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I make transit construction timelines! 🚧 🚇 Transit Politics & Planning | Cities | 23 | Find me where the skies are clearer 🦋 https://t.co/Ib2QOJqVko
Toronto (Treaty 13 land signed
Joined March 2016
Thought I'd make a pinned thread of all my transit timelines for any newcomers and to just to keep it all in one place!. Folder with them in High Resolution: Toronto/TTC.
I made a TTC construction timeline! We're all familiar with those "evolution of the TTC map" videos, but I always wondered how long each project took, from construction starting to opening, instead of just a timeline of opening dates. Below will be a thread of takeaways:
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My friend saw this at Bloor and Bedford today 😭😭 . Apparently the street was closed, the lady just drove into it and when the front wheel hit the cement it made a loud noise and ALL the construction worked yelled… and for some reason she kept going 😭😭
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❌15 minute city.✅7/11 minute city.
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Highway 407 is literally completely empty at 10pm. But we need to build another multi-billion dollar highway paralleling this corridor right? #Highway413
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This is peak Toronto urban planning. Forcing all polluting traffic through the middle of Toronto on the untolled 401 while the other east-west route is the prohibitively expensive 407 and sits empty.
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If this happens we have to resort tactical/guerilla urbanism. Repaint the bike lanes ourselves. Install the bollards back ourselves. If the government won't protect vulnerable road users, we as a community have to.
NEW: As first reported by Global News, the Ford government has begun the process of removing bike lanes from three Toronto streets: Yonge st., Bloor St., University Ave. #onpoli.
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This is very simple to fix. Automatic bus lasers.
This is very simple to fix. Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR). It has existed for over 20 years. It is used to enforce the Congestion Charge in London, UK. It is used on the 407 in Ontario. Congestion in the core of the city is a new level of madness. The efficiency.
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Why don’t we finish this project that ur government abandoned first buddy .
To every Ontario driver stuck in gridlock, I have a simple message: Help is on the way. While other governments refused to invest to get drivers out of traffic, our government is building the roads, highways and transit that will get Ontario moving, including by exploring a new
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Nobody:.Toronto:
There are approximately 2,500 storeys proposed within a 700m radius of the Yonge and Steeles intersection. Existing strip malls and auto dealerships are set to be replaced by high-density development in one of the most dramatic urban transformations in all of #Toronto.
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Arriving at. B.L.O.O.R. Y.O.N.G.E. bloor yonge station. Change . Here. For. Line 2.
THIS IS AN. a c c e s s i b l e . station. the elevator is at the. C. E. N. T. E. R. of the . platfowum.
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I love how “walkable cities” has made it into the mainstream vernacular, especially on young online spaces
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“Police make transit safer”.For WHO?? To get kicked 3 times on floor while already being tackled by 3 other officers???.
Toronto Police say they're investigating this video that shows officers kicking a man on the TTC subway
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Paris:🌲🌳🚶🚶♀️🌲🌿.Will have removed 60,000 parking spaces & replaced them with trees by 2030. Toronto:🔥🛻🚶🚗💨🛣️.To build a mega spa, Ontario has removed 865 mature trees at Ontario Place and will replace them with a 5 story parking garage for 27,000 vehicles at $400 million.
To manage extreme heat, by 2030 Paris will have removed 60,000 parking spaces and replaced them with trees. via @citylab.
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Transit users literally only want one thing and it’s fucking disgusting (ELKAY LZWSRK EZH2O Water Bottle Fillers at major stations). Even my Instagram ads know I want it
Managed to beat the @Metrolinx @GOtransit Bramalea Go vending machines this time around with my Waterloo water bottle. Still no water fountain in sight in the multi hundred million dollar Bramalea Go! . Way to go!
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Kitchener has these cool benches with notches you can park your bike at while you sit for a rest.
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They turned the Ontario Science Centre into the Willy Wonka experience meme 💀💀
It was wonderful visiting the @OntScienceCtr satellite location at Sherway Gardens and seeing so many children enjoying the exhibits, Towers of Tomorrow and Circus! This pop-up features exciting, family friendly, interactive activities guaranteed to inspire young minds!
