Recent content by Amare

That seems much more realistic with the pace they're going at. Assuming of course, the virtually guaranteed change in Federal government doesnt result in this project's outright cancellation.

Clearly they didnt perform their "reference checks" adequately, but happy to see that the TTC is content with getting screwed over by Sanscon yet another time! They are the modern day Bondfield. Hope the TTC is ready to pay operators some more $$ and run more overnight streetcar service across...

Good on you to get on Metrolinx about this project. And as we continue to see, they have absolutely no sense of urgency with this project whatsoever. With the rate things are going here, this project certainly wont be complete before 2030. Actually at this point I wouldnt be surprised if this...

Yeah that "enhanced seating layout" at the moment has me concerned, to say the least.

That's exactly it, we already know Pemberton doesnt use materials which bring out good in any of their already generic designs. It's usually the opposite and they bring out the worst. So what we're seeing from their renderings things are bound to be much, much worse.

Pemberton's got it covered with this impending hulking gutter-trash about to loom over the neighborhood for all to see. One thing about them, is that they have an infinity for dumping big loads of non-sense that no one can avoid seeing.

Oh great here we go again with more idiotic naming schemes... Although Metrolinx didn't come up with this particular idiotic concept, it's like they're intentionally trying to confuse commuters with station names at this point.

The sharp curved rails around Union and Museum usually require more frequent maintenance/replacement compared your standard straight rails. So that's something to not be too concerned about. It's the other sections of track that are going through this severely prolonged stretch "maintenance"...

It's an apples to oranges comparison, some of that quoted cost you're alluding to with the Spadina bus lanes involves signage which wouldnt exactly be needed for ROWs as the signage is already there in most cases.

I dont know how many weekend/early night closures it takes to resolve issues on this forsaken subway system, but apparently not enough. As we can see, this past weekend's closure from St.Clair West and Sheppard West stations did nothing to clear up a single speed restricted zone: Sep 16, 2024

Well that's definitely reassuring and good to know, hopefully the cost doesnt escalate and lead to the city needing to find additional funds to deliver it. News to me again, I was under the thinking that the park would be delivered by the city and not the developer. But since that's the case...

Well that's news to me, are you aware of what the has been delay in getting the construction started is if it's not a cost issue? Regarding Harbour St, this is the parcel i'm referring to:

I'm surprised the city hasnt brought up the "funicular walkway" option up for a study. I mean if they were stupid enough to study replacing the Bay street streetcar tunnel with the walkway, why dont they waste some more time and money doing it here right? In all seriousness though, the option...

Well the great thing is, we're not talking about removing street parking and it's associated loss in revenue. We're talking about adding a paint to unpainted, separated ROWs. The cost to do so wouldnt be anywhere near as high as what you're alluding to.

Tell us more about this large cost.