Would this work for traffic calming or would North Americans systematically drive into the poles? I’m afraid I think I know the answer.

Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Are the United States becoming an autocracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Wayfinding at Union Station is slowly improving but it could differentiate step-free from staircase access. If you can’t use stairs, good luck finding the entrance to the subway. And no, looking it up online or asking someone should not be needed. @ttcriders.bsky.social

Great first step by the TTC and the City of Toronto to mark streetcar boarding areas with paint, but remains the problem of ramp deployment. Kraków’s solution is more effective in both regards: it forces cars to slow down and provides level boarding.

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

This. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Then let’s institute national energy royalties. You can’t have “Canada’s coast” and “provincial energy resources”. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

If the driver of this Japanese bus loses consciousness, any passenger can stop the bus with an emergency brake.

Platform screen doors and neat line ups to get on the commuter train. Step-free access of course. #korail #transit #publictransport #seoul #korea

What if streetcars were as good as subways? Take a look at this trip in Budapest. The tram - the longest in the world at 56m (183 ft) comes every 2 minutes, and takes one minute less than the subway even though the origin and destination are the same. @ttcriders.bsky.social #topoli #onpoli

Gorgeous street furniture by mmcité in Budapest. Mmcité makes beautiful things and hails from lovely Uherské Hradiště in Zlín Region Czechia.

It’ll be interesting to see if English Canada’s dependency on and deference to the US for its entertainment will evolve.

In 1967, Sweden changed the direction of traffic from left (like in the UK) to right (like in Continental Europe). To this day, I am fascinated by the fact that commuters at Stockholm Central Station are still walking on the left.

Good question!

Would it be too much to ask to use the context on a page to show me the keyboard for the right language, #Apple? If an entire page is in German, I don’t need the French keyboard, even if I was writing in French in another app. #youhaveonejob

On this Kraków street, the tram in the opposite direction circulates in mixed traffic, against the curb. On the right, the centre lane is reserved for streetcars. The general traffic lane is elevated to the level of the sidewalk to slow down cars and provide level boarding. @ttcriders.bsky.social

I want streets like that and I don’t want to hear anything about parking or snow removal.

The brown wave is coming faste than you think. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Not for nothing that the US and Switzerland are nicknamed The Sister Republics :-)

More at rush hour. But it should be a tram. However, voters turned down the conversion 2014 (the whole canton votes and as usual everyone hates the capital).

I think bus 10 is the most frequent and worth looking at.

Cyclists go somewhere around public transit.

Brakar and FAIRTIQ Announce Collaboration on Norway’s First Distance-Based, Mobile Pay-As-You-Go Ticketing Pilot FAIRTIQ is proud to announce its first collaboration in Norway, joining forces with Brakar, the public transport authority in the Buskerud region, to pilot an innovative distance-based fare model.

Brakar & @fairtiq.bsky.social launch Norway’s 1st distance-based mobile pay-as-you-go ticketing pilot 🎉
No zones, no guesswork—users pay for the distance they travel: tariff innovation built around people, not boundaries. fairtiq.com/en/press-rel...

Financialization of housing: a tale of 13 cities - LSE London Financialization of housing has been an issue since at least the 1980s when technology improved information and efficiency in finance markets. This in turn enabled large scale international flows of f...

In Canada, #housing isn’t just shelter—it’s a tax shelter. This skews incentives, fuels speculation, and makes renting socially undesirable. Would we obsess over property values if we had other real ways to save? blogs.lse.ac.uk/lselondon/fi...

Let's be a little serious and start moving people, not just cars.

Thanks @jasonthorne.bsky.social - let's have fun together - invite your friends, en français aussi!

Trams are Great! So why are the Streetcars SO BAD!? YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

Insightful video on Toronto's streetcars and how this unique asset could vastly improve mobility in Toronto. Not many cities have such an extensive network, especially in North America. Let's not just talk about building new, let's fix what we have. youtu.be/HhQxNHrD6fA?...

Trash or treasure?

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The accountability rests with elected officials who should manage their agencies to deliver and be accountable for outcomes. In particular, the City should manage mobility holistically - roads, parking and transit.