fern k 2026
@fernkhahn.com
i help transit riders find their way.
graphic communicator in training.
para español, oprima dos.
she/they
new blog: fernkhahn.medium.com
portfolio: fernkhahn.com
graphic communicator in training.
para español, oprima dos.
she/they
new blog: fernkhahn.medium.com
portfolio: fernkhahn.com
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fern k 2026
@fernkhahn.com
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Line 1 is not one line
In the long term, treating Toronto’s Line 1 as two different lines would eliminate more confusion than it would create.
fernkhahn.medium.com
to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
prompt: "repost with your home river"
colorado (texas) → willamette → oakland estuary → don (ontario)
colorado (texas) → willamette → oakland estuary → don (ontario)
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
prompt: "repost with your home river"
colorado (texas) → willamette → oakland estuary → don (ontario)
colorado (texas) → willamette → oakland estuary → don (ontario)
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The United States has the fewest elevators in the rich world, with Canada only a bit ahead. We teamed up with @uytaelee.bsky.social of About Here Videos to investigate why, exactly, North America sucks at elevators.
North America's Elevator Problem
YouTube video by About Here
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
The United States has the fewest elevators in the rich world, with Canada only a bit ahead. We teamed up with @uytaelee.bsky.social of About Here Videos to investigate why, exactly, North America sucks at elevators.
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Toronto is always the warmest welcome.
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Toronto is always the warmest welcome.
line 6 mood: petulant teenager on family outing
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
line 6 mood: petulant teenager on family outing
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Do you live in a city that doesn’t get covered that much by urbanist YouTube?
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
I need your help to make these videos
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Do you live in a city that doesn’t get covered that much by urbanist YouTube?
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
Or at least a city that *I* haven’t covered that much?
I’m trying to create a crowd-sourced footage archive to let urbanist YouTube cover more places!
Interested in: skylines, buses, trains, bikes, housing, etc.
i wonder when "ty" overtook "thx" as the dominant shorthand expression of gratitude
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
i wonder when "ty" overtook "thx" as the dominant shorthand expression of gratitude
somehow only occurred to me now that the province which refuses to pick a side in canada's language binary is called, well, NB
bonjour-hi ciel bleu bluesky d' from edmundston, nouveau- new brunswick
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
somehow only occurred to me now that the province which refuses to pick a side in canada's language binary is called, well, NB
the street blades of grand rapids are uniquely inconsistent and i kind of love them. here's what you can see in a few blocks of a single downtown street:
December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
the street blades of grand rapids are uniquely inconsistent and i kind of love them. here's what you can see in a few blocks of a single downtown street:
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shoutout to the city that still runs the trains every few minutes on christmas day 🥰
December 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
shoutout to the city that still runs the trains every few minutes on christmas day 🥰
this reminded me that i spent a few years at "santa per se isn't possible, but there might be an international publicly-funded organization of gift-bringers each responsible for a small chunk of the world"
Orin says that he 51% thinks that Santa is just a story 😭
December 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
this reminded me that i spent a few years at "santa per se isn't possible, but there might be an international publicly-funded organization of gift-bringers each responsible for a small chunk of the world"
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📢🌾 I’ll 2x match up to $5,000 donated to the World Food Program between now and December 28th end of day. That‘s a 1x personal match and 1x employer match. We can raise $15,000 together, up to 60,000 meals. 🙏🏻
Just share your redacted receipt, I’ll match daily.
donate.wfpusa.org/page/Funding...
Just share your redacted receipt, I’ll match daily.
donate.wfpusa.org/page/Funding...
Donate Now to Deliver 2X the Meals to the World's Hungriest People
In crisis zones around the world, families are struggling to find enough food to survive. We urgently need your help to send them 2X the lifesaving meals this winter. Make your tax-deductible contribu...
donate.wfpusa.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
📢🌾 I’ll 2x match up to $5,000 donated to the World Food Program between now and December 28th end of day. That‘s a 1x personal match and 1x employer match. We can raise $15,000 together, up to 60,000 meals. 🙏🏻
Just share your redacted receipt, I’ll match daily.
donate.wfpusa.org/page/Funding...
Just share your redacted receipt, I’ll match daily.
donate.wfpusa.org/page/Funding...
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bus-only queue jump doing its job on eglinton, letting buses glide past long lines of left turning cars to enter cedarvale station.
sometimes its short, focused transit priority treatments like this that make all the difference!
sometimes its short, focused transit priority treatments like this that make all the difference!
