It is really exciting how enormous the progress we've seen is evs and solar is
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Its amusing watching people go "nobody wants EVs" and then surprisingly "everyone wants EVs!" when oil prices go up.
Really wish there was something like the Macbook Neo not from Apple
In my french class and the other students and teachers ask casually if Canada has "le train grande vitesse" and are shocked that a "developed" country like Canada does not.
Bad look.
The time is now - Vancouver needs platform screen doors. Read my latest article on this:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thetransitbrief/p/these-platforms-could-use-some-work?r=1eh3ax&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Extremely unique public transit and I would be impressed if anyone can identify it from this picture
framework is so great, happy to live in the timeline with them
There is a nice smell I periodically smell walking about my city. Not sure what it is. Slightly damp and floral, very nice.
Instead to looking to Asian or European cities, North American cities should look closer to home — to São Paulo for some transit inspiration.
My good friend Jonathan English has told me so many great stories about infrastructure over the years, really excited today that he's launched a blog (I'm helping out).
First post is about how Canada became an enormous amount of the American oil market.
https://open.substack.com/pub/infrastory/p/how-canada-quietly-took-over-the?r=1eh3ax&utm_medium=ios
Somehow it's a parent watching your kid get injured hurts more than I think the injury hurts
A small European city I am very into
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraklion#/media/File:Herklionview.jpg
My latest, pretty optimistic post about Toronto.
Two thoughts I was having.
Ah, what if I made videos again?
Oh, I could not take the stress with the way people are talking about high speed rail. . .
People sometimes ask why I don't tend to get involved in transit union affiliated advocacy, and the issue people comes down to this. Unfortunately on a recurring basis the unions advocate for stuff that's bad for riders and for transit.
I got on the Hogtown podcast to talk about high speed rail, subway costs, and fixing Toronto's streetcars. It was a really interesting conversation from two guys who had the best questions about transit I have heard in a very long time. If you're into housing, transport and urban issues, consider subscribing!
I have thoughts on the Waterfront East LRT.
https://open.substack.com/pub/nextmetro/p/waterfront-east-transit?r=1eh3ax&utm_medium=ios
Post quantum cryptocurrency feels extremely 2026, I just hope someone is thinking post AI.....
Here goes
RE: @infrastory@mastodon.social
This latest post is a great one - many more to come!
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Ironically Quebec and Montreal in particular kind of combine the things I love about Ontario and BC
Something to be hopeful about for me today.
An obvious Toronto transit project people don't talk about.
A whole year of Cinq Personnes! Lots of learnings and lots more goals.
https://open.substack.com/pub/cinqpersonnes/p/a-year-of-cinq-personnes?r=1eh3ax&utm_medium=ios
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@walnut yeah I mean it just seems like guilt by association which feels like a bad reason not to support a company that is finally developing good repairable hardware.
The issue in this super connected world is you can find someone unsavory connected to literally anyone.
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@McsaMatt the issue is something like that just does not have anywhere in the same universe of build quality etc.
I love apples products but I deeply dislike their practices
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@swope I don't know, there's a lot of top down here. I don't think it's all that different from what you're already starting to see in a place like Toronto
@NNN@bettercities.top @xferok@tacobelllabs.net the provinces backstopping it so it seems like a false concern
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@quoidian if congestion is this bad, I guess commute earlier? Usually I find it gets significantly better if you go a little earlier. The other answer is asking the TTC to run more trains, again the line has lots of additional capacity it just depends on them running the trains for it
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@quoidian and it's also the case that many people are already taking the subway they're just taking a bus to it
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@paige are you serious about moving to Hochelaga? And is it really on such a long time horizon?
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@walnut@shrimp.thesoftestpaws.net I just don't get the sense that this person that you're talking about is either as closely associated as you're saying or as bad as you're saying. I think if it were so cut and dry they obviously wouldn't associate.
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@walnut I didn't get that from the response. I guess I've seen this from the other side though.
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@LoudSilence@mas.to I want but so pricey
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@choccymalk it's just hard for me to consider other demands when one of your demands is make transit worse for everyone and reverse a policy that was one of the few positive things we've seen in the past decade or two
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@walnut@shrimp.thesoftestpaws.net I don't know, it just seems like the type of thing that wouldn't be in their top 100 priorities as a company that could easily die giving its current positioning