Olivier Bourgeois @olivi_eh
DevRel at @GoogleCloud 🇨🇦🍁🪿「 EN / FR 」 Pedestrian by choice - YIMBY - FOSS advocate - Views my own bourgeois.io Waterloo, Canada Joined September 2018-
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Just had a realization-- Is there seriously no other regional rail offerings besides GO Transit (ON) in all of Canada? BC? AB? QC? There's no non-VIA passenger rails between cities outside of Ontario? Why? You'd think Calgary-Edmonton or Vancouver-Whistler would be easy wins.
We don't expect hospitals to make money. We don't expect highways to make money. We don't expect public schools to make money. We don't expect waste removal to make money. So why do we constantly have that expectation of public transit?
We don't expect hospitals to make money. We don't expect highways to make money. We don't expect public schools to make money. We don't expect waste removal to make money. So why do we constantly have that expectation of public transit?
You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-AI is? Wrong direction. I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.
Really impressed with this new protected bike lane that honks if you come too close to it -- would love to see more of these! @RegionWaterloo @citywaterloo @DorothyMcCabe
I just learned that "LFG" has been co-opted to mean "let's f**ing go" instead of the much older, much more friendly "looking for group (to play with)" Internet terminology 😮💨😥 I feel old. Is that what growing up is like? 😄
Tell the boys and men in your life that they’re beautiful.
*adds web designer to resume*
*adds web designer to resume*
every time you meet or exceed the bars they set they magically become no longer legitimate. it’s almost like the whole thing was an entirely arbitrary gatekeeping exercise and the only way to win is not to play
Buying a cottage & seeing it appreciate 600% over 30 years is not the same as making investments that drive growth! The capital they deployed didn’t lead to increased productivity/innovation. Conflating capital gains between your second lake house and growing a business is insane
The capital gains tax exemption brouhaha reminds me there’s a small class of people who just think they should have an exemption from any taxes.
Today is as good as any day to enforce bylaws, @CityKitchener @WRPSToday I love how much cars make me feel safe as a pedestrian. 🥰 Charles St. / Gaukle St.
Third places like these are illegal to build in most of North America
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Rail needs to be brought back - instead of creating wider highways towards Mission, BC put in rail. Soon our highways will look like the massive parking lot mess that they call the 401 in Toronto.
Just had a realization-- Is there seriously no other regional rail offerings besides GO Transit (ON) in all of Canada? BC? AB? QC? There's no non-VIA passenger rails between cities outside of Ontario? Why? You'd think Calgary-Edmonton or Vancouver-Whistler would be easy wins.
@olivi_eh When I was still a poor student in Quebec, we had a pretty robust system of ride sharing. Riding shotgun in someone's car is way faster, cheaper and comfortable than the train.
@olivi_eh My memory was incorrect. I do recall that it's closure was sudden and unexpected.
@olivi_eh @LongBranchMike1 It's lead to a government scandal. Technically BC Rail still has the right away or something, CN just has a long term (indefinite?) lease with options.
@olivi_eh There are three commuter rail systems in Canada. Go in Toronto, EXO in Montreal and West Coast Express in Vancouver.
@olivi_eh There's the Rocky Mountaineer.. which is non-VIA passenger rail but a whole other ball of wax from what you're likely referring to. Vancouver to Calgary for $16K for 1 guest
@terencengapuhi @olivi_eh @rmountaineer But @rmountaineer is an experience train. Way too expensive for the regular intercity heavy rail service.
@georgebell @olivi_eh The @VIA_Rail #Skeena train between #PrinceRupert and #Jasper is pretty decent too. Only 1 of 2 routes they're mandated to run and it does so three times a week. Without the overnight in #PrinceGeorge (and freight delays) the service is actually on par with driving times.
@olivi_eh We're really fortunate. Though poorly advertised, the @GOtransit $10 weekend deal absolute gamechanger too. gotransit.com/en/partners-an…
@olivi_eh Yeah it gets confusing when all three have used the Bombardier BiLevels, it really does depend on the service pattern and where the track actually goes. GO evolved from a commuter system into a regional system gradually and I think service to Niagara Falls is what cemented that.
@olivi_eh Amtrak runs from Vancouver to Seattle. The NVan - Whistler - Prince George line is still there, but used only for freight by CN.
@olivi_eh Montreal has had commuter trans for decades, and is in the process of building, at an impressive rate, this automated light metro network. rem.info/en/reseau-expr….
@olivi_eh Hence why I consider them commuter systems, or in the case of Vancouver where the schedule is at least alright, suburban rail. GO is growing to serve a larger region, meanwhile the WCE and Exo pull people in and out of the suburbs
@olivi_eh Correct. Vancouver and Montréal run the West Coast Express and Exo respectively, but those are ultimately commuter systems
@olivi_eh The BC Bus system is pretty good...at least between some locations...
@olivi_eh BC used to have BC Rail for many decades, but it was shut down in 2012. VIA Rail's Esquimalt & Nanaimo (E&N) line running up and down Vancouver Island ran for over half a century as well, but was closed in the 2000s. The latter has a reopening effort and petition underway.
@olivi_eh Oh wow you're right, that sucks
@olivi_eh @philmarfisi It would at least reduce the pain if we knew they were diligently using those 60h on a well-planned program of improvements and expansions to enable high-frequency trains to run all day in both directions... But apparently that's top secret
We're creating a list of local urbanist & YIMBY advocacy groups so that people can look up their city and know who to get involved with. We've created a form to submit your local groups to the list! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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