Tyler McKay
@tcmdev.ca
Haligonian, software developer, ADHD, urbanist and transit enthusiast, husband, and proud son of two moms 🏳️🌈
North End, Halifax, NS
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North End, Halifax, NS
https://doxforeverything.tcmdev.ca/feed/posts
That's it, the US political institutions have fallen. This is an official White House press release, announcing their fascist overthrow of the country
They are creating an indeterminable "other" that they can use to arrest and detain whoever they want. There is no centralized Antifa organization...
They are creating an indeterminable "other" that they can use to arrest and detain whoever they want. There is no centralized Antifa organization...
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
That's it, the US political institutions have fallen. This is an official White House press release, announcing their fascist overthrow of the country
They are creating an indeterminable "other" that they can use to arrest and detain whoever they want. There is no centralized Antifa organization...
They are creating an indeterminable "other" that they can use to arrest and detain whoever they want. There is no centralized Antifa organization...
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Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.
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Colour burst along the Sackville River, Nova Scotia.
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Colour burst along the Sackville River, Nova Scotia.
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I swear to God bike people, you do you and I support building better bike infrastructure and all that but every time I post about how the transit system is enfuckulated someone tells me to start biking and just... stop
I know bikes exist
Trust that I have my reasons for not biking to work
I know bikes exist
Trust that I have my reasons for not biking to work
October 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I swear to God bike people, you do you and I support building better bike infrastructure and all that but every time I post about how the transit system is enfuckulated someone tells me to start biking and just... stop
I know bikes exist
Trust that I have my reasons for not biking to work
I know bikes exist
Trust that I have my reasons for not biking to work
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Council Update from this week's meeting: Dartmouth Cove infill bylaw amendments approved and potential changes to the deed transfer tax rate. Read about it here samaustin.ca/council-upda...
Council Update: Dartmouth Cove, Deed Transfer - Sam Austin
Agenda, October 7 Dartmouth CoveSeveral years worth of public debate and concern culminated in a public hearing on Tuesday. The stakes? Whether or not HRM should implement a bylaw restricting infill i...
samaustin.ca
October 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Council Update from this week's meeting: Dartmouth Cove infill bylaw amendments approved and potential changes to the deed transfer tax rate. Read about it here samaustin.ca/council-upda...
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Why don’t you poors finance a helicopter?
Good luck getting home today #Halifax
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
October 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Why don’t you poors finance a helicopter?
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Wow! Montreal’s public bike share system (BIXI) was featured in the TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame for 2008, not far from the iPhone and Google Street View.
While not the very first bike sharing system, it was one of the earliest and it was the model for many other systems, from NYC to London.
While not the very first bike sharing system, it was one of the earliest and it was the model for many other systems, from NYC to London.
TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame
See the most iconic inventions of the past 25 years
time.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wow! Montreal’s public bike share system (BIXI) was featured in the TIME Best Inventions Hall of Fame for 2008, not far from the iPhone and Google Street View.
While not the very first bike sharing system, it was one of the earliest and it was the model for many other systems, from NYC to London.
While not the very first bike sharing system, it was one of the earliest and it was the model for many other systems, from NYC to London.
Reliability and frequency is more important than anything else. If people don't need to worry about when the bus will come, or if the bus will come, then they will use it. Especially if it gets them to their destination on time
They won't use it if it makes them late b/c the only bus never came
They won't use it if it makes them late b/c the only bus never came
The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:
Provide frequent service
Provide frequent service
October 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reliability and frequency is more important than anything else. If people don't need to worry about when the bus will come, or if the bus will come, then they will use it. Especially if it gets them to their destination on time
They won't use it if it makes them late b/c the only bus never came
They won't use it if it makes them late b/c the only bus never came
Good luck getting home today #Halifax
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Good luck getting home today #Halifax
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
My wife has been stuck in traffic for 30 mins in the South End already and has only moved a couple blocks
This is the car centric hellscape that Houston and Friends wants
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I hadn’t used the Transit app in a long time since I rarely take the bus in Halifax anymore, but it’s added more sustainable transportation options for our city, including directions for walking, biking, Bird micromobility and Communauto Flex in addition to taking the bus or ferry.
Indeed we do! More info about how we handle bike routing here: blog.transitapp.com/go-bike/
Transit app is now a bike app, too
Now, our app can help transit riders become bike riders, too, by showing which routes in your city are actually safe to ride.
blog.transitapp.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I hadn’t used the Transit app in a long time since I rarely take the bus in Halifax anymore, but it’s added more sustainable transportation options for our city, including directions for walking, biking, Bird micromobility and Communauto Flex in addition to taking the bus or ferry.
