Here you go.
This trend should only continue as the TPA is planning on adding 7,360 new docks by 2030.
This just in, biking is growing as a revenue source *far* faster than parking. 30% growth in revenue for bike share vs only 5% for parking. It's growth is also consistently underestimated in forecasts vs parking which is overestimated.
What other services are being provided by private companies, with the city only getting a tiny licensing fee instead of all the revenues? In today's council meeting, they are giving a contract to a construction company for the High Park train, getting only $10,000 in fees.
The expansion of Bike Share to Toronto island contributed to 10% of total revenue for the entire program last year ($1.4 Million). The City cancelled an agreement with a private bike rental company on the Island that was only paying them an $83,000 fee, annually (+2% of revenue).
Maybe not a huge difference, but definitely seems to be more red brick or brick coloured cladding in the renders.
Wasn’t there supposed to be way more colour in this development (from the renders)? Any idea how it still turned out so grey.
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Sorry, but why are Ontario residents paying Steve Paikin 370,000/year to write what have now been multiple articles waxing poetic about his BFF who also happens to be a disgraced politician.
I will be eagerly awaiting a possible run from Chiara Padovani who heads the York South Weston Tenants Union and lost (to a cheating) Nunziata by 94 votes.
A letter to the editor stating that instead of "studying" closing roads in High Park in 1973, they should "save the money" and just do it. I wonder how much money the city has wasted over 50 years of studying the concept. Perfect encapsulation of city hall.
Is there any appetite for looking at improvements to the design of these flexposts? 1 winter into the new Harbord bike lanes and it is already a graveyard.
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I worry about capacity issues. This is much busier than a normal Sunday, but I’m not sure much busier than an average rush hour. The stations were built to accommodate 3-car alignments. Looks like those are going to be needed as soon as possible.
This line will truly transform transit in midtown, greatly improving trip times from the current bus.
Pleased to say the underground portion of line 5 well surpassed my expectations. Looking forward to it improving even further with 80km/h max speeds coming in March.
Cc: @lester-b.bsky.social
I think this is pretty clearly tied to the fact that Toronto prices have dropped pretty drastically in past year, while Montreal has increased.
Once it’s approved in the 3 year plan, then staff have discretion on implementation, with no further approval necessary. We even let councillors cancel projects after they are fully approved. See: Marlee and Jones.
The entire point of approving 3-year bike plans is thrown out the window when individual projects still need approval in the quarterly cycling updates. If they really wanted to avoid local projects being subject to individual councillor whims they need to get rid of that stage of approval.
Back in 2019 Toronto started planning the approval/installation of new bike lanes in 3-year blocks to consider them as part of the city's broader cycling network, not just as local projects subject to individual councillor's whims. Even prior to Bill 212 we started seeing a regression of that goal.
It seems she has no desire to be transformative. She also consistently forgets the coalition that elected her.
If we cannot pedestrianize a street that has support from the local councillor and 90% of survey respondents because the city has some policy on private land owner support, we will always have half-assed “seasonal” activations like muskoka chairs tied together. Cc: @shawnmicallef.bsky.social
Worse than that, the City of Toronto apparently has a policy that they will not permanently pedestrianize a street unless an adjacent land owner agrees to “activate the space”. This was evidenced in a report to council when Cllr Moise requested Market St. Be pedestrianized year round.
the paper in question. it's really all a look into very broad correlations, so don't take it as concrete evidence, but the trends are real:
arxiv.org/abs/2511.08280
Happy New Year from the King St transit priority corridor, 8 years later.
Also more snow on ground this December than in past years. That week where roads were clear, ridership was up.
Data courtesy of @mike.raccoon.bike's BikeRaccoon API, inferred from GBFS feed (gbfs.org).
Bike Share ridership increased 20% in 2025, to a record 8.3 million rides!
