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I have a dear friend living in Delft and hence I visited many times. That tram extension has been under construction forever. Deeply mismanaged project.

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8 stories is a bit too much for a small patio...

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Well, the patio house is the most ancient form of urban housing typology. It works pretty well, but up to 2-3 floors max.

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From the class struggle to the memory (-holed) struggle, the big parable of Western political thinking.

As often in contemporary North American densification : too much FAR and lot coverage for too little allowable height = a Kowloon walled city in the making

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Le site utilise le réseau actuel.

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It's a fascinating insight about how the Swiss think about traffic management. One of the goals of this setup is to reduce transit delay so rural buses can arrive at the station on time to not miss the timed connexion, but also for car queues to be pushed upstream, outside of the built-up area.

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Passagiere erwischen dank neuer Bus-Überholspur ihre Züge – Autofahrer ärgern sich temporär

Fascinating article about the virtual contraflow queue-jump (also called "electronic bus overtaking lane" in the article) opened in 2019 between Ehrendingen and Baden in Switzerland. There is also a video showing how it works. www.badenertagblatt.ch/aargau/baden...

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Seit kurzem ist die Bus-Überholspur zwischen Ehrendingen und Baden in Betrieb. Sie soll dafür sorgen, dass Busse rechtzeitig beim Bahnhof Baden ankommen. Doch funktioniert das neue Verkehrsregime auch...

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Dans la saga du REM de l'Est 1.0 -> PSE -> REM de l'Est version mini proposée par le PQ, les grands perdants sont les gens de Montréal-Nord: le pire désert de la grande région en termes de TeC structurant, mais malheureusement ils "n'ont pas de saints au paradis", comme on dit en Italie.

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Nice tool to quickly visualize transit isochrones in many cities: tram.camilleroux.com/montreal/?fr... LEFT: how far you can get in 60 minutes from the CÉGEP Marie-Victorin (12 km from B-UQAM) vs RIGHT: Sunnybrooke (17 km from B-UQAM). Marie-Victorin was supposed to get a REM de l'Est station

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Only Florentines can think blowing things is a good idea.

But some consultant paid their cottage mortgage out of it and consultancy firms' stakeholders are happy, so we can't really say if it was a good or bad idea

Isn't she beautiful? Pics by Comune di Bologna.

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The social media guy of the city be like 😎

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I get it, but there are actual evident trade-offs with this design. And that's the only station adopting it. The others have simpler shelters and enclosed waiting areas. It seems like a bit of an overkill for a city with crying needs for better transit everywhere.

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There is no layover here. Buses just stop & go

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Full shading is less of an issue in Winnipeg's climate. But protection from cold and wind definitely is. I guess it makes snow clearance easier too (but that can be solved with heated platforms). And enclosed heated waiting areas like they have in Québec.

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That's a good point. Bit knowing that, wouldn't an open-air station solve this, maybe with more minimalist enclosed waiting areas like they have in Québec City?

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There is one simple trick to solve it, though: not having a roof to start with.

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Simon @simon514.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That's quite the exaust/smoke extraction apparatus for a bus stop... NFPA 130's "enclosed station" definition striking it again?

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Reposted by Marco Chitti

transit cost ppl: here's a long list of German main-line rail projects with their costs www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/D...

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Downtown Winnipeg is a grear reminder of why the concept of "ground-floor activation" was invented.

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OMG it's happening. The baby is out in the wild Trams are back on Bologna's city streets fir the first time since 1963.

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Et on va avoir un gouvernement avec un "mandat populaire" d'environ un quart des votes. Une Assemblée Nationale très représentative de la volonté populaire...

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And I think there is still way more job for you right now. But the visa situation is probably even worse...

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TAC (Transport Association if Canada) conference. Participating in a Circulation planning 101 sort of workshop.

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Well, my mundane impression is that making through traffic very easy through its downtown and providing abundant parking hasn't really helped in keeping Winnipeg's downtown very lively...

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(I know it's a niche joke few will understand)

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This is anti-Ontarian discrimination.

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This is anti-Ontarian discrimination.

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Anglo-Saxon planning as a great, secular experiment to engineer a "no fun" society.

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You're right. Maybe I'm just spoiled.

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"Come to live in Canada, you'll get a late Soviet way of life!" Could be a great (anti)-immigration add.

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And hinges that make for smooth closing.

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BTicino, please, save us from our misery

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I have no idea. Probably higher salaries overall, but more economic disparity between large and medium cities with a more developed tertiary and an emptied out "third Italy". But maybe not. Not every country can be the seat of a "command economy"

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I don't think I've seen a door so primitive in my entire career as an architect. Do Canadians know that there is a whole world out there where you have laminated doors and hinges you don't see? And the close properly for decades!

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Advertising: "luxury condos!" Looks inside: painted baseboards, painted doors that don't close because of poor quality hinges, panels with just half if the screws, windows with the handle that doesn't close properly, etc.

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"The Backrooms 2: the Placemaking" would be a great movie.