august 🍂

auguststreet.ca

21 October 2026 00:21

great when both sides of the political aisle can agree that fast, frequent rail is a universal good and there should be more of it where justified by ridership. plugging @fernkhahn.com's columbia rebuild concept that would allow full expo line service into surrey, making a newton branch feasible:

august 🍂

auguststreet.ca

20 October 2026 00:26

here's a prime example in scarborough centre of a high-polling candidate, ganesh uthish, who has a progressive-coded platform (better tenant protections, youth supports, food programs, etc). but anti-bus lane. many suburban candidates view transit users as an expendable constituency against drivers

august 🍂

auguststreet.ca

19 October 2026 23:53

there's plenty of toronto political candidates running on this "balanced solution" of converting all-day transit lanes to be peak only. it's not based on any real outcomes, rather a political choice to coddle the feelings of drivers over road space at the expense of transit users

august 🍂

auguststreet.ca

19 October 2026 23:53

peak-only bus lanes are such a spiteful concession to drivers. proponents say lower off-peak traffic volumes do not justify a transit lane. but logically that also means that car drivers don't really need that additional lane outside of rush hour either, since traffic is moving better then. so??

JRUrbaneNetwork

jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social

15 October 2026 00:47

Shenzhen North Station's new PSDs are dual layer movable modules that adapt to different train door spacings, not unlike the one prototype installed at Kita-Umeda in Osaka and full height ones being rolled out in Shenzhen's Futian Station.