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It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.

And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.

#FordMustGo #Metrolinx
https://youtu.be/NZMWj7XxVPU

It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.

And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.

#FordMustGo #Metrolinx
https://youtu.be/NZMWj7XxVPU

It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.

And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.

#FordMustGo #Metrolinx
https://youtu.be/NZMWj7XxVPU

It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.

And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.

#FordMustGo #Metrolinx
https://youtu.be/NZMWj7XxVPU

It will be impossible for Ontario to implement innovative (in terms of North American standards) and effective #PublicTransit as long as Ford remains in office. Ripping out #BikeLanes so we can add more cars means he would never replace vehicle lanes with a Tram or LRT network.

And recently they have drastically reduced Go Train schedules on important transit corridors, forcing more people into cars on highways.

#FordMustGo #Metrolinx
https://youtu.be/NZMWj7XxVPU

Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.

#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
https://youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU

Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.

#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
https://youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU

Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.

#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
https://youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU

Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.

#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
https://youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU

Good Morning #Canada
Toronto's Line 5, referred to as the Eglinton Crosstown, has been open for over 6 months and the general consensus locally is that it's pretty good. This excellent video provides a review of the LRT, including the supporting network, benefits, negatives, and Toronto's overall design philosophy for #PublicTransit. It rightly points out Canada is generally bad at design and is still in love with cars.

#CanadaIsAwesome #UrbanDesign #WalkableCities.
https://youtu.be/QJ9aiT-kXVU

It's now on @[email protected] 's YouTube channel

#toronto #Eglinton #LRT #publictransit

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They Finally Built Good Transi...

It Takes a Full Bus "What happens when a hitchhiker stranded far from home meets a bus full of passengers who all have somewhere to be?" https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine2200-it-takes-a-full-bus #ShortStory #HopePunk #CliFi #Free #OpenAccess #PublicTransit #CarFree

@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

Canadian governments are taking different paths back to the office
#Canada #ReturnToOffice #RemoteWork #HybridWork #Government #PublicService #PublicServants #WorkFromHome #Politics #PublicPolicy #Labour #Employment #GovernmentPolicy #PublicTransit #Equity #Economy
https://the-14.com/canadian-governments-are-taking-different-paths-back-to-the-office/

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And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.

https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610

#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus

And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.

https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610

#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus

And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.

https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610

#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus

And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.

https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610

#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus

And I gotta tell you, Tacoma people, this is the easiest place in Oly to get to from Tacoma. Just park at the 512 Park 'n' Ride, hop the 610 **FOR FREE**, endure/enjoy a leisurely journey southward, then walk like literally a minute from the downtown Oly transit center to the community center.

https://www.intercitytransit.com/plan-your-trip/routes/610

#Tacoma #TacomaWA #Olympia #OlympiaWA #PublicTransit #RideTheBus

The Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) FREE #Monterey Trolley service for summer 2026 will begin on Saturday, May 23, and will operate daily from 10 AM to 6 PM through Labor Day, Monday, September 7. https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-salinas-transits-summer-trolley-service.html Tips for taking bicycle aboard trolley or any large or small MST bus— with the exception of MST’s ADA Paratransit (RIDES) buses: https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-salinas-transit-tips-for-people-who-bike.html

Among other service changes announced 5/19/26 https://mst.org/news_items/monterey-salinas-transit-mst-service-changes-go-into-effect-beginning-saturday-may-23rd/:
"Line 84 (King City – Paso Robles): Major schedule updates will improve connections to San Luis Obispo RTA Route 9 in Paso Robles. All southbound Line 23 (King City) trips will continue to Paso Robles without requiring a transfer. Service to Bradley will also be restored.”

#MontereySalinasTransit #MontereyCounty #PublicTransit #PublicTransportation #ActOnClimate #bus #trolley

Taking the metro to Long Beach. Ran into other Pythonistas and #PyCascades folks @bengerman and Nick Denny)
#PyConUS #PublicTransit

LAGoBus returns

"#Topanga Beach Bus is resuming partial service through Topanga Canyon Blvd and PCH to #SantaMonica beginning April 21, 2025 with one bus to Santa Monica in the morning and 1 return bus to Metro G (Orange) Line #CanogaPark Station in the afternoon. Please contact Transit Systems, Inc. at (818) 504-7270 for the latest operation status."

#LosAngelesCounty #PublicTransit

https://pw.lacounty.gov/core-service-areas/transportation/transit/

The #BCGreenParty made the first big splash of the 2024 provincial #election campaign with a major commitment to expand #PublicTransit, including a promise of “free public transit, province-wide” that has been widely criticized as being too costly.

While shifting to #FreeTransit for everyone, everywhere could be fiscally and logistically challenging in the short run, BC needs bold solutions to address the congestion clogging up our cities, shrink our societal dependence on cars and improve affordability of #transportation.

Free transit would need to be combined with major transportation investments to bolster local #transit systems and interconnect them across the province, as recommended in our recent #ConnectingBC report. In that report we call for doubling the number of buses in BC within five years and tripling within 10 (both of which are echoed in the #GreenParty platform), in addition to new #rail and #ferry infrastructure and expansion of free transit.

https://www.policynote.ca/free-transit

#BCpoli #CDNpoli #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #Election2024 #ElectionsBC #PublicPolicy #TheFutureIsGreen #Environmental #Infrastructure #FreeTransitForAll #PublicTransportation #BusTransport #BritishColumbia #VancouverIsland #BCGreens

Metrolinx tabling Hurontario LRT information at today's Friday Congregational Jumah Prayer at Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga . . .

Derry LRT Station is expected to be open & operational,

Within 18 to 24 months,

Allowing Peel Region congregants easier access using LRT Public Transit;

Alleviating parking during Friday Prayer times.

https://www.metrolinx.com/en/projects-and-programs/hazel-mccallion-lrt

| #Metrolinx #HurontarioLRT #HazelMcCallionLine #PublicTransit #Mississauga #PeelRegion #Ontario #SayedaKhadijaCentre #Jumah #Masjid