beautiful and incredible things are happening in toronto, ontario @josephpolitano.bsky.social

toronto is so beautiful

Nothing about the current collpase in housing starts is shocking to me For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat! All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches

LET'S GO JAYSSS

just learned about the Torre Velasca in Milan and I'm obsessed

remembered my bsky login

Metrolinx has officially released the first conceptual renderings of the Yonge North Subway Extension (YNSE) to Richmond Hill! Stations include High Tech (1), Bridge/Langstaff GO (2), Steeles (3), Royal Orchard, and Clark (4).

this capitulation is so unacceptable and just furthers the reality that transit riders and lower income folks are depriotized. 'sufferin dufferin' continues I guess, all do that a few more cars can congest neighbourhoods.

Thinking about all wasted money, time, and resources designing + engineering the bus lane/road layouts north of Bloor only to completely throw them in the trash. Are we not going to at least do peak hour HOV lanes?? Meet in the middle like the opposition wanted? Have parking & deliveries off peak?

does anyone know why the Ontario line, despite making several easy decisions to make construction much cheaper (such as elevated stations like this) is somehow still the most expensive subway we've ever built?

hi everyone I got banned on twitter so I'll be xeeting here now I guess

BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds. While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.

I love this city

Toronto lately

Yesterday a friend and I visited the historic Mackenzie house in Toronto! It's the residence of the famed first mayor of Toronto, prominent progressive politician, and leader of a failed rebellion against the crown. A short thread (🧵) of the man and his museum: (1/6)

the Richmond Hill line has been pretty full ever since they made the trains 4 cars

My first @forkast.bsky.social video ever watched? All this time I was so amused by the double-deckeredness of Hong Kong trams, I never noticed they are only "single module". Is it good? Idk enough to say. youtu.be/1IElVoFa7SE

transit oriented A&W

juxtaposition of scales in Kuala Lumpur

some sights near the singapore river

TTC's 2024 ridership data isn't out yet, but here are the 10 busiest bus routes in toronto in 2023 by daily boardings: 1. 39/939 finch east - 46k 2. 29/929 dufferin - 42k 3. 52/952 lawrence west - 39k 4. 35/935 jane - 38k 5. 25/925 don mills - 38k 6. 54/954 lawrence east - 35k 1/2

🗣️🗣️LINE 1 TO BRANTFORD‼️ @forkast.bsky.social @jakelandau.ca

after experiencing it on the Singapore MRT I know now how perfect alphanumeric exits are and I need them in Toronto immediately.

They should build the new TTC Headquarters at Dundas West / Bloor GO tbh. It's a rapidly growing node that's the most connected and accessible station complex outside of Union, I think it would be symbolic of where the TTC should be going in terms of integration.

some of my favourite photos I've taken of Toronto 💕🍁 (1/2)

what are your favourite photos of Toronto?

this is my brother's paper btw!!! super cool!

fun fact! a Pacific partnership with the exact same members (+UK) agreement still happened they just did it without the US

Just published a video vlogging my experience on Chinese High Speed Rail! I'd love if you could all check it out 🙂 youtu.be/-a-xbY8Y2rI?...

Colonial Area (Little India) vs New Town (Tampines) in Singapore 🇸🇬

Just published a video vlogging my experience on Chinese High Speed Rail! I'd love if you could all check it out 🙂 youtu.be/-a-xbY8Y2rI?...

new video coming soon!

this election is upsetting, as our provincial elections typically have been

already a contender for greatest city I've ever been to (Hong Kong)

watching the four nations game abroad on the nhl YouTube. Foreign viewers are split, mostly people watching from France, Korea, Taiwan and elsewhere. The Taiwanese are very pro USA, the French are pro Canadian, the Koreans are mixed. Overall, people support Canada.

Spent a day at the Singapore City Gallery, learning a whole bunch about the urban history of the city. Institutions like this help ground a city, and I really hope that Toronto can get a strong municipal museum soon with old city hall.

IT PASSED!! This is officially the new map of all roads in Toronto that will be upzoned to mid rise upon the activation of the avenues policy!!!

Tariffs are here - and as Trudeau said, it's time to refocus on Canada's incredible tourism, homemade products, and local businesses. Here's where to start:

THEY ADDED GO TRAINS TO THE GOOGLE MAPS TRANSIT LAYER IN TORONTO

Sure TikTok is banned but at least we got to see the Costco Guys give Rosa Parks a "big boom" before the app went dark, and you really can't put a price tag on that.

The TTC says there's no way to get rid of slow zones while Boston just eliminated them completely on an older, longer, and much worse shape network. We deserve better accountability, better leadership, and better vision. This is unacceptable.

The Humble Toronto Streetcar

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Today I went on a pilgrimage to the famed AGPmart, but did you all know there's a really interesting separate history of marginalized struggle for place in the city? A short thread (🧵) on the agpmart building

@forkast.bsky.social @ the well #toronto

foggy midtown nights

Not sure about the details but I agree with @wrayaj.bsky.social that London, Ontario should think bigger. In fact, it needs to think much bigger if it ever hopes to achieve the vision of Big London Ontario and become a worthy rival to Old London

Toronto's only infill station, North York Centre