Geographer, public transit and active transportation advocate, Torontonian. He/him. seanmarshall.ca
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut OffIn 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.www.bloomberg.com
This is one of my fav pictures I’ve taken of Kensington Market. Five years ago.
Charles Schulz drew a new Peanuts comic every single day for almost 50 years. That is 17,897 individual comic strips. I'm sure, somewhere in that vast archive, you can find an ACTUAL DRAWING that fits whatever you want to say and easily edit in your own speech bubbles instead of using "AI" slop.
And this article by @alexbozikovic.bsky.social goes into good detail about the larger context of procurement problems, also explaining why Edmonton is great (gift link): www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ac998f...
The problem with public architecture in CanadaWhat explains this bland brand of badness? The central answer is hidden in the weeds of public policy: design procurement. Our governments do not care about design, and their practices make that clearwww.theglobeandmail.com
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Alan RichardsonI hope Musk makes an historically accurate Spider-Man movie asap.
Here's the thing. The people who had these massive plantations were not dumb. Thomas Jefferson was not dumb. They modeled themselves after British gentry, complete with elite education for the sons, down to the Southern genteel accent that is a cousin of the English one.
Alexander ClarksonWell...
I hear the wallet inspectors were out in full force in Perruzza’s riding last night.
Matt ElliottCouncillor Anthony Perruzza says he still loves to pay cash. As evidence, he pulls some money out of his pocket. "I got my money here. Not much of it today, because I went out last night and I got soaked by some folks — but I love to pay cash."
Some thoughts about the great new Biidaasige Park, the kiboshed island airport expansion and the anger from the wealthy business class that otherwise almost always gets what it wants. seanmarshall.ca/2026/07/29/u...
Up in the airFor now, Torontonians can breathe a little easier and enjoy our waterfront public spacesseanmarshall.ca
excellent choice of photo to use
The New RepublicA federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA