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I called Metrolinx about that months ago

They never called back...

That document is almost 4 years old. The more recent one is probably more accurate



Depends on the cost. If it's less than $450 Million, I may be willing to support it. Over $500 Million is too...

The hostility towards the idea of bringing up the elevation issue at the TTC meeting amazes me.

Sure, this isn't the ideal situation. In a perfect world, Solid Snake would be brining this up at a...

Metrolinx report confirms my claim. The "fully separated LRT" operates at an average of 32kph, a little less than 50% faster than the current ROW plans.

And I never said that there are any...

Update

My previous posts were correct was correct.

According to the February 2012 Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT Report from Metrolinx, the operational speed of a fully grade separated LRT...

Yup.

We should be praising Solid Snake for being so proactive. At least he is willing to spend his personal time to attempt to improve the ECLRT. More than can be said for most here.

So thank...

Wasn't the operational speed underground about 50% faster than the ROW (22 kmh vs 32kmh)

Forgive me if I'm incorrect. I'm operating off of memory from Metrolinx documents I read almost 18 months...

Slowing down some guy's SUV is the least of my concerns. I want elevation because it will marginally increase reliability, greatly increase operational speed and allow the line to be merged with the...

I should have defined what it was being compared to. In this case, it would be an underground LRT.

But remember that the media will likely be at the meeting. If Solid Snake can go in there and question the TTC about why it isn't being elevated when it is relatively cheap to do so, perhaps the...

Even better, don't vote for those council members again if you live in the ward. And make sure to tell them that they don't have your support because of this.

Makes me sick...

Clearly, those extenders wouldn't be of any use to the TTC. It looks like those fillers are designed to close gaps of several feet. And the small gap that remains in the video still looks bigger than...

Wow. Didn't know this was so common.

Worst incident I've seen was last summer at Queen Station. A woman who was boarding a train managed to get her entire leg stuck between the train and the...

Things are starting to come together!

Well the Weston rail corridor is much wider than the SRT corridor, so I'm sure the LRV can fit no problem. If not, it shouldn't be too expensive to acquire the property necessary to fit the tracks....

I don't think that chain fence will stop the LRV from being hit in the case of a derailment. In fact, I don't think any fence would be of much help. You'd need a very large wall to have a chance of...

There was a UT member (forgive me for not remembering the name) who came up with an excellent transit funding scheme based on auto rates. He sent a well thought out letter to the NDP leader about his...

Council would probably say yes. We will have to see what the TTC bosses do.

Absolutey true.

But if the province did do that they could have quite the backlash on their hands. And I don't think this government is in the position to risk angering anybody in Toronto.

Watch how quickly those platform screen doors are built once a few customers fall off a crowded platform onto the tracks.

About that

So many here on UT passionately debate transit issues, dedicating a significant amount of time to it. Perhaps instead of simply debating it here on UT, more members should take a more...

Electrify isn't exaggerating at all. Canadians don't realize how strong individualism is in the United States. On a transit forum based in the United States, some members were strongly averse to the...

5 minutes seems like quite a stretch for the addition of a single station.

Metrolinx needs to grow a backbone. City Council is clueless. Metrolinx should be doing what they know is right, instead of appeasing people who know nothing about transit.