#go transit

[papyrussemi]

life goal:

get a job at go transit so i can become the canadian counterpart to amtrak-official

#go transit #go train

[newsfromstolenland]

If you are hopping on the subway after taking a GO train downtown or using a TTC bus to continue your journey, you could soon find yourself saving a few dollars per trip. Associate Minister of Transportation Stan Cho has confirmed to CP24.com that the Ford government will be adding the TTC to its fare integration program with GO Transit “by the end of the year.”

[...] Commuters using GO Transit to connect to service provided by more than a dozen local agencies haven’t had to pay a second fare since March 2022, including on most transit services in the GTA. But the TTC was left out of the initial rollout and its riders have continued to have to pay twice, even in cases where their journeys begin and end in Toronto.

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Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #toronto #ontario #ttc #toronto transit commission #go transit #transit #transit fare #public transit #mine

[civ5crab]

Bombardier Bilevel is a Canadian Bi Icon.

#trains #trainsit #bi #bisexual #bi selfie #go #go transit #government of Ontario transit #public transit #regional rail #pride month #lgbt pride #bi pride #Canada #Ontario #Toronto #196 #commuter rail

[aryburn-trains]

A GO commuter train arrives at Toronto Union Station. These locos were sold to Amtrak in 1990. February 21, 1984

#commuter train #go transit #1984 #toronto #trains #passenger train #history #ontario

[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

you seem like you are from north america, so i'd be interested to hear: do you have regional public transit? what is it like? i seem to have never heard anyone discuss it. here (czech republic, central europe) the standard is that towns of around 100 people are connected to the national system by a reasonable number of buses (at least few a day) and towns of 1000 people are basically as a rule connected by hourly or bihourly service. (considering that my country is aproximatly big as one state, is there at least something similiar in one american or canadian state?)

thanks in advance

So for one the US and Canada are too large for national buses most of it is done at the state/province or Metropolitan level I'm in Seattle we have two transit operators King County Metro (the county bus operator) and Sound Transit (they run light rail, commuter rail, intercity buses, and the Tacoma Streetcar) but oftentimes a state DOT will run some regional train service (usually as a partnership with Amtrak or VIA rail or in the case of Metrolinx just run their own thing)

The Amtrak Midwest and Amtrak California services are a good examples of this but they only serve a few areas and only run a few times per day and usually there is absolutely nothing in rural areas anyway the only Electrified service in country is along the Northeast corridor and one route out of Chicago into Indiana oh and also the Keystone corridor and the commuter railroads in Denver and San Francisco

Also the largest US city without any intercity train service is Phoenix Arizona which is the 5th largest city in the entire country behind Houston which only has a single tri-weekly train The Sunset Limited that runs from New Orleans to Los Angeles (although I think they are trying to reroute it through Phoenix)

The only US state with comparable service to Europe is New Jersey since the fastest section of Northeast Corridor runs straight through it and most towns their received electrified train service in 1920s new Jersey has a statewide Transit operator called NJ Transit

Although the Toronto area has a pretty transit system and it's being massively expanded right now GO transit (run by Metrolinx) is planning to electrify several lines over the next few years and the TTC is building several new Light Rail lines and the New Ontario Line Subway

#trainposting #amtrak #go transit #metrolinx #sound transit #king county metro #public transportation #public transit #passenger trains

[allthecanadianpolitics]

More wins from organized labour! 🙌

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#Toronto #Ontario #cdnpoli #go transit #workers rights

[20th-century-railroading]

hot #904

Rolling east with CP hotshot train #904 we have 3 leased GO transit F40's on this misty day, May 26, 1979 near Ayr, Ontario.

#cp #canadian pacific #go transit #1979 #trains #freight train #history #ayr #ontario

[ghostacolytev2]

GO East, young man

#go transit #train tracks #diminishing #original photography on tumblr #original photography blog

[writtenbygrimes]

Paper Sailboats

Paper Sailboats A wish upon a commuter train.

Motionless In a still of crystalline azure At peace with the birds Calm seeping from pores Escape this reality To sun-warmed skies Take me away Upon effervescent dreams With canvas and wind Across the glittering expanse That we may be, simply, Dots on the horizon Take me with you To your secret solitude Free, Til the end of the world

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#amwriting #art #calm #calming #dreams #escape #freedom #GO Transit #horizon #IRL #Lake Ontario #lake views #poems #Poetry #Rouge Hill #sailboats #serenity #solace #solitude #sunny skies #Views from the train

[yukina-himuro]

“Anything with wheels fascinates Brianna” -Marissa

#go train #go transit #ttcjourney #ttc #subway #downtown #railroad #commuting #journey #ride #scenic spots #scenic relaxation #looking out the window

[spockvarietyhour]

To catch a thief, Metro police search railway tracks between Union Station and the SkyDome for an armed man who robbed a bank at 88 University Ave. 1991 [TPL Archives]

#Toronto #1990s #1991 #crime blotter #Union Station #Go Transit #vintage #photography #Hide and Queue

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[civ5crab]

Petition to run Bombardier Bilevels on the White Pass and Yukon Route

#go transit #go train #transit #trains #ketchikan #Reese McTransit

[aryburn-trains]

Toronto

GO Transit FP7 power/cab car 901 departs from the east end of Toronto Union Station under the CN Tower. July 1981.

#commuter train #go transit #1981 #toronto #trains #passenger train #history #toronto union station #ontario

[trainsgenderfoxgirl2816]

You are trans.

Congratulations.

[*You did good* game music begins to play]

:3

#trainposting #amtrak #electric traction #go train #go transit #milwaukee road #amtrak california #mta metro north #pennsylvania railroad #union pacific #northern pacific

[allthecanadianpolitics]

“Our members have made it utterly clear. We will not accept a deal unless it addresses our primary concern, which is contracting out,” ATU Local 1587 president Rob Cormier said in a statement.

“These basic protections against contracting out are the norm at every other transit agency in our region to ensure that experienced, workers are on the job to ensure the safety of the buses. Without these protections, Metrolinx can contract to outside companies.”

Speaking to CP24 Friday afternoon, Cormier said he is still optimistic that the strike could be averted. He noted the union has booked a hotel, hoping to get a new contract with Metrolinx this weekend.

“We plan to work all weekend. We want to get a deal for our members. Our last resort is to go on strike,” Cormier said.

About 700 of the union’s members are bus operators.

In a statement, Metrolinx, the Crown agency responsible for GO Transit, said it is “disappointed” that its offer was rejected and a strike is being planned.

“We will be working throughout the weekend to get an agreement and remain open to discussing ways forward with our ATU employees,” Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins said.

While there will be no GO bus service on Monday if the strike proceeds, GO trains will continue to operate as scheduled.

Aikins said 15 per cent of GO customers use the buses.

#submission #atu 1587 #metrolinx #strike #labor action #go transit