JérômeMay 21

Many cyclist advocates were cheerleading Lily Cheng annual bike ride from Willowdale to downtown last weekend.

Sure it’s a nice ride, good PR. But notice how she never says a single thing about biking at council or present any motions on it.

Never moved the needle on making #Willowdale few cycling routes better connected south to the 401. Or anywhere really.

#biketo #cycletoronto

Show threadJérômeMay 21

What is she really passionate about? Parking

Rarely any council meeting goes by without her pushing some new parking policy.

And notice how she talks about transit users, in her mind families drive their minivan, they don’t take transit.

Her annual bike ride doesn’t make her an ally for biking or active transportation in Toronto

#Willowdale #biketo #cycletoronto #topoli

Show threadJérômeMay 29

Lily Cheng is super mad that her motion to bring parking lots to subway stations failed.

She says Toronto lacks vision. Her "vision" is inspired from Taiwan, Japan, and she's disappointed Toronto doesn't want to follow her parking lots vision.

#topoli #lilycheng #willowdale #toronto

Show threadTristan Ridley
@jerome commuter parking makes so much sense at train stations in low density, car-dependent areas, like a rural station serving multiple rural towns/villages.
None of those areas are in Toronto.
May 29 at 10:08pmMastodon for Android
Show threadJérômeMay 30
@triddles yep. She even gave Steeles as an example of future station that would benefit. And this area is already so dense and has at least a dozen of new condo towers approved. No space for parking.
Show threadTristan RidleyMay 30
@jerome
I think there could be valid GO locations along the Kitchener line. Each of the highways leading in to Toronto should have a big park and ride, where it first enters the suburbs, so people from truly rural places have alternatives to driving in to the city.
Inside the city, every parking lot is an ignored potential location for affordable housing, never mind the extremely valuable land at train stations that could be unlimited density.