Toronto Bike Lane Shame
@BikeShame
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A look at Toronto's bike lanes (mostly Bloor/Danforth). I don't park in your lane, please don't park in mine; kids use these lanes, don't put them in traffic.
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When you ask what's the big deal about temporarily blocking a bike lane, the answer is this.
Cyclist killed on Bloor just east of Avenue. Perhaps she was riding outside the bike lane anticipating having to go around a construction bin blocking the curb lane just before the intersection
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Photo 1:
@BrinksCanada
truck
#az88628
parked in the bike lane forcing cyclists into traffic. Photo 2: rent-a-cop giving a cyclist he is endangering the finger for recording the dangerous situation.
#stayclassy
and
#dobetter
please.
#bikeTO
@ParkingTPS
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Hi there
@IKEACanada
can you please ask your delivery drivers not to use the bike lane to stop in. There’s a a loading zone right behind them and a loading dock behind the building. Be legal
#by62257
#bloor
#sherbourne
@cityoftoronto
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This is absolutely shameful
@askcanpar
I'm going to contact our procurement and shipping departments immediately.
Hey
@askcanpar
@canparshipping
your driver was discourteous to a road user asking him not to park in bike lanes, which he did all along Sherbourne & Wellesley in Toronto. Your driver also threatened to knock the cyclist out. I've advised the cyclist to report to
@TorontoPolice
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Me: you’re in a bike lane. Them: How was I supposed to know?
a) read the signs you’re legally obligated to look at
b) learn to drive legally and properly
c) notice the bike in front of you and two behind you
I don’t care which just be better.
#bloor
#sherbourne
#bsks881
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The city needs to do something about this intersection cuz all these motherfukers be using the bike lane as a turning lane
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These hotel guests had no problem blocking the bike lane while they checked in. They threw the usual
#treehugger
and “pay taxes” (I do, more for the roads than these out of towners) but when this guy started the
#homophobic
#slurs
I knew who they really were.
#cfcb644
#hate
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Hey
@TeleconGroup
when your drivers park illegally in the cycle lane on a major road you create great risk - often for children on bikes. Please do not endanger our community. We live here, you just profit.
@cityoftoronto
@oliviachow
@TheBikingLawyer
@oliviachow
Danforth and Pape. Kids and families forced out of the safe bike lane.
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“Hey why you take my picture?” Because you’re using the separated bike lane as your turning lane while eating a muffin, jackass.
#ctat197
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
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Hey
@PurolatorHelp
this is not a safe way to do business. Parking 60 feet ahead of you is available and a loading zone across the street. Use your dolly and do better.
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
#BA30581
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Oh c'mon
@cityoftoronto
we all make mistakes but when asked to move by the people meant to use it, do the right thing. There's no excuse for endangering people for your convenience, there is no emergency here that requires this.
#be81643
@311Toronto
Please do better.
@oliviachow
@311Toronto
there are 4 open parking spaces on the other side of the street. Refused to move for pedestrians when asked. Just sitting and scrolling their phone….
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Hey
@TimHortons
maybe take a look at your logistics. There's no way a downtown store needs a full tractor trailer delivery once a week. And if it does, figure out how to do it legally and safely. Don't be shitty.
#av98455
@TPS_BikeHart
@TheBikingLawyer
@CycleToronto
-
@TimHortons
parks a huge truck in the Yonge St bike lane like clockwork ever Thursday morning at 7:15. Can anything be done about this safety issue? Bad enough that their coffee is terrible, their parking doesn’t also have to be…
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Just a garbage fire of an intersection. Every minute of every day it’s a hazard.
@oliviachow
we are begging you to do something. I just left this intersection with three tour busses blocking the same bike lane
Currently at EB Bloor+Sherbourne.
@SyscoCanada
@Sysco
actively trying to kill every passing
#BikeTO
. No enforcement of any kind ever, and
@TO_Cycling_Ped
ever installing
#PhysicalProtection
here is utterly hopeless. Does someone have to die in the chaos first?!?!
