Jedwin Mok
@jedwinmok
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Creative Director @uxforcities | Research Lead https://t.co/xubdcKEJxE | fmr: @Metrolinx, @fietsprofessor, @cityoftoronto, CompSci @UofT
Toronto, Ontario
Joined September 2021
How did European cities get their human-centric streets and public spaces? Why could they escape the car-dependent status quo, while North America seemingly can’t? There's one EASY trick planners and engineers don't want you to know about: Street Experiments. 🧵 1/
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The unopened 19km half surface median running crosstown LRT started construction in 2011 and costs 450 million INT/km. Test trains are taking 112km round trip. Averaging 21kph despite being half grade separated. Who is ready for Finch W Tramway part 2?...
(5/5) Now revealed by TTC that Line 5 contract specifies 98 min peak 90 offpeak round trip, but current test schedules use 112 mins. As on Line 6, a single value will be kept at all periods until they know appropriate values.
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Tomorrow Malaysia will have electric intercity trains running all along the west side of Malaya, stretching over 800 km from Thailand (Padang Besar) to Singapore (Woodlands Train Checkpoint).
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These TTC/city staff are used to working in the shadows and not having public hanging on their statements in committee. Todays meeting about the Finch LRT has put on display the true incompetence and incuriosity that exists at city hall.
With a bizarre debate at TTC, they seem to have convinced themselves that TSP would actually make the LRT run so fast it would exceed contractual provisions with Metrolinx/Mosaic. The Line 6 speed is glacially below what was promised and by implication contracted for service. (1)
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Since Toronto is having a hard time imagining what a functional tram line looks like. Kitchener Waterloo's ION light rail has modern signals that don't confuse drivers, strong priority to get almost every green light, and operating at speeds at or greater than adjacent cars
I don’t think people outside KW (especially in GTA) appreciate how good Waterloo’s LRT is as a transit line. Trains every 10 minutes. Dedicated right of way + signal priority means that you can set your watch to them. Here’s Grand River Hospital to Central Station in 2 minutes.
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Opening of Finch W LRT was exciting. Love seeing the new infra, beautiful trains & crowds coming to ride! But we're clearly not done yet. Scheduled travel time of 46 minutes & often over 50 mins in reality isn't ideal when the local bus was scheduled at 38 off-peak and 53 peak 1/
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Today, Mayor Chow and I announced fare capping on the TTC. After 47 rides in a month, the rest are free—no forms, no lineups. This follows yesterday’s opening of Line 6 Finch West, marking a major week for riders. Thank you to our teams for making transit more affordable.
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People are always talking about lunatics on public transit. But what about the millions of lunatics on our roads? This kind of shit happens every day without ever making the news.
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Updated Toronto Subway reduced speed zone map just dropped.
@MooreintheAM The operations today prove how Finch West falls below its “Line 6” rapid transit branding. It’s another streetcar that’s slow, can easily bunch, and have service easily disrupted by car traffic. Many of these criticisms coming today are going to be valid into the future (2/2)
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You're supposed to put tall housing structures next to the water, it makes beachside living more affordable.
Plans to put a 25-story apartment complex on San Francisco’s Marina District sparked concerns about a future where the city’s waterfront is ringed by tall housing structures.
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Except one of them was built at the cost of an underground full metro line and is called Toronto Subway Line 6.
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Okay enough negativity about Finch West LRT, here are some cute pics of me having an awesome time today with friends & the wider transit community!! Y’all make me so happy :)))) Highlights: - Regional transit maps finally on local transit! - getting a commemorative coin!
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There are ZERO heating elements anywhere on these outdoor platforms and it's a ten minute wait between streetcars, the 536 is not built for winter I'm afraid.
Line 6 not even an hour into service and: "Delays westbound Finch West while we deal with an operational problem" 💀💀😭😭😭
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What are we doing here? 170m between streetcar stops. It makes the service borderline unusable. The streetcar itself is 30m long.
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We’ve gotta talk about the Finch West megaramp… There’s no way that the additional excavation required for all that station volume isn’t more expensive than a simple elevator. It’s also such an insult to force anyone with mobility issues to walk 3x the distance!
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Toronto just opened the 10km Finch W tram today. The total cost of the project with 30-year Ops & Maintenance is 3.7 billion CAD. Assuming 30-year O&M is 1 billion CAD, the project costs 230 million INT$/km to build. Thats the same unit cost🇫🇷&🇨🇳builds an underground urban metro.
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Had the pleasure of short turning on the new Line 6 Finch West LRT with these nerds @RM_Transit @EnglishRail @jedwinmok @not_taylorx @anthluo
9:45am, train short turning to manage bunching. Went out of service, forcing passengers off.
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Absolutely outstanding deputation on housing and the transparent hypocrisies in our approach to zoning and heritage conservation. Master class. Bravo!
"The chair of this committee frequently says that in Ontario, we zone for buildings, not for people. But when we have a report that says adding new buildings will create complete communities and we couldn't possibly do that in Rosedale, I wonder if that's true."
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This is what the edges of High Park in Toronto should be like.
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It’s pretty basic. Roads should focus on moving the most amount of people, not the most amount of cars.
RapidTO is already causing havoc on Dufferin as cars remain backed up while the red bus-only lane remains barren. With so many cars sitting idle, carbon emissions will surely increase to the horror of environmentalist councillor @DianneSaxe who championed the RapidTO plan. A
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So, this is the part of the story where all these rage-baiters conveniently leave out the part that the outside lanes used to be majority on-street parking. Previously, these mostly empty lanes were forcing all cars AND buses into the same interior lane.
RapidTO is already causing havoc on Dufferin as cars remain backed up while the red bus-only lane remains barren. With so many cars sitting idle, carbon emissions will surely increase to the horror of environmentalist councillor @DianneSaxe who championed the RapidTO plan. A
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