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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 58m

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8h

"TCRP Synthesis 182: Providing Low-Income Fare Discounts at Public Transit Agencies, from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, documents the current state of the practice of low-income fare discount programs offered by NAmerican transit agencies" - nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2921...

Providing Low-Income Fare Discounts at Public Transit Agencies

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

nap.nationalacademies.org

Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 1h

Also a lot of air kiss advisories during TIFF.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 2d

Smug alert

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 7h

Here are the Subway/Metro Station design guidelines that were compiled by UMTA/USDOT in the 1970s in an attempt to prevent WMATA-style cost overruns again.

It got shelved when everyone at UMTA got laid off and we forgot it. But it's prescient about cost drivers -- rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11352

DOT ROSA P

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT ...

rosap.ntl.bts.gov

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 6h

Model station designs for both cut and cover and mined! It favors mined-twin tubed stations (a la Crossrail) because of reduced excavation size. The US/MTA habit of mining boxes underground is likely the most expensive way to build a subway station.

Pdf pgs 55 and 56.

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 3h

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Rebecca Saltzman @rebeccaforec.bsky.social · 12h

This is what we hope to do in El Cerrito - build a new library at Plaza BART, along with 743 homes.

This is our best opportunity for a new library, as there’s not space to rebuild on current site and the lease for the BART site will be $1.

A citizens measure is circulating now to fund the library.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 16h

Cities are developing a new approach to developing housing: Integrating it into mixed-use library projects. These investments improve neighborhood vitality, add housing & improve services.

In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, I create a database of such projects & point to success stories ⏬

Aging Libraries Could Offer Cities a Unique Opportunity to Build New Housing While Improving Public Services

Since 2000, more than 1,800 apartment units have been built in combined library-housing developments. These projects not only address local housing needs but…

www.urban.org

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The Autistic Coach | Matthew (he/they) @theautisticcoach.bsky.social · 12h

You’ve spent decades adapting.

Performing.

Surviving.

Now you finally know why - do you do with that truth?

www.theautisticcoach.com/late-diagnos...

late identified autistics workshop - starting ocotber 22

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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 12h

weird how the c suite classes act like they’re all risk averse but then when it comes to actually unpopular things like mass layoffs or giving AI the time of day they’re suddenly brave mavericks who must “innovate” at any cost

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 13h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Mike Christensen, MCMP, CNU-A, AICP @mrc-slc.bsky.social · 12h

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train - usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t... via @usa.streetsblog.org and @keawilson.bsky.social

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 11h

When @sgoodyear.bsky.social and @brooklynspoke.bsky.social got in touch about doing an episode of Cancel Me, Daddy, I fangirled hard, and then we cooked up this really cool episode about automotive propaganda and how it works in today's politics

It's out here now on youtube and everywhere tomorrow

Cancel Me, Daddy Podcast @cancelmedaddy.bsky.social · 11h

This week we're collabing with the co-hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social to chat about how pro-car propaganda works, its history, and how it shows up in our politics today, especially in this year's NYC mayor's race! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN-e...

Why Car Propaganda Is Destroying Our Cities (ft. The War on Cars Podcast)

YouTube video by Cancel Me, Daddy - Media & Politics Podcast

www.youtube.com

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Railmaps @railmaps.com.au · 11h

The Australian Catholic University uses AI to detect whether students are using AI to cheat on assignments, then requires students to prove their innocence.

The problem isn't AI, it's unethical fools who think AI is any sort of authority on anything.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

www.abc.net.au

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adamlisberg.bsky.social @adamlisberg.bsky.social · 13h

It happened then too. I’m still haunted by this image from Marc Hermann’s “New York: Then and Now” series of the aftermath of a three-year-old Brooklyn girl run over on her tricycle in 1959:

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 11h

"Our streets are deliberately and inequitably designed. In cities like Toronto, over 80% of street space is dedicated exclusively to motor vehicles. This is not a natural state; it is the result of decades of policy choices that prioritize vehicle throughput above all else." Lanrick Bennett

An Open Letter to NPR: Our Streets Are No Accident

In a world where we are constantly seeking self-improvement, National Public Radio’s Life Kit positions itself as a friendly guide…

medium.com

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 10h

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 12h

Oh wow, this looks stunning.

Kudos to the people at MTA for this concept.

Can't wait to get out there!

Two lines, "but, the 2 and the G never meet"

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 10h

Unfortunately they are in the waste basket

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Spooky 👻 Luke Ranker🚶‍♂️ @lukeranker.bsky.social · 13h

One of America's top investigative newsrooms wants to uncover news stories about the federal government by appealing to potential tipsters on public transit — and highlighting the importance of shared modes for reinforcing the pillars of democracy.
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 15h

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 17h

I'm writing up an extensive case study of Bologna's transit priority policies, and when I write down the numbers of the 1984 referendum on a car-lite city center, I don't know if I'm more amazed by the turnout (90%?!?) or the % of yes (almost 70%)

It's just a world that no longer exists...

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june $118/$3900 @juneever.green · 16h

society if we ignored conservatives’ complaints

artist’s rendering of a futurist utopia with glass skyscrapers, flying cars, and a monorail train.

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alex davis @alexdavistransit.bsky.social · 1d

Urbanism is so successful, highway engineers now have to build in *secret* hidden lanes like it's the Piața Romană metro station.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 1d

Caltrans has released a cross section for the ultimate (raised viaduct) version of SR-37.

Now maybe I'm just being paranoid, but if you were building a road that you planned to keep at 4 lanes wide, I don't think it would look like this.

Cross section of 114' wide bridge structure with each direction having a 12' outside shoulder and a 10' inside shoulder.

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 1d

@redesigningttc.bsky.social @ttcriders.bsky.social @ttcalerts.bsky.social @Metrolinx @gotransit.bsky.social

Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · Nov 28

It needs to have both the TTC current & abuilding segregated rail network, & the full GO rail network. Plus the interchanges between them. And Mississauga TransitWay. I haven't seen a Great one yet. GO's is good:

GO's GTA Rapid Transit Map, from Dundas West GO station

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mistertravel.bsky.social @mistertravel.bsky.social · 1d

En train au Canada, édité chez Voyages Gallimard

mistertravel.news/2025/10/07/e...

#MisterTravel #ChatGPT #Grok #Claude #Gemini #Copilot #Canada #Train #Livre #VoyagesGallimard

En train au Canada, édité chez Voyages Gallimard - MisterTravel

En train au Canada, édité chez Voyages Gallimard

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Global News @globalnews.ca · 2d

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over 3 years, vehicles registered to Ford's cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Kristen Wixx @kristenwixx.bsky.social · 1d

Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight.

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Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦 @longbranchmike.bsky.social · 1d

And paving the Greenbelt with completely unnecessary highways and development when he promised he wouldn't. Ford is a Trump level lier

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