🇯🇵⦵ Tokyo Metro unveiled a TfL-donated roundel at Ueno Station ahead of the Japanese subway’s 100th anniversary in 2027. The London-style sign reflects the historic connection between Tokyo and London’s underground networks, which began with the opening of Japan’s first subway service in 1927.

An oft missed point @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social makes is how trans can stitch multiple alignments together in a way other stricter modes cannot. A great example is the Sydney L1 (shown in the video) which combined a disused freight railway (with stops added) with tram mall, and station forecourt.

Speed cameras on every road, a complete ban on these death trucks for personal rather than industrial use, and the same criminal sentence for dangerous driving as for killing a human in any other way (knife, gun etc). This makes me so angry and sad.

Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay at #TRACCSRailDay2026 on the new TTC LRT lines Line 5 has 95% ontime; carrying 75000 persons per day Line 6 is currently at almost 90% on time, carrying 20000 passengers per day. Line 5 is apparently carrying more people on weekends than on weekdays.

Nice to see someone pursuing higher government office (candidate for leader of the Ontario Liberals and thus likely next premier) highlight the infrastructure cost crisis. And not as an excuse to think smaller (every LRT should be a BRT idea).

Similar discussion for those blocked by the paywall: www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/auto...

Traffic light priority means your tram trip is much quicker. Other cities get it right - #Melbourne can do better! 🚊🚦

Got buried on Friday, but these are pretty extraordinary lengths to go to avoid just putting in catenary. For context, Caltrain Mod was $2.5b and that was for 50 route miles of wire and a new fleet that’s ~5x larger (that will likely outperform the battery trains because batteries are heavy).

Toronto folks - @fernkhahn.com , @auguststreet.ca - I hear there's a new rental housing rating program that gives buildings inspection scores similar to how the health department scores restaurants here in the US. How is it working out? www.rentsafeto.com

they need to make 15 minute two way all day GO (starting with lakeshore, where it's physically possible) a reality every day of the week, beyond fifa! and electrification to further bolster that and allow even faster and more frequent service

This Edmonton speeding study is consistent with data from Calgary showing per capita traffic fatalities have increased markedly since photo radar was restricted by the province in 2022 - Calgary went from being safer than Toronto to notably worse. Reckless speeding kills.

The rail on the left is good. The rail on the right is good too. But the rail on the left will never be a replacement of the one on the right (and viceversa).

Today, I’m entering the race for Ontario Liberal Leader because I believe Ontario can still win. But not if we keep ignoring our big problems.

The video is a bit long but worth watching (especially for Toronto folks). The signal on the left shows the position of the radio-controlled switch. The two signals on the back are for right-turn (left) and straight (right) tram movements. It's as simple as it gets.

Let the feds know what you think of the ill-conceived proposal to bring jets and runway expansion to toronto‘s island airport Nobody voted for this, @mark-carney.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

I haven't read the entirety of it but as I understand it B98 is basically a transit service and fare integration bill. I get people being skeptical of this gov but come on, the TTC etc have had literal decades to come to some rational fare and service agreement and have not.

Chrétien: When you look at the polls, Canadians have never been more united. Thank you to Donald Trump for that. I should propose him for the Order of Canada, but I cannot succeed. Do you know why? Rosie: He's not Canadian? Chrétien: Because we don't give it to a person who has a criminal record.

Given it’s the anniversary of D-Day — the beginning of the liberation of Europe — let’s mention the one country which celebrates its occupation instead. Whose commemorative stamps show the soldiers of the invading occupying force and commemorate the years of the war not of liberation Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

Tap and go fare payment options available from tomorrow on V/Line and about half of #Melbourne metro lines (via North Melb, South Yarra and Metro Tunnel). Remaining metro lines (via Clifton Hill and Burnley) next week. Trams and buses to follow, date TBA. Progress!

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Hi, during an election you can check online or over the phone to see if Elections Canada received your completed special ballot.

The Alberta Passenger Rail conceptual plan has finally been released www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail

We are let down in #Toronto by the #TTC! Ballasted track in the Rome Metro replaced wih slab track within two nights without impacting daytime service. First night, ballast and old rails removed, precast slab track laid in time for morning service to run. Grouted the next night. Trackwork done fast!

these were the amendments made at the TTC board yesterday in regards to the platform steel fence proposal. good to see an effort to reduce high costs of the actual platform edge door plan and do a proper jurisdictional scan. however .... 1/2

The TTC Board seems to have stymied Bradford's platform doors motion from last month at council. Instead of developing a 10 year funded plan, we will be developing a 10 year *costed* plan - which is essentially what we have now...an unfunded plan...

I still remember fondly when then-Minister of Transportation Glen Murray said that the Union Pearson Express would be electrifying by 2017. That was in March of 2013. I'm still waiting. x.com/Glen4Climate...

