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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 9h

People often complain that I only talk about Canada and the Netherlands in my videos. But those are the only two countries where I have lived and worked, so they're the only countries where I can give such in-depth explanations.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 3d

Transforming from a flawed democracy to an unashamed dictatorship is still a transformation

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 3d

They're not called PXOs in Alberta (that's an Ontario term) but yeah it's a signed unsignalized crosswalk

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 4d

Mobility access is equally good on double deckers and dwell times are not very important on an inter-community route

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 5d

More like "Automatique pour le peuple"

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 5d

That's an En dash (–) not an Em dash (—)

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 6d

Someone keeps reporting my street as 'closed' to Google Maps. It's not closed, I their they're just trying to reduce the traffic on their street

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 6d

I discovered they exist when a LACMTA ticket vending machine gave me 18 of them as change for a $20 bill

Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 6d

My challenge every week is to find somewhere to drive to. I try to drive my car at least once every two weeks to keep the 12V battery topped up.

Nearly all of my trips are more convenient by bicycle

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 7d

The Pickering-Oshawa segment already has a yard, no need to push the train anywhere. I assume GO's electric trains would have a small battery to let them move around the yard off-wire anyway. Even in the long term it's probably not worth electrifying the yard leads.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 7d

Yes you want a simple test bed but Lakeshore East already has that between Pickering and Oshawa.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 7d

That's not really an issue because we want different service types anyway. We can have bi-mode express trains to Hamilton/Niagara in addition to frequent local EMUs to Burlington

The portion of the line where both services overlap is the part they already own.

Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 7d

I suspect the most cost-effective solution in the long run would be to build in-house expertise and run a steady, predictable electrification program that adds xx km of line every year.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 7d

It is insane how often people tell me that GO Expansion is hindered by freight trains.

In reality GO already owns all of the tracks where frequent service is proposed, except for a few hundred metres at Bramalea station. And there is almost no freight traffic in those lines.

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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 7d

This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

A map of part of the Bloor West bike lane showing that a section beween Islington and Resurrection Rd was prioritized for removal. Nearby streets curve off in various directions, avoiding railway tracks and providing no straightforward alternative.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 10d

The station is obviously designed for far more than 6 trains per day. The problem is that the track speed limit between West Harbour is only 48 km/h, so the existing Route 11 and 12 bus services are faster to Hamilton and the GTA, respectively. So there's not currently any demand for train service

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 11d

Signal priority is already in place. The question you need to ask is: "Is the signal priority any good?"

(I'm pretty confident the answer is No)

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 11d

30 minute service to Niagara would be politically challenging due to the impacts on the Welland Canal. Hourly service seems plausible though, since the canal bridge is double-tracked so trains can be timed to cross simultaneously in both directions.

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 11d

When Metrolinx say 13 trips, that means 6 to 7 trips per direction. They always cherry pick statistics to sound more impressive than they actually are

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 11d

Alberta is (unfortunately) in Canada

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 11d

How can this be happening in Canada? The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is very clear about discrimination on the base of sex or gender. Explicitly banning transgender people from sports is a pretty clear violation of the Charter

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 12d

He is giving himself permission to imprison, torture or kill anyone he considers anti-fascist, similar to what he has been doing by accusing people (without evidence or trial) of being gang members

Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 12d

Another one: "We shouldn't build cycling infrastructure because some people drive far and/or carry lots of stuff"

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 12d

The City really should have an upper threshold for traffic volumes on a local. Typically cities limit them to 1000 or 2000 vehicles per day

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 13d

It can't be a local street and a key corridor for cars. Those are mutually exclusive designations

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