Updating my LEGO White House

Listening this morning to Dr. Jazz at Hurdman station! They’re here till 11 thanks to OMIC and @envirocentre.bsky.social. Felicity is surveying riders.

ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-... Sadly the city/OCT, in a cost-cutting measure, towed them to a remote works garage in Cumberland and won’t let volunteers finish streetcar restoration work.

The LRT Inquiry statement at the press conference said the people of Ottawa deserve better. How much of tax dollars was spent to keep this out from the city councillors and public knowledge? The mayor promised transparency. Is this transperancy? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

And how many employees the railways had in the 1960s versus today! Mechanization and automation of track work and signaling takes far less labour.

I don't bet for $, but I'd like to set up a pool of which Canadian transit line will open next: TO's Finch West LRT or Eglinton Crosstown, Montreal REM, or Ottawa O-Train East Extension. Or the longshots, Broadway SkyTrain Extension, & Edmonton/Calgary LRT lines. Winner gets bragging rights. RSVP

How will Alto HSR share or even cross CN / CPKS freight lines? For example there is regular freight to Peterborough/Havelock over CPKC and to Ottawa over VIA that will be used by HSR. @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social

Travel times have increased by only 5% (30 secs on the average 10 min trip), and pollution is down by 17% From what I can understand from the press release, the study is based on analyzing data from Even Data Recorders on cars over two weeks before and after introducing the city-wide 30 km/h limit.

Interesting news about how the 30 km/h city-wide limit impacted driving behaviour in Bologna: TL;DR: only 58% of trip*km is effectively below the 30 km/h, but more importantly, the driving style has become more relaxed, with less harsh braking and accelerations. www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...

They weren’t building a party — they were planning a takeover. Convoys. Foreign funding. Freedom caucuses. This is imported extremism, not grassroots. That’s why they want to defund the CBC — it exposes the playbook. Defend truth. Defend the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #NoMAGAinCanada #CdnPoli

I used to think public transit should be free. But price isn’t the problem, bad service is. 🚫 Infrequent 🚫 Unsafe 🚫 Inaccessible Free rides don’t fix broken systems. ✅ Make transit actually usable ✅ Make life affordable with UBI + lower housing, food, & healthcare costs

Lots of us visited Greenboro Station at Doors Open 2 years ago, below. And TTC Lower Bay Station is always a big draw at Halloween etc openings.

🔢 VIA631 / 🚂 VIA2211 / 🛤 VIA Alexandria Sub / 📆 2025-06-03 / #VIARail

I wish the media in Toronto covered the $100 billion transit expansion more than one dude on YouTube.

The icing on the cake is that the high-speed rail project followed the very silly structure that this go project followed and lead it to disaster. There's a reason I've been sharing how concerned I am with that project...

I really hope people don't get attached to this narrative. Does DB have problems operating reliably in Germany? Yes. But that's like saying 50th best cyclist in the world isn't still an order of magnitude better than you or me.

I've got a #longread in the @theglobeandmail.com today about Brightline, and the promise of privately-run passenger trains in North America. Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal... #RailSky #trains www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

and people were mad that i was against Metrolinx taking over local transit operations. Fuck.that.

Poilievre tried to bulldoze public media. Canada pushed back. Today, CBC survives because you showed up. You spoke out. And we’re not done yet. #SaveTheCBC

Speed limiters are required for new vehicles in Europe. road-safety-charter.ec.europa.eu/resources-kn... road-safety.transport.ec.europa.eu/european-roa... They are also included in Transport for London’s Bus Safety Standards. tfl.gov.uk/corporate/sa...

As usual, every politician with the remotest connection to the route was involved in the ceremonies at each of the four new stations. Regular GO train service between Richmond Hill and Toronto began the following Monday. 2/2

Apr 29, 1978: GO Transit celebrates the official opening of the Richmond Hill line with special Saturday service and opening ceremonies. A train of new bi-level cars and another train of older CN cars—hauled by excursion steam locomotive No. 6060—operated over the line. 1/2

www.reddit.com/r/ViaRail/s/... Quebec Court declines to consider VIA injunction against CNs crossing slow orders for Venture trainsets. Minister of Transport needs to intervene?

