Mike Boos
@mikeboos.ca
Citizen of Kitchener. I make noise about walking, cycling, transit, and land use. Staff engineer in developer productivity. He/him
Amping up the Christmas nostalgia sensory experience to 11 for today's realtor showing. This shit's got to sell.
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Amping up the Christmas nostalgia sensory experience to 11 for today's realtor showing. This shit's got to sell.
Proposal: we allow wrap ads on buses and trains for car dealerships, but only if all the cars they sell get window-blocking wrap ads for GRT.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Proposal: we allow wrap ads on buses and trains for car dealerships, but only if all the cars they sell get window-blocking wrap ads for GRT.
With single door boarding, how do you even get on a bus without paying? Or are we finally getting articulated buses? kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/18/r...
Region considers adding fare inspector to buses
A staff report is recommending the Region expand its fare inspector program to GRT buses to recoup $1M in lost revenue.
kitchener.citynews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
With single door boarding, how do you even get on a bus without paying? Or are we finally getting articulated buses? kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/11/18/r...
Waterloo Region take note.
Denver area transit agency bans advertising covering windows.
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.denv...
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.denv...
RTD bans ads covering windows of metro Denver buses and trains
The prohibition means losing revenue at a time when agency officials are grappling with financial constraints.
www-denverpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Waterloo Region take note.
I question the utility of 100 micron precision on precipitation, let alone the confidence that precision implies.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I question the utility of 100 micron precision on precipitation, let alone the confidence that precision implies.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I shall henceforth be referring to Cambridge as "South Waterloo"
The Galt aldermen were firmly opposed to Cambridge, which they said was boring. But they couldn’t find any alternatives they liked.
Finally, a few weeks before the vote, they put forward Blair – the name of a village that had recently merged with Preston. They’d also considered South Waterloo.
Finally, a few weeks before the vote, they put forward Blair – the name of a village that had recently merged with Preston. They’d also considered South Waterloo.
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I shall henceforth be referring to Cambridge as "South Waterloo"
Reposted by Mike Boos
The case for automated speed enforcement around schools is clear and there is widespread support among parents, hospitals, experts, police, etc.
Once again, it’s disheartening to see Kitchener mayor @berryonline.bsky.social on the wrong side of this issue.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/wit...
Once again, it’s disheartening to see Kitchener mayor @berryonline.bsky.social on the wrong side of this issue.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/wit...
October 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The case for automated speed enforcement around schools is clear and there is widespread support among parents, hospitals, experts, police, etc.
Once again, it’s disheartening to see Kitchener mayor @berryonline.bsky.social on the wrong side of this issue.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/wit...
Once again, it’s disheartening to see Kitchener mayor @berryonline.bsky.social on the wrong side of this issue.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/wit...
Multi-layered irony of the day:
Flag captioned "these colours don't run" window decal.
Monochrome.
Weathered and peeling.
Flag captioned "these colours don't run" window decal.
Monochrome.
Weathered and peeling.
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Multi-layered irony of the day:
Flag captioned "these colours don't run" window decal.
Monochrome.
Weathered and peeling.
Flag captioned "these colours don't run" window decal.
Monochrome.
Weathered and peeling.
Is it just me, or does the new Android UI look like we've gone back in time by a decade or so?
September 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Is it just me, or does the new Android UI look like we've gone back in time by a decade or so?
Reposted by Mike Boos
Licked a measuring spoon that had been used first for sugar, then for balsamic vinegar, and there's a huge business opportunity out there for someone who wants to make balsamic flavoured candy.
June 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Licked a measuring spoon that had been used first for sugar, then for balsamic vinegar, and there's a huge business opportunity out there for someone who wants to make balsamic flavoured candy.
Outside both houses I have owned, you can hear the sound of the highway. I wonder how far away you'd need to live to not hear it at all?
May 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Outside both houses I have owned, you can hear the sound of the highway. I wonder how far away you'd need to live to not hear it at all?
Would Preston and Hespeler team up to take out Galt? Who am I kidding, Cambridge isn't going to agree on anything.
A cofounder of Shift tech mag becomes Minister of AI. Logically, a Spacing cfndr should become minister housing & Infrstr.
If me, I promise to bulldoze one annoying neighbourhood per Cdn city & build Barcelona-style midrise.
Toronto: Annex
Ottawa: Glebe
Nominate a hood in your city for bulldozing.
If me, I promise to bulldoze one annoying neighbourhood per Cdn city & build Barcelona-style midrise.
Toronto: Annex
Ottawa: Glebe
Nominate a hood in your city for bulldozing.
May 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Would Preston and Hespeler team up to take out Galt? Who am I kidding, Cambridge isn't going to agree on anything.
CBC's map tile server is predicting a win for The Void.
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
CBC's map tile server is predicting a win for The Void.
Elbows and kickstands up!
April 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Elbows and kickstands up!
If you are looking for a tedious and labour intensive way to aerate your lawn, have you tried a shitload of dandelions?
April 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If you are looking for a tedious and labour intensive way to aerate your lawn, have you tried a shitload of dandelions?
"Justice Paul Schabas was evidently not impressed, noting that 100 years of automobile history have shown that driving in crowded downtown areas leads to heavy traffic."
Justice Schabas, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice...
Justice Schabas, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice...
Judge grills province on whether Toronto bike lane removals are 'arbitrary'
Justice Paul Schabas considering whether to block government from removing lanes while he considers Charter challenge
www.thetrillium.ca
April 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Justice Paul Schabas was evidently not impressed, noting that 100 years of automobile history have shown that driving in crowded downtown areas leads to heavy traffic."
Justice Schabas, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice...
Justice Schabas, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice...
One imagines that light rail with a 750 V wire overhead might deter this sort of activity.
WTF VIDEO: someone riding a GRT bus in Cambridge ... but they're on the ROOF...?!
April 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One imagines that light rail with a 750 V wire overhead might deter this sort of activity.
I've been banging this drum for a decade, glad to see it finally getting mainstream attention. tritag.ca/blog/2016/03...
April 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've been banging this drum for a decade, glad to see it finally getting mainstream attention. tritag.ca/blog/2016/03...
Reposted by Mike Boos
At a time when Canada needs MASSIVE investment to transition away from the US, to build new facilities and transpo towards our ports, to rebuild our military, to build HOMES, to rebuild science and post-sec ed... to see the two main parties jump on *tax cuts* for their campaigns is depressing.
March 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
At a time when Canada needs MASSIVE investment to transition away from the US, to build new facilities and transpo towards our ports, to rebuild our military, to build HOMES, to rebuild science and post-sec ed... to see the two main parties jump on *tax cuts* for their campaigns is depressing.