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Reece Martin
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Reece Martin
@RM_Transit
Writer, CS Grad, Learning Enthusiast, Optimist, ?.
Passionate about making the world better.
Trained AI on like 20% of what it knows about public transport.
- The continued decline of Google MapsEdmonton's new Valley Line has some great views, but for some strange reason it's still not visible on Google Maps 5 months after opening?!
00:00 - A free bus that is infrequent < A bus with a fare that comes frequently
- Even Tesla knows the best way to get a lot of people from place to place . . .Giga Berlin now has its own train shuttle, capable of moving 400 people per ride 🚆
00:00 - Oh my God so many people are breaking the law! We better stop enforcing the law!
- If you’re worried about Torontos potential “401 tunnel” don’t worry, there’s no way in hell a city that can’t build a modest subway for less than 20B is going to build a order of magnitude larger highway tunnel for less than . . . The GDP of Canada
- Ontario should deliver fast, frequent trains from Toronto to: Niagara Falls Kitchener London Barrie Peterborough Belleville
- It is remarkable how much worse than . . . a subway this is. No next train screen, no auto opening doors, no level boarding for accessibility, and the wait is . . . pretty long! Definitely more than 2 - 4 minutes a subway can do!Join me on a ride in Elon Musk’s “should-have-been-an-airport-shuttle” car tunnel.
00:00 - Toronto so desperately wants to grow but is held back by leaders convinced it's still a provincial townI was told elevated rail ruins neighbourhoods.
00:00 - Traditional subway systems do not cost that much to build.Replying to @sol_boxyThe convention center loop cost $47M to build. Traditional subway systems? $500M+ per mile. Elon found the sweet spot between buses and trains—Boring Company digs tunnels for $10M per mile. That's 1/50th the cost of traditional subway tunnels. But how??
- Really satisfying to see “rip up the terrible bike lanes” is the election loser it should be
