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· Mar 21
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Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
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Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
🚅🧵
WE WANT TRAINS!
The public is sending a message: Amtrak is setting ridership records, carrying 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2024-25, while ticket revenue is $2.764 billion.
www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
The public is sending a message: Amtrak is setting ridership records, carrying 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2024-25, while ticket revenue is $2.764 billion.
www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
WE WANT TRAINS!
The public is sending a message: Amtrak is setting ridership records, carrying 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2024-25, while ticket revenue is $2.764 billion.
www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
The public is sending a message: Amtrak is setting ridership records, carrying 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2024-25, while ticket revenue is $2.764 billion.
www.trains.com/pro/passenge...
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Here's my HIGH SPEED newsletter on the first leg of the REM, on why this is such an important project for Montreal and indeed North America:
www.highspeed.blog/the-end-of-t...
www.highspeed.blog/the-end-of-t...
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Here's my HIGH SPEED newsletter on the first leg of the REM, on why this is such an important project for Montreal and indeed North America:
www.highspeed.blog/the-end-of-t...
www.highspeed.blog/the-end-of-t...
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Nice detail in Edouard-Montpetit REM station: natural rock walls. The platforms are 73 metres below the street—height of a 20 storey building. The rock is gabbro, a very hard igneous rock. 100,000 kg of explosives were used to build the station.
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Nice detail in Edouard-Montpetit REM station: natural rock walls. The platforms are 73 metres below the street—height of a 20 storey building. The rock is gabbro, a very hard igneous rock. 100,000 kg of explosives were used to build the station.
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You can get from downtown Montreal to this view in about 20 minutes. Crossing the Rivière-des-Prairies on a southbound REM.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You can get from downtown Montreal to this view in about 20 minutes. Crossing the Rivière-des-Prairies on a southbound REM.
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Here we are entering the Tunnel Mont-Royal (southbound). At 5 km, the 3rd longest in Canada. Built by Canadian Northern in WWI, taken over by CN. Discovery of hundred year old explosives delayed construction a bit…
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Here we are entering the Tunnel Mont-Royal (southbound). At 5 km, the 3rd longest in Canada. Built by Canadian Northern in WWI, taken over by CN. Discovery of hundred year old explosives delayed construction a bit…
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I agree with everything @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social write in their new book.
(And that's precisely the problem.)
I make a close read of Life After Cars, by @thewaroncars.bsky.social team...
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(And that's precisely the problem.)
I make a close read of Life After Cars, by @thewaroncars.bsky.social team...
🧵
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I agree with everything @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social write in their new book.
(And that's precisely the problem.)
I make a close read of Life After Cars, by @thewaroncars.bsky.social team...
🧵
(And that's precisely the problem.)
I make a close read of Life After Cars, by @thewaroncars.bsky.social team...
🧵
Y'all should figure that out, pronto.
#Dallas leaders can't decide on a path for high-speed rail — and it could cost them the project
www.keranews.org/transportati...
#Dallas leaders can't decide on a path for high-speed rail — and it could cost them the project
www.keranews.org/transportati...
Dallas leaders can't decide on a path for high-speed rail — and it could cost them the project
Dallas leaders say they haven't committed to a path for the bullet train — but their delay could cost them crucial federal dollars for the project.
www.keranews.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Y'all should figure that out, pronto.
#Dallas leaders can't decide on a path for high-speed rail — and it could cost them the project
www.keranews.org/transportati...
#Dallas leaders can't decide on a path for high-speed rail — and it could cost them the project
www.keranews.org/transportati...
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Montreal’s cycling community showed up today in some pretty awful weather to defend one of the most important bike projects in the city.
The 18 km Henri-Bourassa corridor, under construction, was threatened by the newly-elected borough mayor.
The 18 km Henri-Bourassa corridor, under construction, was threatened by the newly-elected borough mayor.
L’avenir de la piste cyclable semble compromis, la mairesse d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville n’excluant pas un démantelement.
Inauguration populaire du tronçon est du REV Henri-Bourassa
www.ledevoir.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Montreal’s cycling community showed up today in some pretty awful weather to defend one of the most important bike projects in the city.
The 18 km Henri-Bourassa corridor, under construction, was threatened by the newly-elected borough mayor.
The 18 km Henri-Bourassa corridor, under construction, was threatened by the newly-elected borough mayor.
