hereās a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
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hereās a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
Ah my favourite currently opened line, the Eglinton Line.
@rzaichkowski.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social !!
šØšØ City of Toronto is going to resurface Eglinton Ave between Keele and Mt Pleasant without the already approved bike lanes. We need to do something right now.
So did they pass?
Most European cities would have pedestrianized and streetcaranized this corridor yesterday.
Wow, in almost every downtown of a major metropolitan city, they always charge for parking.
Toronto: š§āš¦Æš©āš¦Æ
Good, heāll siphon votes.
Any update on Sheppard?
This is Crosstown-level bad, this and the East Don Trail. At least theyāre transparent.
Only 7 years late!
Wow taking a look, thereās not much new to check outā¦š other than the Wallace Emerson stuff, everything else is still under construction.
Maybe new or upgraded bike lanes? @rzaichkowski.bsky.social
I havenāt been back to Toronto in a few months. Iām visiting for a few hours. What new stuff should I check out in the central area? (Other than Biidaasige Park of course).
Iāve never seen a multi-level self-storage facility until now
Itās annoying that people canāt see that, because youāre saving money from a conscious decision to not own a car, instead of getting money back or something. But at least Iām aware.
My main issue is that these New York bike lanes, even the two-way cycle tracks donāt have protection.
Others will concur. A new trail opened in Scarborough a few years ago? Still not on Google Maps.
Hahahaha have you tried recommending changes? Iāve done that, it takes ages for it to get approved and it usually doesnāt get approved anyway. I spent days trying to fix the cycling network mistakes on Google Maps by recommending hundreds of changes and almost none of them got approved.
Why do people need to know itās light rail? Also these signs were different a few months ago. Metrolinxās Wayfinding standards keep on changing so often, that the Eglinton station signs have to keep on being replaced š. Great way to keep people employed I guess.
Google Maps is known to be extremely slow at updating its mapsā¦unless itās driving infrastructure like roads.
I have NO idea.
Bro got the TTCRiders font š
Oh boy, canāt wait for the impending gerrymandering.
Iām so confused. Are the MTSAs in Toronto in effect or no?
The jokes write themselves.
Too much sauce.
We won š² www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...
IāM STILL WAITING FOR AN IPAD APP
Happy we got the transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin south of Bloor but this graphic from @chittimarco.bsky.social is going to be constantly on my mind when I use them.
Anyone have recommendations for theft proof bike lights? Someone stole my bike seat and seatpost once š and then so I made that locked down with a special key rather than quick release I donāt want to have to keep on buying lights but I also want to keep my riding habits as frictionless as possible
Anyone have advice for bike lights? My front one which I love because itās super bright keeps on getting stolen š I know yāall are going to say ājust take it with you inside.ā Well yeah, I do, but sometimes I may hop on my bike several times a day. I donāt want to keep on remembering to take them.
This but for Toronto and the lack of pedestrian streets. And in the Netherlands, every other street and the city centres were pedestrianized
Re-entry Trauma:
Good, the CS student market is way too saturated.
Youād think the city wouldāve redesigned the road by now š
No new cycling projects being approved this summer plus reversing an approved project? "I've never seen a cycling report that doesnāt include new projects,' said Michael Longfield, executive director of the advocacy group Cycle Toronto." via @torontotoday.ca www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...
Love this š
But itās so on point though. Toronto Gray āØ
It couldāve been like a Shibuya crossing š
@chittimarco.bsky.social and @jedwinmok.com are going to have a stroke once they see this.
The parking ratio is crazy. More parking spots than hotel rooms šµāš«
Iām always confused when people complain about cyclists not stopping at stop signs. The vast majority of drivers do a ārolling stopā (i.e., they donāt actually stop) when possible. This is so normal people donāt even see it as breaking the law, but when cyclists do the same thing, it stands out.
Iām not kidding, during my five days in the Netherlands, I only managed to find ONE stop sign.
Still stuck in my head
Meefter altercheckin - donāt forget to tap off with your bank card!
Ahh thatās where all the consultant money goes.
Applying for co-op jobs š©
Where else are you going to find big open space!?
I can assure you that building in the last picture is real. It didnāt even look real to me when I first saw it. Just donāt tell the tourists š .
Yeah so I went to the Netherlands for four days. Was one of the places Iāve dreamed about. Usually post all my photos and tidbits on my IG stories so Iām too lazy for a detailed thread unfortunately but it was INCREDIBLE. Amsterdam, The Hague, Haarlem, Keukenhof, Zandvoort Beach, Gouda and Utrecht
Finch West LRTās main goal was to be slightly faster but much more reliable with lane separation and much more capacity than the 36 bus which was overcrowded. You can only send so many buses. Hurontario however shouldāve been a subway or light metro.
They are misleading on Google Maps. Says thereās bike lanes where there are absolutely none and no bike lanes where they actually exist. The Eglintonās bike lanes for the length of the underground LRT section (Keele - Mt Pleasant) have been delayed to be implemented with the opening of the LRT.
