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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Bringing this back to the feed. Terrible stuff.

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The Bike Parking Alliance of Toronto @bpat-toronto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Hello everyone! BPAT is excited to announce the progress being made within the organization. We’ve already come a long way in only a few months. It means everything to us. We couldn't have done any of this without the help of our amazing team and our amazing supporters.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I grieve the Eglinton Crosstown line we could’ve had. Currently riding Line 2 and even with its stop density, it is blazing fast. Grade separation matters. We will regret how much money we spent on Line 5 for its shortcomings on the surface section. Even with TSP, it won’t be enough.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Everyone thought it was stupid for the federal government to put out a survey on the Billy Bishop expansion, but I might’ve been one of the few who welcomed a survey. Because I knew it would’ve proved just how opposed people are to the expansion. It’s better to have data than just going off vibes.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Five years ago today, concrete curbs were installed on bike lanes along Thorncliffe Park Drive; Thorncliffe Park being the neighbourhood I grew up in Toronto. What makes that special to me is that it all started when I was just 15 years old. (A thread worth reading ↓).

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I’m so tired of this, I don’t even have the energy to respond about how awful these headlines are 🫩 I’ve been seeing it everywhere lately with cyclist deaths.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I can’t wait for the right to use the shooting as a fear-mongering tactic to show how dangerous Toronto has gotten under Chow 🙄

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A few years ago, I wrote down in my notes app “lack of bike parking” as a cycling issue in the city. A quiet but vital issue. I wrote it down in hopes that one day, I’d pursue the fix. No one else was going to push for it. Neither the city nor the property owners. That’s why I created BPAT.(1/2)

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The Bike Parking Alliance of Toronto @bpat-toronto.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Meet the team of the recently formed Bike Parking Alliance of Toronto! (BPAT) We're a team of 13 students across the GTA, who came together around a simple issue: Toronto just needs more bike parking and better bike parking, and it isn't there. That’s what we're trying to fix. (1/3)

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

lol the Brad Bradford convoy had 4 people. (including Brad)

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Bike parking is one of those quiet issues in Toronto that frustrates cyclists. Plazas & suburban stores rarely have racks, there’s no incentive to install them & it’s not easy for renters to own a bike. We can quietly accept this, but we’re doing something about it. This is BPAT.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Imagine a product on the global marketplace that killed over 1.3 million people per year because of "accidents".

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

road violence and the decimation of youth mobility are direct results from this normalized and violent car culture. What our kids (and everyone) face on the streets is completely insane.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I was taking a look at my bike lane renderings I’ve made over the past few years and grieving that almost all of them are not possible anymore under our stupid premier.

Danforth Road and Danforth Avenue bike lanes and intersection improvements

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

GO Train platform on an early Sunday Morning at Kitchener GO. Build it and they will come.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I love the Istanbul Metro but my god is the wayfinding and signage awful.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Why does no one talk about how ugly NJ Transit trains look? Electrified trains and brand new trains and they still look like they came out of the 70s.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I have my PLAN478 (Transit Planning and Operations) exam tomorrow and my biggest takeaway from all the content is…if the senior planners and VPs of Metrolinx took this course, we wouldn’t be building shitty transit. I mean almost everything we’ve done atp is basically what not to do. It’s pretty sad

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Just a reminder that THIS is what we were supposed to get. Now staff are watering down an already watered down plan No ambition, no courage, and not even listening to the thousands of people who’ve asked for pedestrianized spaces in the city. Instead, Yonge will be car-choked. We will raise hell.

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Concerning new documents out for YongeTOmorrow that seems much less focused on pedestrianization. The project originally envisioned having portions of Yonge between College and Queen be at least partially pedestrianized. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

yongeTOmorrow
Welcome!
yongeTOmorrow
Public Event #1
April 21, 2026

Project Overview
Yonge Street is an iconic destination in the heart of downtown
Toronto. The yongeTOmorrow project will increase pedestrian
space and improve the way people move through and experience
Yonge Street. The project is now in the design stage and includes:
Road Design and
Reconstruction
Watermain
Replacement
Streetscape
Enhancements
Operational Plan
map of yonge between college and queen