Carney is the right guy for the job right now. When his mandate is up, maybe there will be a better candidate; but otherwise it's anything but PP
Large majority of Canadians believe Mark Carney would get a better trade deal with the U.S. than Pierre Poilievre
Large majority of Canadians believe Mark Carney would get a better trade deal with the U.S. than Pierre Poilievre
A large majority of Canadians believe Prime Minister Mark Carney would get a better trade deal with the U.S. than Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.
cultmtl.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Carney is the right guy for the job right now. When his mandate is up, maybe there will be a better candidate; but otherwise it's anything but PP
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Bike lanes are for everyone, even dogs #BikeHFX #BikeJoy #BikeFriendlyPlanet #DogsOnBikes (or at least adjacent) urbanists.video/w/rHV7Z8SKpi...
Bike lanes are for everyone, even dogs
Cycling down a painted bike lane behind someone on an electric unicyle with a dog running alongside. Yet more evidence that bike lanes are for everyone!
urbanists.video
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bike lanes are for everyone, even dogs #BikeHFX #BikeJoy #BikeFriendlyPlanet #DogsOnBikes (or at least adjacent) urbanists.video/w/rHV7Z8SKpi...
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Down with the new fancy tech, up with the traditional rail electrification!
No, hydrogen trains aren't as good as they sound.
No, hydrogen trains aren't as good as they sound.
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Down with the new fancy tech, up with the traditional rail electrification!
No, hydrogen trains aren't as good as they sound.
No, hydrogen trains aren't as good as they sound.
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There are plenty of racist people in Canada, and Trump and US politics are enabling them. Normalizing the behaviour we see from US politicians, gives the racists who live here want to speak their mind too. We must oppose this at all costs, we want people to come here and thrive and help our economy
From the onguardforthee community on Reddit: Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents
Explore this post and more from the onguardforthee community
www.reddit.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There are plenty of racist people in Canada, and Trump and US politics are enabling them. Normalizing the behaviour we see from US politicians, gives the racists who live here want to speak their mind too. We must oppose this at all costs, we want people to come here and thrive and help our economy
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I’m impressed with Chender here for plainly stating that we need more housing in general, not just more public housing. And she’s right we need investment in Halifax Water and the power grid so that we can build in the right places, instead of just enabling more greenfield development.
NDP zeroes in on Houston government's failure on housing - Halifax Examiner
Houston is creating housing policies mostly for the benefit of large development companies.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m impressed with Chender here for plainly stating that we need more housing in general, not just more public housing. And she’s right we need investment in Halifax Water and the power grid so that we can build in the right places, instead of just enabling more greenfield development.
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Begging the transit users of Halifax to learn basic bus etiquette
Have your ticket / pass / money / transfer in your hand when you board
Move to the back
Do everything you can to not touch people with your body, bag, purse, water bottle
Have your ticket / pass / money / transfer in your hand when you board
Move to the back
Do everything you can to not touch people with your body, bag, purse, water bottle
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Begging the transit users of Halifax to learn basic bus etiquette
Have your ticket / pass / money / transfer in your hand when you board
Move to the back
Do everything you can to not touch people with your body, bag, purse, water bottle
Have your ticket / pass / money / transfer in your hand when you board
Move to the back
Do everything you can to not touch people with your body, bag, purse, water bottle
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How to relieve traffic congestion, guaranteed:
Support density, sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and high quality public transit. Give people more reasons to stay out of cars and the road will open up to you.
Support density, sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and high quality public transit. Give people more reasons to stay out of cars and the road will open up to you.
October 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How to relieve traffic congestion, guaranteed:
Support density, sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and high quality public transit. Give people more reasons to stay out of cars and the road will open up to you.
Support density, sidewalks, protected bike lanes, and high quality public transit. Give people more reasons to stay out of cars and the road will open up to you.
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An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.
Our car culture summed up in one video.
Our car culture summed up in one video.
Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.
They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.
They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.
Our car culture summed up in one video.
Our car culture summed up in one video.
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Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
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When you’re on the bus you really notice that congestion is caused by cars.
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When you’re on the bus you really notice that congestion is caused by cars.
Paris is an example of a city who took things seriously and started making changes immediately. Doing targeted changes quickly and cheaply. Then going in and upgrading areas which needed improvements to handle the changes which emerged
“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social
A victory for FAST leadership.
A victory for FAST leadership.
Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists
The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently
momentummag.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Paris is an example of a city who took things seriously and started making changes immediately. Doing targeted changes quickly and cheaply. Then going in and upgrading areas which needed improvements to handle the changes which emerged