Mat Thijssen
matthijssen.bsky.social
Mat Thijssen
@matthijssen.bsky.social
Climate | Sustainability | Dad | Husband | Higher education | Waterloo Region
It is so exhausting. Reverse Midas touch or something.
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposted by Mat Thijssen
High-speed rail checks all the boxes:
-construction jobs
-climate mitigation
-uses Canadian steel
-economic development
-high-speed
-nation-building connections across the country
-trains
July 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Your comprehensiveness and the ability to position different solutions in the right context - their scale, relative significance, and phasing - while keeping things digestible and easy to understand! And easy to translate into practical steps (ie the job action guides)
July 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Mat Thijssen
Very sincerely, every bit of travel we do in an EV, on a train, on a bus, on a bike/e-bike, by walking or rolling, or by other active transport, helps the climate, helps air quality, and helps national & economic security. We should fund these as national security infrastructure.
June 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM