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A City of Toronto Ring and Post crudely covered with a garbage bag and secured with packing tape. There is a yellow sign that reads "BIKE RING UNAVAILABLE DO NOT LOCK YOUR BIKE" and "Closed for Tase of the Danforth until August 10. Bikes locked here may be removed", the sign has no City of Toronto logos, cites no bylaws, and has no contact information for the party affecting the closure or removing bicycles.
Screen capture from article reading: "One way to help reduce offset the costs and speed the construction, the task force recommends, is to increase the price the city charges for lane closures equivalent to other major cities. Toronto currently charges companies $37,000 per month, compared with London, where the fee to close a 40-metre lane for 30 days is $139,000 or Singapore and Sydney, where the charges are more than $50,000." Both Singapore and London have congestion pricing for individual vehicles in addition to more aggressive pricing of lane occupancy for construction.
Contemporary car dashboard with 17" display, and no buttons
A utility pole at Danforth and Donlands in Toronto with a "reckless" pedestrian sticker suggesting that crossing while looking at your phone is forbidden as you might need all your attention to survive murder by inattentive drivers turning left at this T-intersection with excellent sightlines less than 100m from a metro station and multiple bus stops