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@PierrePoilievre Oh great, let’s go back to our status quo, mediocre rail service between our most populated region. We need to be ambitious, turn your focus on pushing for resolution on homelessness, mental illness, and drug usage.

Sauvons 90 milliards de dollars. Protégeons la propriété privée. Non au TGV des libéraux : conservateur.ca/cpc/mettons-fi…

@punished_kres @Mrrichardv @ColinDMello Cool, and why are there costs so low? Throwing out numbers is cool but let’s understand why and do better? I know on our side of the pond we spend considerable amount in up front consulting. Is that due to lack of maturity for us to build transit?

@curious_888 @Mrrichardv @ColinDMello The French are building trams in dense historical urban areas for like 30mn/km lol

LRT costs: “Current cost estimates set the project at $3 billion, and the initiative would see each level of government contribute one-third of the funding required for planning and construction of the transit line.” As we know from past experience - that cost is likely low. #onpoli

@Mrrichardv @ColinDMello From what I’ve seen a lot of MTL REM is done so on vacant land across highways (particularly the west end). Toronto is not as easy. Not justifying the inflated cost vs Toronto but reality is with tight land space and uniqueness around portlands, it’s not apples to apples

@ColinDMello $790Million/km compared to $140M/km for Montreal's REM which is automated, fully separated with platform screen doors...

@RM_Transit @g_meslin Thanks to you all for taking the time to pursue this. It’s very unfortunate our local politicians have been complicit in accepting mediocrity for so long. @MayorOliviaChow we expected more and unfortunately squat!

A bunch of us transit advocates have been saying for years that its nuts that no politician had realized that for a modest cost fixing the streetcars could be transformative for Transit in Toronto. So we started this group and wrote this plan as a *starting* point.

I recognize there is substantial anger regarding Ford’s ad-hoc nonsense at Toronto’s waterfront. But it’s worth saying the space for Ford’s antics exists because of Toronto’s inability to put forward a real vision for the future of its own waterfront. This has made me angry for a long time. There is no city of Toronto’s size on earth with the kind of opportunity it has, and we’ve been wasting it. The reaction of the center and left cannot simply be “No”. Heck, even agencies like Waterfront Toronto can’t commit to building out the Portlands in less than 50 years. Shenzhen was built in half the time! Totally inadequate. So Ford is announcing a bunch of random ad-hoc ideas in a small vision for the future. What we really need is a vision and plan that ties together the following places. 1) Exhibition and Ontario Place 2) Toronto Island, including Billy Bishop 3) The Toronto Port Lands 4) East Harbour Transit Hub 5) Major Downtown Opportunities I think there would be tremendous civic interest in a compete vision that ties all of this together. - Commercial Centers - Cultural Attractions - Transit & Mobility - Housing and Urbanism So, as a matter of personal interest (and not just for my campaign), I would like to advance initial thinking for a bigger, alternative vision. If this is something of interest to you, please get in touch!

@TTChelps @roentler It’s time for platform doors!!! @MayorOliviaChow

@roentler Apologies for the inconvenience Rosana. There is currently no service between Jane and Ossington stations while we respond to an injury on the tracks. Shuttle buses are on the way. ^TM

Back from vacation from what so called 3rd world country where public transportation works perfectly. Now in Toronto I’d like someone to take a look at Jane and Bloor right now. Shame on you @TTChelps

@Penalosa_G @JoshMatlow Completely agree with your point Gil. City management and council failure! Total lack of vendor oversight on part of the city

@JoshMatlow Josh, it has nothing to do with in-house or outsourced. It has to do with lack of management of the contract by the city. It's been almost 20 years; it should have been terminated 15 yrs ago, but City Council did not have guts to do it. City needs better contracts AND better mgt.

The Astral contract should be thrown in the garbage where it belongs. The bins break & overflow, the info (ad) signs clutter our sidewalks & they’re poorly maintained. This should come back in-house to provide better service, accountability & a cleaner, more beautiful Toronto.

@wholemars @elonmusk Not for hw3 drivers…yet.

