@rail613.bsky.social
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Listening this morning to Dr. Jazz at Hurdman station! They’re here till 11 thanks to OMIC and @envirocentre.bsky.social. Felicity is surveying riders.
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Listening this morning to Dr. Jazz at Hurdman station! They’re here till 11 thanks to OMIC and @envirocentre.bsky.social. Felicity is surveying riders.
ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.
Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.
Will Ottawa's last remaining 600-series streetcar ever ride again?
Volunteers spent decades trying to restore Streetcar 696. But the project stalled when the city locked the streetcar away in storage.
ottawacitizen.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...
Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.
Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.
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The LRT Inquiry statement at the press conference said the people of Ottawa deserve better. How much of tax dollars was spent to keep this out from the city councillors and public knowledge? The mayor promised transparency. Is this transperancy?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alstom report blamed soft tracks, design flaws for LRT derailment | CBC News
The consortium that oversees Ottawa's LRT system and the French subcontractor that built its trains have long disagreed over a simple issue: Why did a train derail four years ago?
www.cbc.ca
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The LRT Inquiry statement at the press conference said the people of Ottawa deserve better. How much of tax dollars was spent to keep this out from the city councillors and public knowledge? The mayor promised transparency. Is this transperancy?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
And how many employees the railways had in the 1960s versus today!
Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour.
Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour.
Today the only VIA Rail transcontinental train, the Canadian, runs twice a week, year-round. It's interesting to contemplate the amount of equipment and personnel needed to run five daily trains in each direction, 60 years ago. 2/2
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
And how many employees the railways had in the 1960s versus today!
Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour.
Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour.
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I don't bet for $, but I'd like to set up a pool of which Canadian transit line will open next: TO's Finch West LRT or Eglinton Crosstown, Montreal REM, or Ottawa O-Train East Extension. Or the longshots, Broadway SkyTrain Extension, & Edmonton/Calgary LRT lines. Winner gets bragging rights. RSVP
June 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I don't bet for $, but I'd like to set up a pool of which Canadian transit line will open next: TO's Finch West LRT or Eglinton Crosstown, Montreal REM, or Ottawa O-Train East Extension. Or the longshots, Broadway SkyTrain Extension, & Edmonton/Calgary LRT lines. Winner gets bragging rights. RSVP
How will Alto HSR share or even cross CN / CPKS freight lines? For example there is regular freight to Peterborough/Havelock over CPKC and to Ottawa over VIA that will be used by HSR.
@ontariotrafficman.bsky.social
@ontariotrafficman.bsky.social
Même si CPKC et CN refusent d'installer de caténaires sur les voies qu'ils utilisent, les deux extrémités des lignes Saint-Jérôme, Dorion et Mascouche sont uniquement utilisés par Exo.
Des trains Exo électriques n'aurait besoin qu'une petite batterie (légère) avec une autonomie d'un trajet unique.
Des trains Exo électriques n'aurait besoin qu'une petite batterie (légère) avec une autonomie d'un trajet unique.
June 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
How will Alto HSR share or even cross CN / CPKS freight lines? For example there is regular freight to Peterborough/Havelock over CPKC and to Ottawa over VIA that will be used by HSR.
@ontariotrafficman.bsky.social
@ontariotrafficman.bsky.social
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Travel times have increased by only 5% (30 secs on the average 10 min trip), and pollution is down by 17%
From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit.
From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit.
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Travel times have increased by only 5% (30 secs on the average 10 min trip), and pollution is down by 17%
From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit.
From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit.
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Interesting news about how the 30 km/h city-wide limit impacted driving behaviour in Bologna:
TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations.
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations.
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
In 6 mesi risparmio 150 milioni con limite 30 km a Bologna - Ultima ora - Ansa.it
Con la misura della Città 30 è possibile risparmiare in costi sociali e umani: è il caso di Bologna, dove in soli sei mesi sono oltre 150 i milioni di euro risparmiati grazie alla riduzione di inciden...
www.ansa.it
June 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Interesting news about how the 30 km/h city-wide limit impacted driving behaviour in Bologna:
TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations.
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations.
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
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They weren’t building a party — they were planning a takeover.
Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses.
This is imported extremism, not grassroots.
That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook.
Defend truth. Defend the CBC.
#SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli
Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses.
This is imported extremism, not grassroots.
That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook.
Defend truth. Defend the CBC.
#SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli
June 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
They weren’t building a party — they were planning a takeover.
Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses.
This is imported extremism, not grassroots.
That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook.
Defend truth. Defend the CBC.
#SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli
Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses.
This is imported extremism, not grassroots.
That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook.
Defend truth. Defend the CBC.
#SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli
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I used to think public transit should be free.
But price isn’t the problem, bad service is.
🚫 Infrequent
🚫 Unsafe
🚫 Inaccessible
Free rides don’t fix broken systems.
✅ Make transit actually usable
✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs
But price isn’t the problem, bad service is.
