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Hafeez A.

@trainguy89.bsky.social

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Toronto < - > Waterloo. Designing better streets and fighting for change! Transportation Planner. 🚲 🚃 🎓UW Planning ‘27. Opinions are mine only of course.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Nov 11

If anyone follows me and wants a follow back, just like this message!

Getting an insane amount of followers in a few days has made it impossible to see the individual followers.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 2d

Upcoming years will likely include stations in this area along trails or cycling infrastructure and the plan is for all parts of the city to have access to bike share.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 2d

The 4-year expansion plan was based on current and future infrastructure but also a lot on equity and income. Central Etobicoke did not receive any new stations AFAIK due to how high the income in that area is and the demographics. The plan was based to give access to people who needed it the most.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

And again, cameras wouldn’t be needed if every street in Canada was a street in the Netherlands but we don’t have money to make every street safe right now. Road design is crucial but cameras are a vital first step in bringing a safety and accountability culture in Canadian drivers, even if annoying

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

Speed cameras were a win-win for road safety, less police resources needed, improved driver behaviour, keeping people safe, improving accountability & removing bias in enforcement and we still lost.

Thanks Doug. Now everyone’s going to start speeding again everywhere, but worse, in front of schools

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

Like any genuine enforcement of the speed limit is unfair, according to many drivers. That speed limits are just minimums and it’s okay to go over

You also find some drivers complain about anything that slows them down or makes it harder to drive. But honestly, drivers hardly pay attention to signs

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 6d

I was driving from work when I noticed a police officer in his cruiser with a radar gun. Not hidden but not in plain sight

I was going the speed limit so I was fine but I was thinking, even if we only had police officers instead of cameras, we’d still have drivers say that enforcement is unfair

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 12d

Noticed this was the City of Toronto.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 17d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 20d

BRAD BRADFORD, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PODCAST.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28d

British-ahh street

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 11

I love how KW is so chill with their railways and their interactions with pedestrians/cyclists. Many municipalities would lose their butts at the potential thought of someone walking 10m near an an abandoned railway.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 11

I was having this thought for a few days but I think now it’s even more fitting,

Putting up more signs or lights as a way to reduce speeding and road violence is about as effective as thoughts and prayers for reducing gun violence.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Sep 9

Working as a transit planner at a transit agency is pretty darn cool. Highly recommend.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · Aug 31

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 31

Ah my favourite currently opened line, the Eglinton Line.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 28

@rzaichkowski.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social !!

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨🚨 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.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 27

So did they pass?

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 27

Most European cities would have pedestrianized and streetcaranized this corridor yesterday.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wow, in almost every downtown of a major metropolitan city, they always charge for parking.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 24

Toronto: 🧑‍🦯👩‍🦯

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 23

NEW: 1km of Montreal’s Ste-Catherine Street will become permanently “pedestrian only” (less than perfect term since it will be a people-place for a LOT more than walking). 225+ new trees, vegetation-covered pits for rain drainage, more seating, illuminated canopy, financial help for businesses, etc.

Stretch of Ste-Catherine Street East to become pedestrian-only year-round | CBC News

The City of Montreal announced Friday their "ambitious" plans to transform a portion of Ste-Catherine Street East into a pedestrian road year-round, with redevelopment work starting in fall 2026.

www.cbc.ca

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 21

Good, he’ll siphon votes.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 21

Any update on Sheppard?

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 21

This is Crosstown-level bad, this and the East Don Trail. At least they’re transparent.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · Aug 21

Only 7 years late!

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