Many people choose to go south for the winter. I went north, taking trains and buses through Northern Ontario and Manitoba.
Author: Sean Marshall
It is frustrating when an agency tasked with “[connecting] new, established and emerging communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe” fails to connect the communities its transit projects run through.
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Praise for the vernacular relics
An early tower of power has been thoughtfully preserved in Hamilton, a small, but important reminder of the city’s industrial history.
New elevator directory signage is a notable improvement, but there’s far more to be done to make Union Station an easy place to navigate.
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A quick note regarding my social media
In late 2024, I phased out my use of the social media website previously known as Twitter; by November of last year, I completely deactivated my account. Though I spent a lot of time on Twitter since 2012, when I first joined to follow City Hall news, I found it to be less and less […]
Union Station remains very difficult to get around using a mobility device, especially when traveling between UP Express and the TTC Subway.
The DC Streetcar is another example of pretty much everything wrong with modern streetcar implementations.
On Thursday, November 7, a 13-year-old girl was struck and killed by the driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe (a midsized crossover SUV) at Rossland Road and Stevensgate Drive. She was riding on a multiuse path, crossing the street properly in a crossride.
Multiuse paths are a popular form of cycling infrastructure, especially in the suburbs. Poor design and bad driver behaviour have made them dangerous at intersections, and should be fixed.
Woodbine Centre, built in 1985, was an adventure for a child of the 1980s and 1990s. The once-thriving mall has hit hard times and will likely see redevelopment in the next decade.
New changes for October 2024 included improved service on Vancouver Island, new routes in Alberta, BC, and Quebec, and even more competition between Edmonton and Calgary.
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