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At the 12 second mark, that camera operator called an audible and just said "fuck it, the lane is clear, no tripping hazards, I'm winning a Sports Emmy for cinematography right now"
"I was born ready. I was born ready. And I want it all for this city."
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
At the 12 second mark, that camera operator called an audible and just said "fuck it, the lane is clear, no tripping hazards, I'm winning a Sports Emmy for cinematography right now"
Thanks to @shawnmicallef.bsky.social for a much more optimistic look at e-scooters…The Star has not been kind to us in the past…lots of good stuff in here, but we just want to highlight a few things that we think would help steer the debate 🧵 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: E-scooters are here to stay. It’s time for Toronto to act boldly
Currently Toronto’s position is, officially, “e-scooters are not permitted to be operated on public roads, sidewalks or paths,” yet it's easy to see people using them everyday, and they are
www.thestar.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Thanks to @shawnmicallef.bsky.social for a much more optimistic look at e-scooters…The Star has not been kind to us in the past…lots of good stuff in here, but we just want to highlight a few things that we think would help steer the debate 🧵 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Another hit piece from the star on scooters. They seem to be churning them out at about once a month. This one about how injuries are increasing (no mention that ridership is, duh)… www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Toronto hospital reports 600 per cent spike in trauma cases related to e-scooter injuries
St. Michael’s Hospital is emabarking on new study to help bring safety to Toronto roads after data shows an increasing number of e-scooter and e-bike accidents.
www.thestar.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Another hit piece from the star on scooters. They seem to be churning them out at about once a month. This one about how injuries are increasing (no mention that ridership is, duh)… www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
Barbara is talking out of her ass here. Almost all e-scooters on the market have wheels bigger than the flanges on ttc streetcar tracks…mostly its kick scooters (for kids) that have smaller wheels…and the city can just add it to the bylaw…these roads require wheel size of X…
"What is the standard that we would like to achieve under which we would then legalize e-scooters?" Councillor Cheng asks. "Because it just seems like we're in a purgatory."
Transportation GM Barbara Gray says they're looking for regulations on things like wheel size standards.
Transportation GM Barbara Gray says they're looking for regulations on things like wheel size standards.
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Barbara is talking out of her ass here. Almost all e-scooters on the market have wheels bigger than the flanges on ttc streetcar tracks…mostly its kick scooters (for kids) that have smaller wheels…and the city can just add it to the bylaw…these roads require wheel size of X…
A ridiculous use of staffs time…
Do we know how many e-scooters exist in Toronto, Cheng wonders. No, say transportation staff. Do we have a plan to enforce the ban? Police rep says they are looking at another blitz in the new year. "Maybe even two."
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A ridiculous use of staffs time…
All hotels should have stylish courtesy scooters for their customers…great feature here at the Fairmont Monte Carlo..
September 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
All hotels should have stylish courtesy scooters for their customers…great feature here at the Fairmont Monte Carlo..
We approve as well! We’d add that please legalize scooters would also work…
This is the urbanism I approve of
August 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We approve as well! We’d add that please legalize scooters would also work…
Wow, the city is acknowledging scooters! Baby steps…we like the idea of this program, but would also suggest the city start building midblock curb cuts - especially in bike lanes where stopping mid block can be dangerous…and lane facing premium parking which targets e-bikes, e-scooters and Vespas
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July 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wow, the city is acknowledging scooters! Baby steps…we like the idea of this program, but would also suggest the city start building midblock curb cuts - especially in bike lanes where stopping mid block can be dangerous…and lane facing premium parking which targets e-bikes, e-scooters and Vespas
We have official confirmation that the e-scooter rider who died on the viaduct won’t be included in Toronto’s vision zero KSI stats… #topoli #scootto #biketo #zerovision
July 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We have official confirmation that the e-scooter rider who died on the viaduct won’t be included in Toronto’s vision zero KSI stats… #topoli #scootto #biketo #zerovision
This is not the same at all…only one of them is killing people on a regular basis on our streets…they are not just legal to sell, they are legal to use in almost every jurisdiction in the province except
Toronto…Toronto is just slow at joining the pilot…completely different issue…
Toronto…Toronto is just slow at joining the pilot…completely different issue…
@graphicmatt.com on the real issue with automated speed enforcement. Hint: it's not that the signs are too small or the speed limits too low. (And it's a similar challenge to regulating e-scooters in Toronto: "In Ontario, they’re legal to sell, but not to use.")
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Forget speed cameras. It’s ‘ghost cars’ that Doug Ford, Olivia Chow and others need to focus on
The recent debate around speed cameras has conjured the spectre of another problem.
www.thestar.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is not the same at all…only one of them is killing people on a regular basis on our streets…they are not just legal to sell, they are legal to use in almost every jurisdiction in the province except
Toronto…Toronto is just slow at joining the pilot…completely different issue…
Toronto…Toronto is just slow at joining the pilot…completely different issue…
The worst kind of cyclist is one who can’t share the road with other mobility users…some would call this elitist, but it’s actually selfish…a lot of these folks are working and deserve to be safe, but a lot also can’t safely use pedals…
Saxe is really batting it out of the park lately.
