Everyone gagging for LA Metro's "Ride the D" shirts when my friend @dmholmer.wayfinddesigns.com has been selling the same shirt for multiple systems for at least 2 years now. Check it out here for LA, NYC, Boston, Denver, Philly, Minneapolis, and Seattle! wayfinddesigns.square.site/shop/d-line-...

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Reminder that if you see something horrific, there is good evidence that playing Tetris as soon as possible helps. Giving yourself PTSD from seeing photos or film clips doesn’t help anyone.

Whee! It’s here! Thank you, @seebo429.bsky.social !

Could HSR be built down the median of 401? No. Could HSR be built alongside CN? Not reasonably. Those ideas are not novel. They've been considered and ruled out by professional engineers over the past decade and more. Do we need to keep costs down? Absolutely. www.thewhig.com/news/changes...

This cut is harmful. Our cities have funding gaps and rural communities that are less able to raise revenues even more so. Investment in transit creates mobility. Mobility unlocks people's potential, creating economic activity that feeds a virtuous cycle. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/27/n...

This is exactly what I warned about in my keynote at a transportation conference in Florida this week (and previously wrote about in @vox.com, below). AVs make car use easier, which will lead people to take more (and longer) car trips. More car use --> More congestion.

TTC News Release: 510 Spadina streetcars will return to Spadina Ave. as of 5 a.m. tomorrow, Sat. Feb. 28. TTC crews are currently working to complete final testing today and overnight and confirm that the infrastructure is safe for streetcar operations. On Mon., Feb. 23, the damage was […]

Someone at LA Metro is not permanently online… or maybe they are: https://shop.metro.net/products/ride-the-d-heavyweight-t-shirt #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #DoubleMeanings

I complain about CBC, because it’s not perfect, and fair criticism is allowed and appropriate. But seriously, thank God for CBC in Canada. It needs to be protected.

Suburban Sprawl may seem cheap, but even the costs we CAN count are far too high, and we ALL pay them. HT Smart Prosperity Institute #UrbanTruth institute.smartprosperity.ca/library/publ...

My research article “Quantitative Method for Assessing the Quality of Intermodal/Interagency Connections and Service Integration at Suburban Rail Stations” has been published in the @trb.org Transportation Research Record. This is based on my MASc @uoft.me on coordination between transit services.

This pretty picture is of the province’s smaller Science Centre near their private spa at Ontario Place. The price tag is $1.4 billion. The existing building only requires about $350 mil over 20 years (and about $30 mil for priority repairs). All this based on the AG report.

Interesting video about sections T1 and T2 of Rome's MC line whose works are starting this week. For Italian standards, this 7.7 km, 7 stations segments are going to cost a fortune, a little less than €4 bn. The stations are incredibly deep, between 33 and 48 meters deep. youtu.be/-BK88S_DWEQ?...

You're right to be furious about this. The cost comparison between new BEBs and 20-25 yr old trolleybuses is meaningless. On a Total Cost of Ownership basis, trolleybuses often beat BEBs, especially on the heavier duty lines. Attached is a slide from ebusplan. 1/4 @chittimarco.bsky.social

In rail across Europe we’ve got loads of projects like this - Stuttgart 21 - Rail Baltica - Brenner Base Tunnel - Lyon - Torino - Fehmarn tunnel Compelling projects, massive investments, national & EU cash… and all with *massive* deficiencies everyone can see and no one can bring themselves to solve

Analysis of crash data shows that you're 17 times more likely to die in a vehicle fire if you buy Elon Musk's Tesla Cyber truck than if you had bought a Ford Pinto, the 1970s era car infamous for gas tank explosions in rear end collisions. fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

@transportaction.ca @trajectoireqc.bsky.social

Bikes are amazing This is why we feel so magical on them. Small effort delivers speed.

