after many years, the time has come to retire the trusty transit.supply BART case. i dread replacing my small phone (broken charging port) but this magsafe case should extend its useful life :) you ever think about how "fern" in sluggo's accent sounds like "phone" in an exaggerated aussie accent?

A short thread of some North Macedonian Brutalism in Skopje. Starting with the Central Skopje Post Office by architect Janko Konstantinov.

After the fall of Communism in Tirana, owners of ground floor units in the ubiquitous apartment blocks would add small shops to their units, often starting with just a window for selling goods, and eventually adding full storefronts and small extensions. Now they’re the city’s main streets!

people often have trouble imagining what life is like for ace people, so here's a comic about how i like to spend my time. the truth is, we're just like you — and more importantly, we're everywhere. happy international asexuality day!

I don't think people quite grasp just how long Vancouver's SkyTrain is going to be once the Expo Line extension to Langley is built. It would be like if Toronto extended the Yonge Subway to just outside of Newmarket!

i like hamilton

That building doesn’t fit the character of the neighbourhood? Only one way to fix that. Build more buildings like that!

Kelmscott station in Perth, Australia has a somewhat unique layout where the bus bays run between the two rail platforms. Buses effectively cross the tracks and drive up and into the station itself

incredible dentistry density right at the US border 📍 nuevo progreso, tamaulipas

who said buses and metro trains can't meet cross-platform? 📍 talleres station, monterrey

since the dollar store stopped carrying blue takis, i have had to compete with august for the snacks with normal colours, and frankly they don't stand a chance. august doesn't eat blue takis, but they were better off with them around. anyway, what we really need is more *affordable* housing

With wayfinding on the top of everyone's mind, I decided to submit my solution to the problem. With a slight rebrand and some station name tweaks, we can create a system that is both legible and easy to navigate! I present DT, Downtown Transit!

april fools hasn't been the same since george w bush pointed out that you can't get fooled again. every year i have to look for new fools and hope no one else beats me to them

for you, does mullet rhyme with bullet or with gullet? i've heard both and the more i think about it the less correct both sound

today's pull from the archives

New video. It’s like when I upload a YouTube short, except this one’s long. I think you’ll be pretty shocked at just how absurd this truly law is 👀

No big conspiracy.

Today FastTrackTO is officially launching and releasing our 10 point plan to modernize the Toronto Streetcar network. An iconic symbol of the city that could be fantastic with some achievable, common sense and low cost changes. The plan if implemented would transform the city. fast-track.to (1/2)

o'leary, o'reilly, o'hare and o'hara there's nowhere as irish as reno nevada

🌬️⛴️ @rustbeltenjoyer.bsky.social @auguststreet.ca

VIVA VENEZULEA VIVA AREPAS VIVA BÉISBOL I'M SO PROUD US 💛❤️💙 first time ever!!!

venezuela!!!!!!

venezuela is going to the world baseball classic finals for the first time EVER. i am so proud of us. the espresso machine is BROKEN. arepa power ⚾💛💙❤️

WE'RE SO BACK SHOUTOUT MY COUSIN

what happens when your rail transit planning doesn't account for the possibility of buses being useful

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

it's fun (read: frustrating) to compare with this nice staggered junction in vancouver. the flashing green indicates that this functions as a regular two-way stop, keeping the arterial flowing, until a pedestrian requests to cross it. pedestrians can cross the side streets at any time. so simple.

i'm so done with these staggered signallized junctions with 3+ phases and overly permissive movements and nearside bus stops oh my god

oh hey — it's like my blog post, but with data! as i wrote, expect this effect amplified once the ontario line and better streetcars (one can dream) come online. in case you missed it, my post looks at how wayfinding could better account for this pattern. fernkhahn.medium.com/line-1-is-no...

vancouver's newest solaris trolleybuses are real & under testing. they bring off-wire capability (great news for flexibility) and adopt a common european layout of 3 doors + full low-floor for better capacity+dwells. you get better transit when you don't limit yourself to north american buses!

revisiting my childhood tonight by logging into the forum about american highways

where? i don't see any

i spent all summer organizing for dedicated transit lanes against typical toronto nimbys who claimed that "emergency vehicles would get stuck in traffic and more people would die" anyways, here's real life:

This is your annual reminder to ignore the tomtom congestion index coverage because the methodology is car-brained. "How far can I travel" is the wrong metric. When things are closer together, you don't need to travel as far to get things done! "How many things can I get to?" is the right metric

man, the urban growth in ontario is something else. i'm excited to see how this looks from hamilton mountain brow when it's complete

happy unremarkable march. thank you all for celebrating rectangular february with me. my younger self would be happy to learn that other people care about this. see you in 2037!

it's interesting that lao gan ma is still good even though i don't see people talking about it anymore. it's like it has inherent characteristics that don't react to us. are there other things that behave this way? how do we harness and reproduce this quality?

a little side project i've been working on for the last two weeks, in absence of an equivalent Metrolinx/TTC map: a rapid transit map that includes all fast and frequent transit that runs 7-days a week within the city of toronto, and better shows different "layers" of higher-order transit

(youth pastor voice) now, let me tell you about another bilingual transit-riding wasian icon from oakland, california

i see we're talking ontario line extensions. these are the options i've been turning around in my head for a while. both are optimized for easy above-ground alignments, though the southernmost 4km of the "black creek" line would have to be underground. (forgive the 2022-flavoured optimism-crayon)

👏Move👏 👏The 👏 👏Damn👏 👏Stop 👏 👏After👏 👏The 👏 👏Intersection👏

i got tired of criticizing it years before it opened, but my feeling has not changed: this line is too good to be so flawed and too flawed to be so good. a network-warping service with in-built unreliability, underbuilt where it counts and overbuilt where it doesn't. at least it's finally here.

How many people who "hate winter" actually just hate how snow retains and reveals the unbelievable filth smeared all over by cars

i don't like that app updates now put liquid glass-style icons on my iOS 18 device. i don't claim to understand how this would work, but i wish app icons were some sort of smart vector file styled consistently according to a set of appearance rules set by the system or the user.

v1.116 is rolling out now! For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.

after 15 years (most of our conscious lives) we have survived to see the opening of canada's biggest tram in a hole

i could take or leave the tram-in-a-hole. for me, today's main event is the new bus network :)

stadium high school, tacoma. how do students focus here?

remarkably, apple maps hasn't got the memo on line 5 opening or the accompanying bus network changes. usually they're pretty good about this. thank god for transit app!

i walk through the projected arrows in the IKEA showroom because it makes me feel like i'm a part of something