W. K. Lis
Superstar
Don't think the decision makers (IE. Doug Ford) would be using public transit in foreign cities like Paris, when they travel. Closest for them would be the tour buses or taxis.
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Don't think the decision makers (IE. Doug Ford) would be using public transit in foreign cities like Paris, when they travel. Closest for them would be the tour buses or taxis.
syn
Senior Member
That describes politicians at virtually every level of government.
Transit expansion was best when the city was in charge.
ARG1
Senior Member
daniel_kryz
Active Member
If you really care this much about the fact that it's not elevated, you could just call the premier. His phone # is on his website and he returns his calls very often (unlike all politicians). Just don't be rude.
syn
Senior Member
Take a look at history.
smallspy
Senior Member
What's the problem with providing the type of transit that will result in the highest levels of ridership?
Dan
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Doug Ford will not use it anyways. And he must not SEE it.
Cobra
Senior Member
syn
Senior Member
Again, look at TTC history and you'll see it was at it's best when the city was in charge.
Increasing provincial interference and disbanding the Metro government has led to increasingly worse outcomes.
Coolstar
Senior Member
Ontario Rebuilding and Recovery Act, 2020: Accelerating Infrastructure Projects
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W. K. Lis
Superstar
Ontario Rebuilding and Recovery Act, 2020: Accelerating Infrastructure Projects
Ontario Newsroom | Salle de presse de l'Ontario
Have to get a lawyer to go over the fine print in the act.
Allandale25
Senior Member
Includes this map:
robmausser
Senior Member
God, tunneling the portion from Renforth to Martin Grove is such a waste of money.... I cant get over this.
I bet the line could be completed to Pearson in one go if they did that section at-grade with the money saved.
Could you imagine proposing to tunnel here
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crs1026
Senior Member
It’s a done deal, but yeah, dwelling on this every so often can’t be bad....
The only saving grace is that the project has only one insertion shaft and one extraction shaft. The linear boring is not that expensive once the TBM is committed. The location of the shafts means they will be fairly unintrusive, sort of anyways.
Putting aside the merits of surface vs underground, I cannot get over the general premise (now universal for the new projects) that deep bore tunnelling is preferable to cut and cover. Did Crosstown not prove anything? The political impacts of rolling cut and cover, with shallower station and fire shafts that are quicker and cheaper to build, versus the seven year plus hell that has been Eglinton....I get it for the downtown, but otherwise....
But I’m likely preaching to the choir....
- Paul
W. K. Lis
Superstar
There has to be a clearance height (likely the height of the lamp poles) for the catenary wires.
From link.