Caleb Ratzlaff

A white woman wearing a black t-shirt that says “We’ve made it so that automobiles can go everywhere at the expense of children going anywhere.”

Pushing back on car culture to nurture play culture. @tomflood.bsky.social, “the expense” in Montréal.

Where can I buy a shirt like that?

What’s the book list?

Saw someone say, "End your friendships with people who are going about life like nothing is wrong." I will never understand people who think that further isolating ourselves from everyday people who don't get it is going to save us. It's not. Your judgment and disdain will not save us.

Parking minimums for bars is such a spectacular failure of car dependency

"On election day, was I happy [Trump] won? One hundred percent I was." - Doug Ford

Wild.

St. Catharines Councillor @calebratzlaff.bsky.social and I will be hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 23. We'll share our experiences of entering politics and talk about what it's like to represent downtown communities. Register at brocku.ca/alumni/webin.... #HamOnt

YouTube video by CBC News Is Trump right about the U.S. 'subsidizing' Canada? | About That

IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.

It would go a long way in addressing the climate crisis, the affordability crisis, the public health crisis, & the equity crisis.

It would improve traffic, save lives, reduce pollution & noise, improve livability & save public money.

Never let anyone tell you the solutions we need are too complex.

The cost of solving chronic homelessness is the same as building Highway 413. People shouldn’t have to sleep on the streets so we can save 10 seconds on a commute. It’s time to put housing ahead of highways. #PeopleOverPavement

www.amo.on.ca/policy/healt...

We'd have a whole lot more trees if the conservation movement ~50 years ago dedicated itself to stopping sprawl *and* creating the necessary conditions to build urban infill housing at scale. These people should chew on that.

Why 2023 was the year of the e-bike and not the self-driving car E-bikes and self-driving cars both entered the year with momentum. Only one maintained it.

In terms of mobility, e-bikes are selling faster & having bigger effects on emissions than EVs, much less self-driving EVs. And yet they get vastly, vastly less attention.

www.fastcompany.com/90994141/why...

Bombshell AG report says Ontario Place redevelopment ‘not fair, transparent or accountable’ | Globalnews.ca Ontario's auditor general is set to release her annual report, with sections on Ontario Place and on the province's opioid strategy likely to garner a lot of attention.

NEW: The provincial cost of redeveloping Ontario Place has now grown to $2.2B:

$700M: Science Centre
$500M: public realm
$280M: parking
$346M: increase in site servicing cost

Phase 2 not yet costed.

globalnews.ca/news/1089883...

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