Matthew
@mathbath.bsky.social
have yourself a wonderful day and don’t forget to eat cookies
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suburban urbanist
millwright
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍🇮🇹
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20 | AuDHD
suburban urbanist
millwright
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍🇮🇹
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Governor Hochul will announce an extension of the Second Avenue Subway to 125th and Broadway in her State of the State address on Tuesday. buff.ly/2qxRQs6
Westward Ho! Hochul Proposes to Extend Second Ave. Subway Along 125th Street to Broadway - Streetsblog New York City
The next step for the Second Avenue Subway is west across 125th Street to Broadway, Gov. Hochul will announce Tuesday.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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"the transportation department’s budget shows that the percentage of local roads in decent condition is projected to fall from more than 70 per cent today to less than 50 per cent by 2035." Time for a municipal parking or vehicle registration tax for road maintenance. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Matt Elliott: Olivia Chow’s low tax hike budget shows she’s skilled at ‘bare knuckle’ politics. There’s just one problem
The new city budget shows that Mayor Olivia Chow is making sure she isn’t giving any gifts to her likely opponents in the coming mayor’s race.
www.thestar.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"the transportation department’s budget shows that the percentage of local roads in decent condition is projected to fall from more than 70 per cent today to less than 50 per cent by 2035." Time for a municipal parking or vehicle registration tax for road maintenance. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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NEW STUDY: Induced demand means adding highway lanes only increases automobile traffic and urban congestion.
Same works for bicycle infrastructure + train tracks—build it, and they will ride.
Cambridge study provides data on how this dynamic works in the UK:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Same works for bicycle infrastructure + train tracks—build it, and they will ride.
Cambridge study provides data on how this dynamic works in the UK:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
NEW STUDY: Induced demand means adding highway lanes only increases automobile traffic and urban congestion.
Same works for bicycle infrastructure + train tracks—build it, and they will ride.
Cambridge study provides data on how this dynamic works in the UK:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Same works for bicycle infrastructure + train tracks—build it, and they will ride.
Cambridge study provides data on how this dynamic works in the UK:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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sunsets + sunrises from above ground train lines are actually unbeatable 🔥
January 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
sunsets + sunrises from above ground train lines are actually unbeatable 🔥
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Very rarely in the building codes/ standards world will you see a map with this stark of a contrast.
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Very rarely in the building codes/ standards world will you see a map with this stark of a contrast.
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Electrify it, and they will ride!
Caltrain, commuter rail network of San Francisco + Silicon Valley, powers its trains from overhead wires, not diesel.
Electrification (better acceleration, higher frequency) boosted ridership by 47%, to 9.1 million in 2025.
www.webpronews.com/caltrain-ele...
Caltrain, commuter rail network of San Francisco + Silicon Valley, powers its trains from overhead wires, not diesel.
Electrification (better acceleration, higher frequency) boosted ridership by 47%, to 9.1 million in 2025.
www.webpronews.com/caltrain-ele...
January 12, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Electrify it, and they will ride!
Caltrain, commuter rail network of San Francisco + Silicon Valley, powers its trains from overhead wires, not diesel.
Electrification (better acceleration, higher frequency) boosted ridership by 47%, to 9.1 million in 2025.
www.webpronews.com/caltrain-ele...
Caltrain, commuter rail network of San Francisco + Silicon Valley, powers its trains from overhead wires, not diesel.
Electrification (better acceleration, higher frequency) boosted ridership by 47%, to 9.1 million in 2025.
www.webpronews.com/caltrain-ele...
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"Toronto doubled its number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 last year, a measure that studies show did change driving habits. By the end of 2025, the city saw its fewest fatalities and serious injuries since the beginning of the Vision Zero program."
'Hogwash': Ford downplays speed camera effect as Toronto traffic fatalities hit record low in 2025
In 2025, Toronto’s streets were the safest in over a decade but not everyone is convinced that speed cameras were largely responsible
buff.ly
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"Toronto doubled its number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 last year, a measure that studies show did change driving habits. By the end of 2025, the city saw its fewest fatalities and serious injuries since the beginning of the Vision Zero program."
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It’s a shame that 2015 was not in fact Canada’s last federal election under first-past-the-post.
At Issue: Trudeau's broken promise
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
It’s a shame that 2015 was not in fact Canada’s last federal election under first-past-the-post.
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The city ran a bunch of consultations on the budget, as the city is wont to do.
Popular services to fund were affordable housing/shelters, transit, and traffic improvements.