December 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
bus-only queue jump doing its job on eglinton, letting buses glide past long lines of left turning cars to enter cedarvale station.
sometimes its short, focused transit priority treatments like this that make all the difference!
sometimes its short, focused transit priority treatments like this that make all the difference!
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For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.
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there's a good incentive for this as our transit system becomes less downtown-centric as well.
for trips that don't start and end downtown, line 1 is never used as a single line - and more of those trips are happening post-2020.
toronto really has 3.5 subway lines, not 2.5!
for trips that don't start and end downtown, line 1 is never used as a single line - and more of those trips are happening post-2020.
toronto really has 3.5 subway lines, not 2.5!
to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
Line 1 is not one line
In the long term, treating Toronto’s Line 1 as two different lines would eliminate more confusion than it would create.
fernkhahn.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
there's a good incentive for this as our transit system becomes less downtown-centric as well.
for trips that don't start and end downtown, line 1 is never used as a single line - and more of those trips are happening post-2020.
toronto really has 3.5 subway lines, not 2.5!
for trips that don't start and end downtown, line 1 is never used as a single line - and more of those trips are happening post-2020.
toronto really has 3.5 subway lines, not 2.5!
to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
Line 1 is not one line
In the long term, treating Toronto’s Line 1 as two different lines would eliminate more confusion than it would create.
fernkhahn.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need.
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
the case for splitting TTC Line 1:
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new: i have a real blog that you can like and subscribe to. thoughts on transit wayfinding, nomenclature, principles, etc. you know me.
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
Fern K Hahn – Medium
Read writing from Fern K Hahn on Medium. I'm a designer and graphic communications student in Toronto with opinions about decoding transit networks for the riding public. More at fernkhahn.com
fernkhahn.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
new: i have a real blog that you can like and subscribe to. thoughts on transit wayfinding, nomenclature, principles, etc. you know me.
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
new: i have a real blog that you can like and subscribe to. thoughts on transit wayfinding, nomenclature, principles, etc. you know me.
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
Fern K Hahn – Medium
Read writing from Fern K Hahn on Medium. I'm a designer and graphic communications student in Toronto with opinions about decoding transit networks for the riding public. More at fernkhahn.com
fernkhahn.medium.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
new: i have a real blog that you can like and subscribe to. thoughts on transit wayfinding, nomenclature, principles, etc. you know me.
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
i'm planning to publish soon because people keep discussing things i want to cover before i get to cover them. (how dare!)
fernkhahn.medium.com
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FROM: Design Review Board
RE: 300m iron tower
STATUS: APPLICATION DENIED
Proposals must be sensitive to the height, bulk, and scale of its surroundings. A 300m tower is an egregious departure from the neighborhood’s mid rise datum and the use of iron is inconsistent with the vernacular of the area
RE: 300m iron tower
STATUS: APPLICATION DENIED
Proposals must be sensitive to the height, bulk, and scale of its surroundings. A 300m tower is an egregious departure from the neighborhood’s mid rise datum and the use of iron is inconsistent with the vernacular of the area
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
FROM: Design Review Board
RE: 300m iron tower
STATUS: APPLICATION DENIED
Proposals must be sensitive to the height, bulk, and scale of its surroundings. A 300m tower is an egregious departure from the neighborhood’s mid rise datum and the use of iron is inconsistent with the vernacular of the area
RE: 300m iron tower
STATUS: APPLICATION DENIED
Proposals must be sensitive to the height, bulk, and scale of its surroundings. A 300m tower is an egregious departure from the neighborhood’s mid rise datum and the use of iron is inconsistent with the vernacular of the area
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The Third Avenue transit cordidor has lovely new banners all along the street but this is clearly the best one.
December 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Third Avenue transit cordidor has lovely new banners all along the street but this is clearly the best one.
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For the Star’s opinion section I contributed to the year end “loss” package: the loss of the TTC as “The Better Way”. Not yet the worst way but sliding towards it. Many culprits, ultimately but it’s our own fault for not demanding, & voting, better.
Shawn Micallef: The better way no more: What the decline of the TTC says about Toronto
What was once a point of pride in the city is increasingly a source of frustration.
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For the Star’s opinion section I contributed to the year end “loss” package: the loss of the TTC as “The Better Way”. Not yet the worst way but sliding towards it. Many culprits, ultimately but it’s our own fault for not demanding, & voting, better.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times