How-Sen Chong

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For the first… half or so… of my life as an environmentalist, I would often find myself the only person of colour in the room. But one man showed me that it was possible, and that was David Suzuki, who I had the surreal and personally emotional opportunity to share a stage with last night.

I was observing the protest last night. And in addition to the stereotypical Lycra-cyclists, there were senior citizens, students, workers of all ages. People also brought their families and children. One kid was giving out cookies.’

People who’ve never biked before might not understand this. Frankly, I barely do But I think the reason behind the passion here is this: Bike Lanes Save Lives is not a just a slogan. It’s an actual, documented fact. So eliminating these bike lanes is literally eliminating peoples’ safety.

Toronto: Advance polls for the municipal election are now open until Sunday, October 11. During elections it’s common for community organizations to survey candidates. I think it’s important to highlight how the mayoral candidates responded (before Chris Alexander dropped out). Here are three:

Concerningly, for all three of these community organizations dedicated to getting Torontonians moving more efficiently, affordably, and sustainably, only one of the (then three) key mayoral candidates submitted a response to their questions. I really hope that changes.

Toronto: Advance polls for the municipal election are now open until Sunday, October 11. During elections it’s common for community organizations to survey candidates. I think it’s important to highlight how the mayoral candidates responded (before Chris Alexander dropped out). Here are three:

TTCriders (@ttcriders.bsky.social) also sent out a survey to what was then the three main candidates for mayor. Here are the results:

Toronto: Advance polls for the municipal election are now open until Sunday, October 11. During elections it’s common for community organizations to survey candidates. I think it’s important to highlight how the mayoral candidates responded (before Chris Alexander dropped out). Here are three:

This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection...

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This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection...

@denisagar.bsky.social correctly points out that this format undercuts the role of transit. For example, buses (purple) barely register on Dufferin here. So you wouldn’t know that as many people take the Dufferin bus as there are cars driving on Dufferin. That’s how good transit is.

This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection...

A U.S. libertarian network called Atlas Network has been funding at least 11 Canadian think tanks that have been fuelling, climate denialism, support for the oil and gas industry, and Alberta separatism.

Photo from Reddit of today’s Critical Mass. There are hundreds of cyclists in this photo and only about 40 people in cars. Yet both groups are taking up roughly the same amount of road space.

A reminder that the average car only has about 1.5 occupants, including the driver. Mathematically, because most cars can fit 5-7 occupants, that means that *the majority of cars only have one person in them* Spend 2 minutes looking at the car traffic on a busy road and you can see it yourself.

Photo from Reddit of today’s Critical Mass. There are hundreds of cyclists in this photo and only about 40 people in cars. Yet both groups are taking up roughly the same amount of road space.

I was in class. There were no smartphones or even wifi, but someone in class had printed an article about a ‘small plane’ hitting the first tower. After class, I walked to the Shatner student building, and EVERYONE was watching the CBC Newsworld feed. I saw the South collapse live, then the North.

I went upstairs to the office of International Relations Students Association. I knew there was a computer there that had a hard wire Ethernet connection. Every news website was down from the traffic.