When we do public transit properly in Canada we’re capable of being really good at it:
This is the kind of climate adaptation that we’re going to be needing a lot of:
Tony Blair’s policies removed the hope of affording further or higher education from a generation of kids from lower income working families. Making it worth making an effort must start in school, or don’t be surprised when some kids get used to zero effort, or seek money and kudos from gangs.
The International Union of Railways has released a report confirming what we have been saying for years: transferring revenue risk to the private sector simply doesn't work, and the public is left to eat the cost anyway.
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Cars-for-everything isn't a smart transportation policy. Giving people mobility options instantly gives them freedom.
Healthy cities provide choices in how you move, and making those choices safe means ending the dominance of the car.
Last week Transport Action Ontario President and Transport Action Canada director Peter Miasek was invited to be a part of a panel on Alto HSR at the Canadian Institute's Urban Transit Infrastructure Symposium in Toronto.
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Marathon has received a federal grant to build a new port. Being so close to the CP mainline, we think it would be foolish to build a new port without a rail link. Less freight hitting the rails means more emissions and more trucks on already taxed Northern ON. highways.
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IMPORTANT: “The city’s own math shows sprawl comes with a massive bill. A cost-of-growth study found outward growth would cost the city more than $10 billion additional dollars compared to a future in which it chose to grow through infill.” Via @nationalobserver.com #Calgary
Looking at the USA right now is like watching the „making of“ for *Idiocracy*, *The Handmaid’s Tale*, and *Don’t Look Up*—simultaneously and live.
CN is not the only reason why VIA trains are often so late arriving in Toronto.
seanmarshall.ca/2026/05/06/h...
Calgary says it wants more housing and less costly sprawl. But by rolling back rules that made infill housing easier, critics say the city may be pushing growth outward — where every new road, pipe an...
As an agency of the province, Metrolinx should support Ontarians travelling on trains within Ontario, even if they are not aboard Metrolinx-operated GO trains.
We took the Bow Valley municipal bus system ROAM the other night from Banff to Canmore. Heated shelters (needed 🥲). It’s excellent system. Pay w an easy app. The Americans (Californians) among us were like “omg Canada is amazing. Public transit to another town & trailheads.”
Sean Marshall
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Shawn Micallef
News presenters talking delightedly about the current record-breaking heat wave feels like a scene straight out of Don't Look Up.
The asteroid is well on course for a direct hit.
Winemakers across France are experimenting with the ancient practice of "vitiforestry" – growing trees alongside vines – to tackle the modern issue of climate change, and many are impressed with the…
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David Ho
I wrote this a year ago. Seems quite relevant again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Even before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there had been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nations
