20h48 Kitchener GO

Nice night #WRLRT

Frederick St. Bridge Replacement Progress, Kitchener ON 🇨🇦 (Part of future Hwy 7 project)

Oh my god.

This is nice 🥰🇨🇦 #FLEXITY #WRLRT

Yesterday I drove the 407 ETR from Burlington to Hwy 400 in the morning, and then in reverse in the afternoon. This was the fare. This is not really acceptable

For some reason Paramount/Premier disabled the drifting function on the Italian Job coasters before they opened. Here’s how it worked - a pin at the front, and two shocks at the back. The car body has four rollers at the back in an arc shape. A lash plate disables this.

Sledge Hammer waiting on new hydraulic pumps. So excited!

Paint progress update on Daredeviler

A driver in a Ford Maverick turned left in front of LRV 512. #WRLRT

Rode Line 5 (Eglinton Crosstown) the other day, twice at two different times. Both trips in ATO, and maxed out at 70 km/h consistently between stations. I thought it was supposed to do 80 km/h?

130 minutes 😵‍💫 Figured Wonderland would have made some improvements in the off season to improve capacity but it’s gotten even worse.

London, Ontario’s new BRT. I can’t figure out why in both this photo and real life it looks like a rendering

Absolutely fuck everyone with aftermarket headlights that are too bright. I’m not talking about new cars, I’m talking about buddy in the busted up Elantra driving around with flickering shitty cheap Canadian Tire lights blasting 10k+ Lumen Please fill out this survey: tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

Ontario 🇨🇦

New Hwy 7 construction in Kitchener has started, but did it really require a swath of clearcut several hundred metres wide? The area has been decimated. newhighway7.ca/wp-content/u...

One hopes images like this, when paired with the knowledge that everything we burn ends up in that tiny slice of gasses, would help contextualize why we need to move away from energy sources we set on fire. One hopes. Climate communicators should make some hay of this.

Why is there a (Montreal, Quebec) exo bus in Orangeville, Ontario?!

Is this clear cutting work a Metrolinx/GO thing? Victoria St. Bridge in Kitchener

The assumption in Toronto seems to be that all TTC alerts and signage are only focused on those who live and breathe it daily. This message is so meaningless. Would it kill them to have a map showing a visual of where the closure is?

Ontario Line construction

Bombardier FLEXITY Freedom 🇨🇦

The future used to be so cool. (A thread, likely)

Dupont Station

The new REM branch A4 to Deux Montagnes is an absolute model for how transit should operate. Frequent and fast, it ramps up to 95 km/h steady between virtually every station, holds it the whole time and then rapidly decelerates. It’s not timid and it’s so good. 10/10.

De L’Eglise. Absolument fantastique.

Line 5 is so good!

Install CityVal everywhere: youtu.be/-q3tcZyYvzI?...

Ya love to see it! 🥰 #FLEXITY

Uh - did we just lose Weekend GO Train service in Kitchener?!

Let's switch tracks here for a bit - since I've been showing you some of the trains I've seen recently in the US, allow me to show you something else also built in North America, however, these are from Canada! 🇨🇦 👀 📸 @brunoxing.bsky.social

It blows my mind anyone wants our population to increase. If anything, I wish things were like 50% less crowded at a bare *minimum*. You can’t go anywhere now without it just being so jammed and busy and loud and I hate it I feel like Canada should have a population around 15-20M max

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

Hidden away quietly in this document; 6 years later, we’ll finally see the temporary speed restrictions at Traynor removed, allowing full 70 km/h ops (currently 20 km/h) on the hydro corridor #wrLRT

In the Region of Waterloo, a Bombardier FLEXITY Freedom LRV glides into Grand River Hospital station. Note how it cruises smoothly through every intersection, thanks to full Transit Signal Priority. In Waterloo, the LRT doesn’t stop for cars. #wrLRT

Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019). Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green. The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations. Toronto planners, please come here! #wrLRT

Finch West (Line 6) - first day of service/soft launch.

Finch West LRT (Line 6) Opening Day! 🚊🎉

Reminants of the Scarborough rt. 💔

Lovely site right across from an Eglinton Crosstown station

Eglinton Crosstown, stuck in traffic

Eglinton Crosstown testing, Friday, November 28

Eglinton Crosstown was supposed to be testing today. I walked the whole above-ground portion but didn’t see any action, except for a crew *pouring concrete* at one of the stations.

Loving the REM

Montreal’s Light Automated Metro, the REM

This thing is such a absolute garbage

Bombardier FLEXITY Freedom 508 glides past the Perimeter Institute, into Waterloo Park. #wrLRT

I couldn’t imagine all winter how this would feel. After 6 rides, I still can’t figure it out 😅 #AlpenFury

#AlpenFury doesn’t have a bad angle. 🔥