February 2012
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December 2011
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Can’t get this out of my head for a month...
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Canada Ignored & Ridiculed at Durban →
Well, no wonder: “While other countries have set up pavilions and exhibitions in Durban to promote their climate policies, Canada is missing in action. Other countries, even heavy polluters such as China and the United States, are organizing panels and speaking daily to the world’s media at the conference. Canada is nearly invisible, except for a tightly restricted briefing to a handful of...
November 2011
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Email Alert: Write an MP, Prevent Cyclist Deaths
Transport Canada has written off the need for truck sideguards again.
I’ve been talking about this simple, no-nonsense improvement for years, but The Globe & Mail has again highlighted the need for truck sideguards in the wake of another cyclist death in Toronto this week.
Right-hand-turn deaths tend to be the most common for cyclists, and a simple, absorbable, one-time expense for the...
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Prague Basics
Memorial to John of Nepomuk in St. Vitus Cathedral.
Entrance to the castle.
City view from the castle.
M in the garden.
Photo in Wenceslas.
Royal Ball Game House. Kid you not.
Secret gangway to the Royal Garden.
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“It costs about 47¢ a day, per citizen, to run the TTC. Despite public skepticism...”
– “Five things we learned about the TTC,” National Post, June 23, 2011
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“In cancelling, modifying, or delaying projects—some already funded and ready to...”
– Jake Tobin Garrett, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” Torontoist, June 7, 2011
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“I think at certain times [road tolls are unmentionable] but presented in a...”
– Ford-selected transit advisor Gordon Chong to the CBC, in reply to the recent back-and-forth about whether the City is considering using road tolls to help pay for the Sheppard subway. (NO KIDDING.)
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“If you’ve been anywhere downtown Toronto in the past month, you have...”
– Great news from blogTO and Greener Ideal on the success of Toronto’s BIXI!
May 2011
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Origins of a Commuting Cyclist
Reblogged from my musings at Smart Commute, ahead of Bike to Work Day on Monday, May 30, 2011.
It was 2008, and I was deathly afraid of cycling in the city. Five years had passed since my last bike was stolen at university, and cruising T.O. on two wheels seemed like a bafflingly dangerous ordeal, filled with streetcar tracks, driver’s side doors and potholes. Despite this, I was beginning to...
April 2011
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“A recent bulletin from the Conservative war office warns: “We have seen what the...”
– from the astute Susan Riley of the Ottawa Citizen. This is a must-read article for those wondering about the potentials and perils of NDP leadership.
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Harper's Federal Deficit Deceit →
I was quite amused by Stephen Harper out campaigning today, invoking the free-spending ways of the 1972-74 Trudeau government in a recent speech. How rich. I did a little Googling and found, at a tidily-kempt, USask-based blog called The Bolt, with a great writeup on Canada’s deficit and surplus spending over the past 20 years or so, and results translated into real dollars as well as...
March 2011
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February 2011
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