Colin Powell

General interest in things urban. Views my own.

[Observing The City @observinthecity]

Basically, council asked for transit signal priority. Staff said "lol its not safe and we don't want to disrupt north/southbound traffic" (even though it is implemented safely all over the world), and the council went, "sounds good we won't turn it on."

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@georgebell @GraphicMatt Actually I guess you're right haha never thought about it that way.

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@_ChanFace Amazing!!!!

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

Hey @ossingtonbia why isn't Ossington bw Dundas and college pedestrian only in the summer? Even on the weekends? Seems like a no brainer

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@JoshMatlow Are you going to push for true transit priority?

[Observing The City @observinthecity]

When all is said and done, *this* will be the biggest boondoggle of the Eglinton Crosstown. When the 14 years of construction and budget overruns are long forgotten, people will be asking why we built it in the first place if the line is not given traffic priority.

[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

Honestly, I don’t understand why street parking isn’t banned on all streetcar lines. It’s one of the most inexplicable changes that no one talks about for such an obvious cause of traffic in our downtown.

[Matt Elliott @GraphicMatt]

In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report:

- Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs.
- Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes
- Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.

[Becky Katz @BeckyKatz96]

Bloor b/w Ave & Spadina) is looking 🔥.

Reconstruction projects are amazing. They realize accessibility, beautification, & operational benefits.

To achieve these outcomes, the road, cycle tracks & sidewalks were rebuilt and catch basins, poles, etc were relocated. #biketo

[Reece Martin @RM_Transit]

Just nuts

[Jason Paris (he/him) 🇨🇦 @JasonParis]

Tonight is even worse than yesterday on the 504 King @TTChelps @MayorOliviaChow and I’d never seen anything like that. Our operator is literally telling people to walk. Got on at John 33 minutes ago. I’m currently at Roy Thomson Hall which is maybe 30 m east of where I started.

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@EglintonWestEXT Why isn't there housing being built there instead of stations

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

Complete and utter nonsense @DianneSaxe

[Palmerston Residents’ Association @PalmerstonRA]

Despite 90% of respondents, and 55% of local respondents being in favour of Kensington Market pedestrianization, the city has inexplicably REMOVED pedestrianization from proposed redesign after 3 years of consultation: https://t.co/URmDYS9U6U

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

More bullshit from City staff. Endless consultation on the pedestrianization of small (but great) parts of Kensington Market. God forbid we do nice things in this city.

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@LucasJWGranger @joshuahind @BravoDavenport @ausmalik @BradMBradford @PaulaFletcherTO @barvolo @ChrisMoiseTO Can anyone tell me why this is being done one by one. This is peak Toronto bureaucracy

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

This motion by @PaulaFletcherTO @BravoDavenport is absolutely useless in helping small biz today. Nothing short of instant approval for any #cafeto from last year and refund of fees this year is acceptable. @BradMBradford make it happen. #TOpoli

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

Maybe you could have not approved the "bunch of new requirements" as Councillor.

[Brad Bradford @BradMBradford]

For three years @BarVolo has taken part in CafeTO. But today, City staff said no for this year in mid-June!

Small businesses and our community deserve better. City government is ruining a great thing here.

As Mayor, I’ll fix CafeTO so it succeeds once again.

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

@BradMBradford

[Colin Powell @CDLPow]

This is all pretty fucked. This city hates anything resembling fun.

[Volo @barvolo]

After months of waiting we learned today @cityoftoronto has denied our #CafeTO patio at Bar Volo this year. We are disappointed by the news after having a patio for 3 years w. no issues. There needs to be more support for small businesses creating culture & community in our city!