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I guess the follow on to that was that Rob Ford was right. "Light rail" in Toronto is just a streetcar. There was over a decade there that those who suggested otherwise could have made it so, and yet . . .
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I guess the follow on to that was that Rob Ford was right. "Light rail" in Toronto is just a streetcar. There was over a decade there that those who suggested otherwise could have made it so, and yet . . .
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Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019).
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
December 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019).
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
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People sometimes say "don't complain". And the TTC has just made excuses instead of listening and showing leadership.
But advocates complained, and got a win as a result.
But advocates complained, and got a win as a result.
December 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
People sometimes say "don't complain". And the TTC has just made excuses instead of listening and showing leadership.
But advocates complained, and got a win as a result.
But advocates complained, and got a win as a result.
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Shameful!! Lack of democracy... and common sense!
Brand new LRT 10Km at CAN$3.7Bn / USD$2.7Bn (auditors should look into this).
LRT with hundreds of passengers has to wait for cars with ONE person!!! NO right of way!!
Constitution says 'all people are equal.' Not here! TO/ON
Brand new LRT 10Km at CAN$3.7Bn / USD$2.7Bn (auditors should look into this).
LRT with hundreds of passengers has to wait for cars with ONE person!!! NO right of way!!
Constitution says 'all people are equal.' Not here! TO/ON
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Shameful!! Lack of democracy... and common sense!
Brand new LRT 10Km at CAN$3.7Bn / USD$2.7Bn (auditors should look into this).
LRT with hundreds of passengers has to wait for cars with ONE person!!! NO right of way!!
Constitution says 'all people are equal.' Not here! TO/ON
Brand new LRT 10Km at CAN$3.7Bn / USD$2.7Bn (auditors should look into this).
LRT with hundreds of passengers has to wait for cars with ONE person!!! NO right of way!!
Constitution says 'all people are equal.' Not here! TO/ON
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Updated TTC Subway reduced speed zone map.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Updated TTC Subway reduced speed zone map.
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The reason I'm very pessimistic about aggressive TSP in North America is that we have an engineering profession that is stuck in outdated practices and very entrenched. It's not just the car lobby. It's the very isolated professional world that fear innovation like it's cholera.
December 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The reason I'm very pessimistic about aggressive TSP in North America is that we have an engineering profession that is stuck in outdated practices and very entrenched. It's not just the car lobby. It's the very isolated professional world that fear innovation like it's cholera.
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Reach out to your city councillors and MPPs. Fix the Finch West LRT!
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reach out to your city councillors and MPPs. Fix the Finch West LRT!
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This is the slowest (modern) rail service I’ve have ever experienced
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is the slowest (modern) rail service I’ve have ever experienced
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Excited, I joined someone's live stream this morning. For 60 seconds, I watched the train sit at a red light, with zero cross traffic. Then I watched a lone truck turn left. Then the lights finally turned green. Utterly brutal.
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excited, I joined someone's live stream this morning. For 60 seconds, I watched the train sit at a red light, with zero cross traffic. Then I watched a lone truck turn left. Then the lights finally turned green. Utterly brutal.
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If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you go to a suburban mall, you will probably have to park outside and walk in. You don’t expect to drive in to your store.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
But for some reason in urban areas it’s considered an injustice if you can’t park directly in front of the store you want to go to.
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Regular reminder that it makes no sense that all trains won't stop at Scarborough in the future. Hurting the GO network functioning as something other than a commuter shuttle.
November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Regular reminder that it makes no sense that all trains won't stop at Scarborough in the future. Hurting the GO network functioning as something other than a commuter shuttle.
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.
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🚨🚨 City of Toronto is going to resurface Eglinton Ave between Keele and Mt Pleasant without the already approved bike lanes.
We need to do something right now.
We need to do something right now.
August 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨🚨 City of Toronto is going to resurface Eglinton Ave between Keele and Mt Pleasant without the already approved bike lanes.
