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@mashdash.bsky.social

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Transit, signage and urban planning! Based on Verdun, Montréal, from Brooklyn NY I take donations for my projects! https://ko-fi.com/mashdash

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hey everyone! I'm the person behind the signage you might have seen during the REM opening in Montreal. Excited to share more of my projects here, whether it’s signage, urban planning, or all things transit!

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · Apr 16

Most North American cities: we should allow cars to overtake buses at stops at any cost. Traffic MUST FLOW!

Great transit cities: we should systematically prevent cars from overtaking stopped buses with median curbs because it's a hazard for alighting passengers and it delays buses.

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · Apr 11

Volunteers gave King Station a makeover this morning! You shouldn't get lost while taking the #TTC. Learn more and show your support for better TTC information and signs: www.ttcriders.ca/wayfinding

Group of volunteers hanging sign on TTC post

volunteer hanging sign on King subway platform wall

two volunteers leaning over subway entrance pasting signs

group of seven volunteers standing near sign

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Chris McCray @mccraywx.bsky.social · Apr 4

Content de voir la sécurisation de la rue Saint-Urbain aller de l'avant, incluant une voie réservée! J’ai aussi hâte que le tronçon dans Ville-Marie soit réalisé (prévu 2027). Il y a un grand manque de liens cyclables (et d’autobus efficaces) nord-sud au centre-ville.
montreal.ca/articles/plu...

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Apr 4

“Clarck” lol

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Mar 26

Long term, I would really like a north busway along Émilie-Duploye, that would be similar to the original tram that once traveled through the park. The 45 currently gets stuck in a lot of traffic on de Lorimier, this would speed it up a lot!

What is now Émile-Duploye in La Fontaine Park from 1894, with the tram on true left, and young trees on the right, and group of kids in the centre

Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, with grass in the middle of the track, and a green bus travelling along it.

mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Mar 26

It’s curious the bus stops added, as well as further up along the street by La Fontaine Park. Some workers told me they support articulated buses, but it doesn’t seem like there’s any planned bus routes here?

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Luc Rabouin @lrabouin.bsky.social · Mar 13

Encore une fois, Soraya Martinez se positionne contre un projet ambitieux, tourné vers l’avenir, et ayant reçu l’appui unanime des internants en santé publique et en environnement dont la Direction de Santé publique de Mtl et le Secrétariat international de la Convention sur la biodiversité. #polmtl

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Feb 24

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thank you!!

Réseau express métropolitain - REM @remgrandmtl.bsky.social · Feb 14

Vous avez été plusieurs à nous le demander: l'horaire des navettes d'autobus est maintenant disponible afin de faciliter vos déplacements. Vous retrouvez les heures de départ pour chaque ligne, dans chaque direction, ici: rem.info/fr/navettes2....

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Emma Cardinal @emmacardinal.com · Feb 9

pas besoin de payer de stationnement au centre-ville quand tu peux te stationner à moitié sur le trottoir gratuitement sur sainte-catherine #montreal

no need to pay for downtown parking when you can park on the sidewalk for free on sainte-catherine street #montreal

voitures stationnées à moitié sur le trottoir sur sainte-catherine à proximité du centre eaton.

cars parked on the sidewalk on sainte-catherine street near eaton centre.

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Emma Cardinal @emmacardinal.com · Feb 7

bike paths are also useful for emergency vehicles during the winter! (this is a one-way street for cars with a bidirectional bike path) #velomtl #bikesky

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ScarletCoral @scarletcoral.ca · Jan 28

En attendant que la @stminfo.bsky.social se décide à publier l'état du service du #métro de #Montreal ici, il y a ces comptes :
🟢1 - Verte @ligne1verte.bsky.social
🟠2 - Orange @ligne2orange.bsky.social
🟡4- Jaune @ligne4jaune.bsky.social
🔵5- Bleue @ligne5bleue.bsky.social

