Doug Ford https://momentummag.com/tag/doug-ford/ smart living by bike Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:21:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Toronto artist creates Loser Lane an unwinnable video game to protest bike lane removal https://momentummag.com/toronto-artist-creates-loser-lane-an-unwinnable-video-game-to-protest-bike-lane-removal/ https://momentummag.com/toronto-artist-creates-loser-lane-an-unwinnable-video-game-to-protest-bike-lane-removal/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:27:11 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40804 How long can you survive cycling through Toronto’s busy streets with no bike lanes? Artist Marie LeBlanc Flanagan has created a quirky, arcade-style game that challenges players to find out. The game, called Loser Lane, is simple but tough. Impossibly tough, actually. And that’s the whole idea. All you need to do is press left […]

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]]> https://momentummag.com/toronto-artist-creates-loser-lane-an-unwinnable-video-game-to-protest-bike-lane-removal/feed/ 1 Ontario Government Move to Limit Bike Lanes Sparks Outrage in Toronto https://momentummag.com/ontario-government-move-to-limit-bike-lanes-sparks-outrage-in-toronto/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:30:37 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40514 In a move that has raised serious concerns among urban planners, road safety advocates, Toronto residents, 120 physicians and researchers from the University of Toronto, a local business association, and, well, a lot of other people, the Ontario government has added an amendment to Bill 212 that could have sweeping implications for the city’s cycling […]

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]]> As Car-First Premier Talks Bike Lane Removal, Toronto Set to Send a Message at Rally https://momentummag.com/as-car-first-premier-talks-bike-lane-removal-toronto-set-to-send-a-message-at-rally/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:15:19 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40436 When it comes to transportation planning in Ontario, it is the work of municipalities. But, apparently, Premier Doug Ford didn’t get that memo, and is set to rudely intrude on city business to not just block the creation of future bike lanes, but rip out three of the most crucial in Toronto. As a result, […]

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]]> Editorial: Killing Bike Lanes, Killing Progress: Ontario and its Car-First Agenda https://momentummag.com/editorial-killing-bike-lanes-killing-progress-ontario-and-its-car-first-agenda/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:36:45 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40380 In a move that is both backward and blind to reality, the Ontario provincial government, led by car-loving Premier Doug Ford, has decided it will be the final arbiter of bike lane construction in cases where a lane of car traffic would be removed. It is a massive overreach to tell individual cities how to […]

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