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100% . But, I took a quick look at Google Maps, having never been to Hamburg before, and it seems this area has 3 subway stops, and 2 subway lines nearby and a RER just on the border, and at least 2 bus lines crossing through. That is a level of transit that is rare in our city, and not anything...

I'm not generally a good is the enemy of perfect kind of guy, but, I think delaying this until after the pilot should be the goal, because, if we can't get Kensington pedestrianized, where can it happen? This will also be a model for opposition on how to kill these proposals. Not doing anything...

Yes, liberals are also beholden to big business. And yes, I think the current situation shows how hard the problem is to solve given it's the primary reason for their bad poll numbers, yet only minor changes are being made

I'm actually quite interested in how the CPC will actually "solve" immigration. Yes, they are full of nativists, but the party is beholden to big business which won't want the gravy train to end. They're definitely creating a trap for themselves. My guess would be more secrecy and obfuscation...

But a similar argument can be made for people taking a VIA. Say they come from the subway. They are in union station. Should they not have information relevant to them? At least they're in the correct building. And yes, the reason they should show the train schedule is because it's a train...

Something like this would be cool: Departure Time Destination Agency Platform Status 14:17 Aldershot GO 3 ON TIME 14:20 Oshawa GO 11 ON TIME 14:25 Sarnia VIA 7 DELAYED 14:34 Mount Pleasant GO 5 ON TIME 14:47 West Harbour GO 3 CANCELLED 14:49 New York City Amtrak 7 ON TIME 14:50...

I don't see the connection in having buses mixed into the departures board @ union train station. It seems about as relevant as mixing in streetcar departure times, or heck, even porter departure times. I think you should know already if it's a train or bus no? Isn't the station in another...

Part of the success is one thing he was super good at (until recently), and that is PR and hype strategy. He gets brilliant young engineers to work double the hours for 1/3 the pay because they think they're saving humanity, where in reality they're just building a big near earth space business...

Cops will absolutely not stop anyone unless they see people actively being hurt. I've seen countless cars drive up with half the car on the sidewalk, forcing people with mobility devices and strollers onto a busy street. Police drive by, no tickets. I've seen cops drive by people going the wrong...

If trump wins in '24, the '28 election will be just symbolic.

There are lots of good ideas, but all of them would be detrimental to the people with money and power, so they'll never be adopted by the parties as they are.

Of course, which is why my note at the end of it not happening. This is an easy fix only in theory. You also wouldn't need to force public funding of elections per se, just, ensure that no private money can be given to candidates, and offer federal grants to all states for public funding, and...

Umm, I don't know what decade of the conservative party your thinking of, but, it's definitely not the current one. They are more likely to make a grant to resurrect the Spadina Expressway than spend money on HFR. I guess we'll find out soon enough, but, I'm not optimistic at all. Many people...

In a FPTP system, that's true, but, if we make it true proportional representation, that problem goes away. While, in our current system, I agree that 1 party on the left and 1 party on the right is better (a selfish view since I lean pretty strongly toward the left and it would ensure my...

In theory, the reform would be quite easy, a constitutional amendment which forces publically funded elections, and extremely strict rules on what financial support congressmembers can get (no PACs, no political ads from outside sources, and I would go as far as only letting them own broad...

I don't understand the criticism. Even of there's 800 candidates, do we really care? isn't it desirable to get more voices, parties, etc into our political system to shake things up? The current parties are completely and utterly devoid of any actual good ideas.

Yeah, that's true. Maybe it's time to take the train to Vancouver before it's gone or reduced, like you said. I was going to wait until my kids were teenagers, but, might not be enough time for that. Does anyone have preferences on direction and season?

I think that would be too smart, which is why it won't happen. I sometimes wonder if without Trudeau's name recognition, the liberals would have beat Harper in that election. The LPC really needs those high profile candidates to siphon off the red tory and soft NDP supporters enough to win.

The two hilarious things about this are: 1. The liberals would likely have benefited the most from this, as NDP voters would likely have libs as second choice, same with conservative voters (or 3rd choice now with the PPC i guess). 2. Their thinking at the time is that it would create fringe...

I remember some people thought the bus would be faster than the streetcar. Obviously they haven't driven or even walked by that stretch of Spadina in a while. It's just complete gridlock.