Liam O'D
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Liam O'D
@TheShades89
Sports // Travel // Urbanism // History
Toronto, Ontario Katılım Ocak 2013
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@TheFFBallers Egbuka in flex on Thursday night or hold out for Devin Neal?
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Too many pedestrians and cyclists are killed by cars.
I appreciate this article, particularly this line: “We call crashes “accidents,” even when the causes, from driver speed to road design, are deliberate choices.”
But it misses or understates so many critical things:
1. Municipal councils across the country have been confused about Vision Zero, weakly implementing bastardized versions of it and then wondering why they see no change in pedestrian and cycling deaths. A failure of attention, understanding and leadership.
2. Cyclings are now getting killed where we have bike lanes as happened last week to a 24 year old woman in Toronto - dangerously pushed out of a bike lane into on coming traffic by a dumpster dropped in the bike lane hours earlier. The dumpster was illegally placed in one of the busiest bike lanes in the city. A failure of police enforcement.
3. We value the lives of drivers more than the lives of pedestrians and cyclists. We treat cyclists like unwanted, illegitimate road users, instead of the urban hero’s that they are - making our city more liveable by choosing sustainable transportation. Drivers just don’t seem to care about these lives. A failure of our culture and compassion.
Please retweet. People are dying - and these are deliberate choices. We must fix this.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…
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@beheshtialex @errantballs @VoteSheenaSharp What are some of those “worst housing take traps?” Voted for them in the last election as I thought they had the best housing plan. So I’m genuinely curious.
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Hey all, I wrote an article for Spacing! I'd appreciate it if you give it a read. This segues into the discussion about the 25 m separation distance this morning, a lot of what we take as gospel are just choices and sometimes they're the wrong ones.
spacing.ca/toronto/2022/0…
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#topoli Today on @spacing -- LORINC: The Revenge of the Market Urbanists. (Or, everything you ever wanted to know about multiplex zoning but were afraid to ask.) spacing.ca/toronto/2021/1…
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Check out this great article today from @jeremy_hopkin that uncovers the origins of a ghost sign on River Street. Even better: he digitally 'restores' the sign!
spacing.ca/toronto/2021/0…
#TOpoli #Toronto cc: @heritagetoronto

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The Linda Lindas song "Racist, Sexist Boy" lunges with sludgy fury and a throttling bass tone, turning on a dime at the speedy power-pop chorus; it's a vicious take-down of closed-minded boys, but channels anger into renewal: "We rebuild what you destroy." trib.al/ajxJaK4
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Everything is on the table. And off the table. And hovering slightly above the table, such that everything is simultaneously on and off the table and always and forever changing.
Travis Dhanraj@Travisdhanraj
#NEW: Sources tell @globalnewsto the government is now rethinking both of these— playground restrictions and police stops. Discussions currently happening. #Onpoli
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.@globeandmail, I argue that Toronto’s COVID recovery should include the teardown of the east Gardiner Expressway. It’s not too late.
theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto… #TOpoli 1/
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When it comes to parking minimums, less is more. City of Toronto plans to review the far-reaching implications that parking provisions have on the built environment. #TOpoli #ONpoli
spacing.ca/toronto/2021/0…
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It’s articles like this that really highlight the quality of content coming out @TheAthletic and why supporting good media matters.
Sportsnet@Sportsnet
Any improvements the Oilers make won't matter one bit until Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have their Steve Yzerman moment. (@SportsnetSpec) sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/oil…
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