The TTC has imposed a 25 km/h limit on the surface portions of the subway, presumably due to freezing rain yesterday. But making the subway slow and infrequent will encourage people to drive on slippery roads instead. It seems like "add a speed restriction" is the TTC's solution to every concern.

It's so frustrating when the Google AI summary has clearly found the information I'm looking for, but it's not in the sources it links. I can't cite the AI summary because it's often wrong. Even here it claims GO Expansion is a project of ProRail, the rail infrastructure operator of the Netherlands

At the back cab of the Finch LRT you can see the speedometer, including the programmed speed limits. It would be useful if a pair of transit advocates could film a full ride with both the view out the front and the speedometer at the back so we can document the speed limits youtu.be/lectZKgdwTo

TTC Planning & Engineering has been proposing and implementing exactly this type of infrastructure for decades but they face opposition from the City. Queue Jump Lanes constructed by the TTC include: WB Lawrence & Dufferin EB Steeles & Don Mills WB Finch & Yonge EB Finch & Markham

In 2021 The City exempted the Finch LRT from the 50 km/h speed limit (allowing it to go 60), citing the importance of short round trip times. Unfortunately the TTC later enacted 25 km/h intersection speed limits, making 60 km/h unattainable between signals anyway. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...

If they can cut 9 minutes each way off the scheduled travel time, here's how frequent the service would be with the existing number of drivers and vehicles: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This isn't something that needs to be funded through a budget. Signals on Eglinton and Finch already have signal priority installed. The problem is the way these signals prioritize (or don't) transit. Such as left turning cars going before LRT vehicles. 1/2

The "R" in LRT doesn't stand for "rapid", it stands for "rail". Toronto's new Finch LRT does have rails so guess it has achieved its mandate!

One of the nice things about the REM is that it provides a nearby illustration of how fast the O-Train could be if we wanted our rapid transit to actually be rapid: youtu.be/Wx7yOQqYeK4?...

Metrolinx can't run night trains "due to track ownership"?! Metrolinx owns: 100% of Lakeshore East 100% of Stouffville 100% of Barrie Kitchener line to just before Bramalea Lakeshore West to Burlington. Rather than sharing their actual constraints they spew vague misleading bullshit.

The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.

99% of Canadians studies "We are taking inspiration from international peers!" Look inside The international peers 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Electrifying railways is not greenwashing. Faster acceleration means more revenue. Shorter round trip times mean higher equipment productivity. Electricity is cheaper than fuel. Electric trains are cheaper to maintain. It's the most financially sustainable way to run a frequent rail service.

Personellement je préfère des garages propres, mais à chacun son goût...

There is some irony in this government directive, following their own attempts to limit or remove barrier-protected bike lanes in Toronto and the rest of the province.

In Ottawa when a road is reconstructed it's brought up to the current standards. That usually means that cycle tracks get added, as is currently happening on Greenfield Avenue:

It is insane to me that some people believe AI responses

Metrolinx claims that they can't reintroduce express trains on the Lakeshore East line since the 3rd track is out of service. That's a lie: most of the 3rd track is still in service and there's room for express trains ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/go-transit-lies-about-express-trains/

The fact that it's so commonplace to view speeding fines as a tax on average people demonstrates how inconsistent road design is with speed limits. If 15% of people are speeding, something is wrong with those people. If 85% of people are speeding something is wrong with the road design.

Many American engineers responded to my multi-stage ped crossing video saying that they can't do Dutch-style ped green waves with American equipment. But the City of Madison, WI keeps proving them all wrong. Here's @jerryschippa.bsky.social showing one off: youtube.com/shorts/ltq2Q...

Via Rail only makes up about 55% of the bus/train capacity provided in the Ottawa-Toronto market - which illustrates how much train ridership could increase if Via had more affordable tickets.

This temporary bike lane on Danforth near Pape is the best construction lane I've ever seen in Toronto. It reminds me of Vancouver and - I don't know about you - but I've got this warm, happy feeling in my stomach?

New York City has its classic express subway trains, but London actually also has its own express underground trains. Come learn more in this video with @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social ! youtu.be/cnrkztrLhqY

This type of advocacy is why North American transit agencies predominently use the slower and more expensive Pay As You Enter model of fare collection. For Proof of Purchase to work, there need to be fare enforcement officers, but advocates freak out about any kind of enforcement.

The U.S. Coast Guard entered Canada, captured a Canadian who was fishing in Canada, smuggled him back to the US and put him in jail. No warrant, no charges. This is an act of foreign agression. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

What is the point of having elections if we get a conservative government either way?

