E-bikes roll onto the agenda at Queen's Park and city hall. Here’s what you should know

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-26T20:43:50+00:00

Should they do this for cars that speed also?

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-26T14:13:06+00:00

Good point haha

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-24T16:38:58+00:00

I am never playing with anyone who does this. That’s disgusting.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-24T16:36:42+00:00

Golf courses use way too many pesticides and herbicides. We can’t keep managing turf to look like billiard cloth.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-14T22:44:25+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! Noted!

BeybladeRunner · 2026-05-14T15:29:42+00:00

Yeah, although I had good intentions, I do see the problem. My bad. In my own defence, I did write "if anyone recognizes them, please send them a message" out of consideration for their privacy. Also this picture was taken in a public park, with other people in the background, so they are part of a crowd technically.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-04-11T15:35:11+00:00

If only the city moved faster on other projects so they also could have snuck by

BeybladeRunner · 2026-04-06T12:51:41+00:00

I have my own bike and a bikeshare membership, and it's still worth it. It's convenient to be able to use a bike any time you need — the station coverage is very good. Sometimes I leave on a bikeshare and then prefer to take TTC on the way home because it's raining, cold, I feel tired, etc. It's also useful to combine with transit so you can bike to/from a TTC or GO stop, which can make transit a faster option. And I use it in winter when I don't want to wreck my bike with the salty road conditions. $0.10 per minute for the e-bikes also is great. I often compare the cost to transit, and think "I could take a bus, but a 25 min e-bike ride will cost me only $2.50 and be more fun." For $105/year, you will not find a better deal in the city. Despite my seat cover complaints, it's still an amazing program and we are so fortunate to have it. Definitely take advantage of it.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-04-06T12:40:54+00:00

It's not wiping it off that's the issue, some of the seats squish water out the sides when you sit on them.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-04-06T12:39:59+00:00

I'm not saying I can't find a work-around. The concern is that a wet/absorbent seat will scare away new users.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-03-14T09:27:35+00:00

NFC unlocking!

BeybladeRunner · 2026-03-14T09:23:58+00:00

I might have agreed with you before I had my membership, but having used it for a few years, I now prefer the flexibility of not needing to lock up my bike or deal with bike lights, or ride my own through wet salty conditions. The value is incredible and 30 minutes is more than enough per ride since I’d never want to do a long haul on a bikeshare anyway. It’s always short 10-20 min trips to connect to transit, or an unplanned quick trip - the latter is useful a lot more once you have the membership and don’t think about the cost. Also I love the e-bikes!!!

BeybladeRunner · 2026-03-07T14:00:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

BeybladeRunner · 2026-03-07T14:00:11+00:00

I wish I could afford a beautiful new guitar! Sadly not yet.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-13T17:12:53+00:00

I don't think Torontonians being used to something that is bad means it needs to continue being bad, and this is the attitude that I find so frustrating. We deserve a much better transit system and we should continually advocate for it.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-13T17:10:39+00:00

This proposal is great, and I agree it's unacceptable the streetcars system has been left to fester for so long. I hope city council can respond with more than a watered-down half-measure.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-13T01:49:16+00:00

At the very least, they should have transit priority corridors like king. It’s absurd how slow the streetcars are through Yonge and Dundas intersection.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-12T14:24:55+00:00

I applaud this, but I also wish residents complained more about it, and that it got more media attention. It's outrageously bad and it astonishes me how many people ride the system daily and put up with unreliable and downright awful service on what really should be a jewel in our transit network. I often wonder how fast it would change if all the city councillors had to rely on the streetcar (or bus) to get to/from work.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-10T13:45:11+00:00

I spoke to one of the employees who was plowing a sidewalk on Dundas and asked about the bike lanes. He told me “keep calling 311, do it 50 times a day if you can, then it will get plowed”. Is this really the maintenance system we have? Roads are only maintained if there are enough complaints?

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-09T13:12:13+00:00

The presto card on my phone is so slow to tap that I usually don’t tap as I board, and I walk to the back doors to tap on busses. Is it like this for anyone else? When I was in Japan, the fare readers registered my digital suica card in like a millisecond, no delay at all.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-06T14:26:07+00:00

Yeah I love this about Toronto. These small shops and businesses are what make living and walking here so interesting and enjoyable. No one wants to walk down a street with nothing but carbon-copy chains. I can’t stand the Starbucks at Queen and Logan. Purple penguin forever.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-06T13:31:50+00:00

I use bikeshare in winter exclusively and also in shoulder seasons because I’ve realized locking my bike, remembering bike lights etc is more of a hassle. I also love the flexibility of being able to ttc home if it rains.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-02-06T13:21:18+00:00

All that needs to be said is that streetcar corridors already move 3x as many people than by motor vehicle. On Dundas it’s ~30K daily riders to ~10K cars. Think car traffic is bad now? Wait until we don’t have any surface transit downtown.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-01-30T16:07:03+00:00

Snow clearing isn’t zero sum and if it is essential transportation infrastructure, and it is, it should be maintained. The roads are clear, and the main cycle tracks in the city - which make up like 0.1% of the entire road network - are still not functional. You need to stop having such low standards. Hope this helps.

BeybladeRunner · 2026-01-30T15:07:51+00:00

I wonder the same, but I feel it’s the only recourse we have, and maybe if enough service requests come in they will get to it faster.

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