Nationbuilding CANNOT come at the expense of political games and desperation to win elections. THIS is exactly why Canada must improve how we build and deliver projects aligning with global best practices. Read below on how we can truly futureproof ALTO👇 open.substack.com/pub/urbanplu...

I would love to ask Poilievre: Why are we the only wealthy country without high speed rail? Are we simply incapable of building infrastructure? You're saying we should give up entirely?

I attended Alto’s Toronto open house and came away cautiously optimistic🚄🏙️ In my latest article, I explore how to make this megaproject more resilient through pragmatic phasing, early value realization, and forming momentum that is harder to stop! open.substack.com/pub/urbanplu...

📑🏙️ First article is out! 🙌 Today, we're on the news! Discussing Toronto's Finch West LRT opening, how we can learn from Waterloo's ION LRT success, and the bigger conversation of prioritizing speed in our generational transit investments! Take a look below!🚈6️⃣ open.substack.com/pub/urbanplu...

Hey Everyone! I’m super excited to share a new project I’m working on. Urban: PLUS ULTRA is a space for discussion on Transport, Infrastructure, and Urbanism on a roughly weekly basis. Take a quick read at the link below! 😄 open.substack.com/pub/urbanplu...

With the announcement of 300km/h high speed rail in Canada my only true hope is that political infighting doesn’t kill it… for now, CANADA IS GETTING HIGH SPEED RAIL!!! www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Could it be?? IS IT HAPPENING?!? Please let Canadian high-speed rail happen 🤩🤩🤩 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Seoul’s Central Station is probably the most European style High Speed Rail station in all of east Asia… you can really see SNCF, and Alstom’s influence. And not just because their first gen trains are literally adaptions of the French TGV. (🧵👇)

Yesterday (Dec 28), Seoul’s GTX High-Speed metro/regional rail line opened its section from Seoul Station to the Northwest at Unjeongjungang. A🧵👇 @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social @jedwin.bsky.social

So tell me, is your Asian city rail network in it’s “brand new and rapidly growing” phase or in it’s “old but perfectly maintained” era? 📍1) Xiamen

It says a lot about a city when the primary front entrance to your major world class airport is almost completely dedicated to an Airport Express train for both arrivals and departures… Hong Kong is just on another level🤩

Wait why is this so cool?!😭

Wild that Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 2 used to be be a pre-metro using LRVs in the 1980s. As time passed the line was slowly upgraded and grade separated into a full blown metro line using third rail. LRVs drawing overhead power were used on the line well into the 2000s.

Some fantastic work on a hidden but extremely controversial problem. Infrastructure costs ballooning is not normal everywhere, and it genuinely might be more damaging to building a better future in the Anglosphere than any NIMBY. We need change👇👇

Gonna have a hard time believing we are taking the housing "crisis" seriously when we keep putting shadows as a higher priority than affordable homes

There’s a SHOCKING amount of urbanists/YIMBYs who make the argument of high rise vs midrise housing. WE. NEED. BOTH. Toronto is never going to get better housing if we rely solely on skyscrapers. Loving this new report by EnviroDefence 👇👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2024/11/13/n...

Taking a deep breath over the use of the word ‘light rail’ for the REM in Montréal😤, that being said… MONTREAL TRIP FALL ‘25 LETS GOOOOO🚊🤩🎉 montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/14/r...

This reminds me of a mid-2000s documentary I remember watching that said we could build trains through the middle of earth propelled by gravity alone… egotistical tech bros will do anything other than supporting sound-tried and tested technologies for city building😪

On a related sidenote, VIA HFR better be announced as true high speed rail, I know it’s not set in stone but it would be a nice pick me up after this disastrous couple weeks.

Hi Bluesky! Let’s kick this thing off with some #nozomi vibes!⚡️