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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm increasingly worried that Toronto is going to be like California where we elect more and more progressive politicians and yet public transit doesn't really get better and maybe gets worse. It needs to be a serious priority.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chow admitted in a debate recently that she doesn’t take public transit much anymore because, you know, mayors don’t do that stuff. She doesn’t take it because she and handlers know she wouldn’t get to her speaking engagements on time. It’s disappointing.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is only is some places. Toronto and Montreal don’t have numbered streets like this.

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I'm not her campaign manager, but maybe spending all that effort to appeal to the bland medium instead of arguing for bold progressivism was a mistake after all People want leadership and progress, not status quo.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There was a clip circulating from one of the debates where I thought she handled the Q poorly. She admitted she doesn’t take public transit much anymore and Bradford does, and she didn’t deny being driven around by a chauffer. She walked right into the trap.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Apparently Chow rarely rides transit anymore. It shows.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Foundational principles-based conservatism is dead. It’s now “let me drive an lifted F-450 on a public street, let me deny my kids lifesaving vaccines, but don’t let my neighbour build a modest three-plex, don’t let my city build a bike lane”

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I wish someone were making these visualizations for transit in Canada.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This has essentially not come up at all despite a municipal election this month. It makes me want to bang my head against a wall.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Parking right outside my favourite local shop is core pillar of my identity. It is not right that I should get a morcel of physical activity conducting my daily errands—EXCEPT when walking around Canadian Tire or Walmart, but that’s different.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was also in Lyon this past summer. When we have a narrow street in North America we usually excuse it, as if it’s somehow deficient or inferior because we can’t fit everything under the sun into it. Can’t fit a full-size semi? Bad!

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I rode from King to Eglinton this morning and it took 35 minutes—multiple layers of issues. This level of dysfunction gets normalized when people say things like “Well, we can never fully get rid of slow zones” or “We don’t have the budget to fix it.” or “Screen doors cost too much.” etc. Excuses.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right, and in practice it essentially prohibits non-wealthy, non-privileged people from living on a quiet street with low air and noise pollution.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Love your proposals. Supposing we support the stop spacing changes, what is the ideal stop spacing we should pick in the survey, or a best practice spacing in cities that do this well?

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An elderly couple doesn't like the new housing going up next door. So what? This is not news. They'll suffer minor inconvenience. But no one is forcing them to move. And they have the freedom to sell their big multimillion-dollar house and live comfortably elsewhere.

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An elderly downtown couple says they’re shocked and upset that the city has approved a duplex next door to their three-story Victorian home that they say will tower metres above their chimney and rend...

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really question whether Chow or Bradford ride the subway or streetcars regularly, because the slow speed and delays are unbelievably bad. The Spadina streetcar is an abomination considering it has dedicated lanes.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It helps equalize the playing field between drivers and transit users (who pay a fare no matter which route they take). On the few times a month that I drive, I’d gladly pay a fare if it meant less gridlock. Tolls should be scaled to congestion metric.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This morning in Dufferin Grove. F150 pulls a lawnmower on trailer deep into park. Could park on street. Yet? City council tried to stop this but nothing happens. A mess.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I can only imagine what sludge is inside that pipe after 123 years.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ok, so let’s build a proper train station with frequent shuttles to the core attraction, let’s purchase the tracks past Hamilton, and let’s run trains out there every 30 minutes.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Peter Hitchens, welcome to The War on Cars.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

How do we get over the hurdle of the stubborn, neolithic-thinking group of “experts” at the TTC who keep saying “double point switches are not possible” and to whom the politicians and the TTC board just blindly keep believing?

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

He pointed out a ton of deficiencies. Like how it’s ear-splittingly loud inside in the tunneled sections, or the (still!) lack of aggressive signal priority.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why is the Eglinton Crosstown so bloody loud in the tunneled section? I’m measuring 85-90dB inside the train. You have to yell to have a conversation.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s Boomer environmentalism. Protected areas and curbside recycling as the pinnacle of planet saving. Green lawns with lots of trees. That’s all it takes to save the planet, folks.

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Will any other OLP leadership candidate speak out about Doug Ford walking away from a "win-win" offer from Olivia Chow to restore car lanes but keep the bike lanes in Etobicoke? Even a simple "bike lanes are a municipal issue"? Asking for a city.

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don't give up hope, especially with all the information being leaked over the past 48h. I think it was a major miscalculation by many people & organizations to assume who rides a bike, and why. The negative economic impacts that make it look like a bad business decision is hitting where it matters

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FastTrackTO @fast-track.to · 04/09/2026

FastTrackTO has learned that the posted speed limits for buses on the brand new Scarborough Busway will be 30 km/h near stations and signals. 🐌 This is disappointing, and reduces travel time savings that the busway is meant to provide. Especially re: any express buses.

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OB Chargn @obchargn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A public health professor is walking through a PARKING LOT and has an epiphany that society doesn’t allow for physical exercise anymore. She decides it must be due to the rise of e-bikes: www.forbes.com/sites/bernad...

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Any attempt to speed up streetcars is quashed by the neanderthalic thinking in the TTC and city’s transportation department.

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Cara Stern @carastern.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Once again, I'm asking our provincial leaders to please draw out their proposed side street routes. I really want to know where between Avenue and Mount Pleasant, in particular, they think north south bike lanes can go.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s fucking bananas the amount of time this govt is spending on bike lanes. The premier & minister of transportation both made videos today. The “we’re in a trade war you negligent culture war blow hards” is correct.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Maybe they’re thinking about the gas tax, but doesn’t that just go into general revenues ? Nonetheless, total idiots.

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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026

We’re not changing it.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Paediatrician through public transit happens every single time.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We took our 1 year old to the ER by walking last spring at midnight. 20 minutes walk both ways.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Not saying he’s done anything wrong, but I was actually not expecting Reece to own a car.

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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Current status: watching Jason Kenney take Jamil Jivani to the woodshed over on the place formerly known as Twitter, and I gotta tell ya … it’s kinda making me 🔥 Of course, that could just be the menopause talking. But Kenney seriously went off on JD Vance’s bestie. #cdnpoli #ableg

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

And we have a new all-time record warm *absolute* temperature for the oceans, according to ERA5 (which goes back to 1940): August 21st likely marked the warmest Sea Surface Temperatures have been for the entire Holocene period. Should be major news!

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Gabe Blanc @gabeblanc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This summer, Toronto had days of the worst air quality in the world. I’m proposing a downtown Ultra Low Emissions Zone, paired with GO-TTC fare harmonization, so we can get a breath of fresh air.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Yeah it’s one those things you bring on day 1 of a four year term. Four years later people will have forgotten if even exists.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Transportation services just can’t help themselves.

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

yeah this is silly. Is it wider than Toronto’s 3m minimum?

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 19/08/2026

You cannot have a curbless street that invites pedestrians to walk down the centre, and then have no elements on the street to slow down cars in the extremely wide right of way. @mikelayton.bsky.social @diannesaxe.bsky.social @dianayoon.bsky.social @gabeblanc.bsky.social

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einheldenleben.bsky.social @einheldenleben.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Do you have a theory on why this is a perennial problem? Haven’t received any conjecture so far.

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