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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 29/09/2026

i believe this specimen in arizona is still holding on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interst...

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/09/2026

This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection...

Map of downtown area of Toronto. Pie charts show the mode share at every intersection.

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I have a confession to make. The townhomes I & others spent most of a decade trying to legalize are popping up all over Oregon & elsewhere...and I love that...but they're a problem in one big way. (get ready for a twisty thread about the housing report @sightline.org just published)

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been shown around parts of Toronto by @auguststreet.ca and @fernkhahn.com so it was nice to reciprocate over one very fun week. This particular outing to downtown Dartmouth also included ice cream.

Fern and August, both visiting from Toronto, enjoying the ferry ride from Halifax to downtown Dartmouth. Fern is giving a peace sign hand gesture. August is smiling and wearing a Blue Jays ball cap. The office towers of downtown Halifax are in the background.

August and Fern stand on the footbridge over the outlet of Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth on a nice day. They are gazing at the pond. An apartment building is under construction in the background.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/09/2026

i'll throw this in here too!

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/09/2026

while i've been summoned, i'll add ontario line extension to square one via the gardiner expressway, shifting to follow the milton line near sherway. this gets you direct access to the city centre, reducing pressure on the busiest parts of line 1, plus the flexibility of small metro trains

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/09/2026

ah, that must be the thing - i don't want to do that

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/09/2026

do i have any followers in big ice cream? i am begging for a mint ice cream with no chocolate. mint chocolate was my favourite flavour until i developed chocolate intolerance and now i can't get my fix anywhere!

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/09/2026

ok, the chorus of "pur" by cocteau twins has handily earned its spot in "cathartic shoegaze moments" alongside that one part of slowdive's "when the sun hits". i don't think most of you know what i'm talking about, but i feel strongly enough about this to override that.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 23/09/2026

@jacktatttran.bsky.social has it right - it's varied, but slowly intensifying. i love to point out that even some stations surrounded by fields or parking (york mills, warden, bramalea) see good ridership thanks to quality bus connections that put distant origins/destinations within their catchment.

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 21/09/2026

44 seconds of "transit signal priority" on toronto's line 5 and kitchener-waterloo's ion LRT

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 19/09/2026

The people on the sidewalk: a) significantly outnumber the drivers in cars and b) are here to spend time and money in this neighbourhood. The drivers in these mostly empty cars are: a) trying to drive AWAY from this neighbourhood as quickly as possible, and yet b) are given most of the road space

Photo of two lanes of car traffic and lots and lots of pedestrians on the sidewalk on Spadina Avenue in Toronto

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not surprised that speeding on Parkside increased 560% since last year's speed camera ban by the Ford government. Combined with the bike lane ban via Bills 212/60, residents there have been denied the right to a safe street. #shame #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/16/s...

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Speeding on Parkside spiked 560% in year since speed camera removal: Safe Parkside

Safe Parkside called the latest data culled from the City of Toronto's “Watch Your Speed” electronic sign on Parkside both "frightening" and "predictable."

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 16/09/2026

well, this is embarrassing. what are we doing here?

Subway train door opens directly into a metal platform edge barrier. Alighting passengers squeeze out on the yellow platform edge to get around the barrier.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 16/09/2026

these aren't HAWKs, though. i want to call them "flashing rectangular beacons" but it's possible i pulled that from thin air

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 16/09/2026

good to see small fire trucks hitting toronto's streets

A small Toyota Yaris hatchback car parked on a street, painted red with yellow Toronto Fire branding.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 15/09/2026

the group chat liked this one

Screenshot of a message including a selfie of Fern. Fern is wearing thin-framed, rounded sunglasses, and their wavy, shoulder-length hair is down. The message reads, "i'm like if john lennon and yoko ono had a child". There are four heart reactions and a laughing reaction.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 13/09/2026

the jesus and mayonnaise

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 13/09/2026

explaining dragons to an american: imagine burgers

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 13/09/2026

or, to stick to your theme, 100 guacs

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Alfred Twu @alfredtwu.com · 09/09/2026

