How-Sen Chong

@how-sen.com

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Toronto urban environmentalist. 20+ years in climate activism. From Etobicoke. ADHDer. Fancy degrees from McGill and Yale. Posts my own. Energy and transit should be free and plentiful. Cars should be an option, not a necessity. https://how-sen.com/link

Bad air quality days in Toronto due to wildfire: 2011:0 2012: 0 2013: 0 2014: 0 2015:0 2016:0 2017:0 2018: 0 2019:0 2020:0 2021: 3-5 2022:1 2023:15+ 2024:0 2025: 8-12 2026: 2 so far, and counting
Screenshot from The Toronto Star: “Canada is becoming a football nation. Now it needs a fight song”
Screenshot of Guardian UK News article showing that some areas of Australia are providing free power because of all the excess solar power being generated there.
Photo of Market street with a sign that says ‘Road closed’ despite the road bursting with pedestrians.
Screenshot of the post from the Subreddit r/skyscrapers that shows the Taj Mahal with its four iconic minarets replaced by CN towers.
Shot of board at Vienna train station showing trains from three different services on one board.
Train board at Salzburg
Photo of a pamphlet for Austria’s KlimaTicket, which says “One for all: A ticket for all public transport across Austria.”
Window display of Vienna Transit souvenirs, including plush toys of busses and streetcars.
Bench design with a partial cage like structure rising behind it that allows for plant vines to climb up and grow on them.
Photo of corner of Wiedner Hauptstrasse and Paulanergasse in Vienna.
Viennese dedicated streetcar lane.
Porous parking lot in Vienna
A ‘before’ photo of a street in Vienna not long after World War II, street is jam-packed with cars.
Sign outside of an Austrian building that says (in German): City of Vienna housing complex built in 1953–1954
How-Sen eating a pretzel at the train station.
Photo of Salzburg, Vienna
St. Rupert's Church in Vienna with a Progress Pride banner unfurled on the side of the steeple.
Photo of a CafeTO patio in Toronto
Photo of streetcars on Bathurst.
Photo of streetcar full of people.
Photo of the room at the 1st Toronto Pedestrian Summit, showing the panel on stage and the audience in the foreground.
Photos of MPPs at the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy
Photo of The Mandalorian sitting restfully on the space bus
Clip from The Mandalorian where the protagonist gets in line to enter what looks like a space bus.
Schwartz Bay terminal, essentially a giant parking lot
Photo of Tsawassen Ferry Terminal
Selfie in front of the crowd at Toronto’s first Pedestrian Summit!
The original CN Tower logo unveiled during tower construction in 1973z
Screenshot from Toronto Star: EDITORIAL Mark Carney's government says privatizing airports will make them better. This is why it should think again Privatization at home and abroad hasn't brought the advertised benefits. May 1, 2026
Pedestrian Summit TO Toronto's first community-organized Pedestrian Summit! Sunday May 3 5:00 - 8:30pm Dinner is included Cecil Community Centre 58 Cecil Street
Highway 401 express lanes closed in both directions in west Toronto after crashes The eastbound express lanes at Kipling Avenue are closed and two lanes of the Hwy. 401 westbound express approaching Hwy. 400 are also closed.
Proposals for University Park
1860 map of York County
Detail of 1857 map of Toronto.
Screenshot from AskReddit: What company lost you forever as a customer?... Answer: Any company that lets you sign up online but only cancel via a phone call. So far that includes FastHosts and The Guardian. Reply: Protip, change your address to California, and magically the cancel button appears. Have used this for several services.
Map of income across City of Toronto by UofT School of Cities.
Apple apps image of Toronto City Hall and Old City Hall
Screenshot showing that current temperature in San Francisco is 25°C with a high of 30° and low of 11°. Screen shot also includes a heat advisory.
Screenshot of Toronto Star article that says “Toronto gas prices could soar above $2 a litre as Trump’s war on Iran spreads across Mideast”
Subway ad encouraging people to take a ‘train ride’ to Vaughan.
Venn diagram showing that a successful city where most people drive *and* has no congestion does not exist.
Photo of How-Sen speaking at the Executive Committee speaking in favour of a Maximum Heat Bylaw
Photo of How-Sen in a room full of TTC Riders talking about Toronto’s streetcars.
List of top 25 shopping malls in Canada by square foot.
Screen shot of Toronto Police Services Traffic Collision map
Screenshot of CityNews article headline that reads: More than 300 collisions reported across GTA as November snowfall blankets southern Ontario. With a image of cars driving in the snow with the subheading: FIRST BLAST OF WINTERS HITS THE GTA
Screen shot: Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices. While the net result on residential hydro bills is minimal, the increase in the rebate will cost taxpayers an estimated $2 billion more per year — meaning power subsidies will now moke up the majority of the province's projected $14.6 billion deficit.
Headline that says: Rain, clouds expected for Halloween and the end of World Series With a line break after the word ‘world’ so it reads like: “Rain, clouds expected for Halloween and end of the World”
New polling by fielded by Abacus Data for Toronto Environmental Alliance shows that Torontonians, including those in the suburbs, overwhelming support for green building requirements.
Video describing how social media ‘engagement farms’ artificially boost social media engagement.
Photo of seven cyclists waiting at a light with six mostly empty cars.