Matthew
@mathbath.bsky.social
have yourself a wonderful day and don’t forget to eat cookies
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AuDHD
suburban urbanist
mech tech / millwright
avid transit rider
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍
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AuDHD
suburban urbanist
mech tech / millwright
avid transit rider
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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Toronto Area📍
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The development should be centered around the transit line, not an arterial road. Concentrating development on arterials maximizes conflict between peds and cars/trucks, maximizing the number of pedestrian fatalities:
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
The Safe Systems approach to urban planning
In the past few decades major strides have been made to reduce conflicts and improve safety and efficiency for people on urban streets and roads, regardless of their mode of transport. Notable inno…
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December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The development should be centered around the transit line, not an arterial road. Concentrating development on arterials maximizes conflict between peds and cars/trucks, maximizing the number of pedestrian fatalities:
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
ontariotrafficman.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/t...
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This is such a big @ttcriders.bsky.social and @mayoroliviachow.ca win!!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
Y'all are giving us whiplash with all these announcements this week! This is going to make a massive difference to transit riders in Scarborough and we are thrilled!
It's also a testament to what can be accomplished without provincial meddling. Metrolinx, take note.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/sca...
It's also a testament to what can be accomplished without provincial meddling. Metrolinx, take note.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/sca...
Scarborough busway to open earlier than expected, says Mayor Olivia Chow
Construction for the $93.8-million project to convert the defunct Scarborough Rapid Transit corridor into a busway began this year and wasn’t expected to finish until at least 2027.
www.thestar.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is such a big @ttcriders.bsky.social and @mayoroliviachow.ca win!!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
The Scarborough Subway extension isn’t going open until past 2030 and people would have been stuck on buses in traffic.
Now the busway will provide fast and reliable service for riders!
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Embedded YouTube link for Bluesky users ⤵️
"Canadians are closer than ever to having high-speed rail, but questions remain: Will it be accessible like Spain’s network, or will the cost of private financing price it out of reach for many?"
#alto #hsr
"Canadians are closer than ever to having high-speed rail, but questions remain: Will it be accessible like Spain’s network, or will the cost of private financing price it out of reach for many?"
#alto #hsr
What Canada can learn from Spain about high-speed rail | CBC Creator Network
YouTube video by CBC
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Reposted by Matthew
Here's a TTC proposal from a few months ago to delete 9 stops on St Clair:
December 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's a TTC proposal from a few months ago to delete 9 stops on St Clair:
Reposted by Matthew
55% of Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election. People have lost faith in government because of politicians like Doug Ford.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
55% of Ontarians didn't vote in the last provincial election. People have lost faith in government because of politicians like Doug Ford.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
That's my challenge. Getting out there and earning people's trust. Showing them government doesn't have to be corrupt. That it can change things for the better.
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that is how you operate a street running LRT like a subway line. Seattle’s line 1 is worthy of a number dedication…finch west lrt is not.
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
that is how you operate a street running LRT like a subway line. Seattle’s line 1 is worthy of a number dedication…finch west lrt is not.
it’s insanity that we can’t get this in Toronto. The biggest city in the country with higher transit ridership😭
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
it’s insanity that we can’t get this in Toronto. The biggest city in the country with higher transit ridership😭
Reposted by Matthew
The Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown LRT contract specifies average speeds up to 25 km/h (49 min peak, 45 mins off peak over 19 km)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown LRT contract specifies average speeds up to 25 km/h (49 min peak, 45 mins off peak over 19 km)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
Their current test schedules are running 20 km/h (56 mins).
The 2012 benefits case said 29 km/h, averaging 34 in the tunnels and 25 on street. (1/2)
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Two things
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Two things
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
1) All the promising that the LRT lines would be fast was a lie.
2) Having the P3 be this crazy three way between Metrolinx - TTC - and a Private Consortium was a terrible idea. That we just NEEDED TTC to run it makes no sense. OL won't be like this
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Metrolinx: here is an LRT capable of transit signal priority (TSP)
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Metrolinx: here is an LRT capable of transit signal priority (TSP)
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
City of Toronto: let’s put speed restrictions & not use full TSP
Public: I want faster trains
Matlow: Let’s talk publicly about TSP
Myers: let’s do it privately, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings
this 👇
About a year ago Dianne Saxe asked for TTC board meetings to be scheduled and recorded in TMMIS like every other committee and now they're easier to find and more people follow the agenda and proceedings. Sometimes seemingly dumb little things matter.
