14 January 2024
Articles
A love letter to the CSV format SciencesPo Médialab
Why open source matters Canadian Digital Service
13 January 2024
We biked a lot this summer so took transit much less. The tradition of reporting since 2014 continues. I counted “unofficial” transfers on the STM as two rides. I took 62 rides in 2023. My rides were paid for using: Presto (3), OPUS (41), and Oyster (18).
Agency |
Fare Media |
Total Rides |
Total Cost ($) |
OC Transpo |
Presto |
1 |
3.70 |
REM |
OPUS |
2 |
0.00 |
STM |
OPUS |
39 |
144.80 |
TTC |
Presto |
2 |
6.60 |
TfL |
Oyster |
18 |
91.32 |
I hardly had any work transit rides in 2023. We took a trip to London in March, I was in Toronto in May, and we had a weekend in Ottawa. We also took a ride on the REM during the preview weekend at the end of July.
Year over year
Weekday riding stayed low, except in March when we were in London.
Coming out of the pandemic slowly increased my transit use, but biking on my new cargo bike picked up more of the further away trips.
Agency |
Year |
Cost ($) |
Rides |
Work Rides |
GO |
2018 |
20.62 |
2 |
0 |
MBTA |
2020 |
3.20 |
2 |
0 |
MiWay |
2018 |
15.00 |
5 |
5 |
OC Transpo |
2019 |
3.55 |
1 |
0 |
OC Transpo |
2023 |
3.70 |
1 |
0 |
REM |
2023 |
0.00 |
2 |
0 |
STL |
2022 |
4.50 |
1 |
0 |
STM |
2019 |
221.60 |
79 |
10 |
STM |
2020 |
21.60 |
8 |
5 |
STM |
2021 |
32.80 |
13 |
0 |
STM |
2022 |
173.45 |
40 |
6 |
STM |
2023 |
144.80 |
39 |
0 |
TTC |
2014 |
379.70 |
206 |
3 |
TTC |
2015 |
369.30 |
175 |
3 |
TTC |
2016 |
349.68 |
161 |
2 |
TTC |
2017 |
695.92 |
261 |
100 |
TTC |
2018 |
628.50 |
234 |
31 |
TTC |
2019 |
297.20 |
112 |
5 |
TTC |
2020 |
3.10 |
2 |
0 |
TTC |
2021 |
6.40 |
2 |
0 |
TTC |
2022 |
12.80 |
4 |
0 |
TTC |
2023 |
6.60 |
2 |
0 |
TfL |
2023 |
91.32 |
18 |
0 |
UPX |
2018 |
56.29 |
7 |
7 |
UPX |
2019 |
18.50 |
2 |
1 |
07 January 2024
The first weekly roundup of the year (and first since before Christmas). I think I’ll write a 2023 retrospective as a separate post. For now, I’ll say it was not always the best year, but the baby grew up to have many more opinions while also being fun to talk with.
Articles
Why People Hate Maths, and Why You Should Love It **
It’s time to ban ‘right-on-red’ Fast Company
We must urgently reinvent public transit for the post-pandemic world The Globe and Mail
The Future of Public Parks
The New Yorker
26 December 2023
A nice enough December day for a ride. We nearly went for a Christmas day ride yesterday, but walked instead. Today, it was up to 6 degrees by the end and I was so warm with snow pants. However, it was great to get out biking one more time in 2023.
Total trip distance: 9.38 km
Moving time: 0h47m
Today’s ride:
Today’s ride in the context of all my Montreal rides: