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Finish Line In Sight For TTC's Pape Station Modernization

Pape Station, Pape Station Modernization, TTC
May 10, 2013 5:00 pm | by Eddie LaRusic | Comments
As part of a larger modernization programme for aging TTC infrastructure, work has been proceeding to remake Pape Station on the Bloor Danforth line over the last couple of years. Now the end is ... read more
infrastructure

Zeidler-Designed Atrium Refreshes Aging Train Shed at Union Station

Union Station Revitalization Zeidler Partnership GO Toronto
April 2, 2013 5:00 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
With over 250,000 commuters, including 155,000 GO passengers passing through every business day, Union Station is Canada’s busiest transportation hub. The bulk of that traffic passes through the ... read more
infrastructure

TTC Narrows Down DRL Subway Route Through Toronto's Core

Downtown Relief Life Study Corridors
April 1, 2013 11:40 am | by Craig White | Comments
Talk has been gradually heating up over the last several years about the increasingly urgent need to relieve traffic congestion in Toronto, and especially in the city's burgeoning Downtown. In ... read more
infrastructure

City Seeks Public Input on Downtown Surface Transport Study

March 22, 2013 12:45 pm | by Craig White | Comments
The City of Toronto is hosting a drop-in event next week to obtain public input as part of a study the City is undertaking on transportation operations in the downtown core. The purpose of the ... read more
development

End of Tunneling in Toronto for Spadina Subway Extension

Construction Map, Subway Extension, Toronto
March 14, 2013 11:40 am | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
The TTC has reached some major milestones this week with the first public street test of the new streetcars, and now the Spadina Subway Extension in York region has hit a major goal with the ... read more
culture

Then and Now: Eglinton Subway Station

Eglinton Subway Station, Toronto, 1960s
February 19, 2013 10:46 am | by Jeff Low | Comments
Then. Eglinton TTC station, 1960s. I remember that Laura Secord store (in the middle distance) as being quite large and busy. The salesladies wore a white uniform; many were older ladies; many ... read more
infrastructure

Toronto Wants to Know What You Think About the City's Future

Aura at College Park Under Construction, Toronto
February 13, 2013 6:20 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Communication is extremely important in any relationship, and the City of Toronto has been making big efforts of late to engage the ever-expanding populace in several different ways. As our city ... read more
development

Hullmark Centre: Transforming North York's Skyline

Hullmark Centre, Toronto Condos, Tridel, Hullmark, Kirkor Architects
February 13, 2013 1:30 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments
Construction continues to progress on the highly anticipated Hullmark Centre by Tridel and Hullmark. Located at the corner of Yonge and Sheppard, this development by Kirkor Architects is ... read more
infrastructure

Toronto Launches "Feeling Congested?" Consultations

New TTC LRT Vehicle
February 4, 2013 5:10 pm | by Sam Larson | Comments
The City of Toronto recently launched its "Feeling Congested?" public consultation campaign. The program has the aim of engaging Torontonians on a range of issues related to transportation ... read more
infrastructure

Update on the Spadina Subway Extension

Spadina Subway Extension
January 9, 2013 8:30 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Even as Torontonians focus more on future LRT and subway possibilities, we should not forget that we are actually building new subway stations right now, six brand new ones to be exact. While they ... read more
infrastructure

Mapping Public Transit

South Central Section of TTC, image courtesy of the Toronto Transit Commission
December 11, 2012 5:26 pm | by Kelly Gervais | Comments
Ever wonder how active the TTC is at 3 o'clock in the morning? Or just how busy it is at rush hour? Thanks to software developer, Andrew Walker of Sumus Technology, we can visualize this ... read more
development

21 Don Roadway: First Gulf Launches Another Huge Project for Toronto

The 21 Don Roadway site in context, east of Toronto's core
November 30, 2012 9:50 pm | by Craig White | Comments
When you see the rendering below, you might consider the title of this artcle, announcing another huge project, to be misleading—this is a very sensible repurposing and renewal of a signficant ... read more
infrastructure

Metrolinx "Next Wave" of The Big Move

DRL, TTC, Metrolinx, Transit Expansion, LRT, Subway, GO, Toronto
November 30, 2012 3:00 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
Now that the official signing-off for Toronto's LRT lines and PRESTO smartcards has passed, Metrolinx has moved on to other major infrastructure projects sitting in the transit pipeline. In a ... read more
infrastructure

City Infrastructure Plans for 2013 Online

T.O. INview, Cycling network construction, City of Toronto, 2013
November 28, 2012 4:15 pm | by Kelly Gervais | Comments
The City of Toronto has just released the 2013 update of its web-based mapping system, T.O. INview. This website, which stands for Toronto Infrastructure Viewer, shows all the planned construction ... read more
infrastructure

Metrolinx & City of Toronto Officially Ink LRT & PRESTO Deals

Toronto LRT, Metrolinx, TTC, City of Toronto, Karen Stintz, Bob Chiarelli
November 28, 2012 2:12 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
Metrolinx and the City of Toronto have finally signed off on the $8.4 billion LRT deal for the city that will see four new rapid transit lines constructed in an effort to ease congestion and ... read more
infrastructure

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About TTC's New 'Leslie Barn'

The most-recent image of The Leslie Barn, image courtesy of the TTC
November 23, 2012 12:30 pm | by Nigel Terpstra | Comments
This fall has been an exciting time for transit geeks in the GTA. In September, the TTC announced that articulated busses would once again ply Toronto's streets. At the beginning of October, ... read more
development

Sheppard Avenue Corridor Continues to Grow with Hullmark Centre

Hullmark Centre, Toronto Condos, Tridel, Hullmark, Kirkor Architects
November 19, 2012 12:27 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
Construction on the Hullmark Centre by Tridel and Hullmark has reached the maximum 6-storey podium height and the 25-storey mark of the project's smaller 35-storey tower that fronts onto Yonge ... read more
infrastructure

Official Launch of New TTC Streetcars

New Streetcars, Toronto Transit Commission, City of Toronto, Karen Stintz, Metro
November 15, 2012 2:56 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
Today, the Toronto Transit Commission and all three levels of government officially announced the arrival of the city's new streetcars. Surrounded by four generations of Toronto's streetcar fleet, ... read more
development

Spadina Subway Extension Starts to Pay Off in Vaughan

KPMG Tower, Vaughan, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects
November 5, 2012 12:35 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
With the continued expansion of transit in our city's suburbs, we are starting to see growing density and functionality like never before. Today we have been made aware of another project planned ... read more
culture

Photo of the Day: DRL Teaser

Downtown Relief Line, Photo of the Day
October 26, 2012 12:00 am | by Anonymous | Comments
In today's Photo of the Day, we get a look at a New York City subway entrance in place for a movie shoot — a common sight in Toronto. If only it were that easy for us to get a new downtown subway ... read more

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