Transit Signal Priority 101: What is it? How does it work? How does it make transit better? Where are they doing it best?
It's been great to see TSP taking up more space on social media since the opening of Finch West, but it could stand to be better understood and appreciated, I think!
See, I think so many of our problems in North America re transit come down to ignoring that speed is REALLY important. I *don't* think its hard to believe that *getting places quickly* is peoples top priority!
This is especially true because most people have access to a car!
I calculated change in access to jobs by transit before and after Winnipeg's bus network redesign. 🚍
The median resident experienced an increase of 4% in access to jobs within 45 minutes, according to my analysis in R.
The redesigned network gets more people to more places within the same time.
Would also be interesting to compare REM service disruptions with the kind of disruptions and delays that existed prior to the REM. How often were RTL / exo buses stuck in exceptionally bad traffic between Montreal and the south shore?
The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.
It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.
It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.
TIL that St. John's is called "San Juan de Terranova" in Spanish
C’est le grand jour du déménagement (et de la Fête du Canada 🇨🇦)
Les mulos sont disponibles jusqu’à la fin de la journée pour vous vous aider avec le déménagement 📦🪴👕👗
Bonne route 🚲
Merci à @julian.city pour la superbe photo !
Aujourd'hui j'ai pris un mulo pour récupérer les dernières choses qui traînaient dans mon ancien logement ! Déménagement terminé 😌😌
@mulocargo.bsky.social
Rental cargo bike filled with costco groceries on the sidewalk next to a bike lane
Took a mulo cargo bike out today for a costco run 🚲 Was quicker, cheaper and more pleasant than using car share which is how I usually go.
Great initiative that just launched this month in Montreal @mulocargo.bsky.social
Whoa, I had no idea it was that close. 😳
Ayant grandi à Windsor, je trouve encourageant que les journalistes au Québec s'intéressent à ce que cette ville vit actuellement. Je ressens l'unité de mon pays à ce moment critique de notre histoire commune. Merci @fanniearcand.bsky.social et Dominick Gravel de cet exposé ! lp.ca/4FIcL3?shari...
Here's my latest reflection on a lesson I learned from a woman who was in the second tower on 9/11.
When the world is turned upside down taking action is the only way to survive.
Our democracy is under threat but politicians are still living in 2024.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/no-return-...
Si on dépasse une profondeur de neige de 54cm à Montréal, ce serait le montant le plus important de neige au sol qu'on aurait vu depuis plus de 50 ans !
It’s time for Canada to import Japanese zoning, Korean and Spanish transit construction practices, Dutch road design, and Swiss building codes.
I keep saying: Canada and Mexico (and EU) should go for a US talent grab.
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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You could have borrowed my copy ! 😊
Pretty funny how the company whose AI technology is considered a "black box" compared to the remarkable openness of DeepSeek is called "OpenAI" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
R script for these graphs on my github: github.com/julian-city/...
À Montréal, entre 1995 et 1990, on a vécu 15 hivers dont la profondeur de la neige maximale à Montréal dépassait 50cm. Depuis 1990, ce n'est qu'une seule fois, en 2001, qu'on a enregistré autant de neige au sol.
In Vancouver, between 1955 and 1990, there were 11 winters where sub-zero temperatures were recorded on 60 days or more. Since 1990, there has been only one (1996).
I had some fun with the weathercan library today in R.
Two illustrations of how much milder Canadian winters have gotten : days with sub-zero temps in Vancouver and maximum snow depth in Montreal.
Colombia es el corazón del mundo 💛💙❤️
Not only do 17% of US coffee imports come from Colombia…Colombia is also the largest supplier of cut flowers to the United States.
Valentine’s Day is in 18 days.
"For there is always light
If only we are brave enough to see it
If only we are brave enough to be it"
Makes me want to go swimming in the arctic ocean!!1!
Large plastic placed on false door, pointing to the left to Gare Centrale with connections (REM, exo train, VIA, Amtrak, Métro, and Terminus Centre-ville) and outside to the right, to the hotel, and connecting buses
Small sign pointing down to the left towards an escalator, to Gare Centrale, with connecting trains and bus services
Large sign on tiled pillar, pointing to Place Ville Marie, Eaton Centre and connecting buses and local streets
Detailed sign pointing to Gare Centrale, and trains such as the REM, exo Train, and Train Interubrain, each wth the names as services under each. Additional connections to the Métro, and Terminus Centre-Ville with bus agencies like RTL, exo and SJSR.
Gare Centrale’s signage is a mess: still says AMT (it’s exo now), no signs for REM or exo from outside, a single bad sign to the métro, and nothing to help navigate the RÉSO. So I fixed it—installed 7 signs myself. They’ve been up 3 months, and Cominar hasn’t noticed. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...
Right! Windsor's postmedia pundits (Windsor Star) pretty consistently take the mayor's side, and it's usually up to progressive to criticize frivolous spending in that city. It's all backwards!