🚫 Infrequent
🚫 Unsafe
🚫 Inaccessible
Free rides don’t fix broken systems.
✅ Make transit actually usable
✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs
June 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I used to think public transit should be free.
But price isn’t the problem, bad service is.
🚫 Infrequent
🚫 Unsafe
🚫 Inaccessible
Free rides don’t fix broken systems.
✅ Make transit actually usable
✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs
But price isn’t the problem, bad service is.
🚫 Infrequent
🚫 Unsafe
🚫 Inaccessible
Free rides don’t fix broken systems.
✅ Make transit actually usable
✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs
Lots of us visited Greenboro Station at Doors Open 2 years ago, below. And TTC Lower Bay Station is always a big draw at Halloween etc openings.
June 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Lots of us visited Greenboro Station at Doors Open 2 years ago, below. And TTC Lower Bay Station is always a big draw at Halloween etc openings.
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I wish the media in Toronto covered the $100 billion transit expansion more than one dude on YouTube.
May 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I wish the media in Toronto covered the $100 billion transit expansion more than one dude on YouTube.
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The icing on the cake is that the high-speed rail project followed the very silly structure that this go project followed and lead it to disaster. There's a reason I've been sharing how concerned I am with that project...
May 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The icing on the cake is that the high-speed rail project followed the very silly structure that this go project followed and lead it to disaster. There's a reason I've been sharing how concerned I am with that project...
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I really hope people don't get attached to this narrative. Does DB have problems operating reliably in Germany? Yes. But that's like saying 50th best cyclist in the world isn't still an order of magnitude better than you or me.
Don’t know anything about this contract, but DB has been struggling to deliver good service for years. People in Poland now choose the PKP train over DB train for trips going west. amp.dw.com/en/germanys-...
German rail woes: How can Deutsche Bahn turn things around? – DW – 08/07/2024
Years of neglect and chronic underinvestment have left Germany's Deutsche Bahn in poor shape. More money alone offers no solution to the overloaded train network, say experts.
amp.dw.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I really hope people don't get attached to this narrative. Does DB have problems operating reliably in Germany? Yes. But that's like saying 50th best cyclist in the world isn't still an order of magnitude better than you or me.
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I've got a #longread in the @theglobeandmail.com today about Brightline, and the promise of privately-run passenger trains in North America.
Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal...
#RailSky #trains
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal...
#RailSky #trains
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
May 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've got a #longread in the @theglobeandmail.com today about Brightline, and the promise of privately-run passenger trains in North America.
Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal...
#RailSky #trains
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal...
#RailSky #trains
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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and people were mad that i was against Metrolinx taking over local transit operations. Fuck.that.
if metrolinx's project delivery, p3 design, PR brainworms and transparency issues around the LRTs weren't enough to convince you that it needs to be dissolved/reformed significantly, now you've got metrolinx shooting itself in the foot with its mismanagement of GO expansion
May 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
and people were mad that i was against Metrolinx taking over local transit operations. Fuck.that.
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Poilievre tried to bulldoze public media. Canada pushed back.
Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet.
#SaveTheCBC
Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet.
#SaveTheCBC
May 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Poilievre tried to bulldoze public media. Canada pushed back.
Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet.
#SaveTheCBC
Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet.
#SaveTheCBC
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Speed limiters are required for new vehicles in Europe.
road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn...
road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa...
They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa...
road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn...
road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa...
They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa...
April 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Speed limiters are required for new vehicles in Europe.
road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn...
road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa...
They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa...
road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn...
road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa...
They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards.
tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa...
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As usual, every politician with the remotest connection to the route was involved in the ceremonies at each of the four new stations. Regular GO train service between Richmond Hill and Toronto began the following Monday. 2/2
April 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
As usual, every politician with the remotest connection to the route was involved in the ceremonies at each of the four new stations. Regular GO train service between Richmond Hill and Toronto began the following Monday. 2/2
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Apr 29, 1978: GO Transit celebrates the official opening of the Richmond Hill line with special Saturday service and opening ceremonies. A train of new bi-level cars and another train of older CN cars—hauled by excursion steam locomotive No. 6060—operated over the line. 1/2
April 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Apr 29, 1978: GO Transit celebrates the official opening of the Richmond Hill line with special Saturday service and opening ceremonies. A train of new bi-level cars and another train of older CN cars—hauled by excursion steam locomotive No. 6060—operated over the line. 1/2
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Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?
Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?
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April 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?
Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?
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“In the real world, people who don’t do their jobs get fired.”
Poilievre learned that the hard way.
You showed up. CBC survived.
Truth matters.
#SaveTheCBC
Poilievre learned that the hard way.
You showed up. CBC survived.
Truth matters.
#SaveTheCBC
April 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“In the real world, people who don’t do their jobs get fired.”
Poilievre learned that the hard way.
You showed up. CBC survived.
Truth matters.
#SaveTheCBC
Poilievre learned that the hard way.
You showed up. CBC survived.
Truth matters.
#SaveTheCBC