Pete

A model America, in the sense that we are just as bad but smaller.

Billy Bishop is only the latest example, but it's been deeply unpleasant watching all the problems of American democracy play out in miniature in Ontario.

questions I have asked my cat today:

-are you a cat
-how are you a cat
-why are you such a cute cat
-what is such a cute cat doing in my house
-how are you so perfect
-are you a handsome boy or the handsomest boy
-why did you barf on the rug instead of the tile you little asshole

Hudson Street storefront vacancies plunge following $13M streetscape revamp Last year, the neighborhood’s storefront vacancy rate dropped to 17.2%, down nearly 10% from the 26.9% it was at a decade ago.

Bike lanes and public seating are good for business! It's common sense: when you create streets that are calm and welcoming, people like to spend time there.
www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...

It's a contrast to Arc Raider's post-climate catastrophe the-people-left-behind setting, and an even starker contrast with that game's fast evolution into a no-pvp players banding together to kill robots metagame.

It took Toronto 3 months to implement this.

Based on the old newspaper articles and letters to the editor I've read: yes.

Yeah man, it's the screens and the soda and lack of Jesus, and not the isolation of suburban childhoods or the relentless cost of living crisis or the collapsing job market or anything real.

Besides, 20/30/40/50 years ago when our transit system was world class people still made the exact same parking demands, so I don't think that's actually what's motivating people here.

Parking is the *cause* of a lot of problems with the transit system.

Here is the report on the underground parking facilities that states in no uncertain circumstances that the facility would be cash flow negative to the tune of almost SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS.

"its capital and lifecycle costs exceed its revenue potential".

We cannot continue to ignore reality.

You gotta get a human reviewing these headlines.

However fast trains need broad curves, which the existing rail lines don't have. This means you have to build from scratch in many places.

There's still a benefit to laying parallel lines for slower local service though, but that's for local entities like GO, not the national service.

Fast trips means the same equipment can make multiple trips a day, meaning it can carry more passengers and the cost per passenger is reduced. This makes the train even more attractive and gets more people travelling. People like to travel and cheap domestic travel is good for our economy.

In short: high speed means fast trips, which means the train can compete with cars and even planes. That means a lot of the people already making these trips will choose the more environmentally friendly option.

Discover the Project’s Many Benefits The High-Speed Rail Network will bring a wide range of benefits, transforming intercity travel, promoting sustainability, and driving economic growth.

All of these answers and more are on the Alto website.

www.altotrain.ca/en/about-alt...

Why is the promo so bad?

(and my job was not even in food production, so it was light and easy relatively speaking!)

I worked in agriculture for several years and I can tell you that no amount of fresh air compensates for the long hours of boring, repetitive, *hard* work involved.

Lmao

Expropriatiing it from... The feds? Huh?

Ottawa's Golden Triangle Heritage Conservation District document is out and I dunno if I should be mad that almost every house is protected (how on earth are we supposed to densify downtown?) or that every single apartment building is "non-contributing" (disrespecting these historical workhorses).

I work at a mid sized grocer in Canada and people in the office simply do not believe that an urban store on top of a metro station probably should carry 6pks of toilet paper over 48pks...

It's wild how many large retailers just had no idea how to plan an urban store. All knowledge of the dominant typology from 1850-1950 just evaporated and had to be rediscovered by trial and error.

Tiktok was banned? I've seen ads for it, nobody I know had any problems accessing it...

What does "banned" even mean here?

The idea that a 10m wide electric railway line is dangerous to the environment or the rural way of life is laughable.

The geography and population density of Toronto-Montreal is nearly identical to Paris-Lyon, the original high speed rail (TGV) project.

What a sentence.

@glengower.ca is there a problem with the fareboxes on busses? They've always been flakey but the past two weeks I've been able to pay for probably fewer than half the bus trips I've taken. Seems bad if OC is hurting for funds.

It's baffling to me how many people are outraged about Therme and the parking garage, but would give their life to protect Billy Bishop Airport...