Matthew
@mathbath.bsky.social
have yourself a wonderful day and don’t forget to eat cookies
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AuDHD
suburban urbanist
mech tech / millwright
avid transit rider
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍
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AuDHD
suburban urbanist
mech tech / millwright
avid transit rider
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍
“Should we lower the speed limit for cars and ban ROR?”
December 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Should we lower the speed limit for cars and ban ROR?”
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Colle has, politely, never been the most policy oriented councillor but what he's calling for here makes no sense even by his standards. He wants to.. pause the rulings? Of an independent tribunal in response to them... correctly ruling that applications meet provincial TOD policy?
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Colle has, politely, never been the most policy oriented councillor but what he's calling for here makes no sense even by his standards. He wants to.. pause the rulings? Of an independent tribunal in response to them... correctly ruling that applications meet provincial TOD policy?
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The Good "The extremely popular service is forecast to hit 8.1 million rides in 2025, up from 2.4 million in 2019, the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) board heard in a presentation Friday. By 2030, the program hopes to nearly double that, with 14 million annual rides." 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Good "The extremely popular service is forecast to hit 8.1 million rides in 2025, up from 2.4 million in 2019, the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) board heard in a presentation Friday. By 2030, the program hopes to nearly double that, with 14 million annual rides." 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My understanding is that these signals double as what the French call a SAC (Système d'Aide à la Conduite) which tell drivers that the priority request has been taken into account.
The French systems generally have both a priority activated (flashing diamond) and pre-green ( flashing "!")
The French systems generally have both a priority activated (flashing diamond) and pre-green ( flashing "!")
Transit Signal Priority on ion Light Rail, Region of Waterloo, Ontario (2019).
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
Trains use a horizontal (stop) or vertical (go) white aspect bar, instead of red or green.
The trains follow a wave and do not stop between stations.
Toronto planners, please come here!
#wrLRT
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My understanding is that these signals double as what the French call a SAC (Système d'Aide à la Conduite) which tell drivers that the priority request has been taken into account.
The French systems generally have both a priority activated (flashing diamond) and pre-green ( flashing "!")
The French systems generally have both a priority activated (flashing diamond) and pre-green ( flashing "!")
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Since being shuttered under false pretenses two years ago, the Ontario Science Centre’s roof still has more integrity than the Ford government. Please support our efforts to protect it, and return this special place to the public.
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Since being shuttered under false pretenses two years ago, the Ontario Science Centre’s roof still has more integrity than the Ford government. Please support our efforts to protect it, and return this special place to the public.
wow. unbelievable.
338,000 of traffic charges dropped in Ontario this year compared to 57,000 in 2019. Our court system is in shambles. Justice denied to seriously injured road users. Dangerous driving left undeterred and prolific. globalnews.ca/video/115724...
Thousands of traffic charges dropped in Ontario annually | Watch News Videos Online
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globalnews.ca
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
wow. unbelievable.
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I will never not be fascinated by snow management in Montreal and many other parts of Quebec.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
The Snow Sirens of Montreal (Fascinating but Frustrating)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I will never not be fascinated by snow management in Montreal and many other parts of Quebec.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
In addition to plowing the roads, sidewalks, and bike lanes, cities will actually collect snow from streets and truck it out to snow dumps half a dozen times a year.
It makes a massive difference.
yeppp😬
How I'm feeling about the Toronto city council elections 10 months out.
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
yeppp😬
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The development should be centered around the transit line, not an arterial road. Concentrating development on arterials maximizes conflict between peds and cars/trucks, maximizing the number of pedestrian fatalities:
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
The Safe Systems approach to urban planning
In the past few decades major strides have been made to reduce conflicts and improve safety and efficiency for people on urban streets and roads, regardless of their mode of transport. Notable inno…
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The development should be centered around the transit line, not an arterial road. Concentrating development on arterials maximizes conflict between peds and cars/trucks, maximizing the number of pedestrian fatalities:
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
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This is such a big @ttcriders.bsky.social and @mayoroliviachow.ca win!!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
Y'all are giving us whiplash with all these announcements this week! This is going to make a massive difference to transit riders in Scarborough and we are thrilled!
It's also a testament to what can be accomplished without provincial meddling. Metrolinx, take note.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/sca...
It's also a testament to what can be accomplished without provincial meddling. Metrolinx, take note.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/sca...
Scarborough busway to open earlier than expected, says Mayor Olivia Chow
Construction for the $93.8-million project to convert the defunct Scarborough Rapid Transit corridor into a busway began this year and wasn’t expected to finish until at least 2027.
www.thestar.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is such a big @ttcriders.bsky.social and @mayoroliviachow.ca win!!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
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Embedded YouTube link for Bluesky users ⤵️
"Canadians are closer than ever to having high-speed rail, but questions remain: Will it be accessible like Spain’s network, or will the cost of private financing price it out of reach for many?"
#alto #hsr
"Canadians are closer than ever to having high-speed rail, but questions remain: Will it be accessible like Spain’s network, or will the cost of private financing price it out of reach for many?"
#alto #hsr
What Canada can learn from Spain about high-speed rail | CBC Creator Network
YouTube video by CBC
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Here's a TTC proposal from a few months ago to delete 9 stops on St Clair:
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's a TTC proposal from a few months ago to delete 9 stops on St Clair:
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55% of Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election. People have lost faith in government because of politicians like Doug Ford.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
55% of Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election. People have lost faith in government because of politicians like Doug Ford.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
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that is how you operate a street running LRT like a subway line. Seattle’s line 1 is worthy of a number dedication…finch west lrt is not.
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
that is how you operate a street running LRT like a subway line. Seattle’s line 1 is worthy of a number dedication…finch west lrt is not.
it’s insanity that we can’t get this in Toronto. The biggest city in the country with higher transit ridership😭
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
it’s insanity that we can’t get this in Toronto. The biggest city in the country with higher transit ridership😭
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The Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown LRT contract specifies average speeds up to 25 km/h (49 min peak, 45 mins off peak over 19 km)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown LRT contract specifies average speeds up to 25 km/h (49 min peak, 45 mins off peak over 19 km)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
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Two things
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Two things
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
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Metrolinx: here is an LRT capable of transit signal priority (TSP)
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Metrolinx: here is an LRT capable of transit signal priority (TSP)
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
this 👇
About a year ago Dianne Saxe asked for TTC board meetings to be scheduled and recorded in TMMIS like every other committee and now they're easier to find and more people follow the agenda and proceedings. Sometimes seemingly dumb little things matter.
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
this 👇
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Learned some illuminating things about Line 6 from City/TTC staff at today’s board meeting that’s worth sharing:
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Learned some illuminating things about Line 6 from City/TTC staff at today’s board meeting that’s worth sharing:
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
this has gotta be top 5 worst shovelling experiences of all time 😭
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
this has gotta be top 5 worst shovelling experiences of all time 😭
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
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I can’t recall as snowy a December. It isn’t really xc skiable (and today seems to be sleet which is satanic) but it’s … not the usual green/brown Christmastime. Anyway hopefully useful skiable snow soon #dlws
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I can’t recall as snowy a December. It isn’t really xc skiable (and today seems to be sleet which is satanic) but it’s … not the usual green/brown Christmastime. Anyway hopefully useful skiable snow soon #dlws