we are fortunate in canada to not have had our city centres strangled by highways to the same extent as US ones. but sometimes, we do not leverage this well enough by making our city centres more walkable and people-friendly. places like toronto and winnipeg come to mind

if you've ever wondered what a map of toronto would look like if it were a city in the united states. the western arm of line 1 would've probably looked similar to the chicago blue/red line towards the city

noooo my karaoke

high speed rail might also outlast all of us depending on how it goes 💔🙃

the position of the new provincial government in quebec on high speed rail feels insignificant given that this government's term will probably end long before shovels even hit the ground; studies can begin regardless where possible until then high speed rail will outlast this blip of politics

forget union station, osborne station is winnipeg's grandest cathedral of public transit

Larger vehicles are more dangerous for those outside the vehicles, take up more space, trickier to handle, & harder on roads. Should absolutely have an extra cost. Where I live there are lots of seniors driving them because they "feel safer" yet they have trouble handling them.

to put this project in torontonian units of time, this line started construction in 2021 (a year after the eglinton line was supposed to open) and already has a set scheduled opening for march 2028 (about 2 years after the eglinton line actually opened).

amazed at the quick progress of the metro in bogotá. 2 years ago, i remember these sites were barely discernible as a transit line. now, there's trains running on extensive completed sections, and it's on track to open in a year and a half. testament to the speed of elevated rail construction.

brad bradford talking a lot about olivia chow "fearmongering" in tonight's debate for some reason, as though he's not the one running on the idea that toronto is a crime-ridden gotham and the only transit issue is that there isn't 5,000 cops on each train

aliens, welcome to the war on cars 🛸

(haven't been to any of these places in my life) san francisco is hong kong, oakland is guangzhou, and san jose/sv is shenzhen

i unfortunately have the pleasure of knowing some of the people behind it, so i will never forget

i think the walking-back of the bathurst bus lane implicitly gave permission for councillors to suddenly express caution about dufferin north, despite far less opposition and far more justification for lanes. one councillor shows reluctance, and so another.

no one understood this reference, the great bus lane battle of summer 2025 is already forgotten 🥲

some may say that the Bathurst bus lane caused this

i wasn't sure which one would be more constructable but that makes sense. the old cummer historical bridge is saved

i think it could develop into a multi-use corridor, unlike the scarborough RT route there's genuinely plenty of space to work with even considering the right of way for any kind of transit

line 6, more likely, but i don't think the city is so nefariously against busways and BRT like they might've been 10-15 years ago to think about this kind of optics