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Fellow, @NYUMarron. PhD in Urban Planning, Columbia University. Writer for pubs incl @CityLab, @GlobeandMail.
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Also, it looks like the links @CityLab to the list of my articles is broken, so here they are. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Good news: both mayoral candidates have made platform promises regarding issues raised in our plan. 🧵
#ttc #torontotransit #topoli #electionday
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In the GTA, the city of Brampton, Ont., is far from a European transit utopia, yet it’s managed to attract huge numbers of people to ride its buses just by running them more often. Its busy corridors generally run buses about every 10 minutes.@EnglishRail begiant.ca/stories/places/su…
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On an average weekday, buses in Brampton Ont. carry about 226,500 people. The key to getting people to ride them, reports @EnglishRail. They need to be able to show up at the stop and know that a bus will be along in a few minutes. begiant.ca/stories/places/su…
The fast-track.to plan to fix the streetcars has received support from numerous council candidates across the city. If you take a look at the account below, you can see posts about each ward.
Toronto really, really needs a mayor who will not only be there for, but adamantly push for our streetcar network to be fixed. And our 10-point plan is the perfect place to start.
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The last in my 3-part series on infra of the Great Lakes looks at diversion infrastructure that moves water into & out of the basin. Some in the middle of a major city, while other in areas so remote they lack roads. Also, some of the wildest old schemes. Link in reply.
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Phase rotation is finally active at some intersections on Line 6 Finch West!
But what is phase rotation? And how does it make my commute faster? 🤔👇
The Great Lakes are packed with invisible infrastructure that’s essential to the North American economy. Part 2 of their 3-part series on Infrastory looks at Niagara, Lake Ontario, and St. Lawrence.
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Our next instalment in the Great Lakes series focuses on the Niagara River and Falls and their significance in the area. Read now:
This is the first of a three part series I’m doing for Infrastory on the infrastructure of the Great Lakes. Link in reply.
I love this so much. Ridership in Burlington up 49% since 2019, after they improved service on a bunch of bus routes. That's at a time when many cities were experiencing post-pandemic stagnation. This is a notably affluent, low density suburb.
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I wrote a bit on this (linked below). 70s France-US comparison shows building new generally goes better than trying to fix up old. It’s very complex trying to rebuild over-century-old infrastructure. 1/
Genuine question for @RM_Transit and @EnglishRail on the topic of Alto and the use of $90b (give or take $100b)…
How much could Via be improved with that amount of capital?
What are the legitimate technical limitations of “old” rail being upgraded?
Is there a scenario where Via could become >80% as good as the Alto promise, but with significantly less risk of a boondoggle?
There’s a tendency (especially Anglo/Northern European) to try and go for a solution that delivers 80% of the benefits for 50% of the cost. Unfortunately, these solutions very often tend to deliver 40% of the benefit for 80% (or sometimes 100+%!) of the cost.