#transportcollectif

Capture d'écran des comptes qui publient l'état du service du métro de Montréal

Ligne 5 - Bleue @ligne5bleue.bsky.social
Ligne 4 - Jaune @ligne4jaune.bksy.social
Ligne 2 - Orange @ligne2orange.bsky.social
Ligne 1 - Verte @ligne1verte.bsky.social

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La Presse @lapresse.ca · Jan 23

Signalisation autour du REM | Les panneaux conçus par un étudiant ont été retirés

Les panneaux de signalisation qui avaient été installés par un étudiant autour du Réseau express métropolitain (REM), dans la gare Centrale, ont été retirés sans pour autant être remplacés.

www.lapresse.ca

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Jan 23

They might’ve confused my signs with the official ones, as some of those have been removed as well

Pillar that once had signs pointing to metro, buses, street, REM and exo trains

Pillar of outline removed sign that once had exo trains, REM and more

mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Jan 23

I have received word that the signs were taken down by Cominar, the REIT private owners of Gare Centrale

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Jan 23

All of the signs have been removed at Gare Centrale, not by me.

Blank tile where my sign was beside flower store

False door with outline of torn off Velcro of my sign no longer there

Pillar beside bakery with outline of tape residue on tile of the place of my signs

Vacant store with vague outline for the outline of the Velcro once holding my signs, no longer there

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Jan 20

Gare Centrale’s signage is a mess: still says AMT (it’s exo now), no signs for REM or exo from outside, a single bad sign to the métro, and nothing to help navigate the RÉSO. So I fixed it—installed 7 signs myself. They’ve been up 3 months, and Cominar hasn’t noticed. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...

Large plastic placed on false door, pointing to the left to Gare Centrale with connections (REM, exo train, VIA, Amtrak, Métro, and Terminus Centre-ville) and outside to the right, to the hotel, and connecting buses

Small sign pointing down to the left towards an escalator, to Gare Centrale, with connecting trains and bus services

Large sign on tiled pillar, pointing to Place Ville Marie, Eaton Centre and connecting buses and local streets

Detailed sign pointing to Gare Centrale, and trains such as the REM, exo Train, and Train Interubrain, each wth the names as services under each. Additional connections to the Métro, and Terminus Centre-Ville with bus agencies like RTL, exo and SJSR.

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ScarletCoral @scarletcoral.ca · Jan 20

Dans @lapresse.ca : @mashdash.bsky.social strikes again! ⬆️↗️

Aux Halles de la gare : « Au total, il a donc installé sept grands panneaux indiquant clairement où aller pour prendre un train, le métro, un autobus et même pour se rendre à des rues à proximité »

#remmtl #transportcollectif #Wayfinding

Un étudiant corrige à nouveau la signalisation autour du REM

On n’est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même, veut l’adage. Et Dashiell Friesen l’a bien compris. Le jeune étudiant en graphisme a décidé pour la deuxième fois d’améliorer la signalisation déficiente ...

www.lapresse.ca

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Dec 29

Oh wow I was a block away from you!

mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Dec 16

If we all call Agence de mobilité durable de Montréal, then they have to ticket them, right?

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Chris McCray @mccraywx.bsky.social · Dec 15

On pourrait financer la prochaine phase des travaux de Sainte-Catherine Ouest en affectant un agent de stationnement en permanence pour gérer le stationnement illégal sur les tronçons déjà réaménagés.

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Dec 1

Décarie Square has been around since 1977 and hasn’t been updated since, so I think Royalmount will probably survive for at least 60 years, even if the market is pretty small

mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Dec 1

I hope the city adds these to way more streets, and in black to blend better with the plastic ones

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mashdash @mashdash.bsky.social · Nov 25

They’re a troll (easy block!)

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · Nov 25

Damn it. Completely unprecedented.

Colin D'Mello Global News @colindmello.bsky.social · Nov 25

NEW: Premier Doug Ford's bike lane removal law has now been passed by the Ontario legislature.
The government has been preparing to remove three lanes: University Ave. Bloor St. and Yonge St.
#onpoli

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