Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦
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Managing Editor of LondonReconnections.com. Open to colabs. Opinions are mine own. EN/FR (he/him/hine/il/lui)
Have the trainspotter's gaze.
Have the trainspotter's gaze.
One of the most controversial things I discovered in my #CrossChannelRail work is that the Avelia Horizon trains ordered by Eurostar do not comply with existing Channel Tunnel evacuation rules in the case of a controlled stop
Background, and how to overcome the issue 👇
jonworth.eu/the-avelia-h...
Background, and how to overcome the issue 👇
jonworth.eu/the-avelia-h...
The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules - what can be done about it? - Jon Worth
*** This post is an adapted version of one part of my #CrossChannelRail Project Final Report *** The two existing train types that operate long distance high speed services through the Channel Tunnel ...
jonworth.eu
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
Speed display signs only slow drivers down by 1km/h: Halifax report
Halifax has installed nearly 50 speed display signs around the municipality, but on average they only slow down drivers by less than one km/h, according to a new staff report.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In today’s least surprising local news, speed display signs aren’t enough to make our roads safer.
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“Mayors across the globe are good examples of leaders, politicians, actually taking action.” @london.gov.uk’s fellow city leaders aren’t just tinkering at the edges, but seeking to turn the tide…”
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Mayors across the globe are good examples of leaders, politicians, actually taking action.” @london.gov.uk’s fellow city leaders aren’t just tinkering at the edges, but seeking to turn the tide…”
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
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“The President is now a king above the law.” Thanks to John Roberts and the Supreme Court, Trump doesn’t have to worry about consequences for his actions. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/kS9HFM3
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
trib.al
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“The President is now a king above the law.” Thanks to John Roberts and the Supreme Court, Trump doesn’t have to worry about consequences for his actions. From @ryanlcooper.com: trib.al/kS9HFM3
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Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
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Tomorrow morning! We’ll be in the first car
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tomorrow morning! We’ll be in the first car
Great timing to bring this major asset (both transit, tourist, and historic) back online. And I love hearing that the only time PRT's CEO has gotten hate mail (not that anyone should ever get it) was when she speculated about closing down the Incline.
Monongahela Incline reopens - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Monongahela Incline will be open for Pittsburgh’s Light Up Night on Saturday. Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced Friday the funicular between Station Square on the city’s South Side and Grandvi...
www.unionprogress.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Bunch of jobs up already for the high speed rail…I’m actually in shock this is happening carrieres-careers.altotrain.ca/job/Montreal...
Senior Advisor, Environmental Partnerships
Senior Advisor, Environmental Partnerships
carrieres-careers.altotrain.ca
November 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Bunch of jobs up already for the high speed rail…I’m actually in shock this is happening carrieres-careers.altotrain.ca/job/Montreal...
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When the US was swept with the new-streetcars-mixed-with-traffic fad in the 00s, Canada didn’t build a single one. They only built rail in exclusive lanes.
I wonder if that’s because most educated Canadians have visited Toronto and experienced its old streetcar lines.
I wonder if that’s because most educated Canadians have visited Toronto and experienced its old streetcar lines.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When the US was swept with the new-streetcars-mixed-with-traffic fad in the 00s, Canada didn’t build a single one. They only built rail in exclusive lanes.
I wonder if that’s because most educated Canadians have visited Toronto and experienced its old streetcar lines.
I wonder if that’s because most educated Canadians have visited Toronto and experienced its old streetcar lines.
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Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
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I am excited to see SFMTA look for new technology for bus lane and bus stop enforcement of illegal stopping/parking. We won't see any installations until Summer 2026 at earliest. #tole #able #transit
www.kqed.org/news/1206457...
www.kqed.org/news/1206457...
After Years of Parking Violations, SF is Stepping Up Enforcement in Transit-Only Lanes | KQED
SFMTA officials say automated systems like bus-mounted license plate readers will help them issue more citations to drivers violating transit-only lane rules.
www.kqed.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am excited to see SFMTA look for new technology for bus lane and bus stop enforcement of illegal stopping/parking. We won't see any installations until Summer 2026 at earliest. #tole #able #transit
www.kqed.org/news/1206457...
www.kqed.org/news/1206457...
This is really cool, hadn't known about this station!
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is really cool, hadn't known about this station!
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no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
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Montreal just extended their Grade 4 Automated Rapid Transit line we should be building hundreds more lines like it all over the Continent
no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Montreal just extended their Grade 4 Automated Rapid Transit line we should be building hundreds more lines like it all over the Continent
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EIT Urban Mobility is launching the EIT Urban Mobility Datathon, 5–7 Dec 2025, fully virtual via the AETHON Virtual Lab.
