iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

And instead everyone just went to Metrotown

Do they have multiple bays on the transit way stops or just a single

100

Well you know when you enter London the fundamentals of transit completely change. London might as well be a different country vs the rest of the UK when it comes to public transit

110

Sorry I meant Line 6, the out of order opening has done a number on me

Part of me thinks the TTC/city will never comit to doing it properly because it would make Line 5 look bad in comparison

150

I don't know what else they could really do while providing hydro with the needed access, there isn't a lot you can do on that land, parking, multi use trails, gardens/minimal park facilities

160

I'm happy that i have a pretty easy choice in Kamloops on who I want to vote for, I would have a hard time filling out my ballot in Vancouver. Other than OneCity I would reluctantly vote for the most reasonable candidates across Van Libs, Vote Van, and ABC so there are no new roadblocks to housing

The fact that the most ambitious housing policy in this election is 4 stories (apartments or just bigger multiplexes, who knows?) throughout the city and 6 stories close to city centres (how close, and where are city centres?) from OneCity make it very bleak for housing first people

190

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'll be honest I feel like the greens are probably the closest party policy wise to TEAM. Very much just a progressive mirror to TEAM's status quo/rolling back the clock policies

140

The TL;DR for their housing policy is more missing middle but only if residents agree. They don't

011

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't forget they also want to try and do as much as possible to get around the no public hearing for developments in line with planning rule

240

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We can't wait to have you back, we're really proud to showcase BC RPG creators

POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 29/09/2026

Reposted by Marcus P.

I'm back home from @kamcon.bsky.social, and already looking forward to next year!

182

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But what new line would actually relieve the Expo Line without just roughly duplicating it with an express line.

100

Reposted by Marcus P.

POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 27/09/2026

Great Day One at #KamCon2026! ✅ Mapping Presentation ✅ World Building Panel ✅ GM 2400 LOFI Sci-Fi: The Venusian job Solid experience so far! Saw @adventuredice.ca with their huge layout, and got a signed copy of Free Spacer straight from @xophra.bsky.social! Looking forward to tomorrow!

183

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wait the TTC doesn't have mid-route timing stops

130

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not that I think SWE needs to be a protected term but there are lots of software that does and can have huge safety implications such as aircraft control software, medical equipment, etc. I do wonder if there is a place to have a certified software engineer to sign off on such software

150

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I feel like the fact that you need to specify "suburban riders" that this is mostly about the fact that it's not in Toronto. Square one is only slightly further than Sheppard and McCowan and despite all the arguments about how to serve that area I don't think capacity was ever brought up.

110

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you gave people with no knowledge of the GTA a map and demographic information without municipal boarders I wouldn't be shocked if most of them had a Line 2 extension to Square One on them, and both Line 1 extensions to highway 7 for that matter

031

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Honestly most of the pushback for extending line 2 comes across just not wanting the TTC to serve other municipalities (and some linger anti-subway polarization from the Transit City fight) rather than the fundamentals of the proposal.

021

Reposted by Marcus P.

POCGamer aka PanzerLion! @pocgamer.com · 21/09/2026

I am at #KamCon2026 this weekend! Saturday Morning: - Map Making presentation! - World Building Panel! Saturday Afternoon: - GMing @jst.bsky.social's 2400: The Venusian Job! Sunday Morning: - #TTRPG panel! - Task Master event! Sunday Afternoon: - Round 2 of GMing 2400: The Venusian Job!

2134

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'll be honest the 100m elevation change over the 1km is more annoying than the actual distance

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here I am annoyed that my kids in catchment school is 1km away instead of the French immersion school across the street,

140

People fret about the length but the actual travel time is pretty reasonable. Capacity is the bigger concern and a harder one to solve without just duplicating the line with an express version since the Expo Line is already fast and direct

I could see the mandate to service the longer distance locations could drive some of the institutional headways to better service. I feel like TransLink's responsibility for regional and local transit drives their institutional preference for speed vs the TTC's institutional ambivalence to speed

031

So many issues come from Unions platforms. Why bother through running when it takes so long to load/unload. Why not do airport style loading on Via if you have to treat the platform like a jetway. Level boarding seems like an unneeded improvement when the platform width limits loading/unloading

021

Honestly i feel like so many of Unions problems would be solved if they got rid of half the platforms and expanded the leftover ones so they are actually usable.

140

I imagine if GO never had the longer distance services, Niagara, Kitchener Barrie, they would have moved much more quickly to metro like services with level boarding, high frequency, and through running.

120

I'm curious how much faster they could run the go line if they even switched to DMUs

150

Also I think the speed of the SkyTrain makes Metro Vancouver seem smaller than it is compared to other metro areas. I'm always shocked with how close the suburbs of Toronto are with how people talk about them.

Waterfront-Langley is roughly the same distance as Union-Aurora, the SkyTrain is 13 minutes slower but also has almost 5 times as many stops which is a decent trade off I think

021

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

People complain that we are pushing the limits of the SkyTrain with the Langley extension and should build commuter rail instead. However the Langley extension is expected to have an average speed of a local GO service with much shorter stop spacing.

1250

The only real thing of substance is adopting pre-approved building plans. Sadly this is more than OneCity has announced for their housing policies so far

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New rule, no eating dinner before the sun goes down

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The worst thing is I don't think in all the discourse around the train shed I don't think I have ever seen any give even a half hearted defense of it.

250

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I do question how effective it is policy wise to hold it during the campaign period of municipal elections but don't doubt there is some electoral benefit to be had.

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I am sure they are engineered so that they can easily handle people leaning on them. It's probably a liability thing in case anyone ends up sticking a limb or something over while they are leaning.

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They just need to pull the band-aid off when the Ontario Line opens, there will never be a better time to do it. Also can they just start to through running some services

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I would really like to see a full sized federal poll for Alberta with breakdowns for Edmonton, Calgary, the small cities, and rural subsamples

001

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Shengen doesn't make sense since there are no land crossings, and I doubt that joining the customs union is on the table since we would like to keep all our trade agreements open so EEA is also out. I can see us adopting free movement of people, capital, and services though.

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Average rent is meaningless to renters, they can't get an apartment at that rate. Asking rent is the only real metric that matters since that is the reality they have to deal with. You would do more good to just argue that asking rent is still too expensive then trying to bend the truth

050

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I don't think anyone is saying that rents don't still need to go down further to make them affordable, but being disingenuous about the facts distracts from that

Marcus P. @reluctantaxe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Looking at it I feel like it's an awkward size to hold either folded or open

100

Six floors, of parking, and corner stores.

The UK transit situation is so bizarre. You have an amazing example of a regional integrated transit system in London but then you have such disjointed transit systems everywhere else. The combination of bus deregulation and centralizing rail really held back the UK

What primary, the greens refused to have one and were happy to let Fry's name recognition force COPE and OC to drop out or be blamed for vote splitting.