#TODeadlyStreets
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These two are currently SLEEPING in the bike lane. I have no words.
@ParkingTPS
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
right now
#ixjatg
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Hey
#dbdt714
don’t drop off or pick up people by blocking the bike lane - when you are literally beside an empty temporary parking spot there expressly for that purpose.
#loweffort
#bloor
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The bike lane is my high speed turning lane (
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
) a thread
#crah351
@canopybyhilton
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Oh you know just a food truck set up shop and selling food into the bike lane. We are not safe. Took 15 minutes of arguing to get him to leave. Not a nice dude.
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
@ParkingTPS
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Holy shit why is there no flag man at that gate?
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Jesus Christ
#markhamqualitymeats
it’s not a turning lane! Stop being dangerous and learn to drive in the city bro.
#an88019
#yonge
and
#bloor
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The
#bikelane
isn’t free short-term parking and that type of thinking gets people killed. Get out of the lane.
#lazy
#cjww667
#yonge
and
#bloor
@TrafficServices
@TPSOperations
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It doesn’t matter how many signs you put up. Protected infrastructure is required
#czjj925
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
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So
#demoralized
and
#disappointed
right now.
@TPSOperations
@TorontoPolice
we depend on you to keep us safe in these
#bikelanes
and here is a
#supervisor
parked in the
#danforth
bike lane to get a
#shawarma
“sorry” was the only explanation. I feel sorry too.
#safety
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Hey
@CustomDoorLock
please don't treat the cycle lane as your personal express lane. It's ilegal and very dangerous for the roads most vulnerable users.
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Every friggin day
@IronMountain
once again endangering people on bicycles, and right at the same place a cyclist was killed by a truck driver recently.
Do better.
@BikeShame
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Here’s good ol’
#charmie
using the bike lane as her high speed express turning lane. Stay safe Charmie!
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
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Ah sweet bike lane justice. Thanks
@ParkingTPS
you do great work.
#gvkm867
stay out of the bike lanes to save money and save lives.
#bloor
#sherbourne
#Tesla
#bikelane
A tale in four photos
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You dangerous, negligent profiteers need to get out of our city before someone dies
@PurolatorHelp
@PurolatorInc
@oliviachow
@TPSOperations
@ParkingTPS
Hey
@PurolatorInc
is it company policy for your drivers to park AND drive in Toronto bike lanes? Too bad
@TPS_BikeHart
wasn't on Dundas to issue a citation. Driver subsequently cut me off to park again in an illegal spot and when I called him out he claimed I was harassing him!
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@TheBikingLawyer
@JohnTory
@TorontoPolice
@jamespmcleod
@TPS11Div
@TPSKellySkinner
@CycleToronto
@midweekcycling
@tomflood1
@CanadianCycling
Why is he parked in the bike lane?
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So driver
#undietaker
is a selfish loser who blocks bike lanes with parking literally beside them and leaves their dog locked in the car.
#bloor
#loser
#bikelane
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This wonderful
@AGPremiumIce
delivery driver asked me if I had any shame. Dude i got plenty to go around. You knew you were parked illegally and could have moved back 30 feet but decided to unload anyway. You saw the bikes going into traffic for you
#as88469
@cityoftoronto
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bring this to Toronto please, I need the side hustle.
Austin has approved a “bike lane bounty” where, if residents turn in drivers who block bike lanes, they get 25 percent of the ticket revenue.
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Hey
@costcocanada
@costco
please don’t use our
#danforth
#bikelanes
as your loading docks. Turn the corner and park like everyone else. It’s dangerous, illegal and just plain rude.
@JohnTory
@TrafficServices
@ParkingTPS
@blogTO
#bc86986
@ombudsmanTO
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Stay safe out there everyone.
#bloor
#parliament
#davf646
#protected
#bikelane
@TrafficServices
@cityoftoronto
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It is really UNCANNY how many people who side with others illegally blocking bike lanes with their vehicles are also 1) racist 2) antivaxxers 3) convoy clowns or combinations of all three. It's an obvious flaw in their cognitive function, it should be studied.
