rfmcdonald | Entries tagged with mass transit

This weekend just past, I was wandering through Exhibition Place down by the waterfront just before midnight when I came upon the Exhibition GO Station. I thought it a handsome station, all poured-concrete and cinematic lighting, but was also struck by its disconnect from the rest of the city grid. The 29 Dufferin bus runs in this area relatively rarely, for instance, and only in 2027 will it be plugged into the Ontario Line as a terminal station when that subway line is built. (If it is built. Let us hope.)

Exhibition GO Station, as a westbound VIA train passes #toronto #exhibitionplace #night #gotransit #exhibitiongostation #rail #viarail

Up to Liberty Village #toronto #exhibitiongostation #concrete #stairs #gotransit #tunnel

Directions #toronto #exhibitiongostation #concrete #gotransit #tunnel

"Do not use" #toronto #exhibitiongostation #night #chairs #signs #covid19toronto

Looking south across the tracks #toronto #exhibitiongostation #rail #gardinerexpressway #night #gotransit

My commute to work Tuesday, which turned out to be the last one I will make in some time, was a bit odd, with buses and subway cars half-empty and a strange ambient mood.

Riding southbound, Tuesday #toronto #ttc #buses #29dufferin #coronavirustoronto #latergram

Looking, Tuesday #toronto #ttc #subway #line2 #coronavirustoronto #latergram

Platform, Tuesday #toronto #ttc #subway #blooryonge #coronavirustoronto #latergram

Looking, Tuesday #toronto #ttc #subway #line1 #coronavirustoronto #latergram

Above, Tuesday #toronto #ttc #subway #eglinton #eglintonstation #coronavirustoronto #latergram

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that Betelgeuse is very likely not on the verge of a supernova, here.

Centauri Dreams looks at the mapping of asteroid Bennu.

Chris Bertram at Crooked Timber reposted, after the election, a 2013 essay looking at the changes in British society from the 1970s on.

The Dragon's Tales shares a collection of links about the Precambrian Earth, here.

Karen Sternheimer at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about fear in the context of natural disasters, here.

Far Outliers reports on the problems of privateers versus regular naval units.

Gizmodo looks at galaxy MAMBO-9, which formed a billion years after the Big Bang.

io9 writes about the alternate history space race show For All Mankind.

JSTOR Daily looks at the posters used in Ghana in the 1980s to help promote Hollywood movies.

Language Hat links to a new book that examines obscenity and gender in 1920s Britain.

Language Log looks at the terms used for the national language in Xinjiang.

Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns and Money takes issue with Jeff Jacoby's lack of sympathy towards people who suffer from growing inequality.

Marginal Revolution suggests that urbanists should have an appreciation for Robert Moses.

Sean Marshall writes, with photos, about his experiences riding a new Bolton bus.

Caryl Philips at the NYR Daily writes about Rachmanism, a term wrongly applied to the idea of avaricious landlords like Peter Rachman, an immigrant who was a victim of the Profumo scandal.

The Russian Demographics Blog shares a paper looking at the experience of aging among people without families.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains why the empty space in an atom can never be removed.

Strange Maps shares a festive map of London, a reindeer, biked by a cyclist.

Window on Eurasia notes how Mongolia twice tried to become a Soviet republic.

Arnold Zwicky considers different birds with names starting with x.

NOW Toronto looks at the Pickering nuclear plant and its role in providing fuel for space travel.

In some places like California, traffic is so bad that airlines actually play a role for high-end commuters. CBC reports.

Goldfish released into the wild are a major issue for the environment in Québec, too. CTV News reports.

China's investments in Jamaica have good sides and bad sides. CBC reports.

A potato museum in Peru might help solve world hunger. The Guardian reports.

Is the Alberta-Saskatchewan alliance going to be a lasting one? Maclean's considers.

Is the fossil fuel industry collapsing? The Tyee makes the case.

Should Japan and Europe co-finance a EUrasia trade initiative to rival China's? Bloomberg argues.

Should websites receive protection as historically significant? VICE reports.

Food tourism in the Maritimes is a very good idea. Global News reports.

Atlantic Canada lobster exports to China thrive as New England gets hit by the trade war. CBC reports.

The Bloc Québécois experienced its revival by drawing on the same demographics as the provincial CAQ. Maclean's reports.

Population density is a factor that, in Canada, determines political issues, splitting urban and rural voters. The National Observer observes.

