Stephanie Fritz

I am working at being more active on Bluesky moving forward, and will be posting primarily there. Come find me at: bsky.app/profile/stepha… (There is also a Sky Follower Bridge plug-in that will help you find all your existing follows on the new app!)

I would love to see local news and government organizations find a home at Bluesky, too! @CityKitchener @citywaterloo @RegionWaterloo @CityNewsKIT @CBCKW891 @KitchLibrary @uptownwaterloo @DTKitchener @GOtransit @GRT_ROW @morricemike @AislinnClancyKC @CTVKitchener

Mayor Olivia Chow says the Ford government's rush to push through with its arbitrary decision to remove up to three bike lanes in downtown Toronto is not a good use of taxpayers' money. toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/01/may…

Or we have one windy day and these leaves will just blow into a neighbour's yard and become their problem to deal with instead. This road is narrow to begin with, and narrower still with parked cars on one side. Please let's just move to paper bags or leaf collection centres only

@CityKitchener needs to stop with on-street leaf pickup. This house has put their leaves on the street today, and it's well into the obvious path where vehicles drive. They are going to get run over and crushed into mush that can't even get picked up when the cleaner comes by.

NEW: As first reported by Global News, the Ford government has begun the process of removing bike lanes from three Toronto streets: Yonge st., Bloor St., University Ave. globalnews.ca/news/10825146/… #onpoli

Premier Ford: "life is better in Ontario than 6 years ago". That's IF you're: -not awaiting a hospital bed -not getting hallway medicine -not getting chair medicine -not a PSW or nurse -housing is not precarious -able to afford groceries -with family MD access

Or cars park in the piles, and the sweeper can't reach them when it DOES pass by. It's a wildly flawed system, and we already have yard waste pickup available biweekly (plus the leaf drop off areas).

Can we end curbside leaf pickup in @CityKitchener? Went down Krug today and the bike lanes were loaded with leaf piles, making the lanes unusable. And the sweepers never come by often enough, so the leaves just crowd the road and turn into slippery mush that can't get swept up.

EXPERIMENT: Testing how many Twitter/X members following me here are also on Bluesky, & how many who aren’t might be inspired to set up an account to try it out. Let’s get a lot more urbanists and city lovers there! I have 8K Bluesky followers. Can I get to 10K with new members?

I think about this graphic every time I cross a street in the U.S.

This year for Halloween, my costume will be the Eglinton LRT. (I won't be showing up, and I won't be explaining why.)

Anyone who actually understands better cities and transportation knows THE TRUTH, that protected bike lane networks HELP rather than cause congestion, adding more trips and MORE CHOICE in how to get around using less space and public money, with less pollution & fewer crashes. 2/

Happening tomorrow 1 pm at Waterloo Public Square! Join us in calling for better public transit funding across the country! @envirodefence @DavidSuzukiFDN Pick up some ION station tile art buttons, talk transit with riders, and meet local MPs & regional councillors.

BREAKING: Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn’t JUST plan to block new bike-lanes— he also plans to rip out routes that are already built. This all is a blatant attack on better, smarter city-building that would hurt Ontario. And it would MAKE TRAFFIC WORSE. globalnews.ca/news/10816779/…

By the time the bus got to me, the next one was directly behind it. Over 15 minutes overdue from its scheduled time.

I don't know what going on with @GRT_ROW and the 20 bus lately, but it's been consistently significantly late. Currently waiting on one that's 12+ minutes overdue, and nearly backed up to the next one behind it. Earlier today it was 5 minutes late in the other direction.

📰NEWS: This fall, local small businesses will take centre stage at the brand-new Square Peg Micro-Market coming to Downtown Kitchener next week! 🏙️🛍️🌟 Read more: bit.ly/4f4QKVe

That’s what I don’t get. Ban parking on major streets. Cycle tracks are travel lanes, while street-side parking is just cheap, highly subsidized storage.

Fun Fact: Did you know there are over 30 new GO Transit Stations proposed across the network? Once completed, the General Toronto & Hamilton Area will have over 100 GO Stations, and potentially up to 10 regional rail lines.