This became obvious on xTwitter even before Musk’s takeover, so many far right trolls running multiple fake accounts all amplifying each other. They are trying the same tactics here, Report & Block … 🤖🚫

Colin D'Mello from the top ropes! And what is this? The steel chair?!?! #ontario #onpoli #dougford #frankdomenic🍁

NEW! Today marks the 60th anniversary of the ceremonial opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway (now Line 2). For Toronto Today @torontotoday.ca I look at its origins and how its first few days went. Guest-starring a Shelbyville idea... #TOHistory www.torontotoday.ca/local/histor...

Just found this crazy immersive metro escape game where you have to navigate a mysterious abandoned metro 🚂 - can you make it out alive? darkcat.games/game/metro-e... #MetroEscape #GameNight

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

In the corrupted currents of this world Offense’s gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law

Babe wake up, new 506 Carlton streetcar diversion just dropped www.ttc.ca/service-advi...

also noise pollution in the U.S. is almost entirely from cars and it’s literally giving people heart attacks I wrote an article about it because it’s so absurd

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

Tesla’s partially self-driving cab service in Austin, Texas, is causing car crashes at a rate four times that of human drivers. (Fortune) Invest in public transit! Support SB009- CT’s pilot XtraMile micro-transit service.

Just to be clear, Doug is awful. This was his view of Trump in 2016:

The Ford Edsel was a marketing and design flop. The Ford Pinto was a death trap. The Cybertruck manages to combine the worst of the two most infamous American cars.

Why do I have to pretend that I'm going to print something in order to save it as a PDF. Why do I have to engage in a little ruse.

“So, in conclusion, the Cybertruck is far more dangerous (by volume) than the historic poster child for corporate greed and grossly antagonistic design [the Ford Pinto].” “…I can’t recommend sitting in one.” #tesla #cybertruck fuelarc.com/news-and-fea...

Post your best #nycblizzard pics of yore I'll start: presidents day blizzard, 2003 28th Street 1/9 station

What is happening in Minnesota you ask? Well Operation Dildo Blitz at Whipple Federal Building started today. It was a hilarious statement about the absurdity of this all. Also Jake Lang and Jayden Scott pulled up in a U-Haul rental, pepper sparing people and shooting paintballs. Eat a dick, Nazis!

Almost a month after the big snow dump, many cars stored on the street still hadn't been moved. These spots cost $23/mo. A similar sized bedroom is ~$1200/mo. We need to start charging closer to what this land is worth and put those funds towards public/scalable/sustainable transit. #TOpoli #BikeTO

While I don't disagree with the sentiment, I think sometimes people mistake feeling guilty for taking action. We can STILL make things better. Covid & other respiratory illnesses didn't disappear. Wear a mask in medical settings & on public transit. Push your kids' school for better air quality.

A lot of talking about Bluesky going on around here tonight, so I’ll share this again — this platform has the best community and conversation relating to city-building/urbanism. And it’s the platform that I like the best, that’s closest to the old Twitter than I loved. I hope it keeps growing.

Just getting around to reading this report and I came here to post @englishrail.bsky.social's HOT FIRE bio at the front of the doc. Seeing this in print makes me feel like we will win.

MCTS is committed to equitable, accessible and reliable transit. A clearer, more consistent fare approach helps us deliver high-quality service while supporting long-term system sustainability. RideMCTS.com/YourFare

I’m so tired of listening to this chipmunk try to force the Springfield monorail of tech on us.

From the USA, I'll just say the percentage of US Americans who wish they lived in Canada is multiples of the percentage of Canadians who wished they lived south of the border. Deeply jealous of your mostly functional democracy and would trade that for never getting Olympic gold again.

Exactly. It’s like the USSR winning in 1980.

Tired of lawless cars? Wishing there was a productive way to advocate/collect data as a unified force? Help me get Autowa.app off the ground by singing up to be a tester, or building awareness. All you need is an Android device and determination 😀 - I'll handle the rest. #Auotwa #Ottawa