US border policies aimed against migration from Mexico have been harming businesses on the border with Canada. The National Post reports.

The warming of the ocean is changing the relationship of coastal communities with their seas. The Conversation looks.

Archival research in the digital age differs from what occurred in previous eras. The Conversation explains.

The Persian-language Wikipedia is an actively contested space. Open Democracy reports.

Vox notes how the US labour shortage has been driven partly by workers quitting the labour force, here.

Laurie Penny at WIRED has a stirring essay about hope, about the belief in some sort of future.

A historic bridge over the Credit River in Mississauga, happily, will not be demolished but instead will be repaired. CBC reports.

Now that automobile production has stopped at the Oshawa General Motors plant, what will become of that city? CBC reports.

The auditor-general of Ontario will investigate the claimed costs that led to the cancellation of the Hamilton LRT. Global News reports.

A new bus route now connects London, Ontario, to Sarnia. Global News reports.

Kingstonist reports that filming for the season finale of Star Trek: Discovery has just finished up in Kingston, at the pen.

Joe Buongiorno writes at CBC Montreal at his, specifically Italian Canadian, experiences with the Jean Talon Market in Montréal.

Le Devoir notes that many radio stations in Québec City are leading opposition to the proposed streetcar system.

Some of the apartments hit by the Gosford apartment fire have been repaired and opened to their tenants again. Global News reports.

Steve Munro maps the 70 O'Connor bus route in action as a case study, here.

Condo developers have created the new neighbourhood of "West St. Clair West" out of, among other established neighbourhoods, Carleton Village. blogTO reports.

The plans for the controversial new Pharrell Williams condo development at Yonge and Eglinton look interesting. blogTO shares.

Should Toronto have free public mass transit? NOW Toronto makes the case.

Brian Doucet at Spacing Toronto takes a look at the Toronto CLRV streetcars in their North American context, here.

The repeated flooding of the Toronto Islands, as NOW Toronto points out, surely demonstrates the reality of climate change for Toronto.

Charlie Stross at Antipope shares an essay he recently presented on artificial intelligence and its challenges for us.

P. Kerim Friedman writes at {anthro}dendum about the birth of the tea ceremony in the Taiwan of the 1970s.

Anthropology net reports on a cave painting nearly 44 thousand years old in Indonesia depicting a hunting story.

Architectuul looks at some temporary community gardens in London.

Bad Astronomy reports on the weird history of asteroid Ryugu.

The Buzz talks about the most popular titles borrowed from the Toronto Public Library in 2019.

Caitlin Kelly talks at the Broadside Blog about her particular love of radio.

Centauri Dreams talks about the role of amateur astronomers in searching for exoplanets, starting with LHS 1140 b.

John Quiggin at Crooked Timber looks at what is behind the rhetoric of "virtue signalling".

Dangerous Minds shares concert performance from Nirvana filmed the night before the release of Nevermind.

Bruce Dorminey notes new evidence that, even before the Chixculub impact, the late Cretaceous Earth was staggering under environmental pressures.

Myron Strong at the Everyday Sociology Blog writes about how people of African descent in the US deal with the legacies of slavery in higher education.

Far Outliers reports on the plans in 1945 for an invasion of Japan by the US.

L.M. Sacasas at The Frailest Thing gathers together a collection of the author's best writings there.

Gizmodo notes the immensity of the supermassive black hole, some 40 billion solar masses, at the heart of galaxy Holm 15A 700 million light-years away.

Russell Arben Fox at In Media Res writes about the issue of how Wichita is to organize its civic politics.

io9 argues that the 2010s were a decade where the culture of the spoiler became key.

The Island Review points readers to the podcast Mother's Blood, Sister's Songs, an exploration of the links between Ireland and Iceland.

Joe. My. God. reports on the claim of the lawyer of the killer of a mob boss that the QAnon conspiracy inspired his actions. This strikes me as terribly dangerous.

JSTOR Daily looks at a study examining scholarly retractions.

Language Hat shares an amusing cartoon illustrating the relationships of the dialects of Arabic.

Language Log lists ten top new words in the Japanese language.

Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the dissipation of American diplomacy by Trump.

The LRB Blog looks at the many problems in Sparta, Greece, with accommodating refugees, for everyone concerned.

Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting the decline of the one-child policy in China has diminished child trafficking, among other crimes.

Sean Marshall, looking at transit in Brampton, argues that transit users need more protection from road traffic.

