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NDP voters watching perplexed Liberals ask themselves how it is possible to get 30% of the votes but only receive ~10% of the seats under first-past-the-post

submitted 13 hours ago • 25 comments

Well, we told @cityofvancouver.bsky.social council that new info on single stair buildings was coming soon… and here, the next day, is a big report from the Pew Charitable Trust * Quotes below… *based on a ton of legwork by @stephenjacobsmith.com and others www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-...

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

"Ford was elected on a promise to address our multiple and overlapping crises. The cost of housing was skyrocketing, family doctors were highly coveted but rarely found, schools were crumbling... Consider this: each of the crises he promised to fix has gotten worse." www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Cities should be designed for: ❌ A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ C̶a̶r̶s̶ ✅ Autonomous Kids

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

“To use a technical term, it blew my mind,” said Vancouver’s former chief planner Brent Toderian…”They weren’t lazy about it—they didn’t just throw up barriers and ban cars. It might be the best bargain I’ve ever heard,” Toderian said. #Montreal

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

"According to an internal provincial report obtained by the Star, Ontario patients visiting emergency departments in the past three years waited longer than they did in the previous 13 years." Please vote on Feb. 27th!

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Today is the last day for early voting for the Ontario election! Before you go, check out how your Waterloo Region, Brantford—Brant, Guelph, & Wellington—Halton Hills candidates responded to our transportation questionnaire in partnership w/ @taaguelph.bsky.social @moretransitso.bsky.social (1/2)

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

NEW: The City of Toronto is forging ahead with plans for new bike lanes despite provincial crackdown City staff are proposing over 12 kilometres of new bike lanes, including in Cabbagetown, the Annex, Wallace-Emerson, and Bathurst/Steeles

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

It currently takes 10.5 hours by train to travel from Quebec City to Toronto via Montreal. If Canada proceeds with a high-speed rail system, the trip would take only 4.5 hours. This project is a no-brainer.

submitted 8 days ago • 73 comments

I’ll say it again, and it’s even more true now. I’m not optimistic. Or hopeful. Those are too passive. What I am is determined. #BetterCities #BetterFuture

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Our rating systems need an overhaul. A vehicle’s safety score shouldn’t ignore the harm it inflicts on those outside of it. Death and destruction caused by reckless design should be factored into its overall rating.

submitted 9 days ago • 17 comments

Canada has (finally) announced plans for a high-speed rail project between Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto. As I wrote this Fall, it's a critically-important project: And it's not too late to do it right. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Sneckdowns where two one-way streets meet are undefeated.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Today the bus dropped me off into a massive snowbank in front of the Waterloo regional building. Why can't the people who clear the sidewalks so beautifully take an extra minute to carve out a bit of space for people to get and off the bus?

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬 That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car. Why? 🧵1/8

submitted 16 days ago • 37 comments

This is extremely good news, the Spanish are seriously good at cost effective HSR construction and ADIF is central to that www.railnewsvista.com/rnhs/canada-...

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

Provocative article salted with some great pictures! Yay to high speed rail and alternative modes of transportation. I think sometimes on how it was easier to get to Toronto from Niagara 20-30 years ago than it is now.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

In Canada, it’s probably going to be Carney vs Poilievre for Prime Minister, in a time of unprecedented economic and sovereignty threats from Trump. Carney hasn’t been a politician, and is one of the most experienced and respected economic experts in the world, known for intelligence & integrity.

submitted 21 days ago • 27 comments

Proving that yet again that cities aren't loud, cars are loud.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

"The most abundant nanoplastic was tyre particles (41%), then polystyrene (28%) and polyethylene (12%). Each tyre on the world’s 1.6bn vehicles can lose 4kg during its lifetimes and may be the largest source of tiny plastic pollution."

submitted 23 days ago • 7 comments

Okayyyyy Waterloo Region, let's talk about customizable transit cards for the GRT! So cute! So useful!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Emptying a bin in the Netherlands. Having these large bins on residential streets ensures there is no "bin day", residents are free to put their rubbish out whenever they please, which leads to less litter in the street. A sensor tells the local authority when it's full, meaning fewer truck journeys

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

Boring competant politicians are looking pretty damn good right now.

submitted 26 days ago • 9 comments

If you're looking to buy local/buy Canadian, there is some very helpful advice here. probablyworthsharing.substack.com/p/buy-canadi...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Transport is the biggest source of US emissions. The US transportation secretary has ordered the removal of the words "climate change" and "greenhouse gas emissions" from all departmental material.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

If you want parents to cycle to primary school with their young children in your city then building protected cycle tracks on main roads is an essential requirement

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

@transit.app The app hasn't been showing me the location of the incoming bus/train for the past couple of days; it only pops in when I'm actually onboard with the app going. Is this a temporary glitch or is this a permanent change?

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Car dependency has been so normalized that most people don't know that putting a child into a car is more dangerous than putting them on a bike. In fact, car trips are the most dangerous activity that most children partake in.

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

Yesterday was mild-ish, and the snow started to melt along the edges. But almost none of the street corners got cleared when everything was loose. Then it froze solid overnight. Trying to get my child over these piles safely, while also watching for approaching cars this morning was... stressful.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

New report concludes that Right-on Red is deadly: ROR "is generally unsafe for pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers." "Right-turn collisions at signalized intersections were responsible for over 39k collisions and 217 fatalities between 2011–2022 in California." transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/defaul...

submitted 29 days ago • 24 comments

Got this flashback from 2021 @tomflood.bsky.social !

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

The math is the same in every city. Bikes and smart bike infrastructure SAVE a huge amount of space. And a huge amount of public money (infrastructure money, public health care money, & much more), a huge amount of ghg emissions, pollution and noise, & much more. And then there’s what they GAIN us.

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments