Albert Koehl
@albertkoehl.bsky.social
Author, Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders (UofT Press); enviro lawyer; road safety advocate, community organizer. Posts @bikewaysto.bsky.social + @crashcoaltion.bsky.social
"Electric cars are in the news, though it’s hard to call them new. Torontonians were impressed when they first saw an electric car on city streets … in 1896."
The EVs that have moved far more people, far more efficiently in TO are streetcars, buses + subways.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
The EVs that have moved far more people, far more efficiently in TO are streetcars, buses + subways.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Electric cars are in the news, though it’s hard to call them new. Torontonians were impressed when they first saw an electric car on city streets … in 1896."
The EVs that have moved far more people, far more efficiently in TO are streetcars, buses + subways.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
The EVs that have moved far more people, far more efficiently in TO are streetcars, buses + subways.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
"Air inequality." Well said Hamish Wilson ...
September 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Air inequality." Well said Hamish Wilson ...
RapidTO recap for Bathurst and Dufferin:
@alejandrabravo.bsky.social A+ for leadership.
@diannesaxe.bsky.social (much) room for improvement
My article in the August 2025 Annex Gleaner
@alejandrabravo.bsky.social A+ for leadership.
@diannesaxe.bsky.social (much) room for improvement
My article in the August 2025 Annex Gleaner
August 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
RapidTO recap for Bathurst and Dufferin:
@alejandrabravo.bsky.social A+ for leadership.
@diannesaxe.bsky.social (much) room for improvement
My article in the August 2025 Annex Gleaner
@alejandrabravo.bsky.social A+ for leadership.
@diannesaxe.bsky.social (much) room for improvement
My article in the August 2025 Annex Gleaner
Here you go :)
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August 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Here you go :)
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August 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And please RING YOUR BELLS for the hardworking lawyers from @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social + @paliareroland.bsky.social among others ... and even the govt lawyers who were given a crappy hand (with no evidence) to play by Donald Ford. #biketo #onpoli
August 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
And please RING YOUR BELLS for the hardworking lawyers from @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social + @paliareroland.bsky.social among others ... and even the govt lawyers who were given a crappy hand (with no evidence) to play by Donald Ford. #biketo #onpoli
Join us tonite for the last of 30 scheduled Author Talks, Wheeling Through Toronto. From the People's Bob to Fred Gardiner + the Fords. Charting a way forward in the climate crisis. Deer Park Library, St Clair E off Yonge 6:30pm @uoftpress.bsky.social www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
July 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Join us tonite for the last of 30 scheduled Author Talks, Wheeling Through Toronto. From the People's Bob to Fred Gardiner + the Fords. Charting a way forward in the climate crisis. Deer Park Library, St Clair E off Yonge 6:30pm @uoftpress.bsky.social www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
Pleas to stop flying, at least for tourism, have mostly fallen on deaf ears, even among some environmentalists. What's likely to kill the tourism industry is that finding a destination NOT suffering from a heatwave or other climate disaster is getting harder. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
July 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Pleas to stop flying, at least for tourism, have mostly fallen on deaf ears, even among some environmentalists. What's likely to kill the tourism industry is that finding a destination NOT suffering from a heatwave or other climate disaster is getting harder. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When TTC runs shuttle buses to replace subway, we see the reality that 80% of people travelling through Bloor corridor in Etobicoke are NOT using cars. #biketo
July 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
When TTC runs shuttle buses to replace subway, we see the reality that 80% of people travelling through Bloor corridor in Etobicoke are NOT using cars. #biketo
"When our children ask what we did as Gaza was systematically destroyed and its children killed, what will we say?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"When our children ask what we did as Gaza was systematically destroyed and its children killed, what will we say?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"As a Jew, I congratulate the fed govt for criticizing Israeli PM Netanyahu’s atrocious behaviour with respect to Gaza. The hostages must be released, but Israel doesn’t have the right to bomb civilians+cause famine. Imagine if food and medicine were denied to children in TO or Vancouver" Hear hear!
June 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"As a Jew, I congratulate the fed govt for criticizing Israeli PM Netanyahu’s atrocious behaviour with respect to Gaza. The hostages must be released, but Israel doesn’t have the right to bomb civilians+cause famine. Imagine if food and medicine were denied to children in TO or Vancouver" Hear hear!
Fire Chief Paul Boissonneault told CBC this morning that Canada is only G7 country without a national fire administration. Meanwhile our govts talk about bizarre, even hare-brained, schemes to build tunnels under highways, remove bike lanes + build oil pipelines. #bikesky
June 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Fire Chief Paul Boissonneault told CBC this morning that Canada is only G7 country without a national fire administration. Meanwhile our govts talk about bizarre, even hare-brained, schemes to build tunnels under highways, remove bike lanes + build oil pipelines. #bikesky
The fight goes on ...
Read the review by @jameslonghurst.bsky.social, author Bike Battles, of Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle & It's Riders (@utpjournals.bsky.social) #bikesky
muse.jhu.edu/article/956872
Read the review by @jameslonghurst.bsky.social, author Bike Battles, of Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle & It's Riders (@utpjournals.bsky.social) #bikesky
muse.jhu.edu/article/956872
June 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The fight goes on ...