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
this 👇
Reposted by Matthew
Learned some illuminating things about Line 6 from City/TTC staff at today’s board meeting that’s worth sharing:
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Learned some illuminating things about Line 6 from City/TTC staff at today’s board meeting that’s worth sharing:
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
1. Current run time on the Finch LRT is around 56 minutes end to end.
this has gotta be top 5 worst shovelling experiences of all time 😭
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
this has gotta be top 5 worst shovelling experiences of all time 😭
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
took me 1 hour+
I need some serious sleep dawg.
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I can’t recall as snowy a December. It isn’t really xc skiable (and today seems to be sleet which is satanic) but it’s … not the usual green/brown Christmastime. Anyway hopefully useful skiable snow soon #dlws
December 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I can’t recall as snowy a December. It isn’t really xc skiable (and today seems to be sleet which is satanic) but it’s … not the usual green/brown Christmastime. Anyway hopefully useful skiable snow soon #dlws
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December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Massive development is planned for the Downsview Airport lands, unfortunately current plans to extend the Sheppard Subway stop at Sheppard West station. It would be a huge mistake not to extend the line an extra stop or two to serve this development from day one. Image via @futuremodelTO
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Massive development is planned for the Downsview Airport lands, unfortunately current plans to extend the Sheppard Subway stop at Sheppard West station. It would be a huge mistake not to extend the line an extra stop or two to serve this development from day one. Image via @futuremodelTO
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The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will most likely open on February 8th 2026. The City and Metrolinx were in conflict over the opening date, with Metrolinx wanting to open the line on December 28th. globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
TTC and Metrolinx battle over Eglinton Crosstown LRT date at tense private meeting | Globalnews.ca
Multiple sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that there was a plan by Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation to open the line in the last week of December.
globalnews.ca
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will most likely open on February 8th 2026. The City and Metrolinx were in conflict over the opening date, with Metrolinx wanting to open the line on December 28th. globalnews.ca/news/1157065...
I feel like this song is a perfect fit for the vibe this morning (snowy in the city)
open.spotify.com/track/4wajJ1...
open.spotify.com/track/4wajJ1...
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi
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December 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I feel like this song is a perfect fit for the vibe this morning (snowy in the city)
open.spotify.com/track/4wajJ1...
open.spotify.com/track/4wajJ1...
me every single day for the past two weeks:
a man in a suit is holding a red shovel in his hand
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a red shovel in his hand
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December 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
me every single day for the past two weeks:
wow! what a night, honestly. it’s about damn time something was done.
now: get it passed!
now: get it passed!
Not just TSP ! — new motion brought late today at TTC Board to look at stop spacing, vehicle speeds, and parking and turning changes. Let’s go!
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
wow! what a night, honestly. it’s about damn time something was done.
now: get it passed!
now: get it passed!
exactly this 👇
TTC now needs to start getting serious about thinning out stops on the streetcar network. There are too many and it's a tragedy of the commons situation. Any individual stop has a good reason to exist, but collectively there are too many, impairing the whole system.
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
exactly this 👇
Reposted by Matthew
Fully agree. Here’s the current set of stops on the Spadina line, surrounded by 400m radius circles to indicate a 5min walking distance, with the Yonge line from Bloor to King for reference. Stops are too dense to get a reasonable speed, be nice to pare them down as proposed in the second image.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Fully agree. Here’s the current set of stops on the Spadina line, surrounded by 400m radius circles to indicate a 5min walking distance, with the Yonge line from Bloor to King for reference. Stops are too dense to get a reasonable speed, be nice to pare them down as proposed in the second image.
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Transportation services needs to change how signal priority works to give vehicles more priority at lights. The TTC and the city also need to work together to improve subpar operating practices. This is what needs to be done to make the service faster. 2/2
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Transportation services needs to change how signal priority works to give vehicles more priority at lights. The TTC and the city also need to work together to improve subpar operating practices. This is what needs to be done to make the service faster. 2/2