There's a reason the center of gravity of the Bay Area's LGBTQ community is shifting to the East Bay (it already has for lesbians and trans people): San Francisco's LGBTQ neighborhood is mostly houses and 2-story buildings, and hasn't really changed in the last few decades.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 09/09/2026

oh the sweet, innocent days before the hurontario line was progressed enough to be assigned "line 10"

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Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Liverpool's Merseyrail was one of the earliest modern regional rail systems, but it never ended up becoming a national model. It's an unfortunate wrong turn because UK cities tend to have very extensive local rail networks to convert. infrastory.substack.com/p/englands-m...

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England’s Model Should Have Been Merseyrail

A wrong turn in the 80s can still be corrected

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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 08/09/2026

In a lot of ways, the environmentalism of my parents' generation didn't ask anyone to sacrifice anything. People still drove (but it was a Prius), lived in the burbs (but with a beautiful garden), bought supermarket food (but bought organic). It was an aesthetic choice as much as anything. 🧵

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 05/09/2026

i *can* work around the occasional scheduled nuisance, but there is no relief from souped up cars blasting noises down my local shopping street. an accessible city is, among other things, a quiet city

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 05/09/2026

sometimes i miss the convenience of living downtown. other times i'm very grateful to live beyond earshot of fireworks and obnoxious aircraft

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 04/09/2026

gutted that i caught it in hibernation. next time

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 04/09/2026

ever so envious of their many-segmented walk-through high-floor stadtbahn situation

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 02/09/2026

it's been four years since i moved from oakland to toronto, and i have yet to understand in what world winter is our worst season. continental summer is mucky at best and evil at worst

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 01/09/2026

an absolutely delightful week in and around halifax. like, "i got to pitch my map to a transit agency" delightful (outcome pending). i certainly won't go another 18 years without seeing the north atlantic. many thanks to @benmacleod.bsky.social for taking the time to show august and me around!

Selfie of Ben, Fern, and August at Halifax Transit offices. Fern holds three of their own Halifax Transit rider guides, and August holds one open, showing the system map inside. All three are masking.

View of Halifax's skyline and suspension bridges from across the harbour. Resting on a glass railing at the Woodside ferry terminal, August admires the skyline. Conditions are moody and overcast, and there are ripples in the water.

As a small, cable-hauled car ferry crosses the LaHave River, Fern walks away from the camera along the rocky riverbank. A clear, late-afternoon sky casts orange light and long shadows.

August leans on a curious seating installation to photograph the pedestrianized Granville Street in downtown Halifax. The street is adorned with quaint paving and ornate four-storey buildings, which give way to modern office and residential towers in the background. It is not busy as a grey sky threatens rainfall.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 24/08/2026

misleading — this is completely bus, and not even slightly metro

A SORTA Metro bus, branded "go METRO", at a bus stop in Northside Transit Center.

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 20/08/2026

pleased to learn that casey plett is on bluesky!

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I would personally propose: 1. Mid-rise (5–10 storeys) allowed on every residential lot in Toronto 2. Gigantic towers allowed within walking distance (15 mins) of any subway or GO train station

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 18/08/2026

i know this is a dead horse but man the trams make for such long stations

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 18/08/2026

it's neat that the bay area gets one of the four inaugural women's professional baseball teams, but they really should have named it after oakland if they're all playing in springfield anyway

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 15/08/2026

ooh, an errant "12 AM" noon

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 13/08/2026

came here to say this and add that it sets up nicely for midtown at a further urbanized macarthur/temescal

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 10/08/2026

you expect me to know anything? i just look at maps, dude

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fern k hahn @fernkhahn.com · 10/08/2026

i definitely spent longer than an hour, if it makes you feel better

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kue @kue.glitch.paris · 10/08/2026

I find beauty in the simple drain pipe. Effective and cheap, therefore able to be produced for all the people. Function can have beauty in how it affects the world.

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