David Simor (he/his)

Politics, Baseball, Streetscapes, Battlestars

[How-Sen @HowSenChong]

It’s easy to blame drivers for this. But drivers in this case are doing exactly what the street design tells them to do: Drive fast. Take fast turns. Watch out for fast cars over people.

Narrow car lanes. Sharpen the turns. Put up bollards. Raise the intersections.

[David Simor (he/his) @DavidSimor]

@BeckyKatz96 @Walk_TO Amazing! I went to Grade 9 on Wilmington Ave. I wish this had been around then :)

[Scarborough Mirror @SCMirror]

OPINION: It’s time to bring Scarborough's Danforth Avenue and Kingston Road into the 21st century, writes Marvin Macaraig. https://t.co/7sjjzvxU9E @DanKing4All #CompleteStreets #VisionZero #BikeTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli

[David Simor (he/his) @DavidSimor]

@ctbrown1911 @CanadaRobin @TCATonline Charles, I miss seeing you! There aren't enough episodes of the #Arrestedmobility Podcast to satisfy my @ctbrown1911 fix.

[Charles T. Brown, MPA, CPD @ctbrown1911]

I’d like to connect with every #bike, #pedestrian and #mobilityjustice organization in the country (and globally) to host a discussion on what we can do collectively to address #Arrestedmobility. Tag them all. Let’s do this! https://t.co/K3GMpjbt3e

[8 80 Cities @880Cities]

$5,000 and an all-expense paid trip to Toronto? What are you waiting for?
#OCChangemakers winners will receive $5,000 to bring their ideas to life & treated to an exciting 2-day studio hosted in person in Toronto!
Learn more: https://t.co/HOZR4b4kdi
@Park_People #balsamfoundation

[Dr. Wes Bellamy @DrWesBellamy]

Quick question. You ever thought about how EXPENSIVE it is to be poor?

I’ve been poor a lot longer than not & When I think about my friends, family, and even a lot of my students… 1 thing is clear, escaping poverty is damn near impossible without an intervention of some sort.

[Steven Farber @FarberSteven]

Have a look at our open letter from academia calling for enhanced and stable funding for public transit.

[Alejandra Bravo @BravoDavenport]

Earlier today, some of my colleagues and I sent a letter to the Mayor, asking questions about last week's announcement of police being deployed on the TTC and if alternatives were considered.

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Construction of I95 in Miami required the forcible relocation of over 12,000 residents—nearly 100% of them black. Using eminent domain, the gov't seized buildings across the heart of Miami's black community in Overtown, offering owners well below market rate—and renters nothing.

[8 80 Cities @880Cities]

The results will be discussed further in our webinar on November 16th. Team leads from all four cities will answer questions about their ambitious projects.
Register for the webinar: https://t.co/r5i1R7S4sL
#schoolstreets #ontario #righttomobility #righttopublicspace

[Becky Katz @BeckyKatz96]

Come work with me! #biketo #walkto. Feel free to reach out with questions.

[Jessie Singer @JessieSingerNYC]

“Nationwide, police car chases now kill more people than tornadoes, lightning, and hurricanes combined.”

https://t.co/3qdBzs0f6D

[Community Bikeways - TCBC @BikewaysTO]

"It’s time a concerted effort is developed to get open streets programs expanded in 2023 and beyond, regardless of whether it is called Open Streets TO, ActiveTO or something else," writes
@RZaichkowski

https://t.co/nCMqWpF5sT via @torontostar

[Mobilizing Justice Partnership @MobilizingJust]

What does reciprocity mean in community-academic research partnerships? @DavidSimor of @TCATonline offers guidance based on discussions with community groups working on transportation poverty and related issues at #MJ22. https://t.co/tT3nTvwaaD

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

It should be suspended. At @TorontoCouncil on May 12, Tracey Cook repeatedly stated that security would "connect #encampment residents to Streets to Homes": https://t.co/bhIUdXlcao. In this RFP, security's purpose is clearly to record, profile, physically remove, arrest people.

[CathyCrowe @cathycrowe.bsky.social 🇨🇦 @cathyacrowe]

This is punitive and wildly inappropriate. Organizations and legal entities please denounce this to @JohnTory and @ombudsmanTO

[Urban Minds @urbanmindsTO]

Check out this interview with the Jamaican Canadian Association for a rich conversation between Matthew James, UM Growth Coordinator, & the Board Members of Sarah MacDonald's Place, about community, affordable housing & access for Black folks in Durham. https://t.co/sZpUF4Y3hc

[Diana Chan McNally @DianaCMcNally]

After 8 years, @JohnTory has failed to break ground on any Housing Now site or to legalize rooming houses. Under his tenure, #homelessness has skyrocketed, @cityoftoronto has spent millions on #encampment evictions/surveillance, & 100+ people are turned away from shelters daily.