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All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
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Thanks to the REM, this view, southbound over the Rivière-des-Prairies, is now only 20 minutes from downtown #Montréal. As of this weekend, 14 new stations open, served by driverless electric trains with frequencies of as little as 3 minutes. It’s free to ride today!
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thanks to the REM, this view, southbound over the Rivière-des-Prairies, is now only 20 minutes from downtown #Montréal. As of this weekend, 14 new stations open, served by driverless electric trains with frequencies of as little as 3 minutes. It’s free to ride today!
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Big day for Montreal’s transit! If you’re curious as to how the REM is run, then this article has a visit to their signalling and control centre. It explains the amazing work which happens behind the scenes in order to run an automated metro system.
heliomass.com/posts/2411-rem…
#Montreal #REM
heliomass.com/posts/2411-rem…
#Montreal #REM
November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Big day for Montreal’s transit! If you’re curious as to how the REM is run, then this article has a visit to their signalling and control centre. It explains the amazing work which happens behind the scenes in order to run an automated metro system.
heliomass.com/posts/2411-rem…
#Montreal #REM
heliomass.com/posts/2411-rem…
#Montreal #REM
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Perfect illustration of the massive upgrade in service from the commuter rail to the REM.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Perfect illustration of the massive upgrade in service from the commuter rail to the REM.
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Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion Yet! (with Reece Martin)
Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion Yet! (with Reece Martin)
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Montreal’s Biggest REM Expansion Yet! (with Reece Martin)
You can ride the REM in #Montréal free all day today. They’ve added 14 new stations, including the 2nd deepest in North America (after Portland), and re-opened a 5 km long tunnel—the 3rd longest in #Canada. Here’s what I saw yesterday…
I love that new #transit smell!
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
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Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
All aboard the Kafka Subway!
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
I’ve had dreams like this. Sculptor Michel de Broin took doors from MR-63 métro cars and turned them into this interactive installation at Arsenal Contemporary gallery in #Montréal.
Très Inception!
www.arsenalcontemporary.com
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L’ouverture de l’antenne Deux-Montagnes, c’est aujourd’hui! Bienvenue à tous les usagers et usagères qui découvrent leurs 14 nouvelles stations.
Les équipes du REM seront sur place toute la fin de semaine pour vous accueillir. Pour tous les détails du programme inaugural: rem.info/fr/evenement...
Les équipes du REM seront sur place toute la fin de semaine pour vous accueillir. Pour tous les détails du programme inaugural: rem.info/fr/evenement...
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
L’ouverture de l’antenne Deux-Montagnes, c’est aujourd’hui! Bienvenue à tous les usagers et usagères qui découvrent leurs 14 nouvelles stations.
Les équipes du REM seront sur place toute la fin de semaine pour vous accueillir. Pour tous les détails du programme inaugural: rem.info/fr/evenement...
Les équipes du REM seront sur place toute la fin de semaine pour vous accueillir. Pour tous les détails du programme inaugural: rem.info/fr/evenement...
Nice detail in #Montréal’s Edouard-Montpetit REM station: natural rock walls. The platforms are 73 metres below the street—height of a 20 storey building. The rock is gabbro, a very hard igneous rock. 100,000 kg of explosives were used to build the station.
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Nice detail in #Montréal’s Edouard-Montpetit REM station: natural rock walls. The platforms are 73 metres below the street—height of a 20 storey building. The rock is gabbro, a very hard igneous rock. 100,000 kg of explosives were used to build the station.
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Ok, who had on their bingo card MJT becoming a woke transit, healthcare defending, social justice warrior against human trafficking?
Trump take air travel.
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Ok, who had on their bingo card MJT becoming a woke transit, healthcare defending, social justice warrior against human trafficking?
Cost per km of REM is $134M (Canadian! That's $96M US)
Other transit projects in US and Canada are closer to $1B / km.
Other transit projects in US and Canada are closer to $1B / km.
I love that new #transit smell!
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Cost per km of REM is $134M (Canadian! That's $96M US)
Other transit projects in US and Canada are closer to $1B / km.
Other transit projects in US and Canada are closer to $1B / km.
Trump take air travel.
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump take air travel.
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
So even MJT have to take train.
"Far-right Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was on Amtrak Crescent traveling from DCto her home state, and she was enchanted. “The sweetest people run the train,” she posted.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Top speed of #Montreal’s REM is 110 km/h, though it won’t exceed 100 km/h on the line that opened today.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Top speed of #Montreal’s REM is 110 km/h, though it won’t exceed 100 km/h on the line that opened today.
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