Road Design: Alignment
Cross-Sections
• Roadway: two lanes totaling 6.6 metres wide
• Furnishing and Planting Zone: ~2.7 metres wide
• Pedestrian Clearway: ~4.0 metre pedestrian clearway
• Cycle Track: between College Street and Gerrard Street
• Addition of signalized pedestrian crossing between
McGill Street and College Park

Streetscaping: Design Segments
The Green Gateway, Innovation, and Performance/Retail
Segments can be enhanced by adding streetscaping features
such as street furniture, public art, and greenery, examples
below:
Green Gateway
By adding more trees create green
corridors that link existing park
spaces throughout the area. This
provides comfortable places for
people to gather and spend time
along this busy, high-density
roadway.
Innovation
Improved connections between
Yonge Street and TMU provide
opportunities for collaboration and
programming.
Performance / Retail
Yonge Street is strengthened as a
cultural hub, with flexible spaces
for public art and small
performances that can adapt to
events and bring people together.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So I uh…made something 🫢

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I feel like Toronto’s regretting having a vehicle that constrains the flow of passengers this bad. Single doors means one at a time. Getting off the train is also nearly impossible at busy times. There’s just very little circulation. This was from opening day. Imagine during actual rush hour.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Holy shit the Eglinton Line stopped at EVERY FREAKING SIGNAL 🤬 We got to a stop, we stopped for a lot of time, by the time we depart, the next signal is red. We wait for cross traffic, then we wait for the left turning traffic, then we go, then we stop to pick up passengers. It’s ridiculous.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I have so much to say about my time here in CDMX. The urban planning, the transportation systems and complete streets. Shits on Toronto any day. Our politicians are cowards.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 minute drive away."

person yawning while driving
Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 minute drive away.
CALGARY, AB - "I love my car and I love driving" he said after the vote was finalized. He reiterated how all he wants is for everything to be accessible only by car - "having options to walk, roll or use transit is just not fair - we need a balanced driver first approach." He next wants the city to tackle traffic congestion that has been "brutal and seems to get worse every year."

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Any places I should visit in Mexico City?

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to these past few months…

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It’s good to see everyone (not just transit enthusiasts) shitting on the TTC and the city for the slow speeds and the lack of real TSP in our city. The pressure is hot and things might actually improve.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

It’s not very reassuring that my first impression of Line 6 is randomly opening up a livestream of someone riding it and the LRT doesn’t move for what feels like 2 whole minutes after the doors close, even at a far-side stop. Jfc.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It’s alarming that just a new subway or GO station alone now costs about as much as a subway extension per km. ($200-400 million).

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Ontario Traffic Man @ontariotrafficman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The promise: Subway for the cost of a streetcar The result: Streetcar for the cost of a subway

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)

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Michelle @michelle-colleen.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The Harbord streetscape is a dreamscape. Well done #topoli - this is a model for how to make better, safer neighborhoods. #biketo #walkto #toronto #cycling #urbanism

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The difference in the time it takes a streetcar in Amsterdam vs. Toronto to clear an intersection after servicing a nearside stop.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Doug Ford might ban removal of a road lane for any purpose 🙂🔫

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I was driving from work when I noticed a police officer in his cruiser with a radar gun. Not hidden but not in plain sight I was going the speed limit so I was fine but I was thinking, even if we only had police officers instead of cameras, we’d still have drivers say that enforcement is unfair

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Noticed this was the City of Toronto.

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 26/09/2025

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

BRAD BRADFORD, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PODCAST.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I was having this thought for a few days but I think now it’s even more fitting, Putting up more signs or lights as a way to reduce speeding and road violence is about as effective as thoughts and prayers for reducing gun violence.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Working as a transit planner at a transit agency is pretty darn cool. Highly recommend.

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derek van vliet @derek.bike · 31/08/2025

here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🚨🚨 City of Toronto is going to resurface Eglinton Ave between Keele and Mt Pleasant without the already approved bike lanes. We need to do something right now.

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Toronto: 🧑‍🦯👩‍🦯

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I haven’t been back to Toronto in a few months. I’m visiting for a few hours. What new stuff should I check out in the central area? (Other than Biidaasige Park of course).

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Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Why do people need to know it’s light rail? Also these signs were different a few months ago. Metrolinx’s Wayfinding standards keep on changing so often, that the Eglinton station signs have to keep on being replaced 😐. Great way to keep people employed I guess.

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