Russell Darnley shares excerpts from essays he wrote about the involvement of Australia in the Vietnam War.

Peter Watts talks about his recent visit to a con in Sofia, Bulgaria, and about the apocalypse, here.

The NYR Daily looks at the corporatization of the funeral industry, here.

Diane Duane writes, from her own personal history with Star Trek, about how one can be a writer who ends up writing for a media franchise.

Jim Belshaw at Personal Reflections considers the job of tasting, and rating, different cuts of lamb.

The Planetary Society Blog looks at a nondescript observatory in the Mojave desert of California that maps the asteroids of the solar system.

Roads and Kingdoms interviews Eduardo Chavarin about, among other things, Tijuana.

Drew Rowsome loves the SpongeBob musical.

Peter Rukavina announces that Charlottetown has its first public fast charger for electric vehicles.

The Russian Demographics Blog considers the impact of space medicine, here.

The Signal reports on how the Library of Congress is making its internet archives more readily available, here.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers how the incredibly isolated galaxy MCG+01-02-015 will decay almost to nothing over almost uncountable eons.

Strange Company reports on the trial and execution of Christopher Slaughterford for murder. Was there even a crime?

Strange Maps shares a Coudenhove-Kalergi map imagining the division of the world into five superstates.

Understanding Society considers entertainment as a valuable thing, here.

Denis Colombi at Une heure de peine announces his new book, Où va l'argent des pauvres?

John Scalzi at Whatever looks at how some mailed bread triggered a security alert, here.

Window on Eurasia reports on the massive amount of remittances sent to Tajikistan by migrant workers, here.

Arnold Zwicky notes a bizarre no-penguins sign for sale on Amazon.

blogTO reports that Toronto has been testing Eglinton Crosstown trains, here.

What TTC routes might be changed by the Eglinton Crosstown? A map illustrates, over at blogTO.

The new tower proposed for 888 Dupont, at Ossington, will even include a vertical farm. blogTO reports.

Venerable Agincourt Mall is going to be a new condo development. blogTO reports.

Is co-ownership actually the only way most people in Toronto will end up owning a home? blogTO considers.

Residential tenants in a Leslieville building who complained about their landlord may end up getting evicted from a building never zoned for residents. CBC reports.

The City of Toronto has taken over the deserted shopping arcade at Queen Street West and John. CBC reports.

Katrina Onstad at Toronto Life tells the story of Katharine Mulherin, the Queen Street West gallery owner who changed her neighbourhood but was broken by gentrification.

The bar Tequila Bookworm is closing, displaced by rising rents. NOW Toronto reports.

NOW Toronto interviews night mayor Michael Thompson, here.

Steve Munro considers the TTC's express bus services, here.

Terra Lumina, the nighttime cultural event at the Toronto Zoo, looks fantastic in these photos over at Toronto Life.

Oh, what the map of Toronto subways could have been if only we planned! blogTO shares one.

Steve Munro examines the TTC's plan for 2020-2024, here.

The TTC may not act to decrease overcrowding on some routes. blogTO reports on why.

Friday, I was on the rooftop patio at the Yonge Eglinton Centre, looking down at the Eglinton Crosstown-related construction at Eglinton station. The old bus terminal is now completely done, and they have excavated deeply.

Construction at Eglinton Station #toronto #yongeandeglinton #eglintonstation #eglintoncrosstown #eglintonavenue #construction

Transit Toronto celebrates the life of photographer John Bromney, here.

blogTO explains, with photos, the cause of the subway shutdown on Line 1 Wednesday night.

blogTO notes that the TTC wants to create five transit corridor for buses, including one on Dufferin Street.

Toronto is apparently the top tech city in Canada. blogTO reports.

John Lorinc at Spacing considers what affordable housing actually is, especially in the context of real-world constraints less generous than often imagined.

The displaced residents of Gosford have seen nothing from their apartment block's owners about housing options. Global News reports.

The TTC plans to have even more subway closures in 2020 than in 2019. Global News reports.

NOW Toronto reports on the long-time independent weekly's sale to a venture capital firm, here.

The Yonge-Eglinton Centre now hosts a venue where people can nap in peace. Toronto Life has photos, here.

The family of North York van attack victim Anne-Marie D'Amico hopes to raise one million dollars for a women's shelter. The National Post reports.

