#publictransit — Public Fediverse posts
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It's so grating to hear Americans whine about high gas prices. Get over your myopic individualism and build some #PublicTransit forfuckssake.
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It's so grating to hear Americans whine about high gas prices. Get over your myopic individualism and build some #PublicTransit forfuckssake.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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@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 -
the past and the future
#carriage #pixelart #publictransit #train #pixel_dailies @pixel_dailies -
It's actually happening... Watching the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Cross-Lake Connection right now. Congrats to Sound Transit and the Seattle region as a whole. Check out the live stream using this link: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/light-rail-service-between-eastside-seattle-begin-nearly-20-years-after-initial-approval/281-bebec289-693f-4841-a520-bf7f1a98c9f0 #Seattle #Bellevue #Redmond #Shoreline #MountLakeTerrace #Lynwood #SoundTransit #LinkLightRail #LinkLine2 #PublicTransit #GrandOpening #CrossLakeConnection
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Caltrain shows why every region should be moving toward regional rail
https://www.hsrail.org/blog/caltrain-shows-why-every-region-should-be-moving-toward-regional-rail/
#HackerNews #Caltrain #RegionalRail #Transportation #Sustainability #PublicTransit
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Happy new year, everyone!
Perfect time for the first throwback post of another hut trekking tour over on my Pixelfed...
https://mountains.photos/p/OneiricBotcelot/912300667950051612
...and an additional teaser (or bonus shot).
#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Throwback #Hiking #Hike #Hikes #Hiker #HikingTrail #GoHiking #HikingView #HikingAdventures #Trekking #Wanderlust #Wandern #StuttgarterHütte #Lech #LechtalerAlpen #Lechtal #Lechquellenrunde #Alpentraum #Tirol #Tyrol #Vorarlberg #Österrreich #Austria #Alpen #Alps #AlpineHut #AlpineHuts #Hüttentour #Huettentour #HutTreking #Berghütte #MountainHuts #Berge #Mountains #MountainLovers #Bergliebe #ScenicsNature #Nature #OutdoorAdventure #EarlySummer #Summer #Murmeltier #Marmot #BahnZumBerg #BzB #PublicTransit #GetOutside #PublicTransport #Travel
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@Werschweinchen inspired me to make a wrapup post myself.
I'm really content with how 2025 went down: First and foremost I'm father of a healthy child now and experienced lots of exciting new things this year. Coming to the sporty side 2025 was a more active year for me than 2024 and as a result I lost about 10 kilograms.
Let's look at some stats:
- I ran 588 km (cumulative elevation gain 5500 m) in 66 hours and 7 minutes (in Germany and Austria).
- I cycled 567 km (cumulative elevation gain 8600 m) on my gravel bike in 29 hours and 21 minutes (all in Germany).
- I hiked 462 km (cumulative elevation gain 13700 m) in 105 hours and 29 minutes (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy).
- I had 529 rides in public transit accumulating to more than 13000 km in roughly 228 hours (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy).I'm hyped about all the adventures, challenges and wonders waiting in 2026.
#Year2025 #Wrapup #2025Wrapup #2025Wrapped #Wrapped #Wrapped2025 #Statistics #Hike #Hikes #Hiker #Hiking #GoHiking #HikingAdventures #Wanderlust #Wandern #Nature #Trailrunning #Running #RunnersOfMastodon #Gravel #GravelBike #GravelBiking #GravelCycling #Bike #Biking #Biketour #Biketooter #Cycling #CycleAndEnjoy #CyclingLife #Cycle #Fahrrad #Fahrradtour #Radsport #MdRddG #Träwelling #NowTräwelling #Traewelling #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #BahnZumBerg #Bahn #Bus #Zug #ÖV #Rausgeschafft #OutdoorAdventure
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ION EXTENSION DELAYED
The future of ION extension to the city of Cambridge remains uncertain.
The Region of Waterloo council originally approved the Light Rail Transit (LRT) ION system in 2009. It was to be a link across Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge, with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) linking Kitchener and Cambridge.
Plans for Stage 2 ION, bringing the LRT transport system from Fairway Station in Kitchener through the urban centres of Cambridge to downtown Galt, were officially announced in June 2019, but the project has since been subject to significant delays.
A report to Cambridge City Council in 2023, estimated the expansion cost at $4.5 billion, a number that had nearly tripled since 2021. In June 2024, Matthew O’Neil, manager of Rapid Transit Coordination at the Region of Waterloo, said he expected construction to begin in 2032, seven years later than initial estimates.
On Apr. 3, Grand River Transit (GRT) revealed their ten-year business plan, which made no reference to Stage 2 ION expansion.
