Haadhi
@haadhifaizal.bsky.social
University of Waterloo Civil Engineering
Founder @moretransitso.bsky.social
Founder @moretransitso.bsky.social
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Q: how can we make the street below safer for people outside of cars?
toronto transportation services: 💡 force the LRT to operate 20 km/h slower than the adjacent traffic! vision zero! 🥰
toronto transportation services: 💡 force the LRT to operate 20 km/h slower than the adjacent traffic! vision zero! 🥰
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Q: how can we make the street below safer for people outside of cars?
toronto transportation services: 💡 force the LRT to operate 20 km/h slower than the adjacent traffic! vision zero! 🥰
toronto transportation services: 💡 force the LRT to operate 20 km/h slower than the adjacent traffic! vision zero! 🥰
The private financing of ALTO is one of the worst parts of the project. Canada can actually finance the project much easier because we have our own currency unlike Spain which uses the Euro. There's 0 reason we need to rely on private funding to build the line. 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The private financing of ALTO is one of the worst parts of the project. Canada can actually finance the project much easier because we have our own currency unlike Spain which uses the Euro. There's 0 reason we need to rely on private funding to build the line. 1/2
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If Canada had sane construction costs for a tramway like ~40 million CAD per km, 80 billion would get you around 2,000km of median tramway. But if the Finch W Tramway project is anything to go by 80 billion might get you only around 300km maybe a bit less. If you did Crosstown LRT costs...
Light rail from Toronto to Sudbury let’s do it!!
@mark-carney.bsky.social designate it as a nation building project please!
@mark-carney.bsky.social designate it as a nation building project please!
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
If Canada had sane construction costs for a tramway like ~40 million CAD per km, 80 billion would get you around 2,000km of median tramway. But if the Finch W Tramway project is anything to go by 80 billion might get you only around 300km maybe a bit less. If you did Crosstown LRT costs...
What this shows is that Metrolinx wasn't very good at estimating travel times. 25km/h average speed on surface segments is very unrealistic, you probably couldn't even achieve that if trains were guaranteed greens at every single light. 1/3
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 5:00 AM
What this shows is that Metrolinx wasn't very good at estimating travel times. 25km/h average speed on surface segments is very unrealistic, you probably couldn't even achieve that if trains were guaranteed greens at every single light. 1/3
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The secret sauce of Zurich's transit priority at intersections: two-stage crossings, variable length cycles made of stages that can change their length and order adaptively, and narrow lanes and intersections resulting in very short clearing times
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The secret sauce of Zurich's transit priority at intersections: two-stage crossings, variable length cycles made of stages that can change their length and order adaptively, and narrow lanes and intersections resulting in very short clearing times
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Uh oh, Ontario transportation minister Prabmeet Sarkaria liked this IntegrityTO video blaming bus lanes for car congestion…
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Uh oh, Ontario transportation minister Prabmeet Sarkaria liked this IntegrityTO video blaming bus lanes for car congestion…
This can't be good
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This can't be good
This might be the worst housing related video/post I've seen from @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social. A lot of the arguments don't make sense if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. 1/16
Big news! Cara makes her triumphant post-parental leave return to the pod. Today, we discuss Zohran's proposal to freeze rents, the current system's impact on mobility, and the need for higher vacancy rates.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watc...
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This might be the worst housing related video/post I've seen from @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social. A lot of the arguments don't make sense if you think about it for more than 2 seconds. 1/16
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It's a beautiful Saturday, which means that it's time for a thread about housing in Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs). Yesterday, Toronto and the province announced a new-but-not-totally-new plan for homes near transit. What's the deal? 🧵
Today, the Province of Ontario approved, with modifications, 120 Major Transit Station Areas and Protected Major Transit Station Areas in #Toronto. The decision increases building heights and densities near transit and supports more housing options for these areas.
Learn more: toronto.ca/OurPlan
Learn more: toronto.ca/OurPlan
August 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It's a beautiful Saturday, which means that it's time for a thread about housing in Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs). Yesterday, Toronto and the province announced a new-but-not-totally-new plan for homes near transit. What's the deal? 🧵
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“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
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What is the message Air Canada management thinks it's sending by publicly attacking its own employees with anti-union posts like this?
Air Canada hires and employs bad flight attendants who are selfish truants that don't care about their customers? Kinda shooting themselves in their own foot here.
Air Canada hires and employs bad flight attendants who are selfish truants that don't care about their customers? Kinda shooting themselves in their own foot here.
August 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
What is the message Air Canada management thinks it's sending by publicly attacking its own employees with anti-union posts like this?
Air Canada hires and employs bad flight attendants who are selfish truants that don't care about their customers? Kinda shooting themselves in their own foot here.
Air Canada hires and employs bad flight attendants who are selfish truants that don't care about their customers? Kinda shooting themselves in their own foot here.
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Great allocation of road space just north of Bloor! Bus, streetcar and cars all sharing one lane so there can be room for 4 parked private vehicles.
August 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Great allocation of road space just north of Bloor! Bus, streetcar and cars all sharing one lane so there can be room for 4 parked private vehicles.
I don't know if this is ragebait or an actual claim claim because I don't think there's a single leftist out there that thinks this
It never fails to amaze me how many on the left's ideal Canadian housing system is one where the top 10% own their own home, the bottom 20% live in social housing, and the 70% in the middle-class rent from one of a half-dozen corporations who'd own the rest of the housing stock.