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Saturday afternoons are for Scarborough Chinese food on the TTC
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Toronto drivers are something else… if it’s not streetcar tunnels it’s wet concrete, if not wet concrete it’s storefronts, if it’s not storefronts, it’s concrete barriers… the list never ends…
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Look at all these cyclists causing traffic congestion on Dundas! Ridiculous entitled people.
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So excited to be able to buy a beer faster while I wait years to see a doctor or seek mental health care!.
BREAKING: The Ford government is spending $225 million to speed up the implementation of beer and wine in corner stores. After Sept 5, all convenience stores province-wide will be able to sell beer and wine. After Oct 31, all grocery stores will be able to opt-in. #ONpoli
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YOU fetishize Eurocentric notions of “proper urban density” for “ordinary people” while dismissing billions of ordinary people across the world, especially in Asia live in towers and cities much more sustainable, energy and water efficient, than their European counterparts.
YIMBY people your arguments are embarrassing. You never ask who these homes are for or where, or how our cities are financialised + the repercussions. You fetishise skyscrapers but need to visit (Red) Vienna/Barcelona for how to do proper urban density for ordinary people. Sad!
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I think that policy should not force people to live in towers right next to highways which create high particulate matter & noise pollution, increasing risk of asthma, stroke, and dementia, just so people in single family homes in transit & amenity rich areas avoid densification.
@_ChanFace Y’all will never be happy.
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Church Street is literally begging to be pedestrianized every time I'm here
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@nihaarsinha @AnikVJoshi It’s an open ended play up for your interpretation 😍😍that’s why it’s such a work of art 🥰🥰.
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Make this summer a Ford-made summer!. Our new interactive map shows all the Eglinton Crosstown stations that are (not) open!
Make this summer an Ontario-made summer!. Our new interactive map shows thousands of convenient options where you can still buy beer, wine, spirits and other drinks across the province. Check out a local brewery or winery for some fantastic Ontario-made products near you and
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Planned density for an unfunded streetcar line vs planned density for an existing subway line of 50 years. “““Urban planning””” in action in Toronto
An updated look at development activity in Downtown #Toronto. Across the city, there are over 250,000+ residential units approved and an additional 430,000+ proposed. 🏗️. #Toronto #urbanplanning #transit
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This is what Bloor and Danforth should look like.
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Why are Amtrak buses from Vancouver to Seattle faster and more expensive than the train 😭😭
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NEEED IN TORONTO 💳💥💳💥💳💳💥💥💥💥.
This is brilliant: #Dublin has “fare capping” on its public transport. When you buy a LEAP farecard, you get charged a max. of €5.60 a day, or €22 / wk, no matter how many rides you take on commuter rail/DART/trams/buses. Thnx to @cianginty .for pointing this out
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I’ve only been in Montréal for an hour and I’m already OBSESSED. ✅Fast and efficient metro.✅Existing (😂) middle housing .✅Walkable & Bikable
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First time in DC, still can’t get over how grand these stations are. Really have to see it in person to get a sense of scale. Any recommendations of where to visit? (Besides the basic touristy places)
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Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate!!! 新年快樂!!! . Seems like the TTC is celebrating by turning the slow Spadina Streetcar into a fast Elevated (Dragon) Rail. Best New Years gift ever!
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What stage of capitalism is it when your country's busiest train station in its economic centre is plastered with food banks & hospitals begging for money between oil & gas propaganda.
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Lol remember at the beginning of covid, articles were like “death of transit! Work from home means no more need to commute!”. But look at this subway at 1:30pm on Saturday! People have places to go to that’s not work—shopping, entertainment, friends/family, the beach (me rn) 1/3
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I wait this kinda ate… very Toronto core, I approve
Please help us and object to this outrageous scheme to build a 42-storey tower over a Grade II building in #Birmingham. It would set a terrible precedent for listed buildings within the city. See the plans: . 📷 : CGI image from Design & Access statement
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This is absolutely insane. All that money gone paying for bike lane removals, and extra red tape, reviews, & studies could have gone to simply funding public transit operations––which would actually reduce congestion. Ford is so unserious about solving issues, just theatrics. 1/3.
NEW: As the Ford government reviews the installation of all bike lanes on city streets over the past five years, the province is offering to pay for the costs of removing existing lanes. #onpoli.