@elonmusk It’s really blowing my mind how stark the difference is.

Riding in a Waymo today was eye opening. The driving feel felt like stepping back in time to FSD 10 or 11. It's insane how much better Tesla Self-Driving feels. I don't remember the difference being that stark, I guess it just crept up on me.

@elonmusk Jeez man, look at your president, he’s a disaster and you keep on obsessing on regions where you don’t even live.

Indeed, it is the bare minimum for any PM. Starmer needs to step up or step out.

@wholemars Come back later, America too busy fighting its own self.

Wake up America If we want to have an auto industry in the future, we need to start building the cars of the future.

@ronmortgageguy You gotta do some research. Ev car prices have dropped. There is no cheap gas car any longer my friend. Civic 31k, you think that’s cheap?!?! Look up a new Honda CRV and compare it same features and functions to ev, no difference.

EV Rebate Insanity: Why Has The Federal Government Returned To Giving A $5000 Rebate For A Car For Rich People These are $70K++ Cars, A Hondo Civic is $31K Oh & lower income people mainly buy used cars So who is our virtue signaling Government actually helping here?

@megynkelly @grok This obsession of UK is weird. US has enough issues, not enough to complain report on your side of the pond?

Hey, @grok What was the most popular name given to newborn children in Britain last year?

@farzyness @garyblack00 @Teslarati The tesla X bubble club don’t realize the Elon likability ratio being extremely low. No one cares about starship if Elon keeps on meddling in politics and retweeting (at times) inflammatory and inaccurate facts. Folks outside the huddle (gen pop) have no clue what Tesla can do

@garyblack00 @Teslarati My brother Gary. Starship is the marketing for Tesla. No one else can do starship.

@jamiljivani Let’s get a deal one? Trump has been clear, all domestic car manufacturing should be in the US. What deal are you looking for?

CUSMA is incredibly important for Canadian workers and businesses. I don't care if it is politically fashionable to say it. Politicians need to stop playing games with Canadian jobs. Stop pretending China is a solution. Let's get serious. Let's get a deal done with the US.

@cityoftoronto @TTChelps Cleaning transit stops 4 days post storm? Sad state of affairs

Snow removal continues today, as crews clear TTC stops to improve accessibility for transit riders. @TTChelps

@Tesla my plan was to purchase a S when I’d replace my Y. I like the option of occasional autonomous driving. Now with cancellation of human drive capable cars as you move into full autonomy will lead me to reluctantly depart the Tesla brand. Sigh….

@SawyerMerritt That sucks. I like to drive and occasionally use autonomous. I was looking forward to new models I could purchase. If going full autonomous…I may reluctantly look elsewhere

Elon Musk: "In the future, the only vehicles we'll make are autonomous vehicles and the Roadster. We're hoping to debut the Roadster in April."

@TSLAFanMtl @farzyness Amazes me how insecure the US is. If China is a threat from all angles, production, factories, etc then compete. Thought US was all about free markets and open competition. Only applies if they aren’t under threat by another power…..

@farzyness The deal Canada plans to make with China is mostly agriculture and food. Trump is being an idiot.

We have 3 more years of this lol 😅🇨🇦

@EricDLombardi @_RESCON 800 lb gorilla needs to retire. Time for new leadership. 8 years no change

I’m listening to Doug Ford speak to @_RESCON and he is ranting about the need to cut development charges as if he hasn’t been the premier for nearly 8 years. Just saying municipalities need to do it. Total abdication of responsibility. It’s time to cut Development Charges AND Land Transfer Taxes, which are a tax on mobility and therefore productivity. But that means the province needs to step up with stable funding, and lead municipalities to a housing system that actually works. “I’ll be like an 800 lb gorilla on this tax issue”. All I see is a chimp that can’t move. Someone needs to remind Doug Ford what his JOB IS. The premier deflects affably, but what people want now is ACCOUNTABILITY.

@Rainmaker1973 Hey @cityoftoronto should do this at younge Dundas square

Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an urban forest.