Looks like the USA is getting serious about high speed rail. Andy Byford will be a great addition to Amtrak.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/03/23/exclusive-andy-byford-to-join-amtrak/
Peak #CarBrain - seeing an SUV impaled on a giant yellow barrier and claiming that the barricades caused the crash and should be removed. I guess if it was a child under the car it would have caused less "traffic chaos".
https://twitter.com/jillreports/status/1639037832386998272?t=TP2h9FekcUq5-0iekh4vAQ&s=19
BC offers up to $4,000 in additional rebates when you buy an EV.
Saskatchewan has no rebates and charges an extra $150/year to register an EV.
The effect of those policy decisions is pretty clear.
#electricvehicles #BC #Saskatchewan #Canada #ElectrifyEverything #evrebate
Inspired by this piece in the Globe and Mail that names Squamish, BC as the electric vehicle hot spot in Canada, with Campbellton, Que not far behind.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-electric-vehicle-car-canada/
Electric vehicle registrations in Canada by province and quarter.
BC - the clear leader
Quebec - the only other province ahead of the national average
Saskatchewan - the laggard
Alberta - doesn't report data for some reason
Data from Statistics Canada https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021019-eng.htm
Today I got the poop emoji back when seeking comment on Twitter blocking users in India from seeing the accounts of high-profile Sikh Canadians critical of the Indian government https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/twitter-canada-india-rupi-kaur-jagmeet-singh-1.6787760
How small can a set of aperiodic tiles be? The first aperiodic set had over 20000 tiles. Subsequent research lowered that number, to sets of size 92, then 6, and then 2 in the form of the famous Penrose tiles. https://youtu.be/48sCx-wBs34 1/6
To ensure cars didn’t take back control of Paris streets as the pandemic was “ending,” (like they have in so many cities), #Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed to seating for restaurants, people places and bike-lanes.
Now *that's* the way to arrive in a city.
19th-century São Bento train station, Porto, #Portugal,
decorated with 20,000 azulejo tiles.
My guess is passenger trains will terminate in Surrey with connections to Vancouver served by SkyTrain.
Looks like the answer is no. But the Federal Government has been studying a replacement for the swing bridge built in 1904!
https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/construction/new-westminster-eng.html
Does the Patullo Bridge replacement include a new train crossing? Asking for someone currently waiting on an Amtrak train delayed 30 minutes due to problems crossing the Fraser River.
Almost Half of All US Job Postings Include Salary Information Now https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/equal-pay-day-almost-half-of-all-us-job-postings-include-salary-information-now
This is absolutely amazing. We're still fighting over basic infrastructure in Canada, and Norway is building tram and bike tunnels filled with beautiful art. 😍
#Alberta's #bigoil and #gas industry likes to blame #environmentalists and the #federal #government for its inability to build more #pipelines. But as the latest #oilsands spill and resulting campaign of silence show, its biggest enemy is itself, writes Max Fawcett.
#corruption #campaignofsilence #oilspill #environment #pollution #ClimateChange #climatecrisis
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/14/opinion/canada-oil-and-gas-industry-its-own-worst-enemy
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