August 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don't know if this is ragebait or an actual claim claim because I don't think there's a single leftist out there that thinks this
Agree with everything but people who advocate for large capital transit projects need to be very careful with the "we have to build it now before it gets more expensive" argument. This thinking held by agencies is part of the reason our costs keep increasing because it's taken as a fact of life.
August 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Agree with everything but people who advocate for large capital transit projects need to be very careful with the "we have to build it now before it gets more expensive" argument. This thinking held by agencies is part of the reason our costs keep increasing because it's taken as a fact of life.
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Worth considering as a potential source of our GO woes.
August 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Worth considering as a potential source of our GO woes.
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finch west LRT is currently being tested ahead of opening. like its counterpart, the eglinton crosstown, it's stuck behind left-turning traffic.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
August 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
finch west LRT is currently being tested ahead of opening. like its counterpart, the eglinton crosstown, it's stuck behind left-turning traffic.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
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It should not take CAD $270m per km for a light rail extension, even with the bridges needed. We are going to need to push the Region of Waterloo hard to get this program on track.
We’ll share more soon, but please plan to attend the Region’s sessions, read up on transit costs, and ask them about building up our transit construction capacity so we can get more ION built faster and with reasonable costs.
August 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It should not take CAD $270m per km for a light rail extension, even with the bridges needed. We are going to need to push the Region of Waterloo hard to get this program on track.
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Reminder, you do not need a crazy and risky and super expensive 19m diameter tunnel to provide 99% of the transport capacity the premier of Ontario is talking about on the 401 corridor -- you can easily extend the existing subway.
nextmetro.substack.com/p/a-real-sol...
nextmetro.substack.com/p/a-real-sol...
Toronto: A Real Solution to Highway 401 Congestion — an Express Subway.
A subway to Pickering makes much more sense than a 401 Tunnel.
nextmetro.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reminder, you do not need a crazy and risky and super expensive 19m diameter tunnel to provide 99% of the transport capacity the premier of Ontario is talking about on the 401 corridor -- you can easily extend the existing subway.
nextmetro.substack.com/p/a-real-sol...
nextmetro.substack.com/p/a-real-sol...
This isn't really a good argument against fare free transit. Time savings don't = money especially for low income individuals. And even if you were to use this flawed logic you could make an argument in favour of fare free transit
very clear explanation from @davidzipper.bsky.social about why fast buses are better than free buses slate.com/business/202...
July 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This isn't really a good argument against fare free transit. Time savings don't = money especially for low income individuals. And even if you were to use this flawed logic you could make an argument in favour of fare free transit
Case study: Stouffville is planning to sprawl and add 6000 residential units to the area circled in red. In an ideal world this kind of development would be centered around an infill Stouffville line stop
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Case study: Stouffville is planning to sprawl and add 6000 residential units to the area circled in red. In an ideal world this kind of development would be centered around an infill Stouffville line stop
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Platform edge doors could be coming to the subway! The TTC plans to start with a pilot at TMU/Dundas Station, but only if approved by TTC Board members.
Platform edge doors prevent people and objects from falling on the tracks and supports safe, reliable, and accessible transit. They save lives!
Platform edge doors prevent people and objects from falling on the tracks and supports safe, reliable, and accessible transit. They save lives!
June 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Platform edge doors could be coming to the subway! The TTC plans to start with a pilot at TMU/Dundas Station, but only if approved by TTC Board members.
Platform edge doors prevent people and objects from falling on the tracks and supports safe, reliable, and accessible transit. They save lives!
Platform edge doors prevent people and objects from falling on the tracks and supports safe, reliable, and accessible transit. They save lives!
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If we *must* have these jobs, nationalize the plant (I think Melb has a setup like this?) and get the winning bidder to build there (recognizing it will increase costs)
June 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If we *must* have these jobs, nationalize the plant (I think Melb has a setup like this?) and get the winning bidder to build there (recognizing it will increase costs)
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There is a consensus in literature and empirical evidence out there that the driving factors in boarding times for transit vehicles are:
1. vertical & horizontal gap (the most important one)
2. width of doors
3. number of doors
4. Internal flows
Yet, some bus operators just ignore this.
1. vertical & horizontal gap (the most important one)
2. width of doors
3. number of doors
4. Internal flows
Yet, some bus operators just ignore this.
The last video I took in Paris… of course is RER A-line mega wide doors.
To be clear, each door is about as wide as a normal subway set of double doors.
To be clear, each door is about as wide as a normal subway set of double doors.
June 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There is a consensus in literature and empirical evidence out there that the driving factors in boarding times for transit vehicles are:
1. vertical & horizontal gap (the most important one)
2. width of doors
3. number of doors
4. Internal flows
Yet, some bus operators just ignore this.
1. vertical & horizontal gap (the most important one)
2. width of doors
3. number of doors
4. Internal flows
Yet, some bus operators just ignore this.
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My goodness. This possibly world worst estimate for the cost of platform edge doors is only a Class 5 estimate (-50% to +100%).
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My goodness. This possibly world worst estimate for the cost of platform edge doors is only a Class 5 estimate (-50% to +100%).