Jamie
@TransitThinker
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Transit enthusiast | Map maker | Young person | Transit Youtuber | Hopeful for the future of cities & transit | Views are my own | he/him
Joined November 2019
After a year of design, I've finally completed my fantasy transit map of the Greater Toronto Area!. I tried to keep things realistic (but, yes there are some silly things!) Let me know what you think
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Trains coming every 16 minutes is unacceptable for a high quality transit system. Not all riders commute 9-5, off-peak trips shouldn't be made impossible by service cuts.
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Waited over 25 minutes for buses and subways during one trip today. In that time, I could have easily driven or cycled to my destination. Service cuts will kill transit ridership
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Good Canadian urbanism is having 3 Tim Hortons inside one subway station
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Two subway lines on North America’s 3rd busiest subway system were shut down today during rush hour from a completely avoidable tragedy. The city refuses to fund Platform Screen Doors which would prevent delays and save lives.
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If only these displays could show service changes so that posters don't need to be put on top of screens
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It's finally happening! The TTC has started to install new PRESTO readers on streetcars and buses to allow for contactless payment later this year!
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Maybe don't tell people to ride a bike when you don't provide safe cycling infrastructure.
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Highway 413 will serve 300k people per day 10 years from now, the proposed RapidTO corridors would serve 220k today. Why are we priotizing expensive highways when we can improve public transit in a matter of months?
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VIA Rail's New Fleet at Union Station after a groundbreaking to bring modern trains to the GTA and Windsor. Waiting to head west to Windsor
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It's amazing how there are protected bike lanes everywhere in Montreal
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GO Transit’s HUGE expansion, modernization & electrification is creating North America's best regional rail system!
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Riding a very packed, slow King streetcar on a corridor that is falling apart is so painful. Hope to see Toronto's new mayor improve the streetcar priority and infrastructure on King St. ASAP
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Toronto has a new bus lane! . It's really disappointing that the city didn't care enough to do this, but very grateful to @ttcriders for quickly improving transit
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The Line 3 replacement service is amazing!. Buses every minute, with dedicated lanes & a quieter ride, it's arguably better than Line 3 was
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I just waited 45 minutes for a bus that didn't show up. If the TTC can't even provide basic, reliable service, cutting service further will fail the people of Toronto.
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Fog was super low this morning. Also, two new bridges just opened in Toronto!
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The water, rust stains, missing and broken displays are not good. The TTC really needs better maintenance
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Felt very nice paying for the subway with a watch. Toronto is finally getting a world class upgrade to the transit system (contactless payment)!
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5 minute wait for the train during rush hour at one of Toronto’s busiest stations. If the TTC wants more riders, then they shouldn't cut service
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On a very crowded GO train, a couple next to me even talking about how nice it is to take the train now that it's not just rush hour only. If you add service, riders will come!.
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lol my bus drove in the curb to get passed the traffic. It works I guess!
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yikes, the GTA will soon have three rapid transit stations named "Eglinton". Could be confusing for new riders. Wayfinding should really be done on a regional scale.
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8am is way to late for the start of subway service, even on a Sunday. Blue night buses are always packed and unreliable. People want to ride transit, why not provide good service?
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In the past 12 hours, The Toronto subway has been shut down 4 times. Once on Line 1 & three times on Line 2, twice because of fires. The TTC has a major reliability problem.
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The TTC having 11 reduced speed zones is not good!. Not only does it make trips longer, it also makes them less enjoyable
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We had a chance to easily redesign Eglinton but it's still a wide high speed road that's unsafe for anyone not in a car.
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Detroit people mover, it's so loud I can hear it from a different country
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I hate these new stickers . The TTC shouldn't be punishing riders for not being able to afford transit, especially when service is getting worse and fares are going up
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Lionel-Groulx is so cool! It's huge, and has a cross platform transfer
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The signage at Exhibition GO showing that Lakeshore West trains continue as Lakeshore East trains is great, but we might as well merge the lines
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Major construction for the Ontario Line has started with streetcar tracks now installed on Adelaide!
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These people (and many others) were left behind because the subway was too crowded to get on. Service cannot be cut when vehicles are massively over capacity
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The Port Lands is a super cool project but it's going to be poorly served by transit. Without streetcar service from day one or a GO/Ontario Line station at Cherry, there will be more traffic & future additions will be costly
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"No service on line 1 because of a trespasser on the tracks". If only we funded platform screen doors that would make trespassing impossible and save lives.
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Toronto is redeveloping its eastern waterfront & building a new island, but we need more funding to build higher order transit on the waterfront. Why we need funding now: 🧵
The Mayor’s Executive Committee this week includes an item advancing the Waterfront East LRT. The request includes $63 in million new funding to advance the eastern waterfront and Villiers Island portions. Once this item is passed at next Tuesday’s Executive Committee, it will
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Very cool of Ikea to display safe cycling connections to their downtown store
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Testing the Finch West LRT during the winter is an important step in ensuring the line will operate safely once opened. Glad I got to see it!
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More bike spaces than units AND only two car spaces, you love to see it!
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I checked out the eastern section of the Crosstown yesterday and lot's of new progress has been made!. Some surface stations are fully complete now with PRESTO machines, emergency phones and screens installed!