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#bc36207
@askcanpar
Why endanger the roads most vulnerable users to deliver slightly quicker? Efficiency and profit over safety and lives is not the way you should be conducting yourself.
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.
#bz87497
parks like an idiot, a dangerous idiot.
You'd think the separated bike lane would stop them, but no, they'll still park in the bike lane.
#biketo
@BikeShame
@NotSafe4BikesTO
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Hey
@ParkingTPS
@ombudsmanTO
and
@cityoftoronto
would you believe this is a sidewalk detour and a bike lane? Would you believe it’s well marked and has a flag man and security gaurd?
#dangerous
#workplacesafety
#bloor
#sherbourne
@_SKYGRiD
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Hey
@canadapostcorp
stop letting your workers park across the bikelane in an already dangerous area. The fire hydrant is a bonus. Everyone has to do a job but no one has to do it illegally or dangerously.
#dobetter
@ParkingTPS
knowing your doing it and continuing is pathetic.
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Hey
@RBC
this is who you trust with our money! Kinda shameful.
@BrinksCanada
you never know who is negotiating procurement contracts, I’d teach your employees to act with more respect for others and request they don’t break the law for their convenience over our safety.
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The driver of
#czly276
is compensating for something and is ignorant of the law
#toronto
#bloor
#sherbourne
This corner has needed enforcement for YEARS. I’ve seen people injured right here, how long until someone dies?
Illegal tint ✅
Illegal front plate ✅
Illegal parking ✅
Toronto drivers are a public safety nightmare and proud of it.
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Happy warm commute morning to everyone except this asshole from blocking the bike lane at the already dangerous
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
@_SKYGRiD
@ParkingTPS
@cityoftoronto
#bk97283
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This
@l
#grease
trap proving actually taking a nap in the bike lane waiting for the fast food joints to open to do their job. Dude was not pleased when I asked them to sleep in a legal parking spot
#bl68333
@TrafficServices
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“Why so aggressive?” Because I’ve asked you 3 times to get out of the bike lane and you’re only mad now because I’ve taken your picture. You laughed off civility so here we are.
#dngd
#yonge
#bloor
our most vulnerable transport lane is not for your douche chats.
@ParkingTPS
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Getting hit at a corner and then watching the driver that hit you speed off down a side street is just peak
#toronto
experience right now.
#cvch789
you know you saw me, you know you hit me, you yelped as you did it. Personal responsibility is on the decline.
@TrafficServices
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Hey
@midlandtrucking
don’t hang out in the bike lane. It’s dangerous for everyone.
#put735
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
at 4:10pm
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My phone is absolutely FILLED with photos from drivers abusing this intersection and making it dangerous for everyone.
#cydp238
Something needs to be done here immediately, and it's literally four or more years overdue.
@oliviachow
@311Toronto
@ombudsmanTO
@TrafficServices
#GoByBikeToronto
Always enjoy the aggressive driver that feels the bike lane is their personal slip stream. Explained to them that the solid lines were intended to keep drivers like him out of the Bike Lane.
I wonder if protected infrastructure could help?
#BikeTO
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@PurolatorHelp
@jtolkamp
@whoselane
What part of this do you consider an inconvenience and not a gross misuse of the roads you profit from? Which part is an inconvenience and which part is completely illegal and endangering to others? Please use the correct language when interacting on social media.
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Professional interference? Here’s
@UPS_Canada
making the work day dangerous for
@FedEx
@FedExCanada
and other vulnerable road users. Just try to be a better person when making parking decisions that affect the safety of others
#bx91508
truck 608251 at
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
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I don’t care how much you look like George rr Martin, get your lazy ass out of the bike lane & learn to drive properly.
#ctmt545
#bloor
#sherbourne
and please don’t threaten to get out of your car and do something, your breathing gives me concern. Don’t stop in the bike lane.