We need to do something right now.
We need to do something right now.
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Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...
King Street: Toronto's Transit Inferiority Corridor | UrbanToronto
Long planned upgrades to Toronto's busiest streetcar line have gone off the rails once more, with anticipated improvements to the 504 King's Transit Priority Corridor notably absent from the recently rebuilt intersection of King and Church streets, and indicative of a failure to truly prioritize the street for moving people.
urbantoronto.ca
August 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...
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Trains with hundreds of riders shouldn't get stuck waiting at red lights for a few left-turning drivers. Transit Signal Priority is just common sense!
Send a message to City Council: transit riders on the $2 billion-dollar Finch West LRT should get priority over drivers!
ttcriders.ca/greenlight
Send a message to City Council: transit riders on the $2 billion-dollar Finch West LRT should get priority over drivers!
ttcriders.ca/greenlight
August 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Trains with hundreds of riders shouldn't get stuck waiting at red lights for a few left-turning drivers. Transit Signal Priority is just common sense!
Send a message to City Council: transit riders on the $2 billion-dollar Finch West LRT should get priority over drivers!
ttcriders.ca/greenlight
Send a message to City Council: transit riders on the $2 billion-dollar Finch West LRT should get priority over drivers!
ttcriders.ca/greenlight
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Ah yes Ottawa. The city where we ask if the driver is okay when A CHILD IS HIT BY A CAR.
a driver?
In a two ton killing machine?
Is asked if they're okay?
In a collision with a child?
Should be charged. Even if it's an accident. I bet if the driver was driving 10km/h less this wouldn't happen
a driver?
In a two ton killing machine?
Is asked if they're okay?
In a collision with a child?
Should be charged. Even if it's an accident. I bet if the driver was driving 10km/h less this wouldn't happen
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ah yes Ottawa. The city where we ask if the driver is okay when A CHILD IS HIT BY A CAR.
a driver?
In a two ton killing machine?
Is asked if they're okay?
In a collision with a child?
Should be charged. Even if it's an accident. I bet if the driver was driving 10km/h less this wouldn't happen
a driver?
In a two ton killing machine?
Is asked if they're okay?
In a collision with a child?
Should be charged. Even if it's an accident. I bet if the driver was driving 10km/h less this wouldn't happen
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July 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This article actually inspired by @dune54.bsky.social ...the chemtrails we should be worried about
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
The ‘Chemtrails’ That Should Worry Us
Here's what's actually coming out of the exhaust pipe of a typical gasoline-powered car.
www.forbes.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This article actually inspired by @dune54.bsky.social ...the chemtrails we should be worried about
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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55,000 daily boardings with 3 minute headways on the 99 B-Line and it's still overcrowded. Why is this even controversial
It's beyond time to build the UBCx SkyTrain extension! Please sign the UBC AMS petition
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Build UBCx now!
You’ve probably heard the statistic before – the 99 B-Line is the busiest bus route across all of Canada and the United States. With over 55,000 daily boardings in 2019, even a frequency of 3…
visionzerovancouver.ca
July 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
55,000 daily boardings with 3 minute headways on the 99 B-Line and it's still overcrowded. Why is this even controversial
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Meanwhile in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a city of 783,000…
July 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Meanwhile in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a city of 783,000…
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As you can see the Toronto “protect Bathurst” people are right to defend curbside parking as without it the city will die like Valletta here has. (Photo is not AI - have to clarify when talking about Bathurst!)
July 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
As you can see the Toronto “protect Bathurst” people are right to defend curbside parking as without it the city will die like Valletta here has. (Photo is not AI - have to clarify when talking about Bathurst!)
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A Green Party city councillor gives up a transit lane to save street parking.
Utterly disappointing.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/speedi...
Utterly disappointing.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A Green Party city councillor gives up a transit lane to save street parking.
Utterly disappointing.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/speedi...
Utterly disappointing.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/speedi...