Councillors expressed frustration with the continued ambiguity surrounding the project. On The Mike Farwell Show on 570 NewsRadio Kitchener, former Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig was asked if Cambridge is being shortchanged on transit.
“Of course we are,” he said. “We don’t have [an] LRT, we don’t have a GO train, and we’re paying for the LRT in KW […] and we’re wondering when is ours going to come to the city of Cambridge?”
Stage 2 ION plans were thrown into further doubt on May 9, when Cambridge Mayor Jan Liggett endorsed the notion of rapid bus transit over LRT expansion. In a Cambridge council meeting, Liggett mentioned the option was raised by Waterloo Region council staff members that day.
“I know that’s earth-shattering news, but that was an open session of regional council today,” she said.
Liggett went on to say that the $4.5 billion cost of LRT expansion is not a realistic prospect.
“That’s an impossibility. We don’t have that much money in our budget in any given five-year span to put towards something like this,” she said.
The impact of the LRT in Waterloo and Kitchener has been positive. In 2023, $429 million in new building permits were issued in land along the LRT line. A growing percentage of the region’s population are reportedly moving to locations within a 10-minute walk of an LRT stop.
Cambridge councillors in favour of the expansion believe that it would have a significant impact on city rejuvenation.
“The ION expansion would have a positive impact on private investment and city rejuvenation. Every report has predicted this, and we have seen firsthand how this happened for Kitchener and Waterloo along the ION Stage one1,” Pam Wolf, Cambridge city councillor, said in a statement.
Former councillor Rob Deutschmann noted the ION expansion could attract $5-10 billion in private investments along the area, according to Cambridge Chamber of Commerce estimates.
The Region of Waterloo council have confirmed that nothing has been finalised yet, with the Initial Business Case for Stage 2 ION to be presented to Cambridge City council in November.
#busRapidTransit #Cambridge #cambridgeCityCouncil #CityOfCambridge #DougCraig #extension #futureOfIon #initialBusinessCase #ION #IONExtension #JanLiggett #JoshMiltonBell #KatWex #kitchener #lightRailTransit #localTransit #LRT #matthewOneil #mikeFarwellShow #november #pamWolf #publicTransit #publicTransport #RobDeutschmann #waterloo
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Yesterday we took the Kitsap Transit fast ferry across the water to see my family near Southworth and celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s pretty convenient to take a bus downtown, walk down the hill, and zip across the water!
Our ride was the M/V Solano. With transfers it’s not really any faster than the 90 minute or so drive around to the peninsula but it’s definitely more chill than I-5 and 16.
Returning to the Seattle skyline featuring the Space Needle and Norwegian BlissWe’ve previously done the Fauntleroy-Southworth Washington State Ferry several times but that’s a little less convenient getting through West Seattle and costs more. My work ORCA pass happens to cover the fast ferry, and kids ride free.
One small downside is that the Southworth Ferry Terminal doesn’t yet have a separate slip for the fast ferry, so we had to wait for the big ferry to unload and pulled in a bit late.
On our way back we saw a bald eagle perched on the dock.
I always enjoy little bits of our transit infrastructure at work so here’s the M/V Kitsap pulling out of the Southworth Ferry Terminal.
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Yesterday we took the Kitsap Transit fast ferry across the water to see my family near Southworth and celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s pretty convenient to take a bus downtown, walk down the hill, and zip across the water!
Our ride was the M/V Solano. With transfers it’s not really any faster than the 90 minute or so drive around to the peninsula but it’s definitely more chill than I-5 and 16.
Returning to the Seattle skyline featuring the Space Needle and Norwegian BlissWe’ve previously done the Fauntleroy-Southworth Washington State Ferry several times but that’s a little less convenient getting through West Seattle and costs more. My work ORCA pass happens to cover the fast ferry, and kids ride free.
One small downside is that the Southworth Ferry Terminal doesn’t yet have a separate slip for the fast ferry, so we had to wait for the big ferry to unload and pulled in a bit late.
On our way back we saw a bald eagle perched on the dock.
I always enjoy little bits of our transit infrastructure at work so here’s the M/V Kitsap pulling out of the Southworth Ferry Terminal.
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Yesterday we took the Kitsap Transit fast ferry across the water to see my family near Southworth and celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s pretty convenient to take a bus downtown, walk down the hill, and zip across the water!
Our ride was the M/V Solano. With transfers it’s not really any faster than the 90 minute or so drive around to the peninsula but it’s definitely more chill than I-5 and 16.
Returning to the Seattle skyline featuring the Space Needle and Norwegian BlissWe’ve previously done the Fauntleroy-Southworth Washington State Ferry several times but that’s a little less convenient getting through West Seattle and costs more. My work ORCA pass happens to cover the fast ferry, and kids ride free.
