Yes to this!
On International women's day, tell one shitty fella off.
We need a thousand more Steve Smith's (Red Green) and Rick Mercers and zero PP's and Joe Rogan's.
I feel like 90's Canadian TV had far better shows to teach young fellas how to be good people compared to now.
Cars cost us literally hundreds of millions of dollars just in St. John's. About a hundred million per year. We just kick 80 million down the road per year.
I don't hate cars. I hate how they lose us money, space, lives and are damaging the environment.
We need viable alternatives to cars.
Never forget, the electric car is here to save the car industry, not the planet.
Read this thread.
War wastes trillions. Highways waste hundreds of billions.
Everything else on that list is very much needed.
Do you remember the fall of Digg? I'll never forget the community raging at the 20 odd users that posted most everything that went front page, including mrbabyman. That account is forever in my head 😐
It's often small groups that make controlling conversations their job.
I feel the same way about highway expansions. A lot can be done with the money wasted on Highway lane expansions which fail to address traffic.
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
If you see an expensive car parked illegally, ticket that mofo!!
In this case I was that mofo and I'll gladly pay a ticket. 😅 I messed up parking while helping a friend with their plumbing.
Curious if @eddiesheerr.bsky.social knows the average wind speed in St. John's so far this January. I feel like it might be above 35km/hr
Some electrons aren't wiggling tonight on the east coast of the island #nlpoli #Newfoundland
Now that's a good Guinness ©®™ 😆
I truly believe that motor vehicles have to be classified as deadly weapons. No more 'accidents'. List attention and drive without endangering anyone.
Doing that would completely change the culture around the driving.
We also need robust expansive public transit and alternatives to cars.
I think this is a neat way to display the population. All the data comes from statistics Canada from the 2021 census. The bottom centre of each bar is the geographic center of each population centered as defined in the Stats Canada and NL databases. As a reminder to people, there should be a census next year. It will be a very important statistics snapshot post Covid. The Census is critical to understanding where funds are needed, and where population centres have shifted. Sources https://www.gov.nl.ca/fin/economics/pop-about/ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710014801 https://www.stats.gov.nl.ca/Statistics/Statistics.aspx?Topic=population We also have a post here: https://streetsafp.ca/2025/11/10/immigration-is-not-a-problem-its-a-solution/
This is a map showing every single population centre as defined Provincially, from Nain to Margaree.
The bars are proportional to each-other, with a cap of the 111750 being attributed to St. John's. The bottoms of each bar are the 'centre point' of the population cluster.
#nlpoli #sjpoli
Only downside to Shannon Park is that HFX doesn't yet have a BRT or tramway 😊 it's a great development. It has a rail corridor right there. Cmon HFX. Stop building highways FFS
Insane that Paige Saunders predicted the whole Montreal Ottawa HSR thing YEARS ago.
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Every MP should be required to watch this video or they have to abstain from voting
Understanding how complex engineering projects get detailed, pun intended, should be the default level of understanding to vote on projects of this scale.
Also loved seeing Reece in Paige's video essay for CBC! 🤩
A collage of 24 books about urban and transport planning.
If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.
These are 24 titles we read this year that informed our approach to changing hearts, minds and streets. An #UrbanismBookClub thread.
I'm always impressed when Nain is warmer than St. John's. I know it isn't rare but it's still neat!
That's fair; logistics engineer and planning operations and much more in sure. Keep up the great work. I enjoy the blog 😊
I feel like the engineering prioritized maintaining maximum car space during and post construction and this clearly has hurt every aspect of the project.
Hurt on time, cost, efficiency, accessibility and much more.
Perfect time for an audiobook ☺️
Woah there St. John's. Your ArcGIS imagery icon for 2025 imagery is having a party! 🥳
Hilarious that there is a special English for USA.
Worth the watch! Kevin is doing the work that elected officials need to see ❤️
Every nimby group can be classified as 'closing the door of opportunities behind me'
Montreal is the best city in Canada IMO. I'm hoping their election doesn't revert the city back to something like Toronto or *shudders* Halifax or St. John's.
Not only are wildfires caused by climate change, new research links the heatwaves that cause them to oil companies active in Newfoundland and Labrador, columnist Angela Antle writes in an open letter to N.L. Premier Tony Wakeham
#nlpoli #climate #cdnpoli
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Dishonest or leading question surveys are bastards. I remember the federal 'first passed the post's survey from Trudeau's first term. It was completely useless. Double and triple negatives. Leading questions. Rhetorical traps.
Those are quite the #WorldSeries parking prices!
1. It’s good that its expensive. Pricing is a really important public policy lever.
2. It’s REALLY good that the price is much higher for “oversized vehicles” [they certainly are]. Again, pricing is a really important public policy lever.
Heavy rain is looking VERY likely over the Avalon and possibly the Burin Peninsulas from late Thursday into Saturday. Computer guidance, as of late Wednesday evening, suggests there is a 90 to 100% chance that most of this area sees more than 25 mm of rain. Details to follow! #nlwx
