Just got fare checked on the Valley Line today, the guy just asked to see if we had arc cards, didn’t even scan them or anything

Is this how it’s supposed to work???

Was that y’all I saw around the 94st area from the Valley Line this morning?

Or are there multiple groups biking around Bonnie Doon this morning?

Taking my bike to get fixed up next weekend, the weather this week is making me so jealous lmao

Dockless Downtown and on Whyte really fucking sucks tho, they’re simultaneously everywhere when you don’t want one, but you can never find the ones on the map when you need one

I think dockless works well for lower density areas, I think a hybrid system using the scooters could be really good

Just make corrals every block or two Downtown and along Whyte/university where people have to park them. Then people know where to find them/could even plug them in for charging!

Separate tho, can we cool it with the AI thumbnails? The article itself also gives heavy "written with AI vibes". It uses similar cadence to my step-dad's Mark Carney worship AI reels on Youtube

I love this type of stat, but have always been disappointed that the info is shown as household emissions rather than per person emissions

Higher-density units typically have smaller household sizes, making the comparison between unit types a little hard to do if you aren't accounting for it

NYC study shows men are 2.6x more likely than women to bike to work. When protected bike lane coverage is high, women’s cycling rates rise significantly faster than men’s.

When protected lanes are limited or fragmented, women’s participation drops sharply.

Good bike investments give women choices.

planners: our two universities will be at the end of a peninsula and at the top of a mountain

people: won't people complain about how removed they are from the city?

planners: almost immediately

people: will rapid transit be created in response?

planners: we'll talk about it for decades, but no

annual service plan awards performance categories - rising star, punctual, ol'unreliable, and crammed like sardines community categories - bumpiest ride, most scenic, best on demand zone, route 4 vs route 8 april 26th at 1pm at city hall

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if i ever run for office it will be on a “tax the rich assholes” platform, specifically

-second homes
-helicopters
-private jets
-luxury cars (based on weight and MPG, with extra fines for loud cars or motorcycles)
-yachts
-crypto/gambling profits
-expensive clubs (zero bond, things of that nature)

Fr I’ve been trying, idk why but it keeps deleting when I click submit for some reason

Taking the extremely technocratic position that the best fare enforcement method is the one that results in the largest amount of money going towards actually running service

Not sure what would be best for Edmonton, I think we could get a lot of value out of ETS being more regular with fare checks

A beautiful April morning

Oops I read the number as people but it’s actually households

You’re right it ends up being around 12.5% as of 2023, thought rents in Edmonton have dropped a bit since then I think so it may be lower

The data also doesn’t include students or people with 0 income, so some aren’t counted

I can't find any good stats for >50% of income, I know around 4% of Edmontonians paid >30% of their income for housing in 2023 tho

We are definitely really really good at housing affordability, but I don't think we get that 4% down a lot without the province stepping up on affordable housing

And this is at rents over $1000 more than similar apartments in Edmonton

Hearing about my friend trying to find housing in Toronto for a new job... They've been rejected so many times already and there are so few good options near transit. They really gotta fix their shit over there

had to go see the landback skyscrapers for myself

While Jasper Avenue Boston Pizza closes, traffic shifts towards Ice District As a longstanding Boston Pizza on Jasper Ave. shuts its doors, questions rise about Ice District sucking energy from the rest of downtown.

One of the few times I will support a smaller scale building Downtown. This site is on the south side of the park, let's make sure it gets as much sun as possible

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And the ribbon is cut!! 🎉🎉

Let the cross-lake 2 Line rides commence.

4km stop spacing between King Street and Downtown Bellevue is incredible. I know most of it is water, but 4 interim stops over 16km would be so fast

I have never seen Google Maps add a new transit line this fast

Especially since it was st Patrick’s day too!

Found one a few days ago halfway down the pole. Not quite in the same league as yours tho lol

Canada’s Reconciliation Panic - Macleans.ca Indigenous peoples are gaining territory and political and economic clout. Not everyone is ready for what that will mean.

"The panic now visible in British Columbia is not evidence that reconciliation has gone too far. It is evidence that reconciliation has begun to have material consequences." @khelsilem.bsky.social in @macleans.bsky.social: macleans.ca/politics/can...

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year.

Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants.

They are good for society and the economy.

Developers: people like brick facades in new builds

Also developers: make them so red it hurts my eyes

The only thing stopping me from cutting my commute by 10 mins everyday is the lack of secure bike parking at Mill Woods LRT Station

One of the problems of curbside transit lanes is the conflict with right-turning vehicle at intersections.

Here, in this highway-ish arterial in Grenoble, the problem has been solved by letting buses go straight from the right-most lane (curb-protected b/c FR) through a dedicated & actuated phase