Mastodawn

- #exo is redesigning its presqu'île network with the incoming anse à l'orme rem branch. not many changes besides buses going to anse à l'orme instead of côte vertu, in particular weekend service remains as terrible as always

#transit

Aaron Mar 11

#montreal transit tidbits:
- the #stl is facing a severe bus shortage and cancelling 60 trips a day on weekdays https://stlaval.ca/network/alerts
- the #rtl is redesigning service in the rst and mno sectors of brossard, mostly involving streamlining more frequent service onto fewer corridors and replacing some lesser used routes with expansion of microtransit along the waterfront
https://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/transformation-brossard

#transit

Aaron Mar 9

Reece Martin Mar 9

A three door low floor trolleybus . . . in Canada?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Translink/comments/1ro94py/comment/o9cahe4/?share_id=6NBqt4Ggx6jsDx6kfBm89&utm_content=2&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=2

Aaron Mar 8

Jason Rabinowitz Mar 8

Real vibey out here waiting for my @[email protected] train in the fog. Vibe intensified by the malfunctioning platform lighting and amped up by the unexpected third rail arcing.

Aaron Mar 7

funny departure board at n sta when there are no cr trains coming in and only the downeaster due to work

#mbta #transit

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Aaron Mar 6

some other funny things: spying on two buses at north cambridge garage (one 4300, one 4200) and the next stop screen being confused by the (rather long-term) mt auburn st detour. it's long enough term that it's in gtfs, so the screens really ought to acknowledge it. would've also gone to charlestown garage and spied on the bebs there but the path behind the garage wasn't shoveled.

oh also don't forget that these buses have auxiliary diesel heaters

#transit #mbta

Aaron Mar 6

finally got to ride the bebs! interior is completely normal except for the left door and screens (which meant the usual red dot-matrix announcement screen was completely inactive)

#transit #mbta

Aaron Mar 6

knizer Mar 6

March 6-8, 2026 #BostonWeekend thread. Enjoy, enjoy #NewEngland 1/??? #Boston #Massachusetts #SomervilleMA #CambridgeMA

Aaron Mar 6

mhoye Mar 5

Just absolutely no regard for security at all. None. The entire burden of self-protection shifted to humans alone at their endpoints in systems and communities entirely, foundationally built on mutual trust and trustworthiness.