Toronto Community Housing, after a terrible accident, has banned its tenants from having window air conditioners. Global News reports.
blogTO reports on the ridiculous heights to which surge pricing took ride fares on Uber and Lyft during yesterday morning's shutdown.

blogTO notes that the Ontario government has provided funding to study the idea of extension of the Eglinton Crosstown west to Pearson Airport.

blogTO notes the strange house, a fantasia inspired by Greece, at 1016 Shaw Street.

blogTO shares photos from inside Paradise Theatre on Bloor, reopened after 13 years.

blogTO notes that GO Transit will now be offering customers unlimited rides on Sundays for just $C 10.

Photos of infamous Toronto chair girl Marcella Zoia celebrating her 20th birthday are up at blogTO, here.

Many residents displaced by the Gosford fire in North York have been moved to hotels. Global News reports.

A TTC worker has launched a court case against the TTC and city of Toronto over issues of air quality. Global News reports.

Jamie Bradburn reports on how the Toronto press covered the opening of the Suez Canal, here.

Transit Toronto explains what, exactly, workers are building at Eglinton station and Yonge and Eglinton more generally.

Guelph will be holding an open house to see what development will replace the Dolime Quarry. Global News reports.

The town of Innisfil has extended its Uber subsidy program for people in need of transit. Global News reports
Archeologists in Montréal have found a mass grave of Irish famine victims. CTV reports.

The Québec town of Asbestos is changing its name so as to avoid the link, in English, with the toxic mineral. CTV reports.

A subway, alas, would be too big for Québec City. Streetcars would work better. Le Devoir reports.

Can a hyperloop be built to plug Edmonton together with Calgary? Global News considers.

Richmond, British Columbia, has unveiled a cultural harmony strategy to help its diverse population get along. The National Post reports.

The Ottawa Citizen suggests a recent audit of OC Transpo should have offered warnings of the Confederation Line problems to come.

A project office has been set up for the extension of the Yellow Line in Longueuil and elsewhere on the south shore. CTV News reports.

La Presse looks at the concerns of some artists in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie that they might be forced out by gentrification.

That the Bay Building in downtown Winnipeg has been evaluated as being of little value offers an opening to Heritage Winnipeg. Global News reports.

The New Brunswick government is forcing suburbs of Saint John to pay for city facilities that they also used. Global News reports.

Short-term rentals are having a negative effect on real estate markets in Halifax. Global News reports.

Downtown Lethbridge faces struggles to attract business. Global News reports.

Metrolinx using paid influencers to promote the Ontario Line is certainly a choice. The Toronto Star reports.

Union Station retiring an old mechanical system 90 years old used to control TTC vehicles is a landmark event. The Metrolinx blog reports.

Jamie Bradburn looks at the birth of the Gardiner Expressway, here.

Alok Mukherjee at Spacing questions why police in Toronto have stopped enforcing traffic regulations.

Protesters charged with blocking the Bloor Viaduct during the Extinction Rebellion have had the charges dropped. Global News reports.

Sean Marshall shared his account of his address to the Toronto Police Services board, here.

Jamie Bradburn looks at the history behind the mid-20th century expansion of Church Street.

NOW Toronto notes that workers at the Broadview Hotel have become unionized.

Samantha Lui writes at NOW Toronto against the false negative stereotypes applied by so many--even briefly by Google--to Scarborough.

CBC notes that a lawsuit surrounding benefits fraud by TTC employees has been settled, expensively.

The vicious homophobia exhibited by TCDSB trustee Mike Del Grande is, IMHO, another reason to defund public Catholic education in Ontario. Global News reports.

The CCLV streetcars of the TTC are set to be pulled by the end of November. Global News reports.

The Scarborough Bluffs are set to see some worthwhile investment. blogTO reports.

CBC notes growth in food bank usage in Toronto and Mississauga.

Presto users are being mischarged based on GPS mistakes. CBC reports.

Renovictions have spiked 300% over the past four years. blogTO reports.

The cost of rent continues to grow in Toronto. blogTO reports.

A new project hopes to make Yonge and Eglinton less congested. The Toronto Star reports.

New regulations about Airbnb should make the real estate market easier for renters. NOW Toronto reports.

Owing to family request, a new street in Etobicoke will not be named after former Toronto mayor Rob Ford. Global News reports.

