stoptionalTO

advocate for pedestrians and cyclists. calling out #TOPoli for their indifference #stoptionalTO

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

Don’t mind this silver fox, he’s in a hurry, cause if you can’t even STOP during a pandemic, you’re the epicenter of why our society is failing. I would drag you out of your car if you weren’t speeding too 🤬@TPSOperations @TrafficServices #StoptionalTO @JohnFilionTO #walkTO

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@TheBikingLawyer @Ronaldino4725 @CHogarthPC Sick burn! 🔥

[The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt) @TheBikingLawyer]

I would LOVE to know the engineering company hired to help rip out our bike lanes: https://t.co/KbiLFrqoyM

[Cars in Bike Lanes TO @CarsinLanesTO]

rode past the collision on college, cop told be to “be safe”, how @TPSOperations do I stay safe against this? What speed were they going to end up here? @TheBikingLawyer @CycleToronto @FFSafeStreets @oliviachow #visionzero

[Dave Edwards 🇨🇦 @DaveLikesBikes]

Why do Ford and Sarkaria need to tell so many lies to support a decision they say is popular in Toronto?

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@JoshMatlow His legacy is a joke
He is a small man

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

Today in Willowdale:

Truck runs a stop sign, hits a school bus in 30 km zone meters from primary school

Stabbing at local high school

What other acts of violence did I miss?

@CP24 @blogto #willowdale #crimetime @oliviachow

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

Pls nail this genius
Scrolling @TikTok while driving on the 401 🤪 absolutely clueless when my partner honked at him 💀
Then tailgates and high beams

See you in hell jeep driver @TPSOperations @OPP_GTATraffic #stoptionalTO

[The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt) @TheBikingLawyer]

Take our lanes, we'll take yours!

Critical Mass is being organized for this Friday. Plan is to leave High Park at 6:30. Join us and put rubber to road in opposition to Bill 212 and efforts to take out our bike lanes. The fight starts now.

[Cycle Toronto @CycleToronto]

Supposedly, only 1.2% of Toronto residents ride their bike to work. And because of that, the provincial government is pushing through legislation that would remove the existing lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.

But does that statistic seem a little suspicious to you?

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[401_da_sarpanch @401_da_sarpanch]

#BREAKING: Manitoba RCMP Issue Canada-Wide Warrant For 25-Year-Old, Navjeet Singh Of Brampton,ON. The Truck Driver Who Ran Through An Intersection That Killed Mother & Daughter.

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@fordnation Literally today at Yonge and Sheppard

[Neil Pasricha @NeilPasricha]

Dear Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation),

My 10-year-old son was identified with a need last year and had to change public schools.

I now bike him 2.2km to school in the mornings and he bikes home alone.

We use the 8-year-old Bloor Street bike lanes which make the roads safe for him to do this.

With the roads full of Amazon delivery vans, speeding Ubers, massive buses, and whizzing food delivery e-bikes my son was nervous to bike alone.

We got him a rear view mirror and bike lights and practiced together a few times.

He uses the Bloor Street bike lanes which are full of many other kids riding to and from school.

You are now proposing to spend $48M in provincial taxpayer money (1) to overrule the wishes of the City of Toronto (2, 3, 4) to rip out these bike lanes, which you know pose a direct safety threat. (5)

If this happens we’ll need to ask his grandfather to pick him up in his car.

I’ll likely start driving him in the morning more since his grandfather's car can’t fit his bike on the way home.

Instead of what we need and want—*more* bike lanes that are proven to ease congestion, traffic, and pollution (6)—you’re proposing I spend more money, use more gas, spew more fumes, get less exercise, and create more car traffic.

In 2017 you spoke about bike lanes on @TVO and said: "You're nervous when there's no bike lanes. At least I was. We have to make sure there's never a death in the city. One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders. I felt so much safer when it's separated." (7)

Please reverse course here.

Keep the bike lanes.

It’s not too late.

Thank you,

Neil Pasricha

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(1) https://t.co/WjzQIoEyBo
(2) https://t.co/iUtYBV0Oon
(3) https://t.co/GWPYwNR4BW
(4) https://t.co/2KFaHnQIoO
(5) https://t.co/JVP4TuOAUv
(6) https://t.co/bV3WO9gboI
(7) https://t.co/TO9TdnGZn4

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CC: Ontario Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria (@PrabSarkaria), Ontario MPP Marit Stiles (@MaritStiles), Ontario MPP Jessica Bell (@JessicaBellTO), Ontario MPP Chris Glover (@chrisglover), Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (@oliviachow), Toronto Councillor Alejandro Bravo (@bravodavenport), Toronto Councillor Dianne Saxe (@DianneSaxxe), Doctors for Safe Cycling (@Docs4Cycling), Cycle Toronto (@CycleToronto) Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau), Jon Haidt (@JonHaidt), Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids), and Jeff Speck (@JeffSpeckFAICP)

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@fordnation 👀

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

New in #willowdale ☠️
Cocaine delivery! @TPSOperations @LilyCheng @oliviachow

Next level criminals cause there are literally NO CONSEQUENCES 💀

Seen on multiple signposts at Yonge and Sheppard

@CTVToronto @CP24 @ConsumerSOS

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@Martyupnorth_2 You auto-gratted as a group
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Read the receipt 🧾 they should have pointed that out but oh well 🤷

[Friends and Families for Safe Streets @FFSafeStreets]

Our leaders may stay silent, but we will not.
Join us at Queen's Park at 4:30pm today for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
Immense gratitude to @TheBikingLawyer
@tomflood1 #TODeadlyStreets #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #SafeStreetsSaveLives #WDoR2024

[The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt) @TheBikingLawyer]

The motorist failed to yield, struck our client & gave him fake info. @HamiltonPolice since Nov 5 haven't charged the driver. Unacceptable.

This is the reality of our roads. The reality @fordnation @PrabSarkaria ignore as they aim to rip out the few safe spaces we have.

[Cycle Toronto @CycleToronto]

ICYMI George and Karen's daughter Alex Amaro was killed riding her bike on Dufferin Street in December 2020. They're asking Premier Ford and Minister Sarkaria to stop the anti-bike lane legislation Bill 212. Listen to their story on @metromorning
https://t.co/TfdMbJhUxJ

[Paul Kulig @PaulKulig_TO]

Mercifully, the city never installed bike lanes on Wellington and traffic moves freely!

[stoptionalTO @StoptionalTO]

@QueensParkToday What a weasel