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I have removed all of my data (hopefully) on this platform. My posts going forward will now be located on:
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instagram.com/viarailstream/
I will continually re-evaluate this platform to determine when (or if) I will return to tweeting on it.
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This is where you can find me in the sky. Same handle as here.
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So I found out you can have shared block lists over at BlueSky. I'm sold. I'm making the migration and I'll be able to get the API back online - that musk killed.
I don't need to be paying and elevating Blue Checks and Elon's weapon against democracy.
bsky.app/profile/occtranspo.…
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Do you like Blue Skies?
So do we… look us up on that other platform 😉
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new dedicated streetcar-only lanes on york street, along with separated bike lanes to divert the queen streetcar around ontario line construction.
reunified 501 service will begin this sunday, running on this new alignment through downtown! this route has been split for >1 year.
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Mayor Olivia Chow says she's looking for options to push back against provincial "overreach" as Ontario moves to tear out Toronto bike lanes thestar.com/news/olivia-chow…
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7/n Skoda has been making trolleybuses for 87 years and has produced over 15,000 vehicles -second only to ZiU/Trolza in Russia? In recent years they have produced over 500 trolleybuses with IMC, which most customers want. The largest order currently is 112 trolleybuses for Genoa.
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5/n Trolleybuses have a smoother demand profile over an 18hr service day but BEBs present high demand over a short period. Overall, the DPP does not want a “one size fits all” electrification strategy. Memorably: “Buses are for carrying passengers, not batteries.” 📷Skoda Group
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4/n So why trolleybuses? Much turns on heavy duty cycles and topography. The operator, DPP, studied the performance of various options and concluded that opp charging BEBs are only satisfactory on daily blocks up to 250 – 300km. Beyond that, IMC trolleybus is better 📷Skoda Group
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3/n Prague opened 2 trolleybus routes early in 2024, one operated by standard articulated trolleybuses. The flagship for the show is a line to the airport operated by double articulated trolleybuses. It carries 20,000 pax per day. It is 50% wired and runs at 750V DC.📷Skoda Group
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2/n First a bit about the conference. It was a large gathering from transport agencies, manufacturers and consultants and included people from the battery bus sector as well as trolleybuses. Overall themes were the development of E-BRT and public transport in a circular economy.
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Finally a 🧵on the Trolley:Motion trolleybus conference in Prague, The city is a flagship for the development of In Motion Charging trolleybuses. Notably, Prague is a capital city that revived trolleybus operation this year after a gap of 52 years.
📷DPP Dominika Brabcová 1/n
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The vast majority of VIA’s on-time-performance issues stem from freight trains.
Amtrak performs better because U.S. law gives passenger trains priority. That’s why I tabled Bill C-371, the Rail Passenger Priority Act.
Yet the Liberal government refuses to address this issue.
Via Rail's service standards have eroded substantially over the last decade.
Just 59 per cent of trains arrived on time last year — down 23 percentage points in 10 years. cbc.ca/news/politics/via-rai…
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Working with our pals at @cityoftoronto and @Metrolinx, #TTC crews have completed the streetcar tracks and overhead on Richmond, York, and Adelaide streets. This allows us to run 501/301 Queen streetcar service from Neville Park Loop all the way to South Etobicoke, starting this Sunday.
This new infrastructure allows for a shorter diversion around important @OntarioLine construction at Yonge Street and gives us more long-term options for streetcar diversions in the downtown core. It also means no more shuttle buses.
Learn more at: ttc.ca/news/2024/November/Im…
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Germany’s premier steam railway to replace steam? bit.ly/4er9Vbi
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Line 1 will close early at 11pm from Tunney’s-Hurdman on Nov 7th. Line 1 will also be closed from Rideau-Blair for the entire day of Nov 10th. RTM failed to complete the required rail grinding in the last two weekends
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The #TTC Line 3 SRT era is officially closing on two fronts.
1) In mid-September, contracted crews began the months-long process of removing the rail, signals, and concrete to make way for the construction of the new busway, which starts next Spring.
2) The old SRT cars have started their journeys to their new homes. 18 going to Detroit for the @detpeoplemover , two going to @streetcarmuseum in Halton, and one going to @TheTorontoZoo (for show, not transport).
More on the Line 3 replacement project can be found at ttc.ca/about-the-ttc/project…
* Line 3 work photo courtesy of @CityNewsTO reporter @NWestoll
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Another step in the long-overdue VIA Rail modernization! These 1980s-vintage F40 locomotives are now well past their best-before date. The replacement process has just been initiated:
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☕️🚍 @happygoatcoffee has officially opened at Tunney's Pasture Station!
Start your journey with a fresh coffee before hopping on your next ride. See you there.
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