Trevor Heywood

Map of Metroscapes walks in the Greater Toronto Area.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Hamilton and Niagara.

Map of Metroscapes walks in Ottawa.

3,000 km of walking #metroscapes across Greater #Toronto, , #Hamilton, #Niagara, the #Tri-Cities, #Guelph and #Ottawa. Roughly the driving distance from Charlottetown to Dryden. #hiking #cities

Remember in the old days when you had a digital camera and you'd be like 'whoa I took 150 pictures!'. Yeah, now I'm dealing with a quarter of a terabyte of GoPro footage and 3.5 gigabytes of other photos and short clips.

This is not AI. Street mural in Montreal.

Forest and meadow South of the Kingston Subdivision outside of Waterton, Ontario

Wetland immediately inshore from Lake Ontario, south of the Kingston Subdivision between Port Hope and Coburg, Ontario

Field of hay bales under 500 kilovolt transmission lines as seen from the Kingston Subdivision, south of Newcastle, Ontario

Rural field with Lake Ontario in the background along the Kingston Subdivision near Darlington, Ontario

Got a forward-facing seat on a sunny day, so that meant lots of great views towards the great lake.

Looking west out of an O-Train Line 1 train south of uOttawa Station, Ottawa Ontario

Looking south through the train shed at Ottawa VIA Station, Ottawa Ontario

Looking east over Heron Road from the Beachburg Subdivision, Ottawa Ontario

Looking upstream along the Rideau River from a VIA Train, Ottawa Ontario

See you later Ottawa, it's been wonderful visiting you again, and I hope to see you again soon.

The problem is that, if governments keep showing such disregard for workers' fundamental rights, we shouldn't be surprised if workers start showing more disregard for government orders. To paraphrase Mr. Pearson, if workers are to be told through repeated invocations of Section 107 that they can never strike, one may be precipitating the very thing one is trying to prevent. It does not appear that the flight attendants intend to return to work any time soon. If so, it will then be the government's turn to figure out how to respond. A second, more forceful e-mail to the CIRB likely won't cut it. We could see a situation similar to the Ontario education workers' standoff with the Ford government in 2022, especially if other unions move beyond statements of support to more concrete forms of solidarity with the flight attendants. At that point we may discover that what initially seemed to be a clever way to bypass workers' rights has turned out to be a fuse to light a new labour revolt in Canada.

Great piece in the Globe today about the Air Canada strike

After yesterday's walk, I went through one of the first places Kurt took me to when I visited him about a decade ago. Former railway / commercial shipping area turned eclectic plaza. Makes for an underrated space.

You're asking the guy who pays out of pocket to keep his website online and runs an open data portal to charge a fee

So @theurbannomad.bsky.social a clarification: are you looking for more discussion generally from a wider swath of people, or more discussion of certain details / issues?

It's an honour to be on this list with so many other significant voices. Now I also know why my follower count went bonkers, and I have twice as many as I did at the old place. The Canadian urbanist community is definitely alive and healthy here, and this list is evidence of that. Check it out.

Ah, that's why my follower count went bonkers

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Map of three Metroscapes walks completed in August 2025.

Three "shorter" walks. I geared them down for my vacation, and they still totalled up to 50.5 km. This was a nice endeavour, and can't wait to come back and do more.

Today's walk, ICYMI. It was fun doing a walk with a buddy who possessed some great local knowledge.

Some more dips and weaves with the shoreline and around some parkway ramps, until you come to Chief William Commands Bridge. This is where I had a previous walk before, and it's where we end today's journey. Thanks for joining (us)!

The trail continues meandering near the shore. Great willows and conifers line each side. Another NCC Bistro pops up adjacent to a parkway rest stop.

Island Park Drive takes us across three different islands, the furthest being Bate Island, and the other two being inaccessible. Drinks are on tap out here, and some rapids offer adventure for brave kayakers. Round the outside, and back to the mainland.

I hit send way too soon. Kurt told me about how the public parkland on the north side of the structure used to be a parking lot, and now it's gorgeous. That leads you to a new or at least rehabilitated path to another rock outcrop on the shore.

There's all sorts of construction along Kicki Zībī Mīkan, unclear if / how much is transit-related, but some is at least to replace culverts. Next major point is Westboro Beach, which has a full washroom and food/drink. Great Brutalist-vibe structure.

A little past the Deschênes Rapids Lookout, an informal rock beach makes for some really interesting geologic formations. A couple segments offer a pedestrian only refuge from the large amount of bikes, but they're short-lived.

Adjacent to what is now Kichi Zībī, a Parkway style road. There are grade-separated underpasses as well as a Parkway style rest stop.

Good morning from Lincoln Fields Station in Ottawa. I'm being joined by @kurtrefling.bsky.social to trace another reach of the Ottawa River. We'll head north and east from the Transitway Station towards LeBreton Flats. Let's go. #metroscapes

View from a VIA Train outside Gare Centrale, looking west as an REM train passes by. Montreal Quebec

Sea container yard on a wye along the St-Hyacinthe Subdivision, near Wellington Street and Rue de Condé, Montreal Quebec

Au revoir. Back to Ottawa.

Old CN bridge over the Lachine Canal, Montreal Quebec

Train de ligne 2 à station Bonaventure, Montreal Quebec

Le K, Square Saint-Louis, Montreal Quebec

Ceiling at Robin des Bois, La Fontaine Park, Montreal Quebec

The city is alive and pulsing. Caught up with an old friend and met some new ones. Merci beaucoup Montreal.

grid of 6 postcards of Toronto, each is an abstract map or data visualization of sorts

recently updated and printed more @uoftcities.bsky.social Toronto-map-viz postcards

planning to give out a bunch at Civic Spark tomorrow

#maps #dataviz #toronto

Excellent thread.

Wow!

Looking southwest towards Mile 1 of the VIA Beachburg Subdivision, as seen from O-Train Line 1, Ottawa Ontario

Elevator and spiral ramp at Ottawa (VIA) Train Station, Ontario Canada

Off I go, through this station for the second time out of four.