Recent content by threnody

On the topic of rebalancing, it was impossible to find a bike around U of T yesterday, likely because of the free Wednesdays promotion (students love a bargain). It's good that people are taking advantage of the promo, but it's a little frustrating when I can't get a bike as a paying member.

That's really pushing it. Bloor and Sherbourne is a long way from Yorkville!

The new fare gates at Glen Road (secondary entrance to Sherbourne) have been in various states of disrepair all week. I haven't seen either of the two Metropass-reading gates operational at all. "Fortunately" the accessible gate has been broken so that I have been able to get in without a detour...

That's not really how bike share is supposed to be used though. You're meant to return the bike to a station at your destination, and the fee structure clearly enforces that model of usage. After the first 90 minutes you're paying $14/hour. Not to mention that there's no lock for the bike if...

The Dundas streetcar and Wellesley bus are totally MIA from this map. Whoops!

I'm curious to see what our future transit map would look like fully incorporating the Spadina extension and the Tory expansion plan: Crosstown Line 5 from Pearson to UTSC Finch West Line 6 from Finch West Station to Humber Smart Track from Mount Dennis to Kennedy One-stop Line 2 extension to...

Yeah I'm just saying that's the closest thing I can imagine for a "rail link" to JFK. But the numbers still don't add up so who knows.

Yeah that doesn't add up. AirTrain is $5 plus LIRR from Jamaica to Penn Station would be $10 during peak, $7.25 off peak.

It would be great to have something like this for Toronto's streetcar and subway networks.

It can be informative to have a message, but that's just excessively verbose. I find that a "chatty" transit system can be really obnoxious. In Chicago it's way over top, with automated announcements to remember your belongings, avoid littering and even announcing the run number. "Thanks for...

This is definitely unfortunate, but thank heavens it didn't happen a few years from now, with all the LRT vehicles on site.

Seems unlikely to happen anytime soon, considering Rosedale residents' well-documented hatred of switchback trails.

I can understand why the University Line stations couldn't have the same name as other stations on the same line. But when it's a completely different line, these "artisinal" names just add confusion.

Apple must be looking at opening a bigger store somewhere downtown. I can't believe it's gone on for this long. I dread having to go into the Eaton Centre store. It's like navigating a gauntlet of humanity, and it's pretty terrible for their brand image.

Awesome, but don't forget about Ottawa!