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My family lives on Pape. I would love to see the 2nd lane that is just parking for all but 4 hours of the day be turned into a bike lane. I say that as someone who parks their car here.
This is
#TorontoDanforth
At the corner of Pape Av & Wroxeter Av
A viable and working
#BikeBus
.
Three kids and a parent… going uphill.
@peter_tabuns
how do we do more to create safer cycling infrastructure on Pape? Tagging
@Metrolinx
& the folks working on the
@OntarioLine
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“I’d prefer not to park in the perfectly safe illegal parking next to me. I like to endanger cyclists while I run errands and park illegally.” Selfish is as selfish does.
#ckes872
#danforth
@TrafficServices
@ParkingTPS
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Pretty crappy thing to do
@IronMountain
and you do it frequently.
.
@IronMountain
#bikeTO
would appreciate you not illegally parking in the exact same spot a cyclist was killed 2 weeks ago dodging a similarly illegally placed dumpster. Oh, & yes that
@TorontoPolice
cruiser just rolled on by.
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The utter contempt for other people is at times, quite shocking. 28
#cavell
avenue in the east end. I just want to walk my kid to school, and not have to go into the road so a contractor can take a shit on our sidewalks.
@TPSOperations
@cityoftoronto
@blogTO
@311
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“Yeah I get tickets all the time” & “I gotta do my job” are not as assuring as you think they are.
@IronMountain
park in a side street/laneway and use a dolly, it’s your job. Your laziness is negligence that causes harm to our most vulnerable road users. Do better.
#ak30833
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From a loyal follower at
#bloor
&
#brunswick
- This is not cool
@MillStreetBrew
Your delivery drivers blocked the very busy bike lane in front of
@Warehouse_BC
refused to move&got really butthurt at being photographed. Please explain the law to them.
#craftbeer
@TrafficServices
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Cars behaving badly - a thread.
Taken on one corner on one day for a very brief amount of time.
#toronto
has an enforcement and infrastructure issue. People are gonna die.
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
bike lane used as advanced turning lane, almost maiming a cyclist
#bc90334
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Angry dudes parked in bike lanes, a post in two pictures. Bloor and Bathurst, 10:40am, 2021-10-08
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Get off this sidewalk. You can’t do this on any sidewalk but this one especially is used by dozens of kids to get to school. Unload your carpet elsewhere you lazy prick. Pictured at left: lazy prick
#zs2410
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Every day, same spot and truck
@PurolatorInc
you have been informed and have said it’s been reported dozens of times. You choose your profits over the safety of
#torontonians
@JohnTory
get the
@TPSOperations
out of high park and do something here.
#2283YA
#e1609091
bloor/avenue
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Just parked in a crosswalk at
#danforth
and Logan because why not? Put his hands up when I asked him to move like there was no possible alternative to what was happening and it was completely out of his control
#cardouche
#crfm276
@blogTO
@ParkingTPS
#privilege
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Oh just three tour busses plowing into the
#bikelane
like they own the place, endangering dozens of riders at the cities most dangerous intersection for
@canopybyhilton
#bloor
#sherbourne
#c605ba
#c048ba
do better! Use the loading zone.
@TrafficServices
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It’s illegal for
@Uber_Canada
drivers to block the bike lane for drop off or pickup, especially here with clearly marked No Stopping signs and a loading zone less than 20’ behind. Worse that he drove up it once done.
#negligent
#bloor
#sherbourne
#cxys164
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This place is a death trap. Someone send an inspector please dear god.
@311Toronto
@ombudsmanTO
@JohnTory
#bloor
#sherbourne
@_SKYGRiD
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Half in and half out is fully dangerous.
#network10
offered an autograph but I just want him to stay out of
#bikelanes
@HoltRenfrew
continues to be a very dangerous store front for our roads most vulnerable users. Do better please before someone gets hurt.
@TPSOperations
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IT’S A BIKE LANE NOT AN EXPRESS TURNING LANE YOU DANGEROUS FOOLS.
