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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’ve gotten no response from them after a couple of days

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

This is not sufficient for your conclusion given the burden of proof required for this claim. And, to be clear, you are claiming that: This organization controlled by the municipality is SELLING your email address. Your proof is a screenshot with the addressed censored. Not that there was a leak, not that someone guessed this handle, not that PBSC got hacked, not that you typed the wrong handle into a form. I can run this past bixi for you if you DM me your address, but you're assuming a lot and I would bet not just MAGA but real coins that you're wrong about bixi selling your info.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The TLDR is that the city isn't focusing on getting costs down on things that have produced good (Metro) or promising (Automated Light Rail) results. It is focusing on things that didn't end up being great investments (BRT) or that we haven't done (Trams).

Based on the experience in Quebec City, trams are expensive AF to build here. RapidBus is something the city should look into, it sits between a BRT and a buslane. Easy to roll out quickly. When routes hit capacity, skip the tram and go straight to metro/REM.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

“Can’t do a congestion charge until…” Is another I’ve heard lately

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Literally a blog post written by a public transit supporter.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Wow. Nice. Congestion charges literally go towards improving transit. Also government in Canada are already spending record amounts on building transit. If you need to go into a zone that would have a congestion charge in Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver) you would have at least a park and ride option.

 

Seems especially obvious with the geography and transit funding shortfalls present in both Montreal and Vancouver.

 

It’s one of the most important documents in determining what the city will be like to live in, but I’ve found the coverage very superficial. Has anyone taken the time to read it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Blâmer les promoteurs pour les prix élevés des logements, c'est comme blâmer les agriculteurs pour les prix élevés des denrées alimentaires. Lorsque l'on ne construit pas suffisamment de logements pour 10 ans, 500 pi carrés est luxueux. https://video.canadiancivil.com/w/4LSG3iZpRuShJqYhRLFcdG

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

It’s not a news story, it’s the most recent local analysis of the idea if people want to read up on it.

 

New York was set to become the first city in North America to introduce congestion pricing. It’s something that makes a lot of sense in Montreal, not many cities on the continent are centred on an island. Less traffic, less potholes and use the money for more transit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome and confirms what I've been hoping, although it looks like the big dummy is being discontinued so I'll probably have to move quick if I want one new. I have a couple of questions that it seems you'd have the answers to: Q) I think I know the answer from reading your blog, but if you didn't own any cargo bike already, would you buy a Big Dummy or would you just put that money towards a Big Easy? Q) Is it possible to just ride around with the battery removed or flat? Is it pretty much the same bike plus the weight of the motor? Q) I already own nice (standard) paniers, can those be clipped onto the side of these cargo bikes, or do they have a different sort of rack. Q) Thoughts on riding an electric cargo bike in the snow/slush?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I used to live and bike in Philly on the bike share and it was pretty good back in 2015, have things just stalled out or something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If that works for you great. Those little front wheels and cargo out front is just not the direction Im looking to go, I’m basically wanting a gravel bike with cargo carrying by default.

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Living in Montreal I’ve gotten to the point where I only ride my own bike when I’m transporting paniers of stuff or doing an overnight trip. I installed a double kickstand on my old bike and its worked well until today when my old frame kicked the bucket. I realized that what I basically want is a slightly long tail cargo bike. A rack that’s big and built in, not electric, normal sized wheels and straight handlebars. The weird thing is, I can’t find this product. I’d assume it would be a popular choice for people touring with a lot of kit, but almost everything I’ve found seems to be for electric urban cruising with a couple of kids on the back. Has anyone else looked for this product and encountered a similar gap in the market?

The Yuba Mundo Lux is probably as close as I’ve seen, but has anyone done a few full days on it? It’s probably too much to spend if it can’t handle a few days on tour.

Edit: I’ve decided to dabble with a cheap second hand aluminum Kona Ute, because I live in a salted road winter an aluminum frame is good to have around. If I like it, I’ll probably invest in an electric option for the other 3 seasons.

 

Nearly a decade back I wrote a lot of browser CI tests with headless chrome as well as browser stack. I loved the idea, but they just didn’t handle things being a bit outside of perfect IRL, like taking a moment longer to load etc. They ended up having a lot of waits in them, taking a long time to write and were prone to being flakey. The tests basically lacked “common sense” and it made me think that one day someone would figure out how to make them work better.

I’m wondering if there are new frameworks, workflows, startups that have made this stuff easier and better. I’m not really in tech anymore but I wouldn’t mind writing some tests if the experience was better.

 

Made this video a couple of years back, now it’s on PeerTube.

 

Alberta launched its own plans for urban and intercity rail last week: https://www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail GO is well into its electrification and expansion program to provide fast 15 minute all day service with credit card tap. Cities like Sydney and Melbourne have long since done this and turned their commuter rail into rapid transit. Exo… nothing. How have we ended up left in the dust?

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