Be ruthless with the systems and kind to the people - Michael Brooks
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Index of threads describing Toronto's enormous urban change:
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Urban Cayman retweeted
Jun 14
Dude he literally running New York like the average joe in a movie who gets elected into office as a gag and then fixes everything simply because he is not a politician and an earnest regular guy.
1,000 New Yorkers won our lottery for affordable tickets to the World Cup.
Today, we celebrated in the stands for the first NY/NJ game of the tournament.
The beautiful game belongs to everyone.
ALT Mayor Mamdani attends the match between Morocco and Brazil with some of the New Yorkers who won the World Cup affordable tickets lottery.
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I wish cities all looked like 80s Hong Kong.
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With no due respect, fuck you, lil guy
Jun 6
We’re all excited and proud that Toronto is hosting the World Cup; but as taxpayers continue to foot the bill, Mayor Chow couldn’t even bother to negotiate with FIFA to give back to our city’s residents.
New Yorkers got $50 World Cup tickets.
Torontonians? A $380 million bill.
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Urban Cayman retweeted
In 2025, due to scheduling quirks, G156 needed to stop for 16 mins at Zaozhuang Station and let three trains serving faster stopping patterns to pass. Meaning if you took G156 you get non-stop Chinese HSR passing action, with 6 trains passing during those 16 mins.
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Jun 2
Another unfortunate reminder that Canada is not able to do this:
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Urban Cayman retweeted
May 29
The view and sounds from the Toronto Islands this afternoon as Doug Ford's Conservatives voted to cut Torontonians out of decision-making about the future of this public space (Doug didn't even show up to vote.) #onpoli
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May 26
Someone is Trying to Bamboozle Ya Volume 2: Bike Lane Boogaloo
A short video essay on bike lanes, misinfo, and touching grass.
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May 23
59 years ago today, on May 23, 1967, the first GO Transit trains departed from Oakville and Pickering bound for Toronto Union Station.
GO Transit began as a single commuter line, with trains every 20 minutes during rush hour, and every hour off-peak and on weekends.
ALT Image shows a map of the first GO Transit commuter rail line. The line has 16 stations listed west to east: Hamilton Burlington Bronte Oakville Clarkson Lorne Park Port Credit Long Branch Mimico Toronto Union Station Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering An info box in the upper left corner of the image reads: “Government of Ontario Transit was Canadas first publicly-owned commuter rail service. The Lakeshore Line was first GO Transit service to operate, the line spanned from the cities of Hamilton to Pickering, running through Downtown Toronto, making 16 stops. Service on this line and GO Transit as a whole officially began operation on the 23rd of May, 1967”
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Urban Cayman retweeted
May 15
How to trigger a MAGAt in 3…2…
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Urban Cayman retweeted
May 15
No more "incremental change" bullshit from liberals ever again, thank you.
May 13
Mamdani closed a $12B deficit in 132 days, fixed 100K potholes, secured millions for gig workers, fined corrupt landlords millions, raised snow workers to $30/hr, and violent crime hit historic lows.
THIS IS WHAT A LEADER DOES!!
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Urban Cayman retweeted
May 14
His brand of politics is going to be the one that saves this country. He’s raising the bar and showing just how pathetic and ineffectual most politicians in this country actually are. Voters are starting to see that they deserve better. Amazing.
May 14
🚨 NEW: Mayor Mamdani just launched a sweeping affordable housing reform package to speed up housing production.
Experts project that this will reduce build times by as much as 2 years.
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May 13
with a new large LIFT expansion of toronto pearson (the main airport in an industrial area designed for an airport with a direct downtown connection) there is absolutely no reason to ruin Toronto's waterfront and local democracy by bringing jets to billy bishop island airport
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May 13
Toronto Pearson has officially launched Pearson LIFT (Long-term Investment in Facilities and Terminals), a multi-phase infrastructure program for Canada’s busiest airport, with major investments in airfield operations, terminal systems, and future passenger expansion capacity. urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/05…
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Begging the federal government to do the most *minimal* amount of due diligence on your fucking partners before embarking on something already this fundamentally stupid…
May 11
The federal government, Westbank and TELUS have announced three new AI data centres in B.C., including two in Vancouver; one at West Georgia and Beatty, and the second in Mt. Pleasant. It's a multibillion-dollar investment in Canadian data sovereignty and our city. #vanpoli
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May 5
2 million passengers in 2024. The Province says that could grow to 10M per year.
It’s not just a longer runway. Quadrupling operations. Terminal space? Gates? Fuel farm? Deicing area? Maintenance? Hangars and plane parking?
They are expropriating the Islands for a reason.
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The GO Barrie Line closure this weekend meant more progress on Caledonia GO. Track shift occurred, new rails with wooden ties installed.
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Apr 29
These despicable cretins deserve nothing. Retvrn.
Cadillac Fairview has emerged as the dominant landlord in Canada’s latest shopping centre productivity rankings, reinforcing its position at the top of the country’s retail real estate sector.
retail-insider.com/retail-in…
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Apr 25
Sickest video on the internet
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Apr 25, 1976: @CNRailway introduces the new VIA logo and yellow and blue colours to the public in its spring passenger System Timetable. The cover featured a model of the Turbo Train in the new scheme. At the time VIA was still just a marketing brand for CN passenger trains. 1/2
ALT The front cover of the Canadian National Railway's April 25, 1976 system timetable, featuring an illustration of the CN Turbo Train wearing the newly-introduced blue and yellow VIA colour scheme, with a large blue VIA logo on the side of the train's power dome car and a smaller red CN noodle logo on its nose.
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