Recent content by sjc

While there is obviously better international connectivity at Pearson, there is some connectivity at Toronto Island. You can connect to international flights through Montreal via Air Canada or Porter, and via Porter through Newark, Boston and Chicago. All of these airports have connections to...

They could build down or up. A multi-level parking garage on the island would get all the cars off of the mainland and put them right where the flights are, a win for everyone. Connect it by tunnel all the way up to the Gardiner, or even better to a new Underwater Gardiner that goes right past...

There are things that could be done, at varying amounts of expense to make the airport more accessible to walking traffic: build up a walking route to Queen's Quay along the water, past Ireland Park and up, extend the pedestrian tunnel right up to Queens Quay, or run a separate shuttle bus...

Does the part of the 427 that turns into "Highway 27" count?

Does Waterfront Toronto have any plans to integrate the airport/ferry terminal into their development plans? For example, how do you get people coming off of the planes to walk to waterfront destinations rather than simply hop in a cab? Does the TTC have any plans to increase...

As long as those questions were at the end, I don't see that it would necessarily invalidate the results from questions earlier in the survey.

That would have to wait at least until June, and more likely July/August, because it hasn't been flown anywhere yet (test aircraft first powered up in March with the first test flight planned for end of June). I would expect the first test or two will be on runways that have ample room, which...

What I would like to see would be high-speed rail from the east and west (and potentially north) that stopped at both the Island Airport and at Pearson. It could then be used as a feeder for passengers from the rest of Ontario to get to the airport(s) and more distant destinations, as well as...

So should the government (federal and city) agree to amend the Tripartite Agreement to allow jets and the runway extension (which would "enable" it) or refuse to amend it (which would "thwart" it)? It also benefits the people of the city who will have more transportation options available to...

Perhaps now is the time to look a an even larger project, such as adding a bridge, or even moving the whole western gap to the other side of the airport. What if they widened the tunnel, extended it up to Queens Quay (or even the Lakeshore), and made it a vehicle tunnel? That would get a lot...

I think that the discussion may be more informed this time. When Porter first started, there was a great deal of opposition, but most people in the city were generally unaware that there was an airport on the waterfront and had no real interest one way or the other. However, for the past few...

The A318s that BA uses for that trip can't load up with enough fuel to cross the Atlantic and still take off from LCY, so they stop to refuel in Shannon (which conveniently has a US Immigration station). They make the return JFK-LCY trip non-stop. Any YTZ-LCY trip would need to stop in both...

Is the amount of traffic on a street which sits between a park and apartments buildings with kids, and their school,and has an international airport at the end of it really a city-wide decision or a local one?

For that price, you could have flown and been there in a couple of hours. (Randomly picked date: Sept 27 Return Oct 17 Porter Airlines for three people CAD$778) EDIT: Admittedly, it depends a lot on the day. They could have "through" cars (People going from US destinations to other US...

Also, the A318s at LCY have only 32 seats and are still weight restricted (they stop in Ireland to refuel on the way to JFK, but can make the return journey nonstop) I have read that Alaska Airlines used to fly 737-200 Combis into Dutch Harbor (DUT) which is 4100 feet.