Question for #rail permanent way people even more technical than me like @garethdennis.uk @alonlevy.bsky.social: Does embedded track bed or concrete slab direct fixation track take up less vertical space than traditional rail sleepers on ballast? So as to increase OCS clearance at Union’s trainshed.

The Toronto Police caught only 2.3% of proven speeding last year (that driving caught by speed cameras in clearly marked camera zones - let alone rampant speeding in other areas) Seems like deploying scarce police resources to tackle this problem is not the most efficient or effective solution.

This applies to the #TTC #GOTransit too. Pay your fare. If you need help, ask staff. And if you cannot afford it, most agencies have programs providing discounts. Fare evasion must be wiped out.

GO doing this insane growth even without major service improvements is crazy work Canadians love transit

@mark-carney.bsky.social This needs to be called out. At the very least the government of #Canada needs to call in the ambassador & demand he issue a public apology for this post. Canadians are sick & tired of this, & the majority of us want this man declared persona non grata. #cdnpoli

I hope this commitment extends to nuclear. We have exceptional sovereign nuclear technology that was developed in 🇨🇦 by 🇨🇦s and 🇨🇦 owns the IP - CANDU. #CANDU should be the ONLY tech built when expanding nuclear power in 🇨🇦.

Can we get this on our refurbished GO Train coaches? We are the king of bilevels after all!

Niche comment but I’ve noticed that the trains on Line 6 are especially dirty on the outside. They are dirtier even than the white stripes on TTC vehicles or the Line 5 trains which look great (Crosslinx does a better job). It seems Mosaic Transit Group isn’t good at cleaning! @ttcriders.bsky.social

Question for #rail permanent way people even more technical than me like @garethdennis.uk @alonlevy.bsky.social: Does embedded track bed or concrete slab direct fixation track take up less vertical space than traditional rail sleepers on ballast? So as to increase OCS clearance at Union’s trainshed.

I just looked into it. The Bush Trainshed is mentioned within the federal heritage listing for Union Station which is done under the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act. However, alterations only require permission from Cabinet by the Minister for Parks Canada after public notice is given.

The #TTC has improved their website replacing the space-eating banner with a collapsible popup displaying all alerts in detail. They’re trying to use alerts to show the bus terminal stops for Jane routes as closed but not coding it right as @transit.app is taking the routes as closed entirely.

The US National Building Code (which for some reason refers to itself as “international”) was already a little more permissive on single-stair apartments than Canada: 3 storeys instead of 2. Now it looks like the gap is widening and they’ll allow 4!

This has got to stop. Bylaw enforcement in @toronto.ca cannot and should not be complaint driven. This creates a system ripe for abuse by NIMBYs as state enforcement of neighbourhood disputes on behalf of karens/kevins. State power should constrain all and not just serve pensioners with excess time.

Metrolinx has sometime ago surreptitiously purchased another short section of track from CN (when?). MX Grimsby Sub runs less than 2.6miles between the US Border and Clifton Junction with CN Stamford Sub, putting Niagara Falls Station on Metrolinx property. CN Grimsby runs the rest to Hamilton.

CAHSR was established without many "super-powers" typical of mega-projects, leaving it under-powered compared to local elites, private utilities, and massive freight railroad corporations. If we want high-speed rail built faster, this needs to be rectified.

Toronto’s transit cost disease has hit… metal fences. Just a reminder that $2M CAD is about the cost of half height PSGs for one platform in Hong Kong. Then we use NYC to justify our wild cost estimates for actual screen doors. The incuriosity and Anglo echo-chamber here is astounding.

Dear TTC, @toronto.ca, @mayoroliviachow.ca, Stop looking to New York City and the USA for all your examples. There are far better peers outside of North America to look at. Like make TTC explain why we can’t have platform edge doors for the prices of Paris or Madrid!

We’re putting the dumb NYC style steel fence stubs at TMU station lol We need platform screen doors now. www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Also, $2M per station for fences!? Reality check: can someone imagine if you asked a fencing company to put up a fence around a house and that was their quote?

Bloor Yonge Capacity Improvement Project www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... Platform Doors and Safety Barriers Update www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... All this screams that TTC management aren’t really interested in PSDs and would like the public to just shut up about it (they probably hate you for not!)

We have a platform door report coming to council! Here are our thoughts…. 1) we have a priority list! 2) we are going to install fences, not doors at 10 stations, total cost 20m$!!! 3) TMU and Bloor are proceeding with doors, 6m$ to get to 60% design

Why is the door spacing different between the NSTs and Toronto Rockets!? It is the same manufacturer and same six-car layout with minor modernizations and a different gangway design. How different is the door spacing, are we talking a few centimetres that PSDs could easily accommodate difference?