Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝
@cgarbutt.bsky.social
Managing Director, VQC Media. Check out our podcasts, What Kind of Man are You and Toronto Restaurants | The Podcast!
Reader, writer, runner, leader/follower, cook, eater. Transit nerd. Lover of nature and of cities.
Reader, writer, runner, leader/follower, cook, eater. Transit nerd. Lover of nature and of cities.
Just listened in on the BikeShare public meeting last night and it has exploded!
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just listened in on the BikeShare public meeting last night and it has exploded!
It's gone from the only search engine I would use to last on a long list of options. Startpage, Duckduckgo, Ecosia etc etc
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's gone from the only search engine I would use to last on a long list of options. Startpage, Duckduckgo, Ecosia etc etc
My hot take is that generalized hot takes are basically rage bait. (Buses are bad, Europe is not a model for North America etc etc).
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My hot take is that generalized hot takes are basically rage bait. (Buses are bad, Europe is not a model for North America etc etc).
Also, you take a test at 16 and never have to be tested again.
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Also, you take a test at 16 and never have to be tested again.
And when you get frustrated, I will link you to our contact page that doesn't have any useful contact information
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
And when you get frustrated, I will link you to our contact page that doesn't have any useful contact information
Stand in the middle and tell them you'll just be a minute
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Stand in the middle and tell them you'll just be a minute
The "stupidest president in history" sure seems to be good at ruining g everything for them!
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The "stupidest president in history" sure seems to be good at ruining g everything for them!
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
So it's pretty clear what's really going on, but how are they justifying it publicly? I haven't heard them say why they think this is a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
So it's pretty clear what's really going on, but how are they justifying it publicly? I haven't heard them say why they think this is a good idea.