#awfm006
#crfk738
#cxcd577
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
@oliviachow
@cityoftoronto
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Hey
@askcanpar
@canpar
your driver has anger management issues. He felt harassed being filmed&asked to leave bike lane immediately. Stayed for 15 mins calling his boss and cops then crossed traffic to run me down and throw my bike into traffic. Do better. Truck 187111
#az63513
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Hey
@Dempsters
your driver thought him blocking the lane of
#toronto
s most vulnerable users and me taking pictures of it was hilarious. Kids forced into traffic so you can profit more quickly is not funny. Do better.
@ParkingTPS
#as12114
#pape
and
#danforth
at 9am
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Hey
@DaveyTree
please get off the sidewalk. It’s illegal and dozens of kids walk this way to school. Park on
#pape
where it’s legal and safe please.
#danforth
#frankland
I
@t
@ParkingTPS
@cityoftoronto
@blogTO
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Hey
@grandandtoyca
please ask your drivers to watch their corners and make legal turns onto school zone side streets. Lots of kids and this guy almost smoked a pedestrian
#at58374
#danforth
and
#carlaw
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Parking in a bike lane with hazards on and a previous ticket, with ample parking pictured in the background. Try being a citizen of the city, instead of a dick.
#cwjf378
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
@cityoftoronto
@ParkingTPS
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Hey
@bondiproduce
please don’t let your truck
#bb81712
truck
#283413
endanger the lives of the roads most vulnerable users just to deliver a little faster. You have a dolly, park legally.
@ParkingTPS
@oliviachow
🧵I just had a heated discussion with driver of this delivery truck on Wellington about parking in the newly created protected bicycle lane that brings up several issues. Also had a disagreement with the employee of the restaurant the delivery was being made to.
@TO_Cycling_Ped
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Another day another
@PurolatorInc
driver endangering cyclists. Refused to even park behind the Canada post truck where it was safe and legal. What’s a few cyclists to save him a minute or two?
@cityoftoronto
#ba30581
at bloor and Sherbourne at 11:40-11:50 truck 21419441
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This is not a turning lane you absolute asshole. It’s a “you’re going to get someone hurt”
Lane. Go back to driving school.
#csjh278
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Umm
@Uber__Canada
@Uber_Support
@Uber
if you could let your drivers know via a bulletin or something … bike lanes are not turning lanes and using them as such - with passengers in the car - is dangerous, and illegal.
#cwzz713
#bloor
#sherbourne
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@Sumskillz
@IKEACanada
@cityoftoronto
There’s literally a loading zone in front and a loading bay behind the building, with parking on both sides of the road. What more does a building need? Plenty park and deliver legally. It’s not hard.
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One Toronto
#bikelane
, less than an hour. August 16, 2023.
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
We need protected bike lanes everywhere.
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I guess the lame lift job made him miss the bike lane…and the no stopping sign…and the fire hydrant.
#smallpenisparkingspot
strikes again
#bk35802
at
#bloor
and
#sherbourne
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#cvld225
@TPSOperations
bloor and yonge at jul 16. if responding to an emergency situation, your lights should be on, otherwise, please don't endanger the roads most vulnerable users! thanks in advance.
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Just selfish self-centred pussies doing what they do.
#cspz582
#bloor
#sherbourne
#bikelane
bike lane isn’t your lunch spot kids. Grow up.
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.
@PurolatorInc
actively makes it dangerous for our most vulnerable road users for their profit, & now openly mocks cyclists for calling them out. Time to join
#boycottpurolator
Meeting w. Procurement in the a.m to take you off Preffered Vendor list.
#ba30583
truck 21419444
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Who is safe?
@_SKYGRiD
@theguptagroup
@WSIB
@WSIBPresident
This is every day. Check my feed.
@JohnTory
@TrafficServices
@TPS51Div
get out of High Park and keep us safe.
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Picking up, dropping off, making a delivery, just stopping for a second, just dropping off my brother in law. Stopping. Parking. All illegal in a bike lane my friend. I don’t care how mad you get.
#cyzl714
#bloor
#sherbourne
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