Least important? Festivals, police, and... animals? Harsh.
Popular services to fund were affordable housing/shelters, transit, and traffic improvements.
Least important? Festivals, police, and... animals? Harsh.
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The city ran a bunch of consultations on the budget, as the city is wont to do.
Popular services to fund were affordable housing/shelters, transit, and traffic improvements.
Least important? Festivals, police, and... animals? Harsh.
Popular services to fund were affordable housing/shelters, transit, and traffic improvements.
Least important? Festivals, police, and... animals? Harsh.
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There’s so much room for bus lanes and bike lanes if you take street parking off arterials.
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
There’s so much room for bus lanes and bike lanes if you take street parking off arterials.
lots of cool things happening in the transit-verse lately:
1. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social is starting a crowdsourced city/transit footage database for urbanism creators
2. Paige Saunders is attempting to fund and launch Canadian Civil, an advocacy group focused on reform
🇨🇦🚊🎉
1. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social is starting a crowdsourced city/transit footage database for urbanism creators
2. Paige Saunders is attempting to fund and launch Canadian Civil, an advocacy group focused on reform
🇨🇦🚊🎉
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
lots of cool things happening in the transit-verse lately:
1. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social is starting a crowdsourced city/transit footage database for urbanism creators
2. Paige Saunders is attempting to fund and launch Canadian Civil, an advocacy group focused on reform
🇨🇦🚊🎉
1. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social is starting a crowdsourced city/transit footage database for urbanism creators
2. Paige Saunders is attempting to fund and launch Canadian Civil, an advocacy group focused on reform
🇨🇦🚊🎉
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I'm involved in this project, if it takes off it would be huge. If you have money to donate / spend on results to change Canada / North America for the better I think this is the place
I'm funding Paige via Canadian Civil at the $10/month level because no one else is doing nuanced Canadian technocratic journalism like he is.
site.canadiancivil.com/projects/
site.canadiancivil.com/projects/
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I'm involved in this project, if it takes off it would be huge. If you have money to donate / spend on results to change Canada / North America for the better I think this is the place
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December 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Bike Share ridership increased 20% in 2025, to a record 8.3 million rides!
December 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Bike Share ridership increased 20% in 2025, to a record 8.3 million rides!
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The tram routes in Strasbourg are super nice but almost nothing about what makes them nice has to do with the vehicle itself. And it's the "everything else" that we can't do.
December 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The tram routes in Strasbourg are super nice but almost nothing about what makes them nice has to do with the vehicle itself. And it's the "everything else" that we can't do.
wow. can’t say i’m surprised though. this is someone who spent tens of millions on ads instead of investing it in the economy or anything else useful.
This is outrageous, Doug Ford rips out Ontario’s speed cameras and then uses taxpayers money to run ads about nonexistent police, useless signs and speed bumps. He takes from us and then rubs it in our face.
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
wow. can’t say i’m surprised though. this is someone who spent tens of millions on ads instead of investing it in the economy or anything else useful.
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Cheers to my cousin Silken who got me this 😭😭😭
December 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Cheers to my cousin Silken who got me this 😭😭😭
December 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Driving at night with no headlights, no tail lights is a sign your license should be revoked.
LET US BEGIN THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES. HAPPY FESTIVUS TO ALL!
two men standing in front of an american video store
ALT: two men standing in front of an american video store
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Driving at night with no headlights, no tail lights is a sign your license should be revoked.
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I can't overstate how much I love this video. Doomerism is the enemy of progress. Documenting how things actually improved is crucial if you want to keep making incremental progress. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
youtu.be/3eDqC87zpXU?...
youtu.be/3eDqC87zpXU?...
Not Just Bikes vs. Montreal (Two Years Later)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I can't overstate how much I love this video. Doomerism is the enemy of progress. Documenting how things actually improved is crucial if you want to keep making incremental progress. @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
youtu.be/3eDqC87zpXU?...
youtu.be/3eDqC87zpXU?...
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Transport Action Ontario and Environmental Defence have jointly published a major new report: Transit over Traffic - Hard Truths for Addressing Gridlock in the GTHA
ontario.transportaction.ca/new-report-t...
ontario.transportaction.ca/new-report-t...
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Transport Action Ontario and Environmental Defence have jointly published a major new report: Transit over Traffic - Hard Truths for Addressing Gridlock in the GTHA
ontario.transportaction.ca/new-report-t...
ontario.transportaction.ca/new-report-t...