Ontario Traffic Man

More like "Automatique pour le peuple"

That's an En dash (–) not an Em dash (—)

Someone keeps reporting my street as 'closed' to Google Maps. It's not closed, I their they're just trying to reduce the traffic on their street

I discovered they exist when a LACMTA ticket vending machine gave me 18 of them as change for a $20 bill

My challenge every week is to find somewhere to drive to. I try to drive my car at least once every two weeks to keep the 12V battery topped up.

Nearly all of my trips are more convenient by bicycle

The Pickering-Oshawa segment already has a yard, no need to push the train anywhere. I assume GO's electric trains would have a small battery to let them move around the yard off-wire anyway. Even in the long term it's probably not worth electrifying the yard leads.

Yes you want a simple test bed but Lakeshore East already has that between Pickering and Oshawa.

That's not really an issue because we want different service types anyway. We can have bi-mode express trains to Hamilton/Niagara in addition to frequent local EMUs to Burlington

The portion of the line where both services overlap is the part they already own.

I suspect the most cost-effective solution in the long run would be to build in-house expertise and run a steady, predictable electrification program that adds xx km of line every year.

It is insane how often people tell me that GO Expansion is hindered by freight trains.

In reality GO already owns all of the tracks where frequent service is proposed, except for a few hundred metres at Bramalea station. And there is almost no freight traffic in those lines.

A map of part of the Bloor West bike lane showing that a section beween Islington and Resurrection Rd was prioritized for removal. Nearby streets curve off in various directions, avoiding railway tracks and providing no straightforward alternative.

This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...

The station is obviously designed for far more than 6 trains per day. The problem is that the track speed limit between West Harbour is only 48 km/h, so the existing Route 11 and 12 bus services are faster to Hamilton and the GTA, respectively. So there's not currently any demand for train service

Signal priority is already in place. The question you need to ask is: "Is the signal priority any good?"

(I'm pretty confident the answer is No)

30 minute service to Niagara would be politically challenging due to the impacts on the Welland Canal. Hourly service seems plausible though, since the canal bridge is double-tracked so trains can be timed to cross simultaneously in both directions.

When Metrolinx say 13 trips, that means 6 to 7 trips per direction. They always cherry pick statistics to sound more impressive than they actually are

Alberta is (unfortunately) in Canada

How can this be happening in Canada? The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is very clear about discrimination on the base of sex or gender. Explicitly banning transgender people from sports is a pretty clear violation of the Charter

He is giving himself permission to imprison, torture or kill anyone he considers anti-fascist, similar to what he has been doing by accusing people (without evidence or trial) of being gang members

Another one: "We shouldn't build cycling infrastructure because some people drive far and/or carry lots of stuff"

The City really should have an upper threshold for traffic volumes on a local. Typically cities limit them to 1000 or 2000 vehicles per day

It can't be a local street and a key corridor for cars. Those are mutually exclusive designations

Pro-tip for arterials: don't tell them it's traffic calming. Call it speed control or something. If people are driving faster than the speed limit, that warrants intervention regardless of the road classification.

Locals are typically residential streets that serve numerous overlapping functions. They provide transportation access to collectors, major collectors and arterials and act as social places that foster interaction between neighbours, and provide important space for street trees and on-street parking. Local streets serve as common origin and destination points for active transportation trips and should always prioritize the safety of the most vulnerable road users.

Local streets according to the City of Ottawa Master Plan, schedule C16:

Lol this is social media, not a road. No need to stay in "their lane"

This is Bluesky, not a research paper. It is absurd to expect every post to name every topical example.

But if speed cameras are a cash grab like people claim, wouldn't that mean they provide MORE resources to investigate violent crime?

When I had a layover for a few hours at Schiphol en route from Copenhagen to Toronto I took the BRT to Haarlem and had lunch at a café in the city centre. Much nicer than sitting in the airport

Ottawa has demonstrated that it doesn't take major construction to bring speeds down. The annual traffic calming program is remarkably effective just bolting flexi-posts in the ground.

Obviously when streets come up for reconstruction we want to redesign them to avoid the need for the flexi-posts.

Some cities have admittedly used speed cameras as an alternative to adjusting street designs to reflect the posted limit.

The province could crack down on that misuse by requiring >50% compliance before installing cameras. If >50% are speeding there's a design issue that needs to be addressed first

Battery electric trains are a great innovation for lesser-used branch lines, but they are heavier, slower and more expensive than ordinary electric trains. So they do not reduce the need to electrify busy mainlines.