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Brother sent me a photo of Union Station right now and I’m glad that I’m in bed
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Toronto really said: what if we built a 15 minute city around a cloverleaf interchange
Nearly 19,000 residential units are planned surrounding the Don Mills and Eglinton intersection, and an additional 10,000+ further east of the Don Valley Parkway. The area will be serviced by the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT and Ontario Line subway. #Toronto #transit
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I can't believe we used to have near high-speed rail on the Toronto-Montreal corridor
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And so the dominos begin to fall. Toronto next please 😈😈.
NEW: Chicago “should explore” a congestion tax like New York City to reduce traffic, Mayor Brandon Johnson said.
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Something has to change. We really have to start organizing for the next election. #onpoli #FordMustGo
NEW: Premier Doug Ford's bike lane removal law has now been passed by the Ontario legislature. The government has been preparing to remove three lanes: University Ave. Bloor St. and Yonge St. #onpoli.
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The fact that some parts of the project are still NOT environmentally cleared??. CAHSR authority was established 1996 (~30 years ago) and construction started 2015 (~10 years ago) and we’re STILL waiting for “environmental clearance”?? . The system is broken.
We’ve environmentally cleared 422 of the project’s 494 miles!. By this summer, the Palmdale to Burbank section’s environmental document will be considered by our Board. If approved, we will have completely cleared the 463 miles from downtown SF to LA Union Station. #FactFriday
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Not enough seats at Bramalea GO so people resort to sitting on the stairs. Would be possible to adr a few benches to this wide empty platform? @GOtransit
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Jesus Christ the amount of the racism and xenophobia on this light hearted post. It was a busy day and I didn’t have time to eat unless I did it on the bus. People act as if people purposeful love eating on a shakey moving vehicle, it’s mostly out of necessity.
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Somebody threw a presto card at drag queen last night to tip her and I’m still thinking about it 😭😭😭.
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Wealthy wh*te couple feels unsafe buying a house at DUNDAS AND DOVERCOURT because of supportive housing across the street 😭😭😭. It’s literally next to a police station and Trinity Bellwoods Park too💀.
Some TikToker in Toronto made a video and was like we found the perfect house! One problem! The poors and Crips live across the street! . WTAF.
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It’d be funny if transit riders had an app that told them where people last saw fare inspectors like apps tell drivers where speed cameras and police are.
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I can’t believe this is Steeles, the Steeles I know and love is a 7 lane monster
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Does anyone know how bike lane removal will work? . University was just freshly rebuilt & paved with asphalt, curbs & bioswales—are we just gonna rip it up? . The bike lanes are wide enough for emergency vehicles, we should keep them as “emergency lanes” & cyclists can use them.
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Imagine looking at this and thinking this bike lane on University Ave is the problem
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Ok but what if instead of a loop we embraced our Line 1 "U-Shape" culture and made 4 U lines.
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Found this super cool Ontario Line urban transect graphic in a Queen & Spadina TOC open house slide. Low key serving
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Me when I'm sitting on a subway crawling 1 km/h in a slow zone
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THE BEER STORE DEAL WAS EXPIRING NEXT YEAR ANYWAYS???. And we spent 225 MILLION to cancel it 😭😭😭.
"It's a bizarre use of money, especially since the existing deal was expiring next year anyway. This isn’t fiscally prudent, and it’s not the best use of taxpayer money. There’s no serious argument that it is or could be." — @mattgurney #onpoli
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I almost gone ran over today on the Sherbourne bike lane by a car right turning onto Queen without checking. Now on my way home biking to Union I see 5 vehicles in the Bay Street bike lanes putting me other cyclists at risk. This city really needs to step up on cyclist safety.
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Holy shit that’s crazy.
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WATERLOO RANKED #1 FOR BIKES HELL YA 🦅🦅🦅🚛💨🔥🚴♂️🚛🚙💨🛻🛣️.
Waterloo was just ranked #1 in Ontario and #11 in Canada for bike networks 🙌. Why?.- 230 km of trails, bike lanes and bike routes. - Work with @regionofwaterloo toward a fully connected and safe network.- 223+ bike parking spots in uptown.- Free bike pumps
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Church Street yearns to be pedestrianized too. People are always practically spilling onto the street anyways.
