Weekly roundup January 8-14

14 January 2024

Articles

A love letter to the CSV format SciencesPo Médialab

Why open source matters Canadian Digital Service

Transit Use 2023

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

Rides by Day of Week

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.

Rides by Month

Year over year

Weekday riding stayed low, except in March when we were in London.

Year-over-year Rides by Day of Week and Month

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

Weekly roundup December 18 - January 7

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

2023 Bike Ride 37

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:

2023 Ride 37 - Zoomed In