The upgraded Amsterdamsestraatweg in Utrecht. This could be any high street in the UK. Your street isn’t too narrow - it’s your town planners imagination that is.

#AndrewCristillo was killed in a head-on collision by a driver who was involved in an earlier collision with #DougFord on the 401. The driver was speeding. Ford wants to weaken speed enforcement despite contributing to injury or death as often as impaired and distracted driving. 1/7

Ford objects to speed cameras catching drivers going "5 or 10 over the limit". How many beers over the limit is acceptable to the premier? How many texts are acceptable? Because the consequences are the same: injured and dead people. Then there's the costs. 2/7

Mayor Olivia Chow says she’ll bring a motion to the infrastructure committee for a “stronger” speed camera program. Includes tweaks like larger signs and more notice, plus sending MPPs and residents info about road deaths and injuries in their area from speeding.

as a pedestrian, nope, i'm totally fine with speed and red light camera's and the tickets. and i'm completely fine with replacing the revenue source wiped out when Ford cancelled license plate fees.

If people think speed limits are bad, they should own that and argue to raise or eliminate them, not just neuter them by eliminating enforcement. I hate that we post rules and then don’t treat them as real. Either enforce or change the rules. Same with stop signs. Enforce them or make them yields.

I wish we had a culture of driving that respected rules like speed limits. Instead, we have a culture where enforcing basic useful rules about how fast you can operate a multi-ton machine is considered “unfair” or a “cash grab”. Doug Ford to outlaw municipal speed cameras in Ontario.

While visiting Sydney, I’ve had this issue where @transit.app is not accurately reporting the realtime position/times of services when other apps like the state’s Opal app and @anytrip.bsky.social are. Transit said I was going to a miss a train but other apps showed it to be delayed and I made it.

I’ve had this a few times with @transit.app when in Sydney: the app will not accurately reflect the realtime status of trains while other apps do. The other day, I thought I was going to miss my train according to the Transitapp but Opal and @anytrip.bsky.social showed the service as 3 minutes late.

On TfNSW's website they state the funds go toward a variety of road safety programs including "infrastructure safety treatments" which includes better road surfaces, markings and engineering — so it very well could be although it's not explicitly mentioned

Probably not, since speed camera revenues (at least in NSW) go toward a community road safety fund. Either way they're still a good tool especially with our double demerit system around holidays and events

It’s uncomfortable but Spadina and Harbourfront need low fencing or hedging to keep pedestrians from crossing onto the streetcar way unexpectedly. I believe a standing slow order around Dundas is for this reason. Also closing stops, better TSP (trams BEFORE left turn signal!), and modern switches.

So no actual road safety solution is acceptable according to Premier Ford. Bike lanes and alternatives to driving to reduce traffic? ❌ Reducing car lanes and traffic speeds with chicanes, roundabouts, modal filters and lane closures? ❌ Speed cameras? ❌ Just signs and thoughts and prayers!

So maybe Sydney Metro’s palatial stations were funded by speed cameras!? Unlike Canada, our commonwealth friends downunder love cameras. The police actively use speed cameras, red light cameras, mobile phone detection cameras, and bus lane cameras (even giving demerits). All signposted everywhere.

April 2024. I’m waiting for a delayed train at Glenfield standing by the faregates and a pensioner is having trouble with his Opal card. I help him see that the screen says he needs to top up. His eyesight isn’t great, so at the ticket machine he gives me his cash & debit card to top up. 1/2

Also: Council plan to remove cars from the George St end of Hunter St and reduce the rest from four lanes to one. Sydney is in a virtuous cycle of building transit and removing road space, enabling both better access to transit and removal of even more road space. How to actually beat traffic!

Car-centric design hurts people in small towns just like in big cities. I saw this old lady cross this busy road on her walker because the direct trip (nursing home to Tim Horton’s) was 100 metres, versus 1 kilometre to walk up the road, cross at a light, and come back. Town of 1,200 in Ontario.

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem. It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project. It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

Canada really needs to up our paving game. @toronto.ca did a bit on Bloor Street in Yorkville but we need more, especially on pedestrianized streets. And we need to realize that you can take out a stone to do underground maintenance/repairs and then replace it, not plop asphalt like a bandage. SYD:

Bluesky really needs an edit button.

Sydney is using state rail projects to expand pedestrian spaces Hunter Street is currently closed at George Street (already a transit mall like King Street should be) for Sydney Metro West construction — it will never reopen to cars. Queen Street should be pedestrianized when Ontario Line opens.

That's a good way to concisely describe the benefits of a quad-tracking project.

The Stockholm Transit Museum weighing in on the LRT debate.

