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Hafeez A.

@trainguy89.bsky.social

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Toronto < - > Waterloo. Designing better streets and fighting for change! Transportation Planner. 🚲 🚃 🎓UW Planning ‘27. Opinions are mine only of course.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Nov 11

If anyone follows me and wants a follow back, just like this message!

Getting an insane amount of followers in a few days has made it impossible to see the individual followers.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 4d

This.

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 5d

The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently it’s going to be opened around 2031. By then it’s possible the GO service operations may allow the stopping at this station.

But isn’t it kinda ridiculous we didn’t plan for this??

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

We’re going have to rename it the UPL (Union-Pearson Local).

What a joke.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 10d

Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live

QUEENS PARK - Premier Doug Ford's government has proposed legislation to potentially end indefinite rental leases and adjust tenancy agreements, after realizing that there were still people who could ...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 10d

And that’s why I wanted to thank you and your team actually. It’s an incredibly high quality project. We can be unintentionally harsh at times.

A common complaint is that the white flexi-posts posts are ugly, that’s all. I get the purpose and versatility of course.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 10d

Are they going to be the hard black bollards or those white flexi-posts? Would be a shame to reconstruct the road, only to put in those flexi-posts.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 10d

I’m curious why the standard switched? Didn’t it used to be the slightly elevated curb or the rolled curb?

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 11d

Doug Ford might ban removal of a road lane for any purpose 🙂🔫

TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 11d

The "Fighting Delays, Building Faster" Act, appears to give the provincial government authority to ban any use of road space that takes away a lane of traffic - including bike lanes, and could include transit lanes, street festivals, and curbside patios:

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Prohibition re reduction of lanes

195.3 (1) Except as permitted by the regulations, a municipality shall not, by by-law or otherwise, reduce or permit a reduction in the number of marked lanes available for travel by motor vehicles on a highway or a portion of a highway under the municipality's jurisdiction and control for any of the following purposes:

1. A bicycle lane

2. Any other prescribed purpose

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 11d

Why did I think this was a polling chart for a sec? 😂

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 18d

A road diet would’ve been preferred imo but I’m guessing staff were forced to rethink the project without removing road lanes and this is still a pretty good outcome.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 21d

I’ll DM.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 23d

Upcoming years will likely include stations in this area along trails or cycling infrastructure and the plan is for all parts of the city to have access to bike share.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 23d

The 4-year expansion plan was based on current and future infrastructure but also a lot on equity and income. Central Etobicoke did not receive any new stations AFAIK due to how high the income in that area is and the demographics. The plan was based to give access to people who needed it the most.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28d

And again, cameras wouldn’t be needed if every street in Canada was a street in the Netherlands but we don’t have money to make every street safe right now. Road design is crucial but cameras are a vital first step in bringing a safety and accountability culture in Canadian drivers, even if annoying

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28d

Speed cameras were a win-win for road safety, less police resources needed, improved driver behaviour, keeping people safe, improving accountability & removing bias in enforcement and we still lost.

Thanks Doug. Now everyone’s going to start speeding again everywhere, but worse, in front of schools

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28d

Like any genuine enforcement of the speed limit is unfair, according to many drivers. That speed limits are just minimums and it’s okay to go over

You also find some drivers complain about anything that slows them down or makes it harder to drive. But honestly, drivers hardly pay attention to signs

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28d

I was driving from work when I noticed a police officer in his cruiser with a radar gun. Not hidden but not in plain sight

I was going the speed limit so I was fine but I was thinking, even if we only had police officers instead of cameras, we’d still have drivers say that enforcement is unfair

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 30

Noticed this was the City of Toronto.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · Sep 26

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 23

BRAD BRADFORD, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PODCAST.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 15

British-ahh street

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 11

I love how KW is so chill with their railways and their interactions with pedestrians/cyclists. Many municipalities would lose their butts at the potential thought of someone walking 10m near an an abandoned railway.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 11

I was having this thought for a few days but I think now it’s even more fitting,

Putting up more signs or lights as a way to reduce speeding and road violence is about as effective as thoughts and prayers for reducing gun violence.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 9

Working as a transit planner at a transit agency is pretty darn cool. Highly recommend.

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