Scott Hastie

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

Years ago, while I was doing consulting work for the City of Sydney, Australia, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state minister of transportation was stuck in traffic, and saw bike riders zoom by his limousine in a safe, protected bike-lane.

He had a petty temper tantrum, and ordered that the bike-lane be ripped out.

Those were people safely riding who would otherwise have been inside cars, making traffic even worse on that street. They were saving public money, improving their health (and public health costs), reducing pollution and emissions, improving their happiness and quality of life, enhancing their affordability, reducing noise, supporting businesses, reducing traffic congestion, and making more space for better streets and cities for everyone.

That transportation minister didn’t understand urban transportation. He didn’t understand geometry. He sure didn’t understand the public interest.

Or he did understand, but didn’t care.

There were plenty of studies and evidence proving that bike-lanes in Sydney weren’t causing congestion.

The bike-lane hadn’t even replaced a lane of car traffic! It replaced street parking, which ironically can contribute to street congestion.

He wasted public money, put lives in danger, made the city less healthy, undermined the economic development success of the city, increased pollution, made congestion worse. and a lot more.

All because he was petty.

It was pretty much one of the dumbest, most damaging things I’ve ever seen a bad politician do. And that’s saying a lot.

And now we have what’s happening with the Ford Government in Ontario, with his war on evidence-based decision making, bike-lanes and better cities.

Sound familiar, Ontario?

The good news? That Australian politician actually didn’t last very long in government.

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@MarceloCypel @UHNTransplant @UHN_Surgery @SKeshavjee @amansidhuMD Congratulations. That is 10 stages more than @LeTour and no rest days!

[Alex Mather @AlexDRMather]

The University bike lanes that Ford says he’s ripping out were specifically requested by the CEOs of the hospitals they front so that their nurses, doctors, and staff could get to and from work safely.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

To put the bike lane debate in Toronto in perspective, more people commute by bike each day in Toronto than the entire population that lives in Barrie, Ontario. Or Kingston. Or Guelph. Or Sudbury.

It's pretty rich that the Province wants to tell us how to get around our own city. If they don't like sitting in traffic when they get here, they should go fix regional transit. That is their mess - and the true culprit for congestion in the city.

Anyone who understands physics knows that cyclists are part of the solution.

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@EF_Cannondale This is fantastic. Good luck Magdeleine!

[Ted Rogers School of Retail Management @RetailTMU]

Our first spotlight is on Retail Buying, Planning, & Merchandising💡

Featuring insights from Dr. Janice Rudkowski🌟 Learn more about Retail Focuses here: https://t.co/ArN2mzIfmr

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[University Health Network @UHN]

#TeamUHN is celebrating 1,000 Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) transplantation surgeries!

"I saw the 1,000th coming and I see the 10,000th coming," says Dr. @SKeshavjee who co-created EVLP at UHN.

Learn more about the milestone and innovative technology 👉 https://t.co/SdCx6T5nJ6

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #womensart

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@MariposaBikes @FirstCycling @EFprocycling This is a great article. Chapeau on a great ride, Ashlin!

[Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN @UHNTransplant]

April is #BeADonor month in Ontario! 💚
Did you know that our #transplant centre at @UHN performed 715 organ transplants in 2023! Learn more➡️ https://t.co/s3Xmz1icei

[Shaf Keshavjee @SKeshavjee]

We have come a long way! Toronto Lung Transplant Program performed 1000th ex vivo lung perfusion! Saving lives. @UHN_Surgery @UHNTransplant @SKeshavjee @UHN @uhnfoundation

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@MatMitchell30 What a sprint!

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@CanadianCycling This is awesome International Women's Day news. What a champ!

[Ted Rogers School of Retail Management @RetailTMU]

Dr. Janice Rudkowski led a panel discussion at The Convenience U CARWACS Show on how technology, AI, & data, revolutionize organizations & foster top talent attraction and retention strategies.

Thank you, Dr. Rudkowski, for your industry insights & enriching our school! 🌟

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@axelisthe Cool ... I mean Kuil! Have a great year!

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@christibelcourt @YouTube @tvo I recently went to visit The Wisdom of the Universe. It is fantastic. I look forward to watching this. Thank you for your art. I asked about my favourite - This Painting is a Mirror. Do you know where it lives now?

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@michaelibarry Agree. Some others: maybe only steel (keirin) bikes for bunch races at local velodromes? 😜and no team time trial at Tour de l'Avenir!

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@MariposaBikes Haha. I had to tell my cycling club mates I had no hand in writing this.

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@christibelcourt Your work is stunning.

[Scott Hastie @SHooter_TO]

@Project8Sports @CanadianTire @MelTancredi14 Great episode. @MelTancredi14 is a champ. Cue the yearly reading of the article below to get chills!
"She essentially told us she expected to beat Germany, she was going to lead the way and we had to follow her … and we did."
https://t.co/iH5a2PUCfg