Chris Kemp

Voting hours at 11 Toronto polling stations have been extended, the city says. Live election day updates here.

If you're in line to be mad at Doug Ford for outlawing municipal ranked ballots STAY IN LINE

Toronto, ON gets about 335 rideable days a year by my rules: 246 green and 89 yellow. I set green above 0°C and red below −10°C. Find your number with Bike-Rideable Days by Shifter. #BikeTO

"I'm not informed about the issues." Talk to people you trust. “The polls say...” Polls don't matter. "The candidates are all the same." No, they're not. “It doesn’t matter who wins." It matters very much to someone you care about. Polls are open until 8 pm. Please vote wisely, Toronto. #TOPoli

No matter where you are, remember: Turnout wins elections. #VOTE

~85% of the surface area here is for cars, and just ~2% for pedestrians. This is what car addiction looks like.

Well the day of Christie Cross is here! This is the Tour de Force of Toronto's urban cycledom. No race is more prestigious than the city bike share race, it is the ultimate Alpe d'Huez of urban mobility. These brave commuters are not only testing their brawn but future Bloor lane detours #bikeTO

I don’t doubt that the western section of Bloor Street sees fewer cyclists than the rest. That’s totally expected for a relatively new bike lane on the edge of the network without a lot of connections or bike share stations yet!

Since 2016, London’s cycling network has grown fivefold, from 90 to 450 kilometres. The results? 1.5 million daily cycle journeys—a 43% increase since 2019—twice as many bikes as cars on City of London streets during the day, and motor traffic in steady decline—having fallen 25% in the same period.

Where the Toronto mayoral race stands now: some thoughts!

With our bike lanes under attack it's important to celebrate our love of bikes this Sunday at the famous Christie Cross Race @ Christie Pits! Right along the Bloor bike lane this race is fun for all to watch & ride. From elite racers to commuters showing their Bike Share skills www.christiecross.ca

Bike lanes save lives. Solidarity with #Toronto from Aotearoa. #BikeTO @tomflood.bsky.social

urban street projections across the globe in Wellington, NZ including solidarity with Toronto. 🔥🔥 @axleryde.bsky.social

Thanks to the more than 100 of you who made it out to last night's protest to mark one week since the Bloor bike lane removals got shut down! My blog post about those events is now up for your viewing pleasure. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/10/one-...

This is one of the many reasons I wear a helmet camera when I bike. Drivers in Toronto are out of control and emboldened by a provincial government that is actively dismantling safety and enforcement, and prioritizing drivers above all else. I'm glad they caught the guy.

This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

As long as we keep treating automobile violence as an inevitable cost of doing business rather than a failure of public safety regulation, this will continue to happen. I really hope for recovery for all the families impacted by this careless and negligent act.

Daycare worker and five children struck by driver in Oshawa while out for walk

So, they didn't cover the catchbasins or protect from debris going into the ravine below. I've seen photos of bitumin and asphalt in the river below the bridge. These are violations of provincial construction and environmental standards. I also didn't see an MTO inspector in site?

I know no one gives a F about safety or the law when the province is involved - but those workers & police should be wearing PPE for this work. Did they cover the catchbasins? Did they warn residents to close windows? The city would never get away with this. www.gazzolapaving.com/files/employ...

Umm, this is bad. Like really bad, RIGHT? - @cycletoronto.bsky.social h/t @kayehm.bsky.social Cc: @spacing.bsky.social @thelocal.to @thestar.com @theglobeandmail.com @thegreenlineto.bsky.social #BikeTO

people get hella mad when you suggest adult drivers should be more responsible than children walking/biking.

Last night people on bikes stood up against the destruction of safe infrastructure. Tonight, we will return to bear witness and protest decisions that put the public at risk. They will try to take out the last intact lane markings tonight 1/2

Thanks for this coverage. People are working tirelessly and protesting to defend life saving infrastructure. All while authorities try to stop and arrest them. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/10/21/p...

Please donate to our Bike Lane Protest Fund: gofund.me/4b115029b 4 have been arrested & require criminal lawyers, daily protests need snacks & hot coffee etc. Be among the first 50 to donate & get a free hi vis vest (email info@thebikinglawyer.ca with proof of donation - no min amount) 1/2

the shrine to victims of road violence Sometime between early Sunday evening and Monday morning, a shrine to victims of road violence was erected at Tom Riley Park This parking lot has been the central meeting point for the protests about the removal of the Bloor bike lanes in Etobicoke. The first…

In Toronto, more people are killed and injured by vehicles than from violent crimes. Anyone who claims to be a champion of safety, but who isn't advocating for safer roads, is just fear mongering or dog whistling.

As Canada awaits the Alberta separation referendum results, let’s remember how stupid this all is. Huge public money spent on a Russian & American-fuelled separation movement for an awfully-written and badly managed unbinding referendum on whether to hold a binding referendum that would be illegal.

These 32 #BloodBikes commemorate the 32 people killed on Bloor, Yonge & University in 20-years before bike lanes were built. After bike lanes were installed only one tragic loss of a life has occurred in 6-years since 2020. Bike lanes keep EVERYONE save, not only people cycling. #BikeTO #ONPoli

One thing I can't get over is that the cycle tracks hardly affect drivers at all: travel times and parking are only marginally different and they still get their pointless removal wish granted. They saved lives and doubled cycling and it just doesn't matter. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

These splits by disinformation index are something else. I guess I do find it a bit comforting that the right wing are not just odious but also wrong, but it's not comforting how widespread and effective the disinformation is. www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...

“Paris’ traffic is so uncomplicated because of the City’s enormous recent investment in bike mobility (€250 million for its 2021-2026 cycling plan). Bikes are literally everywhere, both in and out of mixed traffic… Here in Toronto, we are hurtling back toward the Stone Age…” @spacing.bsky.social

No, no. We've been assured it's too hilly and too snowy for Toronto to be a great cycling city. So this can't be true for the hillier and snowier Montreal.

WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC? Banner from 2024 in Toronto over the Gardiner Expressway. Would be nice to see this one again. 📸 @martinreis.bsky.social

Doug Ford’s war on bike lanes isn’t about traffic—it’s part of a global right-wing backlash to vilify urban residents and defend fossil fuel interests. @breachmedia.ca dove into the politics of cycling, and debunked some myths along the way www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCz...

You know you're on the wrong side of things when you have to cover up your company's logos as you go about your work.

It has been brought to our attention that it is entirely possible Doug Ford does not understand that a podcast called "The War on Cars" might be in favor of things like protected bike lanes.

shame

Looks like The Old Sod is up to their dirty shenanigans again by hosting a Bloor bike lane removal party on Friday, October 30! One made twice as gross with the use of AI slop! #shame #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero

Fuck. MTO vioalting construction permit by doing this now and not post 6pm.

Cyclists in Toronto delayed the province’s removal of the Etobicoke section of Bloor Street W. bike by rallying in a protest that prevented the scheduled construction from starting. #ToPoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.

Transportation Minister confirming provincial attempts to remove bike lanes on Bloor Street West were called off after protests "halted" them. "Make no mistake: these bike lanes are coming out," he says #ToPoli #Onpoli

#biketo - here are the public phone numbers of the company...feel free to let them know what you think...they should be awake right now...

First and second truck have left. LFG🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

First bike lane removal truck blocked.

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Announced this morning, @cycletoronto.bsky.social is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada