yimby urbanist bike-brain energy systems modeller and programmer for GE Vernova i am written upon your stars https://xitter.cf/t.co/Br5FbW8gy6
Hamilton, ON
Joined October 2012
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anton lodder retweeted
I really wish #HamOnt was serious about housing reform. Hamilton's low density 4plex zoning maxes out at 10.5m, while Waterloo just approved 13.5m. reducing restrictions to building more housing: bsky.app/profile/philmarfisi…
#HamOnt Today, the @cityofhamilton celebrated National Housing Day. We talk a lot about the need for affordable housing, so I’d like to show you what we have accomplished! Join me as I take you all on a tour of a couple exciting builds across the city! 🏙️ 🏠
anton lodder retweeted
The day has arrived.
45 years after pedestrians were first barricaded from crossing the street at Winnipeg’s storied Portage and Main intersection, the concrete walls have finally started coming down.
anton lodder retweeted
The Ontario Conservatives have a rich history of transportation policy failures including:
-Filling in an under construction subway
-Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B)
And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.
anton lodder retweeted
It's wild that Ford is spending Northern Ontarian's money to rip out bike lanes in Toronto.
anton lodder retweeted
To all the haters and losers (of which, sadly, there are many) who say "we can't have lifesaving bike lanes in Toronto because we get six months of winter" - it's the end of November, and hundreds of people came out to ride in memory of two cyclists killed by drivers. #bikeTO
anton lodder retweeted
Get ready for *a lot* more of this if our dipshit Premier gets his way…
COLLISION:
Bayview Av @ Evergreen Brickworks
6:37pm
- Cyclist struck by truck
- Unknown injuries
- Police are on scene
- Bayview Av is being closed at Bloor
- Consider alternate routes of travel at this time
#GO2478805
^lb
anton lodder retweeted
Letter from CEO of Sinai Health (Mount Sinai hospital etc.) noting that the *majority* of their employees cycle to work, and they want protected bike lanes (Mount Sinai hospital is on University Ave.) toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2020… (PDF) h/t @GraphicMatt
anton lodder retweeted
It started out 2 Fridays ago as a meme,
last Friday it became a movement (now with detractors). Apparently around 600,000-400,000 people from all over China on Friday and Saturday night (Oct 8 and 9) came to Zhengzhou and sharebiked from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng to... (a thread)
anton lodder retweeted
The cowardice of hiding your faces while feeling emboldened to put forward hateful propaganda in our communities. This is Hamilton, and we will NOT tolerate racist, white-nationalism. Show your faces so you can be held accountable for your actions.
#NoHateInTheHammer
anton lodder retweeted
BREAKING: Last night, Kingston Ontario (where I’m working this week) City Council passed a motion supporting the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s call for the Provincial Government to leave decisions on bike-lanes to municipal jurisdiction.
Will YOUR city do the same?
anton lodder retweeted
19 weeks off this summer, so no time for debate, apparently.
If only this government moved this quickly on anything that made this province better.
The Ford government is set to limit debate and public hearings on its bike lanes law, claiming there's not enough time left in the current legislative agenda.
The government also delayed the start of the session by a month and a half.
globalnews.ca/news/10852455/…
#onpoli
anton lodder retweeted
This is what a broken land-use planning system looks like
anton lodder retweeted
Bloor/Spadina, Nov. 4, 8:34am. Over three minutes I saw 23 vehicles and 25 cyclists, including one parent with baby.
The only congestion was caused by a vehicle. Will @fordnation @PrabSarkaria pass special legislation to take away this person's minivan?
anton lodder retweeted
On cycling, will Doug Ford stay in his lane?
My latest for @YesEverythingCA:
Sign the petition by @CycleToronto
cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes
Comment on the government's proposal:
ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-92…
yeseverything.ca/blog/on-cyc…
anton lodder retweeted
A kW of panels and a few kWh of batteries is enough to:
- refrigerate food
- cook without solid fuels
- provide internet access
- charge an electric bike
Distributed generation empowers individuals to improve their own lives. People don't have to be dependent on broken bureaucracies.
anton lodder retweeted
Bloor b/w Ave & Spadina) is looking 🔥.
Reconstruction projects are amazing. They realize accessibility, beautification, & operational benefits.
To achieve these outcomes, the road, cycle tracks & sidewalks were rebuilt and catch basins, poles, etc were relocated. #biketo
anton lodder retweeted
If I were the city of Toronto I’d simply refuse to comply with this. Let the crews at MTO rip them up. When the first cyclist dies (and they will) point the finger squarely at the province.
BREAKING: Ontario has just proposed regulations that would rip out bike lanes in Toronto on Bloor, University and Yonge:
ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-92…