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Queen literally doing more than John Tory did in a decade. “We will roll out more improvements to the King Street Transit Priority Corridor this spring, including new signals and redesigned stops.”.
Today's City report is clear: traffic agents on King make traffic flow over 3 times faster at rush hour. That's 40 minutes transit riders can spend having fun — not staring out the streetcar window wondering why it's taking so long.
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I was literally just browsing the Apple Maps 3D terrain the other day and 😭😭
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Now that Yonge and Eglinton has restored all pedestrian crossings and car lanes, they need a scramble now!! . - Lots of pedestrian traffic.- Only exit at the intersection on the southwest side.- Many people want to get across to the northeast side especially (see next tweet)
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Read that while I was among dozens of students stranded waiting for more GO busses as they're all full & there is no two-way all day GO trains yet--a decade old promise. If Ford really cared about congestion he'd focus on funding transit operations & finishing rail projects. 1/7
Bike lanes belong on secondary streets, not clogging traffic on main roads. It’s time to get you moving again.
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"bringing sanity back to bike lane decisions". What would be insanity is removing this sliver of bike lane on Bloor, a primary road, thinking it'll fix congestion. Maybe focus on funding the TTC so it doesn't fall into slow zone disrepair if you really want to solve congestion.
We are bringing sanity back to bike lane decisions. By removing and replacing existing bike lanes on primary roads, we will get drivers moving again.
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….This is literally downtown Toronto at Queen and Sherbourne. WHERE IS THE HOUSING ON TOP.
A station entrance building is like the tip of an iceberg – it connects to a much larger structure below the surface. In this case, that’s of course a whole new underground subway station, which requires a lot of room to build. (2/5)
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Mogging everybody at Toronto Union station with my OC Transpo Presto card
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UPDATE: THEY PASSED THE AMENDMENT TO NOT CUT THE ION TO EVERY 30 MINUTES!!. Thank you everyone for their support, especially those who came out, signed the petition, and emailed/called councillors!!. And especially big thanks for @m_druker for noticing the cut originally!.
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These pride crosswalks are getting out of hand, I searched this one up and it's apparently the "Franco-Ontarian" gender flag
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I ❤️Toronto
Updated look at the future of Yonge and Steeles, where more than 25,000 residential units are proposed across towers up to 65-storeys in height. This surge in density comes in advance of the TTC Line 1 Subway Extension to Richmond Hill. #Toronto #urbanplanning #ToRE
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Why is Mexico getting more rail built than Canada 😭😭😭.
🇲🇽🚄 These are the train lines that Claudia Sheinbaum will construct by 2030. Following the ~1,500 km built by AMLO, Sheinbaum is aiming to surpass 3,000 km of new tracks. Mexico City will connect to Texas and Arizona, as well as to most major cities inside Mexico.
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We literally just had massive deadly pandemic and the Ontario government decides to cancel funding for our wastewater surveillance program that monitors COVID, influenza. RSV, MPox, polio and H5N1???. But we have enough to spend 1 BILLION to make beer more convenient??.
'I was shocked': Ontario to cancel widely used wastewater surveillance program via @ottawacitizen.
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Absolutely crazy that Avenue Road is 6 lanes wide when the sidewalk with poles and parking meters can barely fit a wheelchair through. Especially if we’re going to be pushing more development and midrises on arterials, we need to make them walkable, pleasant, and safe.
Pls tell local councillors that you support proposed design changes to Avenue Rd (Bloor to St Clair).wider pedestrian areas .reduction from 6 to 4 lanes .bike lane (Bloor to Davenport) . safer intersections . councillor_saxe@toronto.ca councillor_matlow@toronto.ca
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I don’t know why they aren’t advertising this more?? It’s the LARGEST @GOtransit SERVICE EXPANSION SINCE 2013!! . Anyways, I made a quick little infographic that’s easier to read for everyone :)
Massive Toronto transit news makes for a GREAT Friday! . After years of talking about it, we are seeing some BIG service improvements across the Toronto regional rail network! This is another huge step in turning GO from a commuter network to a regional rapid transit system!. 🧵
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