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Oh my gawd, so much slop. We're talking Billy Madison "extra sloppy Sloppy Joe's" level here.

They get an extra day of media cycle this way.

This one is a little sharper - unfortunately it has a spine up the middle. I remember a color poster version of this up on the wall in...

In any case, as driverless cars become more of a thing, transit will need to recalibrate to focus on what only transit does best: Moving...

“Studies are underway to gauge private-sector interest and examine the use of icebreakers to extend the port's short shipping season.”...

Shallow stations like many of those in NYC are far more convenient as users can enter and exit more quickly. Mezzanines are completely...

The Weklund Center expansion and Olympic Plaza revamps are a missed opportunity to build a cut and cover tunnel.

BART is really over-engineered commuter rail. The overly long trains require overly long stations. It primarily functions to shuttle...

The old library will be sold with it.

That price tag for one interchange is kind of crazy, especially to support those traffic volumes. Latest count at Crowchild/Kensington...

I wonder, it is pretty unconventional. An interchange where you split phases. Bottom, only the straight phases - people still have...

HUGE drops. Pre Stoney (November 2022): Post Stoney (April 2024):

I think street running trams could have a place in Calgary, but more of a local neighbourhood circulator that complements the proper LRT...

Japan does this not uncommonly, but typically it is due to evolutions of historical anachronisms, not proactive implementation of it as...

I suspect the province's hope is that the recovery communities will break the cycle, and enable the DIC to live the mission where the 5%...