Master Gunner
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The download link on the information panel gives you all the summary data that the city pulled out of the reports for the map. But there's also a lot of missing summary data, and that would take a lot of time/wizardry to pull out of the raw reports.
July 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The download link on the information panel gives you all the summary data that the city pulled out of the reports for the map. But there's also a lot of missing summary data, and that would take a lot of time/wizardry to pull out of the raw reports.
GDQ is on, so 'tis the season.
July 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
GDQ is on, so 'tis the season.
Amtrak runs more service in Canada (28 trains/week) than all VIA routes not on this map (22 trains/week).
July 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Amtrak runs more service in Canada (28 trains/week) than all VIA routes not on this map (22 trains/week).
Absolutely, it's just something I started poking at because I though it would be an interesting aspect to look at.
July 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Absolutely, it's just something I started poking at because I though it would be an interesting aspect to look at.
Significantly more people live within a km of their BRT line than an Edmonton LRT stop. Or Atlanta's MARTA.
I've been armchair poking around at population data and transit maps, at it really drives home how underbuilt some cities and systems are.
I've been armchair poking around at population data and transit maps, at it really drives home how underbuilt some cities and systems are.
July 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Significantly more people live within a km of their BRT line than an Edmonton LRT stop. Or Atlanta's MARTA.
I've been armchair poking around at population data and transit maps, at it really drives home how underbuilt some cities and systems are.
I've been armchair poking around at population data and transit maps, at it really drives home how underbuilt some cities and systems are.
It's only one factor, and I don't really expect to see rail in our future, but "we're too small for good transit" is very quickly becoming a very bad argument against it.
June 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's only one factor, and I don't really expect to see rail in our future, but "we're too small for good transit" is very quickly becoming a very bad argument against it.
I've been looking at transit walksheds to compare cities recently, and I found that if the BRT network were built as light rail, it would be similar in scale and captured population to Edmonton's LRT, with any one line easily matching Waterloo's.
June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I've been looking at transit walksheds to compare cities recently, and I found that if the BRT network were built as light rail, it would be similar in scale and captured population to Edmonton's LRT, with any one line easily matching Waterloo's.
Heck, get rid of both parking lanes on some streets, and they could probably be switched to two-way streets *and* have wider sidewalks or patios.
June 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Heck, get rid of both parking lanes on some streets, and they could probably be switched to two-way streets *and* have wider sidewalks or patios.
As an aside, it is absolutely insane looking at our one-way streets with parking on both sides. Reclaim even just one side for AT/Placemaking, and we could have nice pathways to draw people through downtown (and probably improve traffic flow as well).
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As an aside, it is absolutely insane looking at our one-way streets with parking on both sides. Reclaim even just one side for AT/Placemaking, and we could have nice pathways to draw people through downtown (and probably improve traffic flow as well).
Montreal has businesses complaining about pedestrianized streets - because they're too popular and pull people away from the business *not* on those streets.
We have some great bits of downtown, but we need far better connections between the waterfront, Granville, Argyle/Grafton, and Spring Garden.
We have some great bits of downtown, but we need far better connections between the waterfront, Granville, Argyle/Grafton, and Spring Garden.
June 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Montreal has businesses complaining about pedestrianized streets - because they're too popular and pull people away from the business *not* on those streets.
We have some great bits of downtown, but we need far better connections between the waterfront, Granville, Argyle/Grafton, and Spring Garden.
We have some great bits of downtown, but we need far better connections between the waterfront, Granville, Argyle/Grafton, and Spring Garden.
This is the bus I take probably every couple months, though all the way to Halifax (even when the Ocean is running, the bus is just so much more reliable heading East).
June 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is the bus I take probably every couple months, though all the way to Halifax (even when the Ocean is running, the bus is just so much more reliable heading East).
While Maritime Bus has never had the same reach as the old Acadian Lines (owned by Keolis in its later years), I have found them to generally be a better/more reliable service than the old company.
But the lack of rural routes routes these days, and connections to Quebec/Maine, really honks.
But the lack of rural routes routes these days, and connections to Quebec/Maine, really honks.
June 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
While Maritime Bus has never had the same reach as the old Acadian Lines (owned by Keolis in its later years), I have found them to generally be a better/more reliable service than the old company.
But the lack of rural routes routes these days, and connections to Quebec/Maine, really honks.
But the lack of rural routes routes these days, and connections to Quebec/Maine, really honks.
I've lived in 4 provinces, and have never traveled further west than Toronto in Canada.
June 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I've lived in 4 provinces, and have never traveled further west than Toronto in Canada.
Take the Orléans Express to Pointe-à-la-Croix, and walk across the river to take the Maritime Bus from Campbellton the next morning. The bus stops are only a couple km apart.
June 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Take the Orléans Express to Pointe-à-la-Croix, and walk across the river to take the Maritime Bus from Campbellton the next morning. The bus stops are only a couple km apart.
Living next to Parkland, I'm *very familiar with overbuilt streets. They have fully half of it closed for some sort of roadwork, and it's still operating as normal (probably safer than normal).
June 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Living next to Parkland, I'm *very familiar with overbuilt streets. They have fully half of it closed for some sort of roadwork, and it's still operating as normal (probably safer than normal).
Actually I should cross-reference the traffic study dataset against the street classification list to start finding outliers. I'm sure there would be some interesting ones.
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Actually I should cross-reference the traffic study dataset against the street classification list to start finding outliers. I'm sure there would be some interesting ones.
Since I now have the traffic study database at hand - by the ballparks, the city recorded daily traffic counts of ~5800 (fair for a neighbourhood collector) and an 85th percentile speed of 61km/h (not fair for a neighbourhood street).
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Since I now have the traffic study database at hand - by the ballparks, the city recorded daily traffic counts of ~5800 (fair for a neighbourhood collector) and an 85th percentile speed of 61km/h (not fair for a neighbourhood street).
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM...
Most of the maps the city publishes have a "View Data Table" button, or you can download it as an Excel file.
Most of the maps the city publishes have a "View Data Table" button, or you can download it as an Excel file.
HRM Traffic Studies
Point representation of traffic data that have been collected by HRM from 2014 to present. A variety of study types are included: vehicle speed, volume, classification, and pedestrian/cyclist data. A ...
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM...
Most of the maps the city publishes have a "View Data Table" button, or you can download it as an Excel file.
Most of the maps the city publishes have a "View Data Table" button, or you can download it as an Excel file.
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM...
You can download the data as an Excel file besides just poking around the map.
You can download the data as an Excel file besides just poking around the map.
HRM Traffic Studies
Point representation of traffic data that have been collected by HRM from 2014 to present. A variety of study types are included: vehicle speed, volume, classification, and pedestrian/cyclist data. A ...
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/HRM...
You can download the data as an Excel file besides just poking around the map.
You can download the data as an Excel file besides just poking around the map.