JffryBmr
@beem88.bsky.social
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The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
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Today's IONizeWR newsletter talks about effective construction, what's happening with Stage 2, and what actions you can take:
Learning from ION Stage 1 to build more ION
Yesterday Oh The Urbanity released a fantastic video all about how the Region of Waterloo kept costs relatively low for the initial section of ION. The 16-minute video sums up the lessons as: knowing ...
ionizewr.ca
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Today's IONizeWR newsletter talks about effective construction, what's happening with Stage 2, and what actions you can take:
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Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Building ION to Cambridge, Costs and Benefits
Things are heating up on ION stage 2, with more voices for LRT and with Regional Council hearing next week about the preliminary results of the Initial Business Case. In November, staff will share the...
ionizewr.ca
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
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Tell Metrolinx and the Minister of Transportation that the people of Kitchener are still calling on the province to fulfill its promise of all-day, two-way GO train service along the Toronto-Guelph-Kitchener corridor!
gpo.ca/action_campa...
gpo.ca/action_campa...
Kitchener needs weekend GO train service
Commuters from Kitchener have gone too long without reliable weekend GO train service. Every weekend, long lines form for GO buses only for many riders to be left behind when they reach capacity.
gpo.ca
September 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tell Metrolinx and the Minister of Transportation that the people of Kitchener are still calling on the province to fulfill its promise of all-day, two-way GO train service along the Toronto-Guelph-Kitchener corridor!
gpo.ca/action_campa...
gpo.ca/action_campa...
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The Region’s initial business case for Stage 2 ION has dropped
TSD-RTS-25-002, Stage 2 ION Initial Business Case Preliminary Results - Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development - September 09, 2025
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Region’s initial business case for Stage 2 ION has dropped
Very excited that we at @tritag.ca have launched our campaign site! We need to expand light rail across the Waterloo region. Starting with Cambridge getting what they signed up for a decade ago!
It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
ionizewr.ca
August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Very excited that we at @tritag.ca have launched our campaign site! We need to expand light rail across the Waterloo region. Starting with Cambridge getting what they signed up for a decade ago!
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One of the worries about ION light rail was "unsightly overhead wires", but
1) they turned out fine actually, and
2) along most of the route the project decreased overhead wires as power lines were put underground along and across the corridor
Before / After:
1) they turned out fine actually, and
2) along most of the route the project decreased overhead wires as power lines were put underground along and across the corridor
Before / After:
July 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One of the worries about ION light rail was "unsightly overhead wires", but
1) they turned out fine actually, and
2) along most of the route the project decreased overhead wires as power lines were put underground along and across the corridor
Before / After:
1) they turned out fine actually, and
2) along most of the route the project decreased overhead wires as power lines were put underground along and across the corridor
Before / After:
Why does anyone stay at a White Lotus Hotel?
April 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Why does anyone stay at a White Lotus Hotel?
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A big reason why we’re here is Trump has long spoken like he honestly believes trade deficits are some sort of fee America pays and should retaliate against and most people in the media were like “he can’t actually mean that, that’s way too stupid” so they covered him like he meant something else.
I tried to simplify it to my kid like this: you buy something at the store for $50. Then Trump says that store stole $50 from you so he's going to tax the store $25. Store now charges $75.
April 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A big reason why we’re here is Trump has long spoken like he honestly believes trade deficits are some sort of fee America pays and should retaliate against and most people in the media were like “he can’t actually mean that, that’s way too stupid” so they covered him like he meant something else.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats really just disappeared after the inauguration, eh? In 2020, all we heard about was Trump… but Kamala just ghosted and left it to true leaders like Bernie and @aoc.bsky.social, I guess.
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats really just disappeared after the inauguration, eh? In 2020, all we heard about was Trump… but Kamala just ghosted and left it to true leaders like Bernie and @aoc.bsky.social, I guess.
I want to see #TheBrutalistc but three and a half hours in a theatre is a slog.
January 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I want to see #TheBrutalistc but three and a half hours in a theatre is a slog.
The only way to start a new social profile is to feature your pet, right?
January 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The only way to start a new social profile is to feature your pet, right?