For nearly all of my life, I've known how I was going to die. Not from cancer, or diet, or drink, but by being crushed under a car. I will be mangled and bleed out painfully. The driver, distracted on their phone, will say that I "came out of nowhere". The police and the DA will call it an "accident". There will be no consequences of any kind. Except for my death, of course. [...] https://jwz.org/b/ykV3
@jwz non-cyclists that are confused by activism think that activists are attracted to cycling, when the reality is that becoming a cyclist very quickly radicalizes one into becoming an activist. Nothing crystallizes strong opinions as being frequently threatened with death by at best indifferent and at worst aggressive and antagonistic people.
Toronto is shockingly bad. Then there's Montreal -- among the best cities in North America.
Toronto's crash from a livable city in the 90s to the current state is a good cautionary tale. I think it was because the city swallowed up too many suburbs, tilting elections towards suburban priorities.