“In the real world, people who don’t do their jobs get fired.” Poilievre learned that the hard way. You showed up. CBC survived. Truth matters. #SaveTheCBC

Too bad Flexity Outlook streetcars, loaded, can’t make the Bathurst hill between Davenport and St Clair W. For a century full TTC streetcars could and did. @swanboatsteve.bsky.social @trainstramstracks.bsky.social

Yes, they will. #WorldBollardAssociation

Would be fast to HSR to Albany, the up to Montreal and then use the upcoming Alto HSR from there to Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor. Connects to Amtrak, Detroit then Chicago! Americans welcome to visit 🇨🇦 and pass through! @trainstramstracks.bsky.social

BBC's Faisal Islam scores the first international media interview with Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney 👏 Mark Carney, "We are in the process of building our relationships in Europe and elsewhere around the world" "Canada will have a partnership on our terms, not on the US's terms"

I have already voted in the advance poll and had no qualms about voting NDP if only to show the flag. My riding is solidly Liberal and I'm not risking a few facto vote for PP. The real shame is that the Tories won't be reduced to a handful of seats. They are would-be Trumpist scum.

This election is not about Trump. It is about standing up for Canada and defying the rage-baiters, conspiracy trolls and those who trash our nation to score points. This election is about you Pierre Poilievre. We reject your hate politics. Canadians do your best. Don't accept the worst.

It always fascinates me how busy streets were back when far more people didn’t own cars, but we had lots of public transit.

Poilievre voted against minimum wage hikes, childcare, dental care, and pharmacare—now he wants to defund the CBC too. This isn’t about savings. It’s about control. Vote strategically. Save the CBC. #SaveTheCBC #PoilievreExposed #CdnPoli #StopTheSlide

IT STARTS WITH ONE!!!!! JAKE SANDERSON ENDS IT IN OVERTIME!! #GOSENSGO

Poilievre said he would defund universities that aren’t Conservative enough. The Conservative Party platform promises to put an end to “Woke ideology” in “ the allocation of federal funds for university research”. Poilievre is copying Trump, who is currently attacking Harvard.

As an Ottawan, I want to denounce the Ottawa Police Association who like the Toronto PA has now endorsed the Conservatives. It's vile, unethical & makes me feel unsafe as a resident. So they'll stand by for the next convoy terrorizing us too? Here's their letter:

Looking forward to the nightmare that unfolds tomorrow. Not enough people realize how bad the service cuts are on the weekend… In unrelated news the STO is increasing overall service by 5% in the fall

The reason I know that Pierre Poilievre is lying about why he refuses to apply for the normal security check to receive the normal security clearance for anyone in his position, is the fact that he started his answer with the part (see below) that was literally the easiest to fact check as a lie.

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From Reddit, spotted in PPs Carleton riding, south of Ottawa. @savethecbc.bsky.social

The TTC recently contemplated issues related to extreme weather events and transit service quality. Many problems arose not just from the storms, but from TTC/City responses including the effect of deferred maintenance. stevemunro.ca/2025/04/22/e...

It is difficult for me to convey how profoundly unsurprised I was reading this article, which is about the world's richest and most famous entrepreneur threatening to deport his employees for pointing out a potentially fatal safety issue with his car company's brakes futurism.com/tesla-engine...

Meanwhile, the smoking ruin of the Green line continues to fester. How's that elevated track through Beltline coming, folks? Danielle Smith travels on high-speed train in Asia https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/smith-raises-idea-of-high-speed-train-from-edmonton-to-calgary-during-asia-trip/

Revenue from red light cameras should be going to road safety — not to general revenues or police. When we make roads safer through better design, we don’t need the OPS to enforce violations. I am grateful that the city auditor uncovered this, so we can fix it. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Pierre Poilievre claims his campaign is open and accessible. In reality, he’s locked out CBC journalists since March & cherry-picks friendly outlets while dodging real questions. Silencing the press is how it starts. Defunding the CBC is how it ends. On April 28th, vote strategically to #SaveTheCBC

NIMBYs don't want the Matthew Perry House in Ottawa? Let's be more vocal than they are.

Totally agree with @brigittepellerin.bsky.social here: we don’t get the service we pay for. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/oc-t...