there’s a serious problem with how cities are funded in Canada. it’s not stable or sustainable, or even fair to taxpayers.

wholeheartedly agree with this. however, how it’s implemented would matter a lot. it’s already banned in many educational institutions, but the way those bans are implemented is not effective. as canadians, we collectively need a better system of governing this new technology before more damage.

hmmm…i didn’t know that either.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow confirms that enhanced signal priority is now being rolled out on Line 6 Finch West, with Line 5 Eglinton to follow soon. A huge step forward to maximizing the transit user experience on our new LRT lines!

The worst thing about the Metrolinx structure (and it’s no small list) is the total lack of transparency over: what’s been spent, what will still be spent, what improvements are actually being delivered, which projects have been cancelled. Toronto deserves a real explanation, post haste.

Goals: 1. Waterloo Region gets funding for extending ION light rail to Cambridge 2. It uses all the transit cost lessons to build it for far less than the estimates 3. Savings and new expertise used to build the second line as automated light metro

In this article, the City reveals that the Transit Signal Priority on the Eglinton LRT only allows green extensions up to 16 seconds, which is far less than the 30 s maximum that's programmed on streetcar lines and on Finch toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/17/l...

Good morning Halifax

Breaking news on American TV: the Canadian men’s hockey team took public transit in Milan.

stay being a leader edmonton!

A chart I just want to bring to every housing conversation in the city of Toronto. H/T to @jensvb.bsky.social

we should have an ethics course in high school…similar to japan (iirc). thoughts?

interesting piece to read, and i actually agree because it also gives youth time to reflect and think about what they want to do afterwards. not mandatory military service—but mandatory national service. think volunteering, non-profits, public service, etc. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

i used this station every day last summer and the transfers are awful, even from surface routes. the closest streetcar stops are at least a few hundred meters…for no reason! there WAS a stairway connection to the bridge with surface transit connections and they REMOVED it. it’s a shame honestly.

In 2019, Premier Ford substantially cut OSAP grants and axed the interest-free six-month grace period before graduates had to repay OSAP loans. He's again limiting grants as well as vastly increasing loans — a recipe for massive student debt, to begin being repaid immediately post-graduation.

Line 6 is a victim of a confluence of multiple problems: 1. Basically useless TSP because very restrictive settings 2. Low speed limits at curves and mainline for “initial operations” 3. Low speed restrictions for “Vision Zero” at intersections and platforms 4. All speed limits enforced extremely

Look how amazing elevated rail can be! We need more of this.

this makes me uneasy honestly. the health of americans has come full circle: inactive lifestyle + high costs + deregulated food production —> obesity —> weight loss drugs —> supports inactive lifestyle… it’s sad honestly, here’s to hoping for a better future! canada is better but still imperfect

thank goodness they’re doing something about it. it’s about time. great park but needs improvements real bad.

Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

this is a band-aid sir. the three big grocery chains *do not* need to charge such high prices, especially when the #ontariofoodterminal exists. it’s why small grocers like Kensington Fruit Market in Toronto are able to sell produce for cheaper than huge corporations. we need more competition!

it gives nothing to the people lol

I really hope that all that time since 2009 works in our favour here. And also that this goes back to how it *should* be after this year.

#IdeasAtWork Local Residents’ Association strives for car free environment. An all ages all abilities community utilizing streets for people instead of homes for cars. Please Copy and Paste.

wrong side of history i’m telling you…massive mistake that’s going to screw over America’s future.

I could also use footage from Dublin. Submit here if you have any that you’d like to share. (Transit, skyline, high streets, housing, city centre, suburbs, bike infrastructure, etc.) docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z-C...

My urban planning pet peeve is when people talk about which cities are “well-designed”. But it just ends up being cities that are older. I agree, older cities are nicer. But I want to know which cities are doing good things *today*, not just which ones lucked out to get big sooner.

Gee, can someone remind me who is responsible for this antagonism?

If you widen that highway you won’t reduce emissions or congestion. What you WILL do is spend a lot of public money to induce even more cars emitting even more GHGs and pollution in the same or worse congestion with people still demanding that you widen the highway. Period.

alright yeah he’s gone mad fr

"Line is a restrained triumph. Its stations + stops share a coherent language: large windows + skylights, white-painted steel, expanses of white tile, tangerine accents." From #Toronto, generally good reviews of design, operations of Eglinton Crosstown LRT. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Roughly 1 in 6 households car-free in Montreal and Toronto *metro areas* is quite impressive. Higher than I'd have thought.

The metro area with the most car-free households in 🇨🇦 is Montreal (18%), followed by Toronto (16%) and Winnipeg (14%). Quebec City has more car-free than Vancouver! Calgary and Edmonton have the least car-free households, but still get very respectable LRT ridership by North American standards.

thank god man

he’s so cooked

FastTrackTO is a single issue advocacy group (made upof @englishrail.bsky.social, @rmtransit.bsky.social, Narayan Donaldson and @optimistmatt.bsky.social) pushing to address slow transit in Toronto, particularly the downtown streetcars.

The wait is finally over. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open this Sunday, and you can ride it for free on opening day!

Today I'll be presenting at TTC about a comprehensive plan to revitalize surface transit in Toronto. To be effective, it needs to be implemented as a package but it could radically improve the speed and reliability of streetcars, LRT, and buses. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

My @thestar.com column: The Eglinton Crosstown is finally opening this Sunday, but please, spare us the celebration. We don’t want a party — we want an apology, an explanation, and a reason to believe a bungled project like this won’t ever happen again. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I heard the Nintendo Wii crash noise in a YouTube video I watched today, and my brain, as usual, said "Hey, you want to make something silly?" #VideoEdits #YTPMV

#toronto #city #photos

watching anime that is 10+ years old for the first time is so crazy to me, especially since many of them don’t have much of an attachment to time in real life. it’s weird to think I was so young when most of these shows were released, and would’ve never thought I’d be watching em’ later in life 🧵

No power and freezing rain. #winter #boo #nopower #ihateice #noice

The healthcare worker ❤️ in our household walking to the subway. Thankfully the only portion of the TTC that is still open will take her downtown. h/t @uhn.ca #TorontoStorm

Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan. Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”

Gorgeous night in Toronto. The ability to go for an evening walk during a snowstorm is priceless and can help quiet all the noise of the world. Even if for a brief moment to allow you to breathe. #SnowTO

good luck tomorrow y’all 😭 #winterstorm

Something is right

yeahhhhh i probably will be more willing to fork over the extra money for amtrak next time

An incredibly important video on the huge benefits of upzoning a North American city, and the risks that present afterwards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVQ6...