I mean for one, thereās no traffic signals every 50m like Toronto š They just make eye contact, slow down and negotiate right of way. It sounds dangerous and chaotic, but itās chaotic, surprisingly safe and extremely efficient for everyone.
The infrastructure and the flow of everything and everyone in the Netherlands just continues to blow me away as a Torontonian.
Thereās this place I wanted to go to since I became a cycling advocate in 2020ā¦ Iāve dreamed of their streets.
Sheāll be back on the road in a few months.
!??!?!!??! I thought this was JAPAN
The rate of building e-stations (bike share stations that charge bikes) has been significantly slower and incredibly tedious. Bike Share solar stations can be put in basically anywhere thereās space and can be dropped in like itās Lego. But e-stations are definitely way more complicated.
Bike Share is doubling down on e-bikes as theyāve been very popular but also have been great revenue. The issue is that all dead e-bikes have to be manually moved by van by staff to get charged in either the warehouse or a very limited amount of charging stations in the city.
Only in Toronto does it take 5 years to rebuild a road.
The region should consider something a bit nicer for both the buses and the riders using the stop during reconstruction.
Impressive GO service offerings for what is essentially an on street bus stop.
Itās a shame that the city of Torontoās going to pass bus lanes for FIFA way before Jane Street bus lanes get approved. Itās been 4 years and counting. They should be ashamed.
This project is more than a billion dollars for a single freaking station. If they canāt find pennies in the couch cushions for doors. Weāre screwed. TTC cares about your safety except for initiatives that would both improve safety by saving lives and improving operations. Seems like a no brainer.
Is NO ONE going to talk about the fact that Bloor-Yongeās Platform Screen Doors are still unfunded in the modernization project, Everyoneās under the assumption theyāll be built but obviously no money, no doors.
Those Pretzels are INSANELY good, had them on two flights and blew my mind
I'm just upset that the TTC still hasn't updated their ugly bus information screens. Looks like someone made it in five minutes with Microsoft Paint.
The new Cherry Street bridges are nice.
Join @cycletoronto.bsky.social at their rally for justice the night before their charter challenge!
Please yāall š
Any good places to visit in Amsterdam or the Netherlands? Particularly any places an urbanist would love?
we love GO Transit
Metrolinx really be studying but no moneying. š
So basically a nothing burger.
It helps when your line is 5 stations long.
Honestly surprised this was Etobicoke. I thought the only place you find 6 lane stroads was Scarborough.
Get TTC on here too.
Also Iām pretty sure theyāre soon to be provincially-owned.
There is no serious conversation because the province shut that conversation down.
An engineer out there is patting themselves on the back for accommodating cyclists.
Hahahaha
In a city where people have been begging the TTC to take proactive measures for transit priority & service reliability, this is a huge slap in the face to transit riders. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen... @ttcriders.bsky.social @rmtransit.bsky.social @damienmoule.bsky.social @auguststreet.ca
Paula Fletcher vetoād a motion for the TTC/City implementing temporary transit priority measures like no stopping restrictions, turning restrictions & some dedicated lanes to alleviate diverted streetcars in Downtown & to speed up service. ā¦and it flew COMPLETELY under the radar. I am beyond upset.
A suspension seatpost also helps a ton.
I know I keep on seeing this street every other week but I am all for it. Itās a beauty.
The ION has a ton of signalized intersections in some sections but what is vital in IONās case is quite big distances between the transit stops. So less stopping and more going.
In Waterloo, the LRTs are usually given a green by pre-emptively starting a countdown phase far in advance on cross-streets that currently have greens. Additionally, LRTs usually get priority over left-turning vehicles ^(I actually havenāt fully confirmed this but Iād love to test my hypothesis)
@ontariotrafficman.bsky.social made a really good video a while back. Unfortunately, itās quite invisible and limited. Even whatās shown in the video is hard to believe from most peopleās experiences. youtu.be/t76X4csl6NY?...
Toronto doesn't have active signal priority, unlike Waterloo's LRT which essentially turns the light green for the train in advance. Line 5 (which we're treating like a subway) will be plagued w. unreliability if it keeps missing lights. TSP should always be in effect, not just when its late!
It annoys me so much when I see a streetcar that could have easily made the signal...not make the signal. Even the streetcar in the right-of-way. It just barely misses the green, stops, cross-traffic goes, cross traffic stops, cars left-turn or u-turn (of course) & the streetcar finally comes. 1/2
Initiatives like wider stop distances & cutting stns are often used to save costs & increase the likelihood of projects getting built rather than genuinely speeding up service. Unfortunately, The Hamilton LRT itself is being politically dangled on all sides. A shame we havenāt started construction.
Uhmm the TTC does have a stop consolidation program and theyāre pretty assertive about it.
Hi planners, anyone have any tips for using this site to find development applications? I can never find the applications that I actually need and the parameters don't even work half the time! www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
