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  1. lead82

    Hamilton International Airport

    I suspect it’s less worker shortages which should be resolved mostly now with wage increases and massive immigration. I think in the large cities yes the hotel supply is limited due to its use for refugee housing by the city. I’m not sure if AirBnB has gone down much. AirBnB has become...
  2. lead82

    Hamilton International Airport

    The hotel costs in Canada have sky rocketed since Covid. I don’t get why! A normal standard hotel room in a city used to be $200-300 tops. Now it’s almost double that. Unless one is on a corporate rate the nightly stay is upwards of $300-500/ night. Crazy. If it’s in peak day/season easily can...
  3. lead82

    Canadian airline industry (general discussion)

    Flair is next to go is my bet. Then there is still Canada Jet Lines. They are very small so may hold on a bit more. We just have to come to reality that flying in Canada will never be affordable. It’s the high price you pay to live here.
  4. lead82

    VIA Rail

    I. wholly agree with you. My point in comparison was that the politics and interest in intercity rail in Canada and NA in general is non-existent. The politics reflect this. No one cares. The Liberals had almost 10 years to make substantial changes. Yes its was typical virtue signaling. All we...
  5. lead82

    VIA Rail

    Agreed. Let’s compare us to the UK or France. Our VIA system is a disgrace. Even compare us to Australia which has a similar development level and had much better rail system.
  6. lead82

    Mayor Olivia Chow's Toronto

    A parking levy is long overdue. Torontos parking fees are super cheap in comparison. It’s what fuels people’s decisions to drive downtown. Parking rates should be set to be hospital levels - $8/30mins, $50 per day. Apply to private lots and GreenP. Then add penalties to enforcement for those...
  7. lead82

    VIA Rail

    Too late. VIA is already hurt by negligence and incompetence. It’s really an irrelevant service for most Canadians sadly. If long distance trains disappear no one will care except for the few hundred folks directly impacted. I agree the baggage rules for VIA are just plain dumb. So is their...
  8. lead82

    2022/24 Russian-Ukrainian War

    I’m not sure they can win back any more territory. Right now they are focusing on keeping Russia from further advances. From a human manpower perspective it’s time to stop the bleeding and start negotiating some deal. Build a demilitarized zone at the lines now much like South Korea. Ukraine...
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    2022/24 Russian-Ukrainian War

    That’s why this war needs to end and negotiations to begin now. The war is at a stalemate which means Russia won. I don’t see any Ukrainian offensives this year. They are running out of ammo and with US bill being dragged through the house it may never actually pass. That gives Russia the...
  10. lead82

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    I was focused on transit. Yes he broke green contracts as he ran against it and had the mandate to do it. It was one of the first things he did and paid zero politically for it.
  11. lead82

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    He has ripped contracts that he didn’t like. That is his perogative as Premier. I don’t like all that he does. He didn’t break contracts that had penalties- Beer store, Finch West and yes Eglinton. The terms were never shared but we can infer they could not be easily broken and hence why he...
  12. lead82

    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    It’s not only about ridership. Take Finch East as an example. You can’t take away one lane out of two as Finch is a key arterial road that has high ridership but also heavy traffic. It’s a key through route across and crosses many ravines. You need to factor in trucks and delivery services and 1...
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    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    It’s a crown corporation and he has full control of it. Of course the buck stops with him. I don’t believe him when he says such shit as he has no control. He had a minister there and works closely with Metrolinx and the secret society that they are. The issue is that the crosstown contract was...
  14. lead82

    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    It definitely won’t but it will improve transit service and speed of service on those two lines. So the riders will see much needed improvements. For Toronto as a whole, the Eglinton line will be transformative due to the sheer length of it. Once it’s extended to Renforth drive and the airport...
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    You can’t just reduce capacity of each arterial by 50% and think that will fly. These are key roads that are already jammed and you want to dedicate 1 lane each way for buses only? No one will support it. No everyone takes the TTC. The only places bus lanes are okayed is where there are 3 lanes...
  16. lead82

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    Metrolonx has also delivered payments modernization after the initial mess of Presto cards. Open payment now works well and it’s much simpler to ride the GTA transit systems. Yes it took years and they should have done this from the beginning but we have it now. On Doug, the blunders like the...
  17. lead82

    Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

    Why? He’s actually been the better of the worst possible alternatives. He’s done better on transit than any Liberal Premier like McGuinty of Wynne.
  18. lead82

    Roncesvalles, Seaton Village or St. Clair West?

    $1.5M in 2030 will be worth what $900K was worth in 2016 given where inflation has been last 2 years.
  19. lead82

    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    I work in the Downtown Markham area and when I drive on highway 7, the few viva buses I do see are almost always empty. This is on weekday rush hours. I suspect it’s a Covid effect of many office and IT workers in the area working remotely.
  20. lead82

    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    A lot of it is regional - folks avoiding the 407 to go far. It doesn’t translate to YRT ridership as most folks who live there have access to a car and many destinations are not right off 7 so transit with the poor service that’s there is not even considered. Also parking is free and ample along...

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