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Neluka

@groundshift

transforming experiences + places with tech, maps + data

 Toronto, Ontario
groundshift.ca
Joined May 2012
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What do you do when @TheBrick misleads customers about their ZERO return policy?
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Pedestrian priority -- 10 kph. Not all that revolutionary actually. #VisionZero #TOpoli #Zaragoza #Spain
Image from Andrew Farncombe (@AndrewFarncombe)
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I'm not sure what's in it for Google but identities and belonging are commonly neighbourhood-based so why mess with that @googlemaps? thestar.com/business/technol…

As Google Maps renames neighbourhoods, residents fume

With decisions made by a few Google cartographers, the identity of a city, town or neighbourhood can be reshaped, illustrating the outsize influence Silicon Valley increasingly has in the real world.

thestar.com
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Jennifer Keesmaat has arrived outside the elections office we think to sign up to challenge John Tory for the mayor’s seat
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⁦@hannorein⁩ stated if we ban alcohol in cars why not cell phones. Makes sense in light of these alarming stats from Public Health Ontario
Image from J. Patrick Brown (@PatrickBrownLLB)
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Recent research shows that a congestion charge in Stockholm reduced pollution and sharply cut asthma attacks in children. Putting a price on cars is good for health, it turns out. #HealthyCity
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#NYC true cost account'g: $2.64B/yr in revenue, transit, health/env, cycling, time #TOpoli @TO_Transport @TTCnotices bit.ly/2hPkNFG
Me too @owenbarder "I am fed up with the way we are all being frogmarched towards driverless cars. What I really want is carless cities."
Amazing. City of 1.5m #Auckland #Greens #Labour cancel #freeways; shifts to #transit #cycling #walking #livability bit.ly/2gAPYEc
Thank you @jen_keesmaat for your *BOLD* #Vision & service. Isn't implementation the obstacle? Green+Safe + #Liveable #VZSummit
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Thanks to @BenSpurr @moore_oliver @LaVjosa @CP24 for needed reflections on #pedestrian #collisions #road reporting. #VZSummit
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Are #AutonomousVehicles a transformative #healthy #cities #landuse solution or #car #technology promise? #VZSummit
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Wow! @MercedesBenz #AutonomousVehicles #algorithm prioritzing #motorist life vs. #pedestrians. Why not #VisionZero for all?
#VZSummit Disturbing #traffic #fatalities trends majority #pedestrians
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Thx 4 invite @Communitech @FierceFounders @Google #GoNorth17 #AI can help w/#cities #data #insights. And assumptions matter terribly.
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Impt culture shift #onpoli #distracteddriving to face penalties for #pedestrian #cyclist #collision #safety matters.
Kudos @Startup_Canada for stepping up & hosting a series of events for #entrepreneurs on #TaxReform. This was missing #startupchats
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#Auckland has it right! Economic case for #walking i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/96075…
Right direction. Integration w adjacent 'hoods still needed @pedrobarataTO @HumeChristopher @jen_keesmaat thestar.com/news/gta/2017/08…

Zoning changes give new life to Toronto’s ‘apartment neighbourhoods’: Hume

Hundreds of apartment highrises in Toronto were built with assumption that residents “would drive where they wanted to go, so services weren’t necessary”

thestar.com
Desperate4 #Wireless #Competition @ccts_cprst; stuck+fooled by @Rogers Contracts don't matter. #breakthemonopoly #Canadians deserve better.
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