to expropriate part of the Weston Golf and Country Club, a private course that has been open since 1915.

“It’s such a small project ... it is amazing it has taken so long."

A rare occasion when we wholeheartedly agree with local councillor Nunziata. #biketo

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E-bikes: an evening discussion with Curbside Cycle & Community Bikeways Join us for a lively evening of discussion about e-bikes! Why we love them and love to hate them.

Tues, Feb 10, 7pm at Curbside Cycle - a discussion abt e-bikes. We love them .. but let's push for regulatory changes that ensure the continuing growth of cycling. #biketo #onpoli

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Don’t let Donald Trump distract you. The rest of the world is finally making real progress on climate change If you read climate news, 2025 was a bad year. But the headlines of denial and neglect risk drowning out a different, encouraging, story.

"The only two countries in the world where EV sales didn’t rise? Canada + the United States."

A bad time to be emulating Trump's America @mark-carney.bsky.social

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An Eglinton LRT train arrives at Fairbank Stn this morning!

Now arriving ... an exciting moment for Toronto! The Eglinton LRT is now on the move. #onpoli

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will remake Toronto’s transit system. Is it too little, too late? What kind of an impact will the Eglinton Crosstown really have when it comes to helping 3.3 million residents navigate this city?

“It is not viable to have a functional city if everyone moves in cars, it just takes too much space. The math doesn’t work.”

Well-said @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social #onpoli

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"...choices have to be made, priorities determined. The choice not to clear many sidewalks and bike lanes is one Mayor Olivia Chow must wear. Something failed here. If the policy is the problem, change the policy." - Globe editorial #biketo

Right on!

Star Editorial Board: An ‘orgy of buck-passing, blame-shifting, money-blowing incompetence:’ Why we still need to get to the bottom of the Crosstown LRT We need to know everything that went wrong with the Crosstown LRT. More importantly, we need to ensure it can never happen again.

"the Crosstown has been an orgy of buck-passing, blame-shifting, money-blowing incompetence that has somehow managed to stagger on, unfinished for more than 15 yrs."

A frank assessment by @thestar.com editorial board

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Upper half of man's face wearing yellow toque/beanie with square The War on Cars logo on it. Toronto's CN tower is int he background, lit up red and white.

The War on Cars, welcome to Toronto! We are so excited to be in the city that inspired the podcast's title.

We’ll see you at our LIFE AFTER CARS show on Thursday, Feb 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social.

Who knows? Maybe we can convince Doug Ford to come.

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"Premier Ford fails to mention the colossal public bailout of the Cdn branch plants of GM + Chrysler during the 2009 financial crisis + massive, ongoing gov't subsidies. The auto industry is repaying us by heavily marketing expensive, absurdly sized pickups that are more dangerous to pedestrians..."

What Doug Ford gets wrong about the auto industry Ford complains about the Chinese government’s subsidies for its auto-makers. He fails to mention the colossal public bailout of the Canadian branch plants of GM and Chrysler during the 2009

"The imminent arrival of Chinese EVs to the Cdn market is a jolt of reality for DougFord. He’s spent much of his premiership meddling in municipal affairs, notably speed cameras, bike lanes + TO’s mayoral race. Now he faces issues that should actually concern him..."

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Solidarity Ride for Alex Pretti A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

Further to the video I recorded at Queen's Park, my blog post about the ride with some additional photos is now up for your viewing pleasure. #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #VikingBiking #StopICE www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/01/soli...

I fought for safer Toronto streets after my friend was killed five years ago. Now Doug Ford is undoing that work Premier Doug Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria are actively dismantling the very infrastructure that so many of us fought to put in place.

"Road safety should not be ideological. The data is clear. The solutions are known. And the cost of inaction is not abstract — it is measured in futures erased, in love with nowhere to go, and in grief that never resolves" - Vanessa Gentile #biketo #onpoli

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