[txlseries4]

Saw this pop up on Reddit this morning about a new astroturf campaign called "Citizens of Toronto". If you check their "citizensof416" Instagram feed, they already showed support for Protect Bathurst and Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization, while the fact they already have over 700 Instagram followers ought to raise some red flags.

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontobiking/comments/1luttr3/another_new_antibike_lane_and_antibus_lane

The account changed its username which explains how they have the follower count but don't know what from. The owner of Minerva Cannabis, Paul Macchiusi, is claiming responsibility of the account in some of the comments. The dispensary is located close to Summerhill Market on Bathurst, and Macchiusi is affiliated with Protect Bathurst.

 

[turbanplanner]

TCBC (which I'm part of) did a video-recorded bike count from 412 Bloor Street West on Wednesday, June 11 which not only found over 9,000 cyclists that day, but also that bikes outnumbered cars during the afternoon rush hour! You can read the report here:

https://drive.google.com/.../1ctd41quS6RxjowiLT2ISi.../view

Image courtesy of Matt Elliott who shared those findings on Bluesky.

https://bsky.app/profile/graphicmatt.com/post/3lrxrd33wus2a

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The city said they'd post the updated (extension area) numbers in Fall 2024, we're halfway into 2025 and I don't see them on the website...

 

[txlseries4]

The city said they'd post the updated (extension area) numbers in Fall 2024, we're halfway into 2025 and I don't see them on the website...

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Open Data Dataset

open.toronto.ca

Open Data Dataset

open.toronto.ca

 

[bearcat]

As per Toronto Star:
"Court dismisses Ontario’s bid to appeal bike lane injunction"

"... means Ontario can’t remove the bike lanes until a judge has had the chance to rule on a Charter challenge."

Court dismisses Ontario’s bid to appeal bike lane injunction

TORONTO - An Ontario court has dismissed the province's attempt to appeal a court order that temporarily stopped it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes.

www.thestar.com

Without paywall:

https://archive.is/kaqzi

 

[evandyk]

No surprise. It's pretty rare to be allowed to appeal an interlocutory injunction. Especially one designed to maintain the status quo just long enough to hear the case.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

The Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization, IntegrityTO and Protect Bathurst are teaming up for a July 15 press conference which will include expressing their opposition to bike lanes & TTC RapidTO bus priority lanes (among other matters).

IntegrityTO on Instagram: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!"

237 likes, 43 comments - integrity_to on July 12, 2025: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!".

www.instagram.com

 

[bearcat]

The Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization, IntegrityTO and Protect Bathurst are teaming up for a July 15 press conference which will include expressing their opposition to bike lanes & TTC RapidTO bus priority lanes (among other matters).

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IntegrityTO on Instagram: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!"

237 likes, 43 comments - integrity_to on July 12, 2025: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!".

www.instagram.com

Anthony Furey, Brad Bradford

I hope no media shows up to give them a voice.

 

[christiesplits]

The Downtown Concerned Citizens Organization, IntegrityTO and Protect Bathurst are teaming up for a July 15 press conference which will include expressing their opposition to bike lanes & TTC RapidTO bus priority lanes (among other matters).

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IntegrityTO on Instagram: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!"

237 likes, 43 comments - integrity_to on July 12, 2025: "Join the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition this Tuesday at 11am for an important press conference. Spread the word!".

www.instagram.com

"Putting a shelter in my neighbourhood" equals "TSSS mismanagement," according to the Etobicoke South and Scarborough Southwest speakers, apparently.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

 

[turbanplanner]

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Not sure how being anti bike lane is also pro colonialism

 

[bearcat]

Not sure how being anti bike lane is also pro colonialism

I think being "anti-dishonest renaming", perhaps could be seen as pro-colonialism. Maybe they are upset places like Villiers Island and Lower Coxwell got renamed with indigenous names.

One of the speakers, Daniel Tate, seems to be really upset about renaming of Dundas Square and that the statue of John A. MacDonald was covered up in a wooden enclosure.

So some of the views of at least one person speaking at this event organized by the so-called Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition can potentially be construed as anti-Indigenous and perhaps pro-colonialism.

I am by no means an expert historian on Canadian History and treatment of the Indigenous population, it's certainly a complex than nuanced history

But in summary, this group is "concerned" about more than just bike lanes.

 

[bearcat]

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I wish I could make it .

 

[turbanplanner]

I think being "anti-dishonest renaming", perhaps could be seen as pro-colonialism. Maybe they are upset places like Villiers Island and Lower Coxwell got renamed with indigenous names.

One of the speakers, Daniel Tate, seems to be really upset about renaming of Dundas Square and that the statue of John A. MacDonald was covered up in a wooden enclosure.

So some of the views of at least one person speaking at this event organized by the so-called Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition can potentially be construed as anti-Indigenous and perhaps pro-colonialism.

I am by no means an expert historian on Canadian History and treatment of the Indigenous population, it's certainly a complex than nuanced history

But in summary, this group is "concerned" about more than just bike lanes.

Fair points but this just feels like the other side of "bike lanes are for commies"

 

[bearcat]

Fair points but this just feels like the other side of "bike lanes are for commies"

The original poster imo does not equate everyone who is anti-bike lane as being pro-colonialism. It's just stating that those are the views of the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition, which in the opinion of the whoever made the poster include both views. In my post above I explained the logic one might use to describe the views of the Coalition as pro-colonial.

In short, no one is claiming everyone who is anti-bike lane is pro-colonialism.

 

[turbanplanner]

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The original poster imo does not equate everyone who is anti-bike lane as being pro-colonialism. It's just stating that those are the views of the Toronto Concerned Citizens Coalition, which in the opinion of the whoever made the poster include both views. In my post above I explained the logic one might use to describe the views of the Coalition as pro-colonial.

In short, no one is claiming everyone who is anti-bike lane is pro-colonialism.

Oh no I wasn't putting that on him! (just whoever made the poster) Sorry for the confusion