Despite the recent criticism, speed cameras work in reducing speed, collisions, and fatalities. Matti Siemiatycki has a good line for those claiming they are a cash grab: “If you don’t want to get dinged, just slow down.” #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.cp24.com/news/canada/...

The World Tram Championships are coming to Melbourne Australia in 2027 with classics like tram bowling! The home ground advantage is disputed by past performances (it was formerly called the European Tram Driver Championships). Get ready @transdev.bsky.social John Holland Yarra Journey Makers!

This is the uplifting news I needed

Interested in what subway project this was and what your experience was with expropriation? Was the transit authority supportive and helpful?

We are in Vienna for a work thing, taking a leisure walk around the city center and then AND THEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAM WORLD CUP 2025 DREAMS DO COME TRUE

I took TfNSW’s CCN train today to go for a hike. On the way home, the guard gets on the PA to tell a passenger to sit down and behave who has been “harassing my passengers”, saying authorities have been alerted. At the next station, five cops board, arrest the drunk individual and take statements.

For like a fraction the price per kilometre as expansions in Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, New York City, Los Angeles, and even Vancouver and Montreal. At Parisian prices (200km lines for ~€40billion), Ontario Line would be 75km not 15km! @alonlevy.bsky.social @chittimarco.bsky.social

World tram driving championships tomorrow. Punch it in. www.tramwm.com

Maybe smaller yet more effective and maneuverable fire trucks would make the fire brigade like sidewalks, bike lanes, and crosswalks more if they weren’t be expected to race around in giant trucks. Fire & Rescue NSW seems fine with their trucks with giant windscreens racing over raised crosswalks.

TheTrainGuy4 has revealed a leaked Transport for NSW plan for the Sydney Trains Network to increase service and reliability by reorganizing lines to be more separate with additional tracks and network upgrades like ETCS to simplify service patterns. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNc...

Throwback Thursday: This 2016 incident shows what happens when a car tries to make a u-turn in front of a tram. Be aware of trams, and give way at all times, no matter how much you think you own the road because you’re in a hurry to get somewhere. #RSW2025 #YarraTrams

“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero

The Melbourne Myki fares are complicated. Can someone answer the following: If one taps on and off in the free tram zone, do you not get the free trip or is the system smart enough to know both taps were within the zone? Tap off won’t charge you too much/ too little but saves if only travel zone2?

Hong Kong represent! The inaugural World Tram Drivers Championship is on next week - only one team has the skills to drive double deckers, but can the Hong Kong team master the eight disciplines, including tram bowling? tramwm.wienerlinien.at/en/teams

Please no. Right turn on red is a scourge in North America. Left turns are the right hand drive (driving on the left hand side of the road) equivalent of right turns.

Scaling back the effectiveness of projects to cut costs is the status quo - it's why we get unproven hydrogen trains because catenary is "too costly". We need to reform the way we deliver projects so that we can afford to think bigger and electrify rail across the state.

Only in Melbourne. Trains aren’t more frequent so we just warn you about the dive bombing birds.

I was flying on @aircanada.bsky.social AC33 YYZ to SYD this Monday. Being absent minded, I forgot my violin when deplaning in YVR. As the flight becomes international, I would not be able to get my violin from lost&found without clearing customs. Gate agent was going to rebook me for the next day

The 90% benefit for 0.01% of the cost is when comparing apples and oranges: dedicated median LRT with curb bus but they’re not the same benefit. Curb bus lanes still have friction with parking, driveways, cyclists, and right turning that LRT doesn’t and isn’t self-enforcing like rails (exposed).

Just a reminder that after one mass shooting in Australia in 1996 at a historic site, the conservative PM John Howard pushed through legislation to enact national federal firearm regulations and restrictions, with the support of state premiers (including Rob Borbidge of QLD who lost next election)

Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...

It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region! Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:

Are you a #transit or #passenger train rider? Always stay alert around railroad tracks and trains. OLI has #RailSafetyEducation safety tips and materials to help make every ride a safe one. #SeeTracksThinkTrain #STOPTrackTragedies bit.ly/3pjoib9

Speeding is the number one cause of road crashes worldwide, especially crashes involving pedestrians. What if we lowered the speed limit on city streets to 30km/h? This literature review shows us how that one change saves lives.

Did you know Wellington New Zealand has an electric suburban rail system? Well now you do, and their contracted private operator (Transdev Australia New Zealand @transdev.bsky.social) has moved into a shared control centre with KiwiRail, which manages the infrastructure and intercity services.

Frustrating to see similar problems across the country. Transit is such an efficient use of public money. thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Oh, and don't forget the transformation of its scarce rail infrastructure with virtually no passenger service (does it sound familiar, Canada?) into a fast, electrified suburban train line, Metrotren Nos, running every 8-12 minutes, with a second line now under construction involving a 3 km tunnel