“It would be a colossal waste of limited Toronto police resources to focus enforcement here when it’s primarily motor vehicles that are responsible for deaths and serious injuries on our roads"
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...
June 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The worst kind of cyclist is one who can’t share the road with other mobility users…some would call this elitist, but it’s actually selfish…a lot of these folks are working and deserve to be safe, but a lot also can’t safely use pedals…
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and share e-Scooters, shall not be infringed.
Yesterday at Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle barriers were built with scooters and bikes in front of the buildings garage exit.
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
This comes as it was announced today that ICE will be deploying tactical teams to 5 cities in the US to assist in “mass deportations”
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and share e-Scooters, shall not be infringed.
Please get in touch with police or @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social if you know this person…all vulnerable road users need to stick together and look out for each other…we know this could have easily have been a scooter rider…
Trigger Warning: Person on an E-Bike Assaulted yesterday morning on the Danforth near Monarch.
We are asking the community to help identify this individual & report to TPS. Please be vigilant out there, stay safe & look out for each other. 1/3
We are asking the community to help identify this individual & report to TPS. Please be vigilant out there, stay safe & look out for each other. 1/3
May 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please get in touch with police or @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social if you know this person…all vulnerable road users need to stick together and look out for each other…we know this could have easily have been a scooter rider…
We encourage everyone to fill out the bikeshare survey…be sure to include that you want them to add e-scooters to the network in the comments! engagebikeshareto.com
Bike Share Toronto | Community Engagement
engagebikeshareto.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
We encourage everyone to fill out the bikeshare survey…be sure to include that you want them to add e-scooters to the network in the comments! engagebikeshareto.com
This all ends with Doug using the not withstanding clause on the scooter lanes…
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This all ends with Doug using the not withstanding clause on the scooter lanes…
As we've said, city staff - including from the micromobility team - won't engage us on simple questions - like what are they asking the feds to further legislate before they are willing to re-explore the scooter issue...or why they believe a bylaw can't do what they are asking... #topoli
April 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
As we've said, city staff - including from the micromobility team - won't engage us on simple questions - like what are they asking the feds to further legislate before they are willing to re-explore the scooter issue...or why they believe a bylaw can't do what they are asking... #topoli
Nine people killed by one car…but sure…go and ban scooters because they are a danger to pedestrians…
April 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nine people killed by one car…but sure…go and ban scooters because they are a danger to pedestrians…
One of the things happening in Toronto is the escooter ban is pushing people into heavier no-pedal electric bikes (mopeds, Vespa’s and the cargo style e-bikes) which are less safe for pedestrians and cyclists…as they often try to use the bike lane…another indication of cycle advocacy gone wrong…
April 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
One of the things happening in Toronto is the escooter ban is pushing people into heavier no-pedal electric bikes (mopeds, Vespa’s and the cargo style e-bikes) which are less safe for pedestrians and cyclists…as they often try to use the bike lane…another indication of cycle advocacy gone wrong…
Toronto has an entire team working on a Micromobility strategy…but there is no direction from council to explore joining the E-scooter project at this time….we have the ability to augment the provinces definition of an escooter, why are they not working on doing so? @diannesaxe.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Toronto has an entire team working on a Micromobility strategy…but there is no direction from council to explore joining the E-scooter project at this time….we have the ability to augment the provinces definition of an escooter, why are they not working on doing so? @diannesaxe.bsky.social
So tomorrow @cycletoronto.bsky.social is going to court to try to get the scooter lanes saved…we wish them luck…but we also need to point out that their argument that everyone deserves safe routes, is a bit hypocritical when they spoke against exactly that at council for e-scooters… #biketo #topoli
April 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So tomorrow @cycletoronto.bsky.social is going to court to try to get the scooter lanes saved…we wish them luck…but we also need to point out that their argument that everyone deserves safe routes, is a bit hypocritical when they spoke against exactly that at council for e-scooters… #biketo #topoli
It’s right there…they can write the bylaw to do whatever they need, wheel size, speed, certifications and battery design, color, lighting, horns…whatever they want…but they are waiting for upper levels of government to regulate them…despite most of their concerns not being shared with other cities
April 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s right there…they can write the bylaw to do whatever they need, wheel size, speed, certifications and battery design, color, lighting, horns…whatever they want…but they are waiting for upper levels of government to regulate them…despite most of their concerns not being shared with other cities
Did you know that unicycling on Torontos roads is completely legal…but using e-scooters is not…we challenge staff to ride to work on a unicycle and then a scooter…which one is safer?
April 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Did you know that unicycling on Torontos roads is completely legal…but using e-scooters is not…we challenge staff to ride to work on a unicycle and then a scooter…which one is safer?
The Ontario scooter pilot legislation gives Toronto the ability to create rules about scooters as they see fit. But Toronto says they are waiting for the Feds to legislate the sale instead. The reality is that many of the things they want the Feds to do, they could do…/1
April 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Ontario scooter pilot legislation gives Toronto the ability to create rules about scooters as they see fit. But Toronto says they are waiting for the Feds to legislate the sale instead. The reality is that many of the things they want the Feds to do, they could do…/1