Recent content by erikyow

The good news is if there's a fire, you've got a new fire escape. Yikes that's close!

Indeed. Consider for a moment the current fleet. From what I've read, the H5s have run on both lines, the H6s were run only on the B-D line and the T1s were delivered to the YUS line but transferred to the B-D line and now, of course, run on the Sheppard line as well. Granted, as far as I can...

Lenser: I live in the Pocket and I assure you, there's no movement to change the name. I'm pretty sure at least one of us would set straight any real estate agent who tried to label the neighbourhood as East Riverdale. We're damn proud of our little nook in the city. Plus, if the name were to...

With delivery of the TRs continuing, I've noticed more 53xx cars showing up on the Bloor-Danforth line and frequently see what appear to be H4s at the north end of the Wilson yard looking an awful lot like they're being removed from service. Clearly, T1s are being transferred from Wilson to...

Personally, I think the building on the northwest corner of Yonge and Temperance is quite attractive. Definitely in need of some TLC, but not worthy of being ripped down. If there's anything that should be ripped down and replaced, it's the building that houses the Additionelle on the southwest...

There's often a joke people who follow the airline industry make when an airline announces an oddball route about the people in the route planning department simply throwing darts at a map. Of course, in reality, most airlines do research the markets for a route, but at the end of the day they...

Not the first to mention it, but Porter has announced flights to Washington. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Porter-Airlines-goes-prnews-650484789.html?x=0 The service is to Dulles, however, which, at least to me, largely defeats the purpose. Dulles is a much harder airport to access and is...

Considering that nowhere in Canada or the US is the minimum wage (at least insofar as Walmart employees are concerned) below $7, if Walmart were paying their employees $6, I, nfitz, would like to see Walmart management in jail for violating US and/or Canadian labour codes. While Walmart's labour...

I was confused by this as well until the other day when I was exiting a new train at Downsview. At the very last second as I was about to step off, I saw the Makrolon label in an empty ad space. At that moment, so much of the universe suddenly made sense. :)

Not to be pedantic, but there already is a Walmart (a Supercentre at that), at the Dufferin Mall. So that might explain why there isn't much noise about this. However, I think if Walmart were saying they were tearing down Gerrard Square and replacing it with a giant Walmart, you'd see uproar...

Agreed. I know the feeling because sometimes I take a Metro just to do the sudoku or crossword puzzle. Afterwards, I feel guilty just throwing it away, so I've been tempted to just leave it. I think that it's a brand new paper (filled-in game aside) and that maybe someone else will want to read...

I'll be sure to remember how lucky I am next time I have to part the sea of discarded Metros and 24s on my way up to Downsview that I'm now on the "clean" line. LOL

Personally, I'm happy to see the forward lights on top are blue rather than green. I do not have 20/20 vision and sometimes it can be annoying trying to differentiate at night between a distant green light and a streetcar. Whereas I have no problem determining that there is a bus trundling down...

Indeed. I'm so far two for two this week, catching it northbound on the University line both Monday and Tuesday. I'll find out in about an hour whether I'm going to keep the streak going. Doubtful, but they are becoming far more commonplace than even just a couple of weeks ago. When I pass by...

The maximum range of the Q400 that Porter uses is quite capable of reaching most warm destinations in the US. However, the slower cruising speed of the Q400 means that any real cost and time advantages that Porter (and the passenger) gets operating the efficient aircraft from downtown over jets...