Chad Leddy
@chadleddy.bsky.social
Random Torontonian, litigator, dad, transit enthusiast and climate hawk #electrifyeverything
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I hope for the best for the line 5 opening tmrw but increasing think there are too few doors, and this is going to cause slow boarding and delays. The subway has 20 ft of door width on a 75 foot car (26.7% doors) but Line 5 will have ~15 ft of door width on a ~102 ft car (~14.7%), only 55% as much.
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I hope for the best for the line 5 opening tmrw but increasing think there are too few doors, and this is going to cause slow boarding and delays. The subway has 20 ft of door width on a 75 foot car (26.7% doors) but Line 5 will have ~15 ft of door width on a ~102 ft car (~14.7%), only 55% as much.
This always gets me. ❤️ the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This always gets me. ❤️ the Winter Olympics
Even if you don’t live in New Brunswick, I encourage everyone to give NB Premier @susanholtnb.bsky.social and @govnb.bsky.social a follow - we need to encourage ethical behaviour like getting off X. Congrats NB!
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt's Liberal government will no longer use X for "routine" government communications:
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Even if you don’t live in New Brunswick, I encourage everyone to give NB Premier @susanholtnb.bsky.social and @govnb.bsky.social a follow - we need to encourage ethical behaviour like getting off X. Congrats NB!
Pretty wild to suggest we need visitor parking minimums to force developers to build those spots, at great expense, whatever the market says, to protect people who can’t be bothered to ask about it when buying an apartment
"I just can't imagine current requirements being adequate," says Cheng of visitor parking. She rejects the idea that the "market" should decide the amount of visitor parking in a new building, because people buying units just assume parking will be available and don't think about it before they buy.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Pretty wild to suggest we need visitor parking minimums to force developers to build those spots, at great expense, whatever the market says, to protect people who can’t be bothered to ask about it when buying an apartment
Great presentation to the TTC Board today by @englishrail.bsky.social - in particular, I agree with his point that left turns reduce capacity at bottleneck intersections.
E.g., here are my figures showing removing the left turn cycle at Spadina and Queen would increase streetcar & auto capacity:
E.g., here are my figures showing removing the left turn cycle at Spadina and Queen would increase streetcar & auto capacity:
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Great presentation to the TTC Board today by @englishrail.bsky.social - in particular, I agree with his point that left turns reduce capacity at bottleneck intersections.
E.g., here are my figures showing removing the left turn cycle at Spadina and Queen would increase streetcar & auto capacity:
E.g., here are my figures showing removing the left turn cycle at Spadina and Queen would increase streetcar & auto capacity:
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Anytime a Canadian public service of any kind comes on here, it's really worth boosting to ensure that they get a lot of follows from their users (also, public policy nerds). Keeping them on alternative social media requires decent engagement metrics.
We’ve arrived on Bluesky! No fare needed, just follow along for service updates, tips, and a peek at how we keep Calgary moving. #CTRiders
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Anytime a Canadian public service of any kind comes on here, it's really worth boosting to ensure that they get a lot of follows from their users (also, public policy nerds). Keeping them on alternative social media requires decent engagement metrics.
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Using a two stroke gas leafblower for 30 minutes generates as many non-methane hydrocarbon emissions as driving a Ford F-150 Raptor for 5,108 km - it’s a scandal two stroke engines are still legal to use in cities given there are clean and safe battery electric alternatives
January 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Using a two stroke gas leafblower for 30 minutes generates as many non-methane hydrocarbon emissions as driving a Ford F-150 Raptor for 5,108 km - it’s a scandal two stroke engines are still legal to use in cities given there are clean and safe battery electric alternatives
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Newly released emails show Elon Musk was emailing with Jeffrey Epstein to potentially visit the child sex trafficker's island in 2012 and 2014.
There's also an email from 2013 where Epstein discussed possibly bringing four "assistants" to a "facility" to meet with Musk.
There's also an email from 2013 where Epstein discussed possibly bringing four "assistants" to a "facility" to meet with Musk.
Elon Musk Emailed With Jeffrey Epstein to Plan Island Visits in 2012 and 2014
Epstein wrote an email to Musk in 2013 discussing a visit with four
gizmodo.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Newly released emails show Elon Musk was emailing with Jeffrey Epstein to potentially visit the child sex trafficker's island in 2012 and 2014.
There's also an email from 2013 where Epstein discussed possibly bringing four "assistants" to a "facility" to meet with Musk.
There's also an email from 2013 where Epstein discussed possibly bringing four "assistants" to a "facility" to meet with Musk.
Great new map of potential Union Station redesign to widen and lengthen platforms - if this happens it could unlock higher quality & safer boarding for Via trains, removing the need for crowd control and allowing direct access to platforms like a modern rail service
The rail platforms between Bay Street and Yonge Street will see massive changes in the future.
Going off multiple public sources, most platforms will be combined and widened, at least 6 new staircases and 3 elevators will be added to improve crowd flow and accessibility.
Going off multiple public sources, most platforms will be combined and widened, at least 6 new staircases and 3 elevators will be added to improve crowd flow and accessibility.
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Great new map of potential Union Station redesign to widen and lengthen platforms - if this happens it could unlock higher quality & safer boarding for Via trains, removing the need for crowd control and allowing direct access to platforms like a modern rail service
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BREAKING: Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton to launch service to the public on Sunday, February 8th. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/26/e...
Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening on Feb. 8, TTC reportedly tells Doug Ford
Construction on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which will operate as Line 5 Eglinton, began in 2011. It was supposed to be done in 2020.
toronto.citynews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 10:53 PM
BREAKING: Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton to launch service to the public on Sunday, February 8th. toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/26/e...
