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1. To recap.
Paris: 650 km of fast-tracked bikeways
Milan: 35 km of streets transformed for cyclists/pedestrians
NYC: 100 miles of open streets
Toronto? After weeks of foot-dragging, you may get a short stretch of curb lane closed off in front of a busy grocery or drug store.
Paris: 650 km of fast-tracked bikeways
Milan: 35 km of streets transformed for cyclists/pedestrians
NYC: 100 miles of open streets
Toronto? After weeks of foot-dragging, you may get a short stretch of curb lane closed off in front of a busy grocery or drug store.
2. And it’s not just places like Paris, New York and Milan. Cities around the world and across Canada have been well ahead of Toronto with respect to expanding space for active transportation and outdoor activities.
3. To provide some additional context, here is a great resource, maintained by @MikeLydon, tracking COVID-19 Livable Streets Response Strategies:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
1. It’s important to be for something, and to not just litigate grievances.
I want to tell you why I support @jen_keesmaat for mayor.
I want to tell you why I support @jen_keesmaat for mayor.
@jen_keesmaat 2. I should first say that I worked alongside Jen for several years - my first planning job - at Office for Urbanism and DIALOG.
@jen_keesmaat 3. aside: Office for Urbanism (OU) was a small planning/urban design firm started by @jen_keesmaat, @aurbanist, and @haroldmadi in 2003.
1) Earlier this week, the outgoing city manager detailed Toronto’s looming fiscal crisis, and the extent of its unfunded capital projects.
2) I’d like to focus on priorities, opportunity cost, and those $30B (billion – with a ‘B’) of unfunded strategies, plans and projects.
3) On this platform, I have often challenged the Scarborough Subway Extension, and the #GardinerEast ‘Hybrid’ alternative.
1. Our debates about how we share the public right-of-way focus a lot on travel time.
I’d like to talk about comfort, risk and trade-offs.
I’d like to talk about comfort, risk and trade-offs.
2. Let me preface this by saying that I’ve taken transit to work for about 10 years. I biked for 5 (and will again!). At the moment I drive.
3. So yes, while I believe in and advocate for cycling infrastructure and safe streets, I also own and drive a car.
