Lanrick Bennett

Basically the only time that I can technically say I keep up with Sabrina on her bike.

Parked outside Rorschach Beer.

#BikeTO
#EastEndLove

#IdeasAtWorkVideo Playlist For August 4th, 2025 1. Look Both Ways Pod with Wes Marshall & David Zipper 2. Everyone is Cheating (Even the Professors) by Jared Henderson 3. NYC Summer Streets 2025: Bike Car-free from Brooklyn Bridge to George Washington Bridge & Beyond! By Streetfilms® 4. The Troubled Race to Build Toronto's Tallest Skyscraper with Simon Whistler 5. Is Social Media Censorship Unaliving Language? | Otherwords by Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. 6. The Randomness Crisis Threatening the Internet by Joe Hanson 7. Bike Ride to Biidaasige Park (Toronto) by bromptoning

Image of people on bikes in front of a yello and white bridge Biisaasige Park - Toronto

Image of Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. talking to a mirror iamge of herself saying "Seggs" Otherwords is the name of the PBS series

Floating heads of David and Wes "Look Both Ways Episode 2"

#HappyMonday

Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for August 4th

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We built this City! youtu.be/K1b8AhIsSYQ?...

One of the greatest city maps ever made (by @chazhutton.com)

Thank you @shireenahmed.bsky.social @garrisonhayes.bsky.social
@theglobeandmail.com #HearThis

#HearThis Sharing 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.

1. Jess Carter subjected to online abuse during Euros
2. Not Like Us
3. Thomas J. Price’s ‘sculptures about statues’

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I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying

60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.

The Amistad Research Center, one of the largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants

A few books taking space on my laptop Right of Wa, City Streets Are For People and There AreNo Accidents On the computer screen “Incomplete Streets, Incomplete Imaginations: Safe Streets for Whom?

My nerdy weekend pulling together some pre work material for students at a design workshop I’ve been asked to facilitate. “More Than A Bike Lane: Why Active Transportation is Urban Justice Work. Nods to Sabat Ismail @jessiesinger.bsky.social @andreapcurtis.bsky.social Angie Schmitt & Charles T Brown

From a 7-Eleven to 52 homes. Lovely Leslieville midrise (by architect Superkül and developer Hullmark).

The Bike Lanes and The Clown Cars

“…. It is, rather, that when the government does act — and especially when it acts on things, like streets and bike lanes, within its own exclusive control — it cannot do so regardless of the predictable consequences.”

Toronto Caribbean Carnival participants waiting for their pick up at Danforth GO and likely drop off at Exhibition.

Avoid single occupancy vehicle travel this long weekend if you can.

The Spectacular Colours and Music awaits.

#ActiveTransportation

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YouTube video by Retrontario WNED 17 DOCTOR WHO PLEDGE DRIVE - GOLDIE GARDNER (AUGUST, 1988)

I got my weeknights of Doctor Who on @tvotoday.bsky.social but weekends with pledge drive in the 80s was all about WNED with Goldie Gardner!

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Riding along Hogarth Av

As excited as I am with this weeks cycling infrastructure win, I’m riding past these two ladies who clearly want to ride beside each other to have a conversation but can’t.

One is on the sidewalk, one in the middle of the road.

How do fix the unfixable? #Equity

#HearThis

Raising of the Black Liberation flag.

The Mayor of Toronto has proclaimed August 1 Emancipation Day since 1998 and Emancipation Month in August since 2019.

#HearThis

Beautiful opening procession for the City of Toronto’s celebration of Emancipation Month before the raising of the Black Liberation Flag

This year’s theme, “Nou La” or We are here”, celebrates the Haitian community and Black Francophone excellence.

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I've asked the folks at ABC to take a breath and read @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social's article before they pop a blood vessel.

"Yes, the Charter protected Toronto’s bike lanes. No, bike lanes are not a Charter right"

h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social

St. Michael's Hospital are looking for e-scooter & e-bike riders, including delivery riders to help in a research project aimed at designing safety interventions for VRUs. To join, email: chandni.patel@unityhealth.to

Share widely please.

Emancipation Day/Month

The City of Toronto invites you to attend the Black Liberation Flag Raising marking the start of Emancipation Month Friday, August 1, 2025 12:00 p.m. Podium Roof, Toronto City Hall 100 Queen Street West Please advise of any accessibility accommodations Rain or Shine

#EmancipationDayCanada Canada.ca/emancipation-day

2ND SESSION, 42ND LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO 70 ELIZABETH II, 2021 Bill 75 (Chapter 42 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021) An Act to proclaim the month of August as Emancipation Month Co-sponsors: Mr. M. Schreiner Ms M. Hunter Ms L. Lindo Ms A. Khanjin 1st Reading December 8, 2021 2nd Reading December 8, 2021 3rd Reading December 8, 2021 Royal Assent December 9, 2021

Recognizing #EmancipationMonth in August acknowledges an abhorrent period in our history... August 1, 1834 marks the day that the Slavery Abolition Act, 1833 came into effect emancipating more than 800,000 enslaved Africans across the British Empire, including Canada.
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We made it so that Automobiles can go Everywhere at the expense of children going Anywhere .

We made it so that Automobiles can go Everywhere at the expense of children going Anywhere .

It’s a keeper!

“We made it
So that
Automobiles
Can go
Everywhere at
The expense
Of children going
Anywhere.”

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Rally + Ride

Victory Rally and Ride Cycle Toronto organized a rally and ride to celebrate yesterday's court ruling that the legislation removing protected bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University was unconstitutional. The rally was held at the same spot where there was a rally introducing the court challenge last April. The speakers getting ready. Michael Longfield said that he spent much of the past 24 hours talking to the media.

Victory Rally and Ride

Cycle Toronto organized a rally and ride to celebrate yesterday's court ruling that the legislation removing protected bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University was unconstitutional. The rally was held at the same spot where there was a rally introducing the court challenge…

It says something when a crush of people riding their bikes moves so efficiently along our streets #BikeTO

Just chillin’ with #BikeTO

Continued you grin from yesterday on my face this morning heading to work.

#BikeTO

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.

#ICYMI

The evidence shows that restoring lanes for cars will not result in less congestion, as it will induce more people to use cars & therefore any reduction in driving time will be short-lived, if at all, and will lead to more congestion," said Schabas in his decision.
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#BikeTO in 2025

We Won!

Cc: @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social @davidzipper.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

What would happen if you wanted #VisionZero to work in your city?

'Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.' - Yle News

Cc: @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @jessiesinger.bsky.social #BikeTO #WalkTO
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The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’

"Sesame Street is a mixed-use block: In addition to multifamily housing, there are businesses, including a laundromat and Hooper’s. It’s walkable and fits the 15-minute city ideal, an urban planning concept that prioritizes proximity between where people live and basic necessities."

Abundance Image of three people Beware the Hype

Look Both Ways with David & Wes Episode 1 Image of a microphone between two heads with a street behind them

Image of a person wearing headphones behind a microphone Where is Steven Spielberg Cannonball with Wesley Morris

LBJ's Humpday Podcast Picks for July 30th

This week comedy meets politics, a smart new take on street safety, and cinephiles battling over the century’s best films.

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