Chris DeGroot 🚲

Assistant Prof, Mechanical Engineering. Wastewater researcher, urban cyclist/cargo bike dad. Probably on a bike. @[email protected]

[Chris DeGroot 🚲 @ct_degroot]

This account is currently dormant. At the present time I do not plan to delete the account but will not be posting or checking messages for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the connections and conversations over the years.

[Chris DeGroot 🚲 @ct_degroot]

@eyeonthefly Honestly I think it would be pretty straightforward to phase out plastic packaging. However, people still continue to whine about not having plastic grocery bags, so I don’t have high hopes of any major retailer actually doing it, unless forced. And there will be so much whining.

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@PalestinianPoo @pedromiguel13 Really? People still think you can’t bike when it snows? I do it every day, all winter.

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Wow. Less than 40% of people drive in the core areas, yet they occupy 80% of the space. What a terribly inefficient transport mode for cities.

[Dave Edwards 🇨🇦 @DaveLikesBikes]

.@CBCNews fact-checking claims from Sarkaria that only 1.2% of Torontonians commute by bike. Sarkaria continues to mislead the public, citing "conversations" with unnamed business owners as the reason for spending taxpayer money to tear out existing lanes
https://t.co/035OvmXbNE

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@PalestinianPoo @pedromiguel13 Yeah it sucks when people on bikes have a safe ride to work but it’s a “hassle” for some other people.

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@AlexDRMather Would he rather them be in cars like before?

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@David_Moscrop Hope they like their new PM basically just as bad as Trump.

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Interesting article by @mrmoneymustache — most of it applies to the next election in Canada as well. https://t.co/35SEwW4FB1

[Chris DeGroot 🚲 @ct_degroot]

This seems particularly relevant right now.

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@MWMacKenzie Exactly! If that is the case, shouldn’t he be doing something about it still? Unless…

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To be very clear, I think the election results are entirely legitimate.

However it is very odd that republicans were taking about “massive” voter fraud just yesterday… but now they are silent about it. I wonder if they can even admit to themselves they made it all up.

[Chris DeGroot 🚲 @ct_degroot]

Americans made a poor choice yesterday that will have major negative consequences for themselves and the world.

I suggest Canadians planning to vote for Poilievre not get too smug about it.

[AbeOudshoorn @AbeOudshoorn]

“The world view of the party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it.” George Orwell - 1984

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@PHealthGnome And the polling stations in Canada are generally walking distance (within cities anyways)

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@FrostGroup1 @tpcanoe Agreed

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@FrostGroup1 @tpcanoe Generally this is true. I have met a few gems that believe fully in vehicular cycling and claim that bike lanes are dangerous. But by and large, most “avid” cyclists recognize the need, even if they wouldn’t necessarily use them.

[Chris DeGroot 🚲 @ct_degroot]

@ZeroVision416 “Congestion”. We have more traffic than this in #ldnont at rush hour!

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@smartassnishnaw Yup

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@smartassnishnaw I got something on the weekend delivered to the neighbour’s house… with their incorrect house number in the photo. These delivery people seem pushed to their limits by their employer and do not do a good job. Also see them driving while on their phones very often