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🇳🇱 Netherlands - December 25 - BEV Trajectory
65.4% BEV
9.1% PHEV
25.5% ICE
Trailing 12 months are:
41.3% BEV
17.9% PHEV
40.8% ICE
Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
65.4% BEV
9.1% PHEV
25.5% ICE
Trailing 12 months are:
41.3% BEV
17.9% PHEV
40.8% ICE
Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🇳🇱 Netherlands - December 25 - BEV Trajectory
65.4% BEV
9.1% PHEV
25.5% ICE
Trailing 12 months are:
41.3% BEV
17.9% PHEV
40.8% ICE
Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
65.4% BEV
9.1% PHEV
25.5% ICE
Trailing 12 months are:
41.3% BEV
17.9% PHEV
40.8% ICE
Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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We have reached the point where a judge literally has to order federal law enforcement officials not to destroy or mess with evidence from a homicide scene.
BREAKING: Judge Tostrud -- a Trump appointee — has quickly granted a restraining order, barring the administration from "destroying or altering evidence" taken from today's shooting. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 AM
We have reached the point where a judge literally has to order federal law enforcement officials not to destroy or mess with evidence from a homicide scene.
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Regarding the ongoing signature collection in Alberta for a referendum on separation, @piosmo.bsky.social writes in Le Monde:
"The MAGA ecosystem has seized on this political moment – the signature drive is scheduled to continue until early May – in an attempt to destabilize Canada."
"The MAGA ecosystem has seized on this political moment – the signature drive is scheduled to continue until early May – in an attempt to destabilize Canada."
US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada
The Trump administration and MAGA circles are closely watching the conservative, oil-rich province, particularly as a separatist movement has launched a campaign to organize an independence referendum...
www.lemonde.fr
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Regarding the ongoing signature collection in Alberta for a referendum on separation, @piosmo.bsky.social writes in Le Monde:
"The MAGA ecosystem has seized on this political moment – the signature drive is scheduled to continue until early May – in an attempt to destabilize Canada."
"The MAGA ecosystem has seized on this political moment – the signature drive is scheduled to continue until early May – in an attempt to destabilize Canada."
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Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
This is the essential point - even if the threat to Greenland or Canada passes for now, we simply cannot return to normal and wish away the critical failures of US institutions & many US voters that made this possible
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This is the essential point - even if the threat to Greenland or Canada passes for now, we simply cannot return to normal and wish away the critical failures of US institutions & many US voters that made this possible
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Coming off big canola win for Saskatchewan in China.
Remarkable how quickly Carney has managed to bring the premiers of Canada's 2 largest oil-producing—and most conservative—provinces onside (AB MOU the other example) after decade of deepening animosity.
Scott Moe, Sask Premier:
Remarkable how quickly Carney has managed to bring the premiers of Canada's 2 largest oil-producing—and most conservative—provinces onside (AB MOU the other example) after decade of deepening animosity.
Scott Moe, Sask Premier:
Scott Moe on national unity: "The challenges that we're facing today are not coming from Ottawa in our perspective, they are coming from other countries around the world. We need to work together to defend our Canadian economy and our Canadian way of life."
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Coming off big canola win for Saskatchewan in China.
Remarkable how quickly Carney has managed to bring the premiers of Canada's 2 largest oil-producing—and most conservative—provinces onside (AB MOU the other example) after decade of deepening animosity.
Scott Moe, Sask Premier:
Remarkable how quickly Carney has managed to bring the premiers of Canada's 2 largest oil-producing—and most conservative—provinces onside (AB MOU the other example) after decade of deepening animosity.
Scott Moe, Sask Premier:
We’re in a real race between science immeasurably improving life by curing ancient diseases and social media and its reckless and hateful political spawn destroying civilization for the LOLs
Moderna and Merck’s cancer vaccine reduced the risk of relapse or death for melanoma patients, five-year data from a Phase 2b trial showed.
Moderna, Merck Report Positive Results From Cancer-Vaccine Study
Moderna and Merck’s cancer vaccine reduced the risk of relapse or death for melanoma patients, five-year data from a Phase 2b trial showed.
on.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
We’re in a real race between science immeasurably improving life by curing ancient diseases and social media and its reckless and hateful political spawn destroying civilization for the LOLs
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Trump likes “Donroe Doctrine” but it’s really the “Darth Vader” doctrine: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” Whatever government thinks they've reached an agreement with the US is deluding itself. These agreements are not worth the gold embossed napkins they are written on.
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Trump likes “Donroe Doctrine” but it’s really the “Darth Vader” doctrine: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” Whatever government thinks they've reached an agreement with the US is deluding itself. These agreements are not worth the gold embossed napkins they are written on.
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Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
By me and @johnlorinc.bsky.social
It would be an honour to be subject to higher tariffs for opposing this insane and irrational need for conquest
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It would be an honour to be subject to higher tariffs for opposing this insane and irrational need for conquest
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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Great news for Canada
Alberta - Independence Polling:
🔴 Remain: 75%
🔵 Leave: 19%
Pollara / Dec 20, 2025 / n=1000 / Online
🔴 Remain: 75%
🔵 Leave: 19%
Pollara / Dec 20, 2025 / n=1000 / Online
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Great news for Canada
The decline in market share for internal combustion engines and the rise of battery electric vehicles in even a cold country like Finland is nothing short of astonishing
Non-private registrations in Finland on a trailing 12 months basis.
ICE is dying, if not already dead.
ICE is dying, if not already dead.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The decline in market share for internal combustion engines and the rise of battery electric vehicles in even a cold country like Finland is nothing short of astonishing