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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 1d

I thought Shaff might have been offside but I don’t see it. #CanMNT should be up 1:0

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan David scores but is ruled offside! Score In the 76’ remains 🇨🇦 0-0 🇨🇴
#CANMNT

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 1d

#CanMNT plays Colombia tonight in their strongest test leading up to next year’s World Cup. Tani looks to have the lock next to David up top while De Fougerolles has made the most of Bombito’s absence and solidified his spot in the CB pool.

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Jason Paris @jasonparis.bsky.social · 1d

Love this! Visual storytelling that celebrates our not-so-distant past — we really don’t do enough of this. www.metrolinx.com/en/discover/... #Metrolinx #ScarboroughON

Preserving pieces of Scarborough’s transit history

How we are breathing new life into our transit past.

www.metrolinx.com

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 1d

🤔 indeed.

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Observing The City @observingthecity.bsky.social · 21d

Bike share revenue is up over 30% compared to last year, and now has close to 300k unique customers. That is 10% of the population of Toronto! I also think that their internal forecasts are a little pessimistic pinning 2025 rides at 8.1 million. I forecast closer to 8.3M when the year is over.

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 5d

Soccer has made it! Prime Minister Carney is at the #CanMNT match in Montreal tonight. 👀

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Ben Steiner @bensteiner00.bsky.social · 5d

How #CanMNT lines up be Australia.

- Joel Waterman starts back in Montreal instead of Luc De Fougerolles.

- Midfield pivot of Koné-Saliba

- Ahmed and Buchanan on the wings.

4 former CF Montreal players and 3 from Quebec looking to end Australia’s undefeated run.

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CANMNT @canmntofficial.bsky.social · 6d

It’s a great day to watch #CANMNT play!

C’est une belle journée pour regarder le #CANMNT jouer !

📺: @tsn_official @rds @onesoccer

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 7d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 6d

From Brampton to Vancouver, the common thread to ridership growth is frequent service. Seems so simple, yet so difficult to implement.

Edward Russell @byerussell.com · 6d

The head of Vancouver’s transit agency can sum its ridership recovery in one word: Frequency.

“Running the bus every 30 minutes isn’t going to cut it if you want to grow ridership.“

Many Vancouver 🚌 run every 5min or less, and the SkyTrain runs every 3-4min, via @davidzipper.bsky.social

The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery

The Canadian city’s transit agency, TransLink, bounced back from Covid even as other North American systems have struggled. Its leader explains why riders returned.

www.bloomberg.com

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 6d

Or “empty 82% of the time”.

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 7d

Well, well, well. 👀

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 7d

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8d

Eglinton Crosstown LRT begins final 30-day testing phase — but still no opening date

The Eglinton Crosstown started a 30-day revenue test on Tuesday but testing could drag on as the line needs to run problem free for three consecutive weeks.

www.thestar.com

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 7d

Or shoplifting: “I only stole 1 orange, not 10!” “Besides, there was no sign that warned me I couldn’t shoplift here!” “Paying for oranges is just a tax grab!”

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 8d

Join us Friday at 10:30 as we talk shared streets. @beckykatz.blsky.social, Amélie Cossé, Zibby Petch, Geoff Dwyer and I discuss the promise, challenges and strategies for implementing complete streets across Canada.
www.canu.ca/program

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 9d

The @canurbanism.bsky.social conference will be in Toronto next week. I’ve always appreciated the chance to get a truly coast-to-coast look at the state of Canadian city design.

📅 October 16 - 18
📍 Limberlost Place @ George Brown College

Info: canu.ca/toronto2025

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 9d

There's just way too much of the current rule of law crisis in the US that's a copy-paste of something that happened before elsewhere (with some local American variations) yet a lot of reaction boils down to a combination of "I can't imagine it could happen here/it has never happened before" 2/

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 9d

🇺🇸🇸🇰🇭🇺🇵🇱 Once again, NGOs in the US would benefit greatly from talking to civil society in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia (and several other places) about how to deal with a government that's hostile to the part of the third sector that doesn't align with its ideology. 1/

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 9d

Regardless if they are moving or parked, single occupancy vehicles are in the way of the city’s ability to move people efficiently. “This is a moment for the TTC to reintroduce itself to people,” Siemiatycki says. “But it has to be top notch.” h/t @iiutoronto.bsky.social www.cp24.com/local/toront...

TTC and Metrolinx planning service adjustments as data show commuting office workers face more gridlock

Both the TTC and Metrolinx say they are planning service adjustments to account for the fact that many workers are being required to comply with more stringent in-office policies, as the latest data s...

www.cp24.com

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 9d

The @canurbanism.bsky.social conference will be in Toronto next week. I’ve always appreciated the chance to get a truly coast-to-coast look at the state of Canadian city design.

📅 October 16 - 18
📍 Limberlost Place @ George Brown College

Info: canu.ca/toronto2025

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 12d

Horrific scenes as russia targets a passenger train in Sumy.

WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 12d

UPD Russia hit a railway station in Shostka twice, first striking a suburban train locomotive then targeting a Kyiv-Shostka train as people evacuated, local authorities reported. Video captured one of the strikes.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 13d

periodic reminder that a) the TPA's land would return more to the city in tax revenue if its parking lots were redeveloped; b) it's "profits" are entirely the result of accounting fictions; c) it exists solely to subsidize car use and periodically give councillors a lever to placate NIMBYs

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 13d

Not to mention that the city is actively developing over 4,000 new homes directly facing the portion planned for removal. That’s 4,000 families that will be looking for safe paths to travel to schools, groceries, subway and the new rec centre.
createto.ca/projects/blo...

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 13d

Taking the “parallel secondary route” adds almost a kilometre of travel time along that route.

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