@ryanphanna

interested in the intersection of cities and culture — prev built @lowandhighmag and social @transitcon — constantly improving

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New Year, New Transit-Oriented Me
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Where’s the “bus lanes slow down emergency services” crowd this morning?
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Crews are currently replacing streetcar tracks on King West that have reached their end of life. During this work, we *should* be installing newer double-point switch designs and modern control systems.
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It's not your imagination, LA Metro's escalators are some of the slowest on earth. We measured it against 139 other cities.
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they’ve also learned to use the emergency access ladder
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Biidaasige Park – at Toronto, Ontario
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Just saw someone drive by a streetcar with its doors open (to let people enter/exit) at full speed But tell me why we need to “trial” cameras to fine this kind of behaviour when it already works elsewhere?
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It’s hard to agree with the message when the medium is so wildly out-of-touch
Build Canada - Toronto
@build_torontoJul 9
Toronto transit should feel luxurious… for everyone.
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A private jet, yacht, movie premiere, penthouse, banquet hall, a violinist in a subway station. They claim transit "should feel luxurious for everybody"—but nobody in the video looks like an actual transit rider. Not difficult to see the actual message here.
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Rodney@_ChanFaceJul 1
Ossington BIA is “keen to explore pedestrianization!” For Church Street’s pedestrianization pilot, the Church-Wellesley Village BIA was instrumental to the planning, funding, and ongoing management of the project.
Warren Kinsella
@kinsellawarrenJun 29
Olivia Chow says she supports making Toronto car-free. #topoli thestar.com/news/gta/will-to…

Will Toronto’s ‘baby steps’ with Church Street lead to a giant leap for car-free streets in the...

A move to have city staff look for candidate streets for next summer has supporters of car-free streets hopeful.

thestar.com
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The suburban superiority complex needs to be studied People seem to think because I don’t drive downtown I’m “less than” I fail to see how spending less, while being active, all at a faster speed than driving, is bad
DoubleBlue@doubleblue2Jun 30
Replying to @ryanphanna
Bike Lane Boy alert.
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In a city of 2.7 million people, driving downtown shouldn’t be “fun” A single-occupancy car is not more important than hundreds of thousands of people walking, biking, and using transit to get around
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I never said people aren’t allowed to drive downtown And dozens of students have shown—including in the City of Toronto—that improving pedestrian and cycling infrastructure leads to higher revenue for nearby businesses
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*studies
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“Nobody wants pedestrianized streets” – at Toronto, Ontario
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Rodney@_ChanFaceJun 26
Another factually wrong statement is that it's taxpayer $ Church St Pilot is funded by the BIA, section 37 funds (developer contributions), in-kind donations from community organization, private sponsorships, and grants. It’s on the website as well. experiencethevillage.ca
IntegrityTO
@integrity_toJun 25
Church Street pedestrianization 233% over budget “We are a little short.” - Chris Moise It’s easy to say that when you’re using taxpayer dollars as monopoly money.
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Interesting that @integrity_to fails to mention: — Police requested $3 mil for 24/7 coverage for the 63-day pilot — Moise negotiated weekend-only coverage costing $300k — But police insisted on weekday private security costing $250k
IntegrityTO
@integrity_toJun 25
Church Street pedestrianization 233% over budget “We are a little short.” - Chris Moise It’s easy to say that when you’re using taxpayer dollars as monopoly money.
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This raises an interesting issue: Because the City doesn't have a pedestrianization policy, these initiatives are processed as a "street event"—which means TPS approval is functionally required
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The issue was flagged in a memo before the pilot was approved—and a report finalizing the framework was due last December, but never materialized There are at least 6 agencies that approval is needed from with no limits on what they can require toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026…
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It’s obscene that these methods—that work effectively in every other country—are somehow “impossible” in Canada or the U.S.
George Bell
@georgebellJun 24
Toronto, the solution to the speeding in school zones situation is to just make all school zones pedestrian only zones. If we can’t have reasonable safety with cameras then just remove the cars entirely…
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