@robindlaws.bsky.social I am trying to buy THE FALL OF DELTA GREEN and THE BORELLUS CONNECTION from the Pelgrane web store but they are out of stock... for Canadians only? I don't know what's going on but the customer service line isn't getting back to me. Please help me give Pelgrane my money!

This is incredible work from @theglobeandmail.com - shows us how we all feel trying to follow the news right now

Robotaxis are coming, but not as quickly as the optimists predict My latest CHANGING LANES newsletter responds to @tomaspueyo.bsky.social's techno-optimism about the imminent robotaxi revolution A quick 🧵 on why I think this transformation will take longer than he expects:

Tyler Cowen's book STUBBORN ATTACHMENTS makes the remarkable claim that maximizing sustainable economic growth isn't just good policy, it's a moral imperative www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/book-revie...

Instead of copying European high-speed rail, I argue Canada should lead the world in sustainable aviation. Here's why 🧵 (1/5) www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...

Canada just announced "Alto", a Toronto–Quebec City high-speed rail plan I'm a rail enthusiast and frequent VIA rider. But this plan is doomed to fail Here's why 🧵 1/6 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/canada-sho...

1/5 Just published: Why don't we have robotaxis in snowy cities? I spoke with Prof. Steven Waslander, who leads Toronto's WinTOR program, about one of the biggest unsolved challenges in automated driving: winter weather Here's what I learned 🧵❄️ www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/automated-...

📚 So pleased to announce my upcoming book THE END OF DRIVING, co-authored with John Niles and @berngrush.bsky.social 1/4 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/announcing...

🚗 While everyone was watching Tesla launch Cybercab last October, something equally important was happening in a storm-threatened Florida hotel: regulators were quietly writing the future of robotaxis 1/5 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/as-good-as...

1/6 Trump's suggestion that he will have the USA annex Canada is not only offensive, it's also economically and politically unworkable. Forcing a US-Canada merger would be bad, even from a *purely American* perspective: www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/the-united...

1/ Four years ago in Glasgow, the world's governments committed to ending gas car sales by 2035. Here's what we've learned since then 🧵 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/the-glasgo...

1/7 What if Canada got serious about being ambitious? In the latest issue of CHANGING LANES, I explore four "impossible" ideas that could transform our country. Even if they'll never happen, they're worth thinking about. Here's why: 🧵 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/a-progress...

🧙‍♂️ Want to understand the debate over privacy and surveillance? Let's visit Hogwarts. In the latest issue of CHANGING LANES, I revisit these issues through a Defense Against the Dark Arts class. (Sometimes policy needs a bit of magic.) 1/4 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/harry-pott...

1/5: Car companies are replacing physical controls with touchscreens. After driving a Tesla Model 3 for two years, I'm convinced: this is a dangerous mistake. Here's why 🧵 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/cars-need-...

1/5 We don't have too much public surveillance. We have too little. In the latest issue of CHANGING LANES, I argue we need more cameras in public spaces, equipped with AI and facial recognition tech. Not less.

1/5 General Motors just shut down #Cruise , its robotaxi arm, after burning $10B on it. This is a warning sign for #Tesla and its robotaxi ambitions. Here's why the Cruise story matters for the future of autonomous vehicles... www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/the-cruise...

New newsletter: from robotaxis disrupting ride-sharing to reimagining Earth with 100 billion people, here are four pieces that changed my thinking. A thread on dreaming bigger www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/robotaxis-...

1/5 NEW from _Changing Lanes_: Automation can save public transit from its Endless Emergency of rising costs and inadequate service. An in-depth look at how technology can break this decades-old cycle.🧵 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/progress-a...

1/4 The "transit-oriented development" conversation is backwards. Instead of building transit to serve cities, we should build cities to serve transit. Density by design is the key to fixing the Endless Emergency in North American public transit 🧵 www.changinglanesnewsletter.com/p/progress-a...

NEW OFF-RAMPS: 🚗 In this week's link roundup, I argue we need to STOP tying congestion charge revenue to transit funding! Yes, I know it seems elegant: "Can't afford the congestion charge? Take transit! Which we've improved, using congestion charge revenue!" (1/3)

Today, November 21, I heard my first Christmas song In a public place. Naturally it was the odious Boomer-bait "Jingle Bell Rock".

1/7 How do we fix North American public transit's chronic funding crisis? My newsletter continues its series on "Progress and Public Transit" with a proposal to make transit better by fundamentally rethinking its business model

1/5 What would "progress" in public transit mean? 🚌 To answer that, we need to know why transit systems seem perpetually underfunded and struggling? In my latest issue, I begin a new series: the first issue offers a deep dive into the structural problems facing public transit.

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