"from Chile to Toronto ... POWER TO THE FARE EVADERS" #toronto #dufferinstation #poster #masstransit #politics #chile #renunciapiñera

Work on the second stage of Ion expansion, south into Cambridge, will not even start until 2028, and is expected to cost at least $C 1.36 billion. Global News reports.

This proposal for regular two-way GO Transit rail connections between Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo, frankly, is desperately needed. The Record reports.

A cyclist faces charges for careless driving leading to a collision with a LRT in Kitchener. CBC reports.

A GoFundMe campaign for a woman hit by a train in Kitchener has raised more than $C14 thousand. The Record reports.

A school bus driver has been charged for stopping his vehicle dangerously close to a rail crossing in Cambridge. The Record reports.

Waterloo Region is a successful testbed for virtual doctor visits. The Record reports.

The Charles Street bus terminal in downtown Kitchener is not going to be redeveloped for at least a couple of years. The Record reports.

Waterloo Region hopes to create more than 600 affordable new homes, in five developments, over the next decade. CBC reports.

The number of single food bank users in Kitchener-Waterloo has doubled over the past five years. CBC reports.

Waterloo is spending $C 3 million to renovate and modernize a handsome old Carnegie Library. CBC reports.

A pop-up in Kitchener, Vivid Dreams, is charging customers up to $C 20 to use one of a dozen backgrounds for their Instagram photos. CBC reports.

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The new digital lab at the Kitchener Public Library sounds great! The Record reports.

Andrew Coppolino at CBC Kitchener-Waterloo takes a look at some of the different cuisines and restaurants in Waterloo Region featuring noodles, here.

Andrew Coppolino at CBC Kitchener-Waterloo looks at the pastel de nata, the Portuguese egg custard, as an emerging commercial snack in Waterloo Region.

The mayor of Ottawa is suggesting freezing Confederation Line fare increases in light of the system's problems. Global News reports.

La Presse looks at the problems faced by the Marché Jean-Talon, here.

Greater Moncton, arguably the leading metropolis of New Brunswick, wants to double its intake of immigrants. Global News reports.

Jamie Bradburn looks at Lafayette Park in Detroit, designed by Mies van der Rohe.

Will Vancouver be connected to Washington State by a high-speed train route? Global News reports.

Renovating the Oratoire St. Joseph will surely be costly. CTV News reports.

CBC Montreal looks back to when the Montreal Expos seemed like they might not be bought.

Le Devoir notes how, in Québec, the Liberals are concentrated on the islands of Montreal and in Laval, in their fortress.

An old Montreal metro car has been repurposed as a hangout for Polytechnique students. CBC reports
CBC Montreal reports on the proposal of Matt McLauchlin to name a plaza at Frontenac metro station after murdered activist Joe Rose. I like the idea.

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[PHOTO] Five photos of Exhibition GO station, taken just before midnight
[PHOTO] Five photos of my Tuesday commute to work (#toronto, #coronavirustoronto)
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[NEWS] Twenty news links
[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Mississauga, Oshawa, Hamilton, London, Kingston, Montréal, Québec
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[BLOG] Some Friday links
[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links
[PHOTO] Construction at Eglinton Station
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[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Guelph, Innisfil, Montréal, Asbestos, Québec City, Alberta, Richmond
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[PHOTO] "from Chile to Toronto ... POWER TO THE FARE EVADERS"
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Entries tagged with mass transit

[PHOTO] Five photos of Exhibition GO station, taken just before midnight

[PHOTO] Five photos of my Tuesday commute to work (#toronto, #coronavirustoronto)

[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[NEWS] Twenty news links

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Mississauga, Oshawa, Hamilton, London, Kingston, Montréal, Québec

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

[BLOG] Some Friday links

[BLOG] Fifteen Toronto links

[PHOTO] Construction at Eglinton Station

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Eight Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Guelph, Innisfil, Montréal, Asbestos, Québec City, Alberta, Richmond

[URBAN NOTE] Seven city links: Ottawa, Longueuil, Montréal, Winnipeg, Saint John, Halifax, Lethbridg

[URBAN NOTE] Nine Toronto links

[URBAN NOTE] Ten Toronto links

[PHOTO] "from Chile to Toronto ... POWER TO THE FARE EVADERS"

[URBAN NOTE] Fifteen Kitchener-Waterloo items (#waterlooregion)

[URBAN NOTE] Five city links: ottawa, Montréal, Moncton, Detroit, Vancouver

[URBAN NOTE] Five Montréal links