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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health...what have the Romans ever done for us?" By the same token, when you look closely, what has congestion pricing done for #NYC anyway?

27 Million Fewer Car Trips: Life After a Year of Congestion Pricing

How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.

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Don't be fooled by this op-ed in The Globe and Mail. The choice isn't between a "$75-billion funding injection...for Canada’s urban transit syst...

"Sure, I love riding high-speed rail in Asia and Europe! But, now that it looks like fast, frequent, clean trains might be coming to #Canada, I'm going to make specious arguments to make sure this once-in-a-lifetime project never, ever gets built." View quoted note →

Don't be fooled by this op-ed in The Globe and Mail. The choice isn't between a "$75-billion funding injection...for Canada’s urban transit systems" (which is not even on the table) and high-speed rail. It's between clean, fast, frequent trains serving half Canada's population, and even more pipelines, LNG and mining. 🧵 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-high-speed-rail-trains-infrastructure-alto-canada/

In #Japan, many people live in one city and go to school or the office in another. Fast and frequent shinkansens (bullet trains) allow them to work and study while they commute. New Alto high-speed project aims to reduce travel from #Ottawa to #Montreal to 58 minutes. That's a game-changer... 🧵

First segment of #Canada 's Alto High-Speed Rail line is going to connect #Ottawa and #Montreal. The route is straight, flat, and connects 2 cities with a combined population of 6 million. There are lots of level crossings, like the one in this video (showing not a high-speed train, of course, but a current Siemens trainset)... 🧵

This is your city on driverless cars. A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.

Waymo suspends service amid widespread blackout-related disruption

Company temporarily pauses robotaxis in San Francisco after cars stalled out and blocked intersections, causing traffic jams.

"Hey Cody, I've just noticed we're wearing ICE masks, camo pants, and carrying zip-ties. Are we...the baddies?"

#Montreal was rated #1 bicycle city in North America this year. But the party that won the municipal election in November campaigned on auditing and removing bike lanes. They’ve already started in my borough, #Outremont. So we made our own bike lane this morning. We want, and need, to keep our kids active—and safe.

#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure. The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm). https://www.trenvista.net/en/news/flash/finland-migration-standard-gauge/

WE WANT TRAINS! The public is sending a message: Amtrak is setting ridership records, carrying 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2024-25, while ticket revenue is $2.764 billion.

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Amtrak sets ridership record in 2025 as capacity constraints continue: Analysis - Trains

WASHINGTON — Amtrak ridership grew 5% in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, and revenue surged 11%, as robust Northeast Regional gains of...