Ian Chalmers

Design entrepreneur. Founder of Pivot Design @pivoting + Design Meets @designmeets + ARCTRN @arc_trn

[Pink Helmet TO @PinkHelmetTO]

#biketo What the heck is this ? Storing construction equipment in the Sherbourne bike lane - forcing people on bikes to ride in the car traffic lane. @CycleToronto @TO_Cycling_Ped @TheBikingLawyer @NotSafe4BikesTO

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Fair share: the right office solution can take finding the right partner https://t.co/Ee0tpflC9a

[Cycle Toronto @CycleToronto]

Did you know that the City of Toronto is aiming for 75% of trips under 5 km to be taken on foot, transit or bike by 2030?

It’s an ambitious target, and if we maintain the status quo, it will not be met.

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[Chris Kemp (cbkemp.bsky.social) @mindoverdata]

Study summary:
• Drivers make ~6,800 illegal turns or straight-through's *per day* on King Street Transit Priority Corridor
• less than 0.3% are ticketed for it
• 99.7% of drivers are not being fined for breaking the law on the King Street Transit Priority Corridor
#TOpoli

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

This is very simple to fix.

Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR).

It has existed for over 20 years. It is used to enforce the Congestion Charge in London, UK. It is used on the 407 in Ontario.

Congestion in the core of the city is a new level of madness. The efficiency of transit is - hands down - the only way out of this mess.

This is why we created the wildly successful King Street Transit Priority Corridor. And it worked.

So failing to enforce the transit priority on the corridor is just laziness at this point. The technology exists. The cost/benefit analysis supports the investment. We don’t need a study. We don’t need public consultation. We need leadership.

“Streetcars travelling slower on King Street than before the transit corridor pilot project”

https://t.co/mgh7gqnI3C

[DesignMeets @designmeets]

A RECAP of our last DesignMeets event on Healthcare Resiliency, hosted at @HealthDesStudio at OCADU, is now available! Check out key insights from the event panelists: https://t.co/XE0HCQc67d

[DesignMeets @designmeets]

“An engaged community is INDISPENSIBLE” - @colleen_young

The proof is in the pudding - @MayoClinic Connect growth since the pandemic has skyrocketed. Colleen is definitely someone to reach out to if you want to learn about engaging and nurturing online communities.

[Urban Cycling Institute 🚲  @fietsprofessor]

The parking lot at the #DutchGP in #Zandvoort
(📸 via @RBR_Daily)

[Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO]

Let's connect some dots. The country is on fire and yet we are facing eviscerating the Green Belt and clearcutting 850 trees at Ontario Place as if climate change were not a serious threat.

[Ken Greenberg @KGreenbergTO]

It took 50 years for these trees on the West Island at Ontario Place to mature. Why would we destroy them now?

[Cycle Toronto @CycleToronto]

On June 26th, Toronto will elect a new mayor.

All 102 candidates were sent a survey regarding 10 priority actions that would make Toronto a safer city for people who walk, roll, or bike.

Read the full results, including candidate comments, here:
https://t.co/B1w9kjiHsw

[Ian Chalmers @chalmers]

@TheBikingLawyer @TorontoPolice @TrafficServices Thank you 🙏

[Ian Chalmers @chalmers]

“An anti-bike-lane mayoral candidate is as useful to the city of Toronto as a flat-Earther would be at NASA.”
#cycletoronto ⁦@CycleToronto⁩ ⁦@BikingToronto⁩ ⁦@TheBikingLawyer⁩ https://t.co/9cIUve5oI1

[DesignMeets @designmeets]

Our recap for #DesignMeets - Exploring Life-Centred Design with @jeroenspoelstra is LIVE!

Read our summary of learnings and watch the full recording here: https://t.co/KmnrRamli3

[Gil Meslin @g_meslin]

As we breathe smoke from climate change-worsened fires, consider that @fordnation and
@ThermeCanada will:
-bulldoze parkland and 850 mature trees
-build a giant indoor energy sink of a spa
-needlessly replace rather than repair the Science Centre
-spend $500M public $ on parking

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Today, Doug Ford again refused to acknowledge the link between the climate crisis and raging wildfires.

We need a gov't that acts to mitigate climate change.

One that isn't paving over our Greenbelt—a massive carbon sink.

This isn't normal. We can do so much better. #onpoli

[Ian Chalmers @chalmers]

@FLOevchargingCA Please do!

[Ian Chalmers @chalmers]

When your getting an EV charge @FLOevchargingCA and the Canadian coast Guard pull up.
A little current ⚡️ in #littlecurrent #manitoulinisland

[Ian Chalmers @chalmers]

We had an insightful #designmeets yesterday on the new movement around Life-Centered Design with our friend Jeroen Spoelstra. @informdlife #lifecentereddesign #UserExperience #UX #CircularEconomy

[DesignMeets @designmeets]

"It's time to shift from human-centered design to life-centered design and design beyond human needs." -Jeroen Spoelstra #lifecentereddesign
https://t.co/qcgptDIFjh