One small downside is that the Southworth Ferry Terminal doesn’t yet have a separate slip for the fast ferry, so we had to wait for the big ferry to unload and pulled in a bit late.
On our way back we saw a bald eagle perched on the dock.
I always enjoy little bits of our transit infrastructure at work so here’s the M/V Kitsap pulling out of the Southworth Ferry Terminal.
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Yesterday we took the Kitsap Transit fast ferry across the water to see my family near Southworth and celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s pretty convenient to take a bus downtown, walk down the hill, and zip across the water!
Our ride was the M/V Solano. With transfers it’s not really any faster than the 90 minute or so drive around to the peninsula but it’s definitely more chill than I-5 and 16.
Returning to the Seattle skyline featuring the Space Needle and Norwegian BlissWe’ve previously done the Fauntleroy-Southworth Washington State Ferry several times but that’s a little less convenient getting through West Seattle and costs more. My work ORCA pass happens to cover the fast ferry, and kids ride free.
One small downside is that the Southworth Ferry Terminal doesn’t yet have a separate slip for the fast ferry, so we had to wait for the big ferry to unload and pulled in a bit late.
On our way back we saw a bald eagle perched on the dock.
I always enjoy little bits of our transit infrastructure at work so here’s the M/V Kitsap pulling out of the Southworth Ferry Terminal.
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Yesterday we took the Kitsap Transit fast ferry across the water to see my family near Southworth and celebrate my mom’s birthday. It’s pretty convenient to take a bus downtown, walk down the hill, and zip across the water!
Our ride was the M/V Solano. With transfers it’s not really any faster than the 90 minute or so drive around to the peninsula but it’s definitely more chill than I-5 and 16.
Returning to the Seattle skyline featuring the Space Needle and Norwegian BlissWe’ve previously done the Fauntleroy-Southworth Washington State Ferry several times but that’s a little less convenient getting through West Seattle and costs more. My work ORCA pass happens to cover the fast ferry, and kids ride free.
One small downside is that the Southworth Ferry Terminal doesn’t yet have a separate slip for the fast ferry, so we had to wait for the big ferry to unload and pulled in a bit late.
On our way back we saw a bald eagle perched on the dock.
I always enjoy little bits of our transit infrastructure at work so here’s the M/V Kitsap pulling out of the Southworth Ferry Terminal.
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AC Transit implemented service changes effective June 16, including school service suspensions, stop changes for all-nighter lines, and early bird schedules.
https://alamedapost.com/news/assm-mia-bonta-reports-ac-transit-service-changes/
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Rapid transit plan calls for 10-20 minute service through #PortlandMaine, #WestbrookMaine and #GorhamMaine
Maine Public | By Nicole Ogrysko
Published July 28, 2023
"Local officials in #GreaterPortland are considering a system of #RapidTransit bus routes for the region.
"Under a draft proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, dedicated bus lanes would provide express service through Portland, Westbrook and Gorham more quickly than traditional bus service, with stops along the way.
"The preferred route would start at the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham, travel through downtown Westbrook and stop at the USM campus in Portland before heading down Congress Street and ending near the Eastern Promenade.
"The proposal envisions service every 10 minutes between Portland and Westbrook, and 20 minutes between Westbrook and Gorham.
"'That's frequent enough that you're not relying on a schedule anymore,' said Andrew Clark, transit program manager for #GPCOG. 'You're no longer planning your day around the bus schedule. You just know you can go out to the station, and the bus will be there in 10 minutes or something like that.'
"Clark said service every 10-20 minutes should also lure riders who wouldn't normally consider taking #PublicTransit.
"'I think people understand the role that transit can play in making our cities better, its role in reducing congestion, its role in better climate outcomes, better social equity outcomes,' he said.
"Greater Portland Metro would operate the proposed route, but the vehicles and stops would have a different look than the service's existing buses, Clark added.
"The proposed routes are still a long way away, Clark said. The cities of Portland, Westbrook and Gorham will need to decide how much road space can be freed up for dedicated bus lanes. The project will also need to secure federal funds for the new bus lanes and some new battery-powered vehicles.
"Local officials also eventually envision rapid transit routes to South Portland, Biddeford and Saco, Brunswick and Windham."
#GorhamBypass #SaveSmilingHillFarm #Sprawl
#SaveTheForest #Woodlands
#Meadows #InducedDemand
#EnvironmentalImpact
#GorhamConnector
#SaveRedBrook #RedBrook
#GreaterPortlandMaine
#BusService #MTA
#ProtectFarmland #LessCars #WorkingFarms #PeterMills #JanetMills #CommuterRail #RapidTransit #GreaterPortland #Maine