Students, startups & data professionals are invited to solve 3 real mobility challenges and compete for €5,000 in prizes.
👉 Apply by 27/11: bit.ly/4pgyI7t
Students, startups & data professionals are invited to solve 3 real mobility challenges and compete for €5,000 in prizes.
👉 Apply by 27/11: bit.ly/4pgyI7t
EIT Urban Mobility Datathon | 5 - 7 December 2025
We're thrilled to officially announce the EIT Urban Mobility Datathon, happening 5 - 7 December 2025. fully virtual via AETHON's Virtual Lab Platform!
This open innovation event invites data enthusias...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
EIT Urban Mobility is launching the EIT Urban Mobility Datathon, 5–7 Dec 2025, fully virtual via the AETHON Virtual Lab.
Students, startups & data professionals are invited to solve 3 real mobility challenges and compete for €5,000 in prizes.
👉 Apply by 27/11: bit.ly/4pgyI7t
Students, startups & data professionals are invited to solve 3 real mobility challenges and compete for €5,000 in prizes.
👉 Apply by 27/11: bit.ly/4pgyI7t
Three London boroughs have won TfL funding to transform local bus networks. The £30m investment will improve journey times, reliability and customer experience across Haringey, Lewisham and Southwark: www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-buses-competition-lewisham-haringey-southwark-b1258775.html
All aboard! Three London boroughs get £30m green light to speed up buses
Haringey, Lewisham and Southwark given go-ahead to redesign junctions and reprogramme traffic lights
www.standard.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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A growing number of Americans are rolling into the holidays by train with Amtrak reporting an increase in riders after federally mandated flight reductions led to thousands of delays and cancellations at major airports nationwide. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A growing number of Americans are rolling into the holidays by train with Amtrak reporting an increase in riders after federally mandated flight reductions led to thousands of delays and cancellations at major airports nationwide. NBC News' Emilie Ikeda reports.
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Same in #Edinburgh when a Low Emissions Zone, a tram line was built, 20mph started and a Pavement parking Ban was introduced.
Things got better. The sky didn’t fall in.
It didn’t for the minimum wage or smoking bans either.
Things got better. The sky didn’t fall in.
It didn’t for the minimum wage or smoking bans either.
ULEZ was nothing short of national hysteria.
I was interviewing people about air pollution at the time and people who were already living in the existing zone were convinced expanding it by a few miles would be end of days.
I was interviewing people about air pollution at the time and people who were already living in the existing zone were convinced expanding it by a few miles would be end of days.
A perpetual quirk of voter psychology (and one I'm not really sure you can 'solve') is people automatically assuming that all punitive measures will apply to them. See ULEZ in London for another example
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
It does make pushing through policies harder than it probably should be
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Same in #Edinburgh when a Low Emissions Zone, a tram line was built, 20mph started and a Pavement parking Ban was introduced.
Things got better. The sky didn’t fall in.
It didn’t for the minimum wage or smoking bans either.
Things got better. The sky didn’t fall in.
It didn’t for the minimum wage or smoking bans either.
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One chart I really loved—Canada not only has more transit vehicle miles but they carry more passengers per mile.
Then in the 2000s while the US had to add more service just to keep passengers steady Canada was actually building up per capita ridership & service levels.
Then in the 2000s while the US had to add more service just to keep passengers steady Canada was actually building up per capita ridership & service levels.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One chart I really loved—Canada not only has more transit vehicle miles but they carry more passengers per mile.
Then in the 2000s while the US had to add more service just to keep passengers steady Canada was actually building up per capita ridership & service levels.
Then in the 2000s while the US had to add more service just to keep passengers steady Canada was actually building up per capita ridership & service levels.
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Holy fuck, this is genius. We Didn't Start The Fire, Bardcore style. How has it only had 546k listens?!
open.spotify.com/track/7oAgvV...
open.spotify.com/track/7oAgvV...
We Didn't Start the Fire
open.spotify.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Holy fuck, this is genius. We Didn't Start The Fire, Bardcore style. How has it only had 546k listens?!
open.spotify.com/track/7oAgvV...
open.spotify.com/track/7oAgvV...
You're supposed to provide 2 terse sentences about a random work package nobody has ever heard of and which nobody understands. This feels way too normal
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
@moretransitso.bsky.social @transportaction.ca This is amazing, finally some actual plans from Metrolinx on GO line service expansion, showing all the necessary steps. Follow this thread for more diagrams.
Metrolinx publishing a meaningfully specific set of goals and the infrastructure work required to achieve it for GO Expansion? Am I dreaming?
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
@moretransitso.bsky.social @transportaction.ca This is amazing, finally some actual plans from Metrolinx on GO line service expansion, showing all the necessary steps. Follow this thread for more diagrams.
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