Alex Glista 🇨🇦
@AlexanderGlista
City builder who dabbles in transit, housing, politics, and government relations. #YIMBY, MPlan. Opinions = my own.
The slow deterioration of Google Maps is sad
So much of life in Toronto is constantly waiting for Google Maps Updates. . .
Glass panels at several @FinchWestLRT shelters broke in spring, likely due to temperature fluctuations and strong winds. Despite informing @Metrolinx’s local office multiple times since then, no repairs have been made yet. @PrabSarkaria @isaaccallan @NWestoll @andy_takagi
#BREAKING: Toronto Blue Jays break 40-year record for most consecutive home game wins cp24.com/news/sports/20…
Bringing forward Ottawa’s new rail map, highlighting the Line 1 east extension which will open this year.
📢 Something new just dropped! Our new webpage for the Line 1 East Extension from Blair to Trim Stations is live 🚇 Everything you need to know can be found on this webpage, including maps, station info, and the latest news. Take a look 👉 ow.ly/z5gr50WsS6U
On the TTC 7 Bathurst bus. Give this route the red paint lanes it deserves all the way from Bloor to Eglinton! cc: @MayorOliviaChow #topoli
I see I’ve unlocked the fun ads on X. Didn’t Apple used to advertise here?
I’ve always loved the TTC’s Queen’s Quay (Ferry Docks) Station. It’s unique because it’s the only underground streetcar station that’s not an interchange with the subway, and you cross the tracks at-grade to access the opposite platform.
CN Rail will end its lease for BC Rail's Sea to Sky railway segment between Squamish and 100 Mile House. Local federal and provincial officials call this a historic opportunity to start rail public transit services to Whistler. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/cn-r…
The @OntNorthland station in Matheson has been saved from demolition. Congratulations to the Friends of Matheson Railway Station for their successful advocacy on its behalf! timminstoday.com/local-news/his…
My latest in UrbanToronto on the sorry state of the TTC Subway (still somehow) and the madness that is politicians ignoring this while they talk nonstop about road congestion. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/07/s…
Also awesome YIMBY tote bags
Welcome to Toronto @alliesmorrison and congrats on your office opening!
Streetcars in their own lanes = bare minimum. Do this more Toronto.
Welcome to Toronto @alliesmorrison and congrats on your office opening!
Operational cost cuts to VIA Rail means service cuts for Canadians. VIA was already slashed in the 80s, 90s, and in 2012. You cannot cut VIA any deeper. @cafreeland please resist cutting trains for Canadians. #cdnpoli
#Breaking: Carney government tells CBC, Via Rail and other Crown corps to propose their own spending cuts trib.al/0lPb8TM
Jul 15, 1932: Ontario Premier George S. Henry drives in the last spike of the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway's Cochrane-Moosonee line, not far from the western shore of James Bay. Henry was accompanied by former Premier E.C. Drury and Chief Justice F.R. Latchford. 1/3
Dear Minister @RobFlackEML, please punish the City of Toronto for this.
lol Provincial regulation says no angular planes allowed for garden suites or laneway suites. So Toronto deleted the requirement (as they are required to do) and replaced it with new zoning that would do the same thing as angular planes.
The American mind cannot comprehend driving for 23 hours and still be in Ontario
the european mind cannot comprehend driving four hours and still being in the same state
Work starts on new terminal station in Timmins for Northlander passenger train thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…