It really seems like Waymo is going to be huuuuuge

@movementyvr.bsky.social is a great advocacy organization fighting for better transit in the Metro Vancouver area, and today they bring you a video all about the problems of the proposed Boundary Rd BRT - Watch this video and learn more! youtu.be/n2TuO_f38FM

"If European cities can ban left turns on tram routes entirely, surely Toronto can do without a few." Ideas on how to get #Toronto's molasses-slow Spadina streetcar running at respectable clip. (Co-signed by @rmtransit.bsky.social ) www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Happy to have written this with Reece and Narayan. There are more details to this but the point is that Spadina can be so much better with a little political will.

On mode differences. open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

A piece in the Star today along with Jonathan English and Narayan Donaldson on fixing the very slow, but very high potential Spadina streetcar. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Transport International is a channel run by two friends dedicated to covering metro systems around the world, with amazing video compilations of rail transit systems, and videos on fun facts about specific transit systems. Enjoy this introduction! youtu.be/tp_Mfn0P5sg

Great public transit is often a choice. I talk about it in my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

On climate angst, which I’ve been having a lot lately. open.substack.com/pub/cinqpers...

Jamie from @transitthinker.bsky.social explores the future of transit systems across Canada, from construction to plans and proposals. Check out the progress of Toronto’s new automated metro the Ontario Line in this new partner video! youtu.be/CYjfGANS8N4

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Some thoughts on one bag travel. open.substack.com/pub/cinqpers...

In my opinion, one of the most important aspects of a great airport: transit connectivity. Let’s talk about it in my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

Regular reminder that I'm a lot more active in the good place

AI is going as usual

It's unfortunate when leading transportation voices in this country are talking about how we should build less rail and that we go too hard on highways . . . www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Frequent All-Day Service Serves Commuters Better. Let's talk about it in this special labour day weekend post: nextmetro.substack.com/p/world-freq...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to use public transport when the system wasn’t designed for your body? For many fat people, daily mobility means facing many physical barriers. In Brussels, the association *Fat Friendly* is working to change that. (w/ @eiturbanmobility.eu) youtu.be/Ss_LsbYu4Js

Why I'm not super into transit fantasy maps, again: nextmetro.substack.com/p/world-why-...

Moving the Kitchener Hospital from a site directly next to light rail to a location 1 km away will reduce transit ridership so many times more than a few condos near stations. We are wayyyyy too residential focused for TOD.

I learned a valuable lesson from my race car-driving uncle. Read more about it here: open.substack.com/pub/cinqpers...

Regular reminder that light rail makes little sense for the IBX bqrail.substack.com/p/los-angele...

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The city of Los Angeles has America's BIGGEST transit expansion in the works, and @nickandert.bsky.social is a channel that will tell you all about it. Get a quick overview in this video now! youtu.be/OimL8T4b4hg?...

People often ask me what their small city should be building for public transit, so I decided to answer all these questions in one blog post. Read now: open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

My latest in UrbanToronto on the Yonge North Subway Extension, which is now a go: urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...

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New York City has its classic express subway trains, but London actually also has its own express underground trains. Come learn more in this video with @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social ! youtu.be/cnrkztrLhqY

And this would also allow for a seamless extension of high speed rail (it it gets built) to downtown LA from Vegas

LA's Metrolink regional train service seems determined to not electrify, and this latest video from them chock full of incorrect information seems to support that concerning attitude. Read my latest (very frustrated) blog post: open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

Reminder, you do not need a crazy and risky and super expensive 19m diameter tunnel to provide 99% of the transport capacity the premier of Ontario is talking about on the 401 corridor -- you can easily extend the existing subway. nextmetro.substack.com/p/a-real-sol...

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It can be good to remember that even good transit systems have bad aspects to them. I talk all about them in my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

With all the major new developments happening in Toronto, it feels more important than ever to make sure transit improvements come along. Read my latest in UrbanToronto: urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...

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Today's video is all about Tampa - and a transit glowup that never was. Enjoy this video from Classy Whale, who makes videos all about the stories behind the transit systems he rides! youtu.be/06B98MepALA

The Bloor and Yonge and University bike lanes are a legitimate sanity test. Even if you oppose bike lanes, surely if a street has a SUBWAY it is sufficiently urban and you have sufficient transport options for a bike lane to be no issue. Where is a bike lane ok if not here?

The thing about this is that it would be good for drivers too. We have a weird lawlessness culture. Ontario seems much worse than BC on this, I rarely saw the kind of insane weaving there I do here.

I wish we had a culture of driving that had more respect for the power of cars and their ability to do harm.

The primary mode for travel in North America is private automobile, which is an order of magnitude more expensive than public transport, but people are obsessed with the idea that the biggest problem we have is the price of public transport and not the quality of it.

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The suburban railways of Australia are an enormous asset for the nation, and there remain a lot of learnings from them that we'd be wise to glean here in North America. open.substack.com/pub/nextmetr...

Alberta really ought to do more to try and grow new major industries

Nobody is buying condos in Toronto, projects are dying, and yet a hotel room at a pretty mid hotel is still like $400 a night! Maybe I need to get into the hotel biz.

Today's post is all about sinking funds and how I'm using them to fund a very exciting purchase. open.substack.com/pub/cinqpers...

Canada has dramatically higher transit modeshare than the US is something people clearly need to hear much more often.

Someone has sent me a video about free transit where the proponent mentions how good transit requires a number of things, one of which is free transit. This is funny because people go overseas to Japan, France, Sweden etc. and rave about the transit - where it's never free.

For years I remember having people tell me Toronto's "LRT" lines would be different from the streetcars, in actuality the lines are very much just the St. Clair streetcar transposed to the suburbs - with the TTCs bad operating practices coming along.

Toronto for all it's faults is so so so well rounded. I actually think there are few cities in actuality I'd rather be in.

While social media is annoying, the biggest case I have for it is that I have legitimately met a lot of wonderful people via sm