12 months ago, major construction on the Surrey-Langley #SkyTrain officially began. With 1 year down and 4 more years to go until the 16-km-long Expo Line extension opens, here's a rundown of the impressive construction progress. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/su...

Really great article on just how easily a lack of investment can turn into severe transit service reductions 🚍

For the railfans wanting to get on the first rides this Sunday of the Finch LRT: 7:33am - Westbound at Finch/Norfinch 7:47am - Eastbound at Jane/Finch 7:59am - Westbound from Finch West subway station 8:08am - Eastbound from Humber College

my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI

There’s no such thing as a perfect intersec—

For the convenience of those planning to ride early service on 6 Finch West on Dec 7, a consolidated timetable of 6, 36 and 336 service to show what's running where and when on Sunday morning. stevemunro.ca/2025/12/02/f...

Every @IslandPress ebook is $6.99! Don’t miss your chance to support this nonprofit while building up your library. Sale ends 12/19. www.islandpress.org or wherever you buy ebooks.

If you'd like more context, I've written about the origins of the "bikelash" that led to the election of Soraya Martinez Ferrada in this HIGH SPEED dispatch: www.highspeed.blog/here-comes-t...

Hello from the bus stop, I love when it snows 😍 all the cars drive slow and the softness muffles their infernal roar

@heliomass.com @korichardson.bsky.social

Libraries in Metro stations with plants growing on water? Yes, they exist in Poland, to fight screen time on smartphones. Check the report from the Deutsche Welle: www.dw.com/en/warsaws-m... .

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Nike Founder Phil Knight Announces Record-Breaking $3,000,000 Political Donation to Republicans in Oregon #BoycottNike !! www.yahoo.com/news/article...

This weekend, I hope you will consider shopping anywhere but Target, Amazon & Home Depot. We must send a message about stopping #ICELawlessness to Home Depot that cooperates with #ICE as they abduct & brutalize their own customers!

Fascism is not going away with the mid-terms. Fascism is not going away at the next presidential election. As long as the rich run things, it will only progress. Recruit everyone you can and organize like your life depends on it, because it does.

Here’s my Maclean’s feature on riding the newly-opened REM in #Montreal :

wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this

Hot take: bike lanes aren't big enough to take all the things people want to put in them. Either keep them for bikes or make them a lot wider

Superb. @galleryarcturus.bsky.social

I wrote about this a few weeks ago. I feel like the State should be the ones spearheading these types of projects themselves, not billionaires, so that the value created comes back to us, not them. theoverheadwire.com/2025/11/cali...

www.reddit.com/r/mbta/s/2bs... Someone on reddit made this cool chart about #MBTA #commuterrail ridership.

This Canada is the LA suburb La Canada...

This! It’s cold and flu season coming on strong. When I masked on public transit I got sick much less. When I masked in the office I got sick much less.

Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens today. Take a look at the newly released update of my Melbourne Train and Tram Map on the Australian Rail Maps website. 😁 railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm

Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments. 🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

If you won't stay away from Tesla because of the fascism, maybe you should stay away from it because it's a terrible product 🤷‍♂️ #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall

relatedly, was the only meme of 2009:

"Driving is a nice summer hobby, but not a serious mode of transport" 🫡

We've uploaded our longest ride along video so far onto our YouTube Channel. If you like train-related ASMR and moving scenery showing fall colours, check out our six hour VIA Rail run from Toronto to Sudbury Junction!

"Taxing the super affluent at rates that would still leave them with enough to maintain lavish lifestyles could generate enough money to resolve many societal issues, from health to hunger to global heating" @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social davidsuzuki.org/story/its-ti... #TaxTheRich #bcpoli #cdnpoli

I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.

if you want to know why toronto's new light rail line is going to be slower than the bus it replaces, here's one reason why:

@heliomass La fréquence est la liberté !

They're going to write books on the level of corruption. Doug Ford puts out. Now in a giant pork bill, they are looking to open the door for points to expire. Points like gift cards, are corpo money up-front, but hang as an expansive liability on the books till the corpo defaults. Boo Hoo 😁

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

this is how you get people to ride transit.

Great episode of @theguardian.com ‘s Today in Focus podcast with the fabulous Cory Doctorow. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, please at least listen for 55 seconds starting at 15:53. :) #tech #ai #enshittification www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

narrowing car lanes is a good way to force low-speed streets in addition to a way to provide bike lanes without getting caught in the province's stupid legislation. bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.

We all have our complaints about Metrolinx, but the transformation that's underway of GO Transit from commuter rail to a frequent regional rail network is one of the most underrated transit stories in North America

Trip data for the Finch West LRT is now public and has been analyzed by Steve Munro. The average speed comes in at 13.5km/h. For reference the average speed for on street segments of the ION in Kitchener Waterloo is 18-19km/h. stevemunro.ca/2025/11/28/6...

"Toronto has more than 1 million regulatory signs" www.thestar.com/news/gta/is-...

If only we had tech to prevent a driver from doing this. www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news...

Skip the corporations run by oligarch billionaires destroying democracy and the planet. #WeAintBuyingIt #3E

The children yearn for the bus lanes. "I think bus lanes are a great idea. Just so it's easier and faster for everyone that rides the bus". Such wisdom from our younger generation. Great to see!