1/ Historic moment for cycling in Toronto: City Council votes 23-2 to build protected bike lanes from Bloor and Runnymede to Danforth and Dawes, as well as along University, Dundas, River, Brimley and so many other streets. Simply incredible. #ActiveTO #BikeTO

2/ A special thank you to Mayor @JohnTory and Councillors @BradMBradford @joe_cressy @m_layton @anabailaoTO @PaulaFletcherTO @JohnFilionTO for all you've done for cycling in Toronto. So excited to see @TO_Transport's work over the next few months.

3/ So many people have advocated for these streets for so many years. Thank you to organizations like @CycleToronto @BellsOnBloor @TCATonline @DavidSuzukiFDN @880Cities and many who came before them. It's an incredible achievement.

4/ It's also a bewildering one. We pushed and we pushed and we pushed for so many years and faced incredible resistance. And then along comes a microscopic killer bug that flips so much of our lives upside down.

5/ The bicycle can't do everything, but it shows its subtle powers yet again by being a near perfect mode of transportation for this new pandemic era.

6/ COVID-19 has killed thousands of people across Canada. 2 million Canadians lost their jobs in Apr alone. Deficits are skyrocketing. Mental health issues are growing.

We have to find ways to get back to a sense of normal. The bicycle is one lovely little part of the solution.