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Federal government investing $183 million to support Toronto’s infrastructure and transit accessibility - NOW Toronto

Canada’s federal government has just announced it’s investing $183 million in the City of Toronto to support infrastructure updates.

NOW Toronto
Charming freight trams celebrate 100 years serving major European city

The freight trams travel on one of the busiest tram networks in the world

The Independent

"...Marquette, Michigan, is no stranger to high snow totals from lake-effect snow, but this storm could be one of its biggest ever. The city’s largest two-day storm total on record stands at about 32 inches from a March 1997 storm. It’s forecast to get anywhere from 2 to 4 feet of snow from the current storm. .."

#snow #MIwx

Just come across this campaign organisation for 20mph limits in urban areas.

#20sPlenty #StreetsAreForPeople

https://www.20splenty.org/

20's Plenty for Us

We quite simply campaign for 20mph to become the default speed limit on residential and urban streets.

20's Plenty for Us

CONFIRMED: SNCF's Alstom built TGV-M Avelia Horizon trains ARE too big for some Italian railway lines

All explained here 👇
https://jonworth.eu/confirmed-sncfs-alstom-built-tgv-m-avelia-horizon-trains-are-too-large-for-some-italian-rail-lines/

Thanks @bovine3dom for the help understanding this!

Confirmed: SNCF's Alstom built TGV-M Avelia Horizon trains are too large for some Italian rail lines

When Les Echos and BFM reported that SNCF's TGV-M trains (branded Avelia Horizon by their manufacturer Alstom) were too tall for Italian tunnels I could scarcely believe it. This news came in the same week as SNCF received some good news that they can get a package of guaranteed high

Jon Worth
changing a flat on the #cargoBike in the rain, added 30min to that trip. Luckily had a helper/passenger to hold the umbrella and pass me tools. #BikeTooter (yes obviously it was the tube/tire that has slowly lost air for a year or something and I had a whole new tire to replace it... at home. Maybe the steel wire that was in it came out in the rain? I found the matching hole but nothing in it.)
@chrisjrn I have struggled my entire life to relate to incurious people and one of the biggest challenges of my life remains understanding those who do not seek to understand
South Korean high speed service recast paves way for operators to merge

SOUTH KOREA: A timetable recast on February 25 has seen national operator Korail and quasi-independent high speed operator Supreme Railways share each other's routes at the northern end of the high speed network.

Railway Gazette International
@ai6yr Absolutely glorious post-industrial (bonus points, multiple Ex-Steel Mills!) wasteland zone! Not far from Pullman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman,_Chicago) and I’ve even ridden a bike through there…

@ai6yr the smokehouse on the right (the little red building) makes incredible fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTwthWsIsTk

2010 James Beard Awards America's Classic: Calumet Fisheries (Chicago, IL)

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