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Buses should really announce subway disruptions at connecting stops "next stop is ---, there's no service between --- and --- on line -". Providing detour info too would make transit so much easier to use.
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Two people on my bus from BC thought they could tap their credit cards on the bus in TO. The feature is coming and will be super helpful!
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Montreal has so much character from old buildings to spiral staircases, it feels a lot more like a city than Toronto
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Installing PSD’s would cost $20 million per station. It sounds expensive but it's a small price to pay for a faster, safer, more reliable system. Instead of saving lives the city insists on spending billions to rebuild a highway cutting through our downtown.
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Rather than ticketing the numerous drivers who illegally drive on King, or repair the crumbling infrastructure, streetcars are being stopped and emptied for being stuck in traffic?
Peak Toronto. "Watched a cop give a streetcar driver a ticket in the middle of rush hour on King St and York".
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Yeah it's a nice street, but wouldn't it be better if we banned cars on it?
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For an agency transporting a million riders, there needs to be much better transparency for why the subway is now 10+ min slower (and when delays will be gone).
@mccormack_cat We don't have a completion date at this time, staff are working to address this as quickly as possible. As sections are completed our site will be updated ^JH.
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Loving the REM so far, it's going to be very transformative for Montreal! More content coming
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Thanks Toronto Police for parking in the bike lanes and putting cyclists in danger
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Trying to catch an hourly GO train and it's stressful!. Waiting an hour if you miss the train is not fun, or a way to attract riders.
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This is big. Those highway on-ramps are terrifying to cycle past. Signals and protection will help a lot!.
New traffic signals are proposed across two DVP SB on-ramps at Eglinton Ave E, with the long-term plan to include road safety improvements at all four on-ramps. These new traffic signals would allow dedicated green time for pedestrians and people cycling to cross. (3/4)
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The Well is going to become such a popular landmark for Toronto. The attention to detail is amazing!
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The TTC seems to have redesigned the digital displays at subway entrances. While the new design prioritizes useful info over ads, there is some wasted space. Displaying subway ETA's would be useful!
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Toronto's busiest subway station is getting platform edge doors! . PED's will mean a safer, more reliable TTC and increase train speeds. Good to see the TTC is setting a higher standard for NA transit.
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Starting today, trains are using the elevated guideway as part of the Davenport Diamond Grade Separation project. This brings GO Transit one step closer to providing high-frequency RER style regional rail to an entire region and is a huge milestone
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This delay impacted thousands of transit riders, but investing in barriers at the edge of platforms would make it impossible for people to jump or be pushed in front of trains.
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Line 6's Humber College station looks really nice from the renderings but the land use is absolutely terrible. Instead of bringing the bus terminal close to the LRT stop a large parking lot will separate the station from the campus
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Nice to see Toronto Police finally enforcing bus lanes and ticketing drivers on Esplanade
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I checked out the Hurontario LRT progress today, with tracks and an elevated guideway installed I'm optimistic that the line will open in 2024! 🧵
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The cost of PSD’s might be high upfront but ordering shuttle buses and paying for emergency services every week can’t be cheap either
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lol the blue night bus didn't let me on cause it was over capacity. Ridership is back, we need to fund transit and make it usable at anytime of day.
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This probably shouldn't be celebrated. Everyone, regardless of carrier, should have cell service on public transit
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@PCPappy Have you considered that people can't afford the fare?. What's frustrating is funding police to restrict transit access instead of keeping transit fares low.
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Super cool seeing contactless tech in Toronto to activate crossing signals
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Did some railfanning this morning featuring VIA Rail's "The Canadian"!
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I don't really use Line 3 during rush hour but seeing the crowds it's obvious how hard the shutdown will hurt riders
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On board Canada's newest metro, admiring the new VIA and EXO trains!
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It's another day and that means the Toronto subway has been disrupted and shut down seven times today. The city should be improving service being increasing fares.
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Love this Ramen vending machine at Pioneer Station. Affordable, convenient meals (especially at Uni's) is really important!
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It's really silly that two bus terminals across the street from each other have different names, unfiied branding would make riding transit much less confusing!
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Only in Ottawa for a few hours but I had to ride the O-Train!. Stations are very nice and the views are good too! However, there are wayyy to many tight curves so the line can be quite slow
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Replacing massive, fast trains with small buses in downtown traffic isn't practical either. It leads to slow overcrowded buses that riders can't depend on.
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Every time I go on Eglinton I feel sad because of the clear lack of thought that has gone into rebuilding the street
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@a_darkcorner I mean we can afford to fund transit, we just choose not to. More subways & transit in general is still a good thing!.
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Yesterday I rode the Lakeshore West GO Train Niagara Falls tp Toronto ending my month long journey of riding every GO line from end to end
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VIVA has truly amazing information displays! Showing upcoming stops and arrival times of connecting buses. The TTC could learn something from VIVA!
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Toronto’s Night Bus system is super fast and covers most of the city but it has two major issues!. Reliability and transferring between routes makes the system almost unusable
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The new station building at Humber College for the Finch West LRT is quickly coming together!
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