It's good that Environment Canada has added "smoke" as a weather type. Smoke does have different implications than mist.

Yes. If we really wanted to grow the economy, we’d fund higher education and scientific research to fill gaps left by a sudden American decline, along with the housing for it. There’s a big role for the federal government in that. Instead we’re going with tax cuts, austerity, and defence spending.

Turns out our government is in fact stupid enough to believe that Donald Trump's word is worth anything. In reality, he'll just make up a new excuse to torment us and all we'll have accomplished is to lose $7.2 Billion dollars over 5 years. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Southeastern Pennsylvania is drastically cutting transit service to save money, forgetting that you can also save money by making transit faster. If the round trip time is 50% shorter, you can keep the same frequency with half as many vehicles and half as much money. wwww.septa.org/news/septa-b...

For the next 3.5 years, very possibly longer, the United States is a hostile foreign power. They might get distracted and focus on something else for a few weeks or even months, but the underlying dynamic is the same.

Même si CPKC et CN refusent d'installer de caténaires sur les voies qu'ils utilisent, les deux extrémités des lignes Saint-Jérôme, Dorion et Mascouche sont uniquement utilisés par Exo. Des trains Exo électriques n'aurait besoin qu'une petite batterie (légère) avec une autonomie d'un trajet unique.

Miles & Aleena are taking a domestic bus trip a quarter of the way around the planet! 6 days, 17 transfers, 7 bus companies, 2 ferries, 6 time zones and over 7800 kilometres. And they're speedrunning it - sleeping on overnight buses rather than staying in hotels. This is a gargantuan undertaking.

ICYMI: Several well-placed sources, leaked documents and recordings of internal town halls detail how a bitter, years-long falling out with a European partner has led Metrolinx to scale back its ambitious GO Expansion plan. No paywall. #onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...

Cool video for the traffic nerds from @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social Amazing to see how many different light configs there are here. If no waiting vehicles/peds, a phase will be skipped. Bonus phases too, e.g. if no waiting peds then turning cars may get green. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X34c...

Context: Metrolinx fired the European consortium they hired to reinvent the GO rail system largely because GO was unwilling to cooperate about changing the current archaic operating practices.

Something to keep in mind when we talk about GO train service levels:

Ontario chief justice, superior court chief justice and court of justice chief justice issued a joint statement on judicial independence and constitutional democracy in wake of premier Ford's comments on judges. #onlaw #onpoli www.ontariocourts.ca/ocj/files/Tr...

The service cut on Ottawa's Southeast Transitway is so brutal it effectively eliminates Ottawa's fastest rapid transit line. The only route running end-to-end on weekends is 98 which runs every 30 minutes. And they have the audacity to call that "frequent service"

How did Boston's Subway, the traditional posterchild for subway slow zones due to poor maintenance, become N America's "Most Improved Player" by fixing them all. Meanwhile Toronto's Subway is treading water at best or drowning in slow zones at worse.

I disabled YouTube watch history to eliminate persinalized recommendations, and I know it's effective at reducing social media addiction based on how angry Google gets about it:

An important point here about cycling by people with disabilities. I've been working on an effort to remove "dismount and walk" requirements at road crossings -- they're incredibly ableist in approach, and there's no evidence that they improve safety.

Be angry at the American government. Be disappointed in American voters. It’s all justified. But do not be an asshole to individual Americans visiting your country. www.businessinsider.com/travel-trump...

Toronto currently doesn't allow their transit priority system to insert a transit phase for streetcars going straight, even though the system is able to. Streetcars need to wait for left turns. If the City also disallows phase insertion on LRT lines that would be an insult to ON taxpayers.

Given that experts recommend using a burner phone to prevent US border agents from searching through your personal data without a warrant, I'd say travel to the US involves more than just "normal security precautions" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Another example of an emergency vehicle using the bus lane to bypass traffic easily and without requiring traffic to divert. Bus lanes are emergency lanes! youtube.com/shorts/jFtZh...

Imported from where???? Why do so many packages not disclose the country of origin?

Some concerning changes identified in Sean's April updates. Due to the end of provincial subsidies for rural transit, many rural services are being cancelled, including: - The entire Grey Transit Route system except Route 1 - T:GO except in Tillsonburg - PC Connect route to Mitchell and Milverton

The article by @graphicmatt.com makes many important points but it misrepresents the state of Transit Signal Priority in Toronto. Hundreds of signals DO have signal priority, including all signals on the St Clair streetcar. The actual limitations are more complex: 🧵 www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

One of these is a product of Canada, and it's NOT the one with a maple leaf on the packaging