Mike Marcolongo @mikemarcolongo.bsky.social
@marcolongo_mike
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Associate Director with Environmental Defence, former public servant, fan of density and partner in affordable home ownership project. Views are my own.
Guelph, Ontario
Joined February 2023
Despite promising to expand public transit funding in the last election, @MarkJCarney and his government decided to quietly cut funding, leading cities further towards a transit death spiral. From me and @ttcriders in the National Observer: https://t.co/awuGVX8Wok
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If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastru...
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No accountability. From the moment we arrived at this press conference we were instructed to ask “on-topic” questions only, and that we would be given “one question each” when we were called on. I was never called on & Premier Ford refused to take my questions.
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I learn new and ridiculous things about our city every day. Today, I learned that Toronto’s definition of “Transit Signal Priority” is not what most people/transit experts consider it to be. The definition is simply extending green times if a streetcar is approaching. It does
Yes, the Finch LRT is too slow. I know, I rode it twice It has to move faster. I'll bring a council item to give it signal priority, and see what else we can do.
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Doug Ford demands installation of more bike lanes on Finch so he can blame them for slow LRT speeds
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Here we fixed it: https://t.co/RcNw0dZe02 Whether its the Ring of Fire, various public transit projects throughout the GTA or Highway 413 - anyone else getting tired to these announcements that amount to nothing?
environmentaldefence.ca
The Ontario Government announces a 'milestone' for Highway 413, despite not securing key permits and actual construction being more than three years away.
Exciting progress on Highway 413! 🚧 We’ve just announced the RFP for the 9 kilometre stretch that will extend Highway 410 to the new 413 corridor. 🚗 Less gridlock. More jobs. Faster commutes. We’re building Highway 413 to save drivers 30 minutes each way and support over
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Wow. Today on @PnPCBC, Algoma Steel president Michael Garcia delivered a pretty catastrophic blow to the head of Poilievre and his Cons, stating that the industrial carbon tax not only isn’t destructive; it oppositely ends up being *beneficial* for his industry.
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while a bus lane may appear empty to a driver stuck in traffic, in reality, it moves passengers far more efficiently and getting rid of bus lanes can actually worsen traffic by making buses less reliable and forcing more people to drive
RapidTO is already causing havoc on Dufferin as cars remain backed up while the red bus-only lane remains barren. With so many cars sitting idle, carbon emissions will surely increase to the horror of environmentalist councillor @DianneSaxe who championed the RapidTO plan. A
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Prefab remote workforce accommodation buildings are made by Alta Fab in Calgary and ATCO in Edmonton. One-tenth the cost of an apartment unit. So we could afford ten times as many. Not great, but much better than a group shelter bed or a tent. Most homeless folks like them.
Love these remote workforce accommodation prefab buildings. Seem to be the least expensive way to give homeless folks a room with a lock - which they say, is the main thing they want. So much better than an overnight bed in a group shelter (government's permanent default option
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Since Doug Ford took office, the number of Ontarians using food banks has doubled, and the number of visits has nearly tripled. Protect Ontario? What a sick joke. The Conservative caucus is looking out for themselves, their pals, and their donors. https://t.co/86lQfysrwQ
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The Hunger Report released by Feed Ontario on Monday says more than one million people needed to access a food bank or hunger-relief organization in the last year and they made more than 8.7 million...
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🚍‼️The new TTC RapidTO bus lanes on Dufferin are great! Next they should be: ⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton 🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service ↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles ✍🏾Sign @ttcriders petition to expand & improve them https://t.co/ybfU9KGYLy
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"Trust us, we will reduce pollution if you give us a pipeline": Alberta Oil Regulator Stopped Enforcing Gas Flaring Limits After Government Pressure, Documents Show https://t.co/hML06bCRa5
#cdnpoli #energy
energynow.ca
Summary Alberta Energy Regulator did not enforce flaring limit exceedance Flaring limit removal highlights Canada's economic vs. environmental challenge Canada aims to end routine flaring by 2030,...
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Nice to see the plastics and chemical industries' disreguard for your health in the new astroturf campaign aiming to block government action against super toxic PFAS chemicals: https://t.co/J55VhJXKx6
#toxic #cdnpoli
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Area rage farmer experiences massive crop losses due to face-eating leopards.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
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City of Toronto breaks ground on Canada’s largest co-op housing development in a generation. News release: https://t.co/b5IurTbsQE
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Whoa. It’s called “zoom” - quite a way to respond to the Coastal First Nations request for a meeting especially when he refused to meet them before the MOU that directly affects them was announced - while doing over 50 meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists.
HODGSON: It's called Zoom. I think that's what we're using. COCHRANE: I understand. But I'm also not a Coastal First Nation Chief.
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Greenbelt investigations?
We’re taking concrete measures to combat crime — including by strengthening the criminal code and hiring 1,000 new RCMP personnel across Canada. We‘ll keep working with partners in all orders of government to keep Canadians safe.
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A good summary of a year of @fordnation attacks on the Ontario public | The Pointer https://t.co/kBI1LBZYqX
#Stopthe413 #onpoli
thepointer.com
One year since Bill 212 paved the way for environmentally destructive Highway 413
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Some people say Carney okayed the new pipeline because he thinks Danielle Smith will never get the financial backing she needs to build it but I think Carney's overlooking the fact Danielle can simply apply for a Ontario Skills Development Funds grant to pay for the pipeline.
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"which will cut travel times by more than 30 minutes" the current travel time at this moment is 28 minutes
We’ve reached another important milestone in our plan to build the Bradford Bypass! Early works are well underway for the future highway, which will cut travel times by more than 30 minutes and support more than 2,200 jobs during construction.
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