Read the review by @jameslonghurst.bsky.social, author Bike Battles, of Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle & It's Riders (@utpjournals.bsky.social) #bikesky
muse.jhu.edu/article/956872
Read the review by @jameslonghurst.bsky.social, author Bike Battles, of Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle & It's Riders (@utpjournals.bsky.social) #bikesky
muse.jhu.edu/article/956872
World Bicycle Day. Author Talks. "Wheeling through Toronto. A History of the Bicycle" @uoftpress.bsky.social Today. June 3.
1:30pm, Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Av, East York. Register 416-396-3975
7pm, Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mount Pleasant Rd Register 416-393-7737
#bikesky
1:30pm, Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Av, East York. Register 416-396-3975
7pm, Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mount Pleasant Rd Register 416-393-7737
#bikesky
June 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
World Bicycle Day. Author Talks. "Wheeling through Toronto. A History of the Bicycle" @uoftpress.bsky.social Today. June 3.
1:30pm, Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Av, East York. Register 416-396-3975
7pm, Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mount Pleasant Rd Register 416-393-7737
#bikesky
1:30pm, Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Av, East York. Register 416-396-3975
7pm, Mount Pleasant Library, 599 Mount Pleasant Rd Register 416-393-7737
#bikesky
It didn't take people long to realize Doug Ford is simply Donald Trump dressed in a Cdn flag. Ford's Bill 5 undermines First Nations' constitutional rights & environmental protections. Today's protest at Queen's Park. Kill Bill 5. #onpoli
June 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It didn't take people long to realize Doug Ford is simply Donald Trump dressed in a Cdn flag. Ford's Bill 5 undermines First Nations' constitutional rights & environmental protections. Today's protest at Queen's Park. Kill Bill 5. #onpoli
"It is comic how willing, even eager, Premier Doug Ford is to trade his ambition to look like a statesman for his petty fixation on bike lanes. Ford has now added to the growing list of his Trumpian attributes: a disrespect for judges + the rule of law."
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
May 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"It is comic how willing, even eager, Premier Doug Ford is to trade his ambition to look like a statesman for his petty fixation on bike lanes. Ford has now added to the growing list of his Trumpian attributes: a disrespect for judges + the rule of law."
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
Illegal parkng in bike lanes is as old as bikelanes themselves. Soon after installatn in 1991 of a short bikelane on Bloor E motorists put the new space to work. Parishioners at a local church were the first to break the commandment: Thou shalt not park in a bike lane gleanernews.ca/index.php/20...
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Illegal parkng in bike lanes is as old as bikelanes themselves. Soon after installatn in 1991 of a short bikelane on Bloor E motorists put the new space to work. Parishioners at a local church were the first to break the commandment: Thou shalt not park in a bike lane gleanernews.ca/index.php/20...
Toronto Public Library presentation: Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders. Lillian Smith Branch. 239 College Street (at Huron). Author Talk begins at 6pm. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Toronto Public Library presentation: Wheeling Through Toronto, A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders. Lillian Smith Branch. 239 College Street (at Huron). Author Talk begins at 6pm. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
Join us tonight, Tues, March 25 for a presentation and discussion about bicycles, politics, and a way forward. Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Ave, 6:30pm. #biketo #onpoli torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
March 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us tonight, Tues, March 25 for a presentation and discussion about bicycles, politics, and a way forward. Yorkville branch of the Toronto Public Library, 22 Yorkville Ave, 6:30pm. #biketo #onpoli torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...
Defeating Doug Ford's Conservatives can also be fun! Join us Sat, Feb 15 to campaign for Lee Fairclough in Etobicoke-Lakeshore ..and enjoy some music. Lee is a fabulous candidate who came agonizingly close to defeating PC ChristineHogarth in 2022. @notoneseat.bsky.social @commongroundon.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Defeating Doug Ford's Conservatives can also be fun! Join us Sat, Feb 15 to campaign for Lee Fairclough in Etobicoke-Lakeshore ..and enjoy some music. Lee is a fabulous candidate who came agonizingly close to defeating PC ChristineHogarth in 2022. @notoneseat.bsky.social @commongroundon.bsky.social
While Ford is off to plead for Trump's ear, back home MainStreet poll starting to show shift
PCs 35%
Liberals (28%) +NDP combined = 44%
Undecided 13%
It's not too late to get involved in a riding where a PC incumbent can be defeated. Check out @notoneseat @Coopr84Canada #onpoli
PCs 35%
Liberals (28%) +NDP combined = 44%
Undecided 13%
It's not too late to get involved in a riding where a PC incumbent can be defeated. Check out @notoneseat @Coopr84Canada #onpoli
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
While Ford is off to plead for Trump's ear, back home MainStreet poll starting to show shift
PCs 35%
Liberals (28%) +NDP combined = 44%
Undecided 13%
It's not too late to get involved in a riding where a PC incumbent can be defeated. Check out @notoneseat @Coopr84Canada #onpoli
PCs 35%
Liberals (28%) +NDP combined = 44%
Undecided 13%
It's not too late to get involved in a riding where a PC incumbent can be defeated. Check out @notoneseat @Coopr84Canada #onpoli