Recent content by Burnt creek

A number of people in this thread have mentioned the " 20 minute number" and i agree with that. Twenty minutes for the whole 10KM distance should be the goal, not the 30-33 mins that the Metrolinx specs indicated when the project was conceived. At 20 mins that's a average speed of 30-32...

Here is what I predict will happened: They will find a way (likely through signal prioritization) to reduce the commuting time. But that's where the smokescreen will occur. My estimate back in 2016 (whereby i compared the commuting time/speed to that of a good marathoner or 10k runner) was...

Sorry, I am not sure what you are getting at. I am not sure what I said about LRV, you might be thinking of another post by someone else. Maybe we clarify this at the next TFC game in march

Phew. Thanks for setting the record straight. The commuters who have to use that line from Humber college can now be re-assured that jogger might not be able to outpace the Finch West LRT afterall.

Then why is it called an LRT? this is another thing i found frustrating. That line is a streetcar service plain and simple. That's what it looked like 10 yrs ago and that what it is now. Look at other projects out there such as the Hazel McCallion line in Mississauga or the Ottawa...

I don't mean too blow my horn too much but here is another post of mine (from that same discussion in 2016) whereby I alluded to fact that with this kind of station spacing (i.e.: 18 stops for 10 Kms) , a jogger or a marathoner will/would match this pace. But i was a bit wrong here, It...

This (above) post of mine from from 2016 has aged very well because it turned out to be true 100%. Now that the Finch West "LRT" has opened and we are are hearing the stories of frustrated users and how joggers are outpacing the "LRT". What I find frustrating is hearing that signal...

Yes. With private sector projects, the sub contractors know that the delays (and ensuing costs) will drive down the Internal rate or return and that there exists a point where project is no longer viable and hence the project will be cancelled . The subcontractors know that. But on government...

No doubt. I was aware of that. Nobody is advocating a return to the labour conditions of that time. But surely there has to be middle ground somewhere. Is it really a labour issue as to why there is descrepancies between 1885 and today? I dont think so, todays workers would be far more...

It took four years to build the CPR. It went across canada and through the rockies. Other than surveyors maps, little would have been known about much of the terrain in 1881. 140 years later its taking twelve years to build a 25 kms LRT line from Mount Dennis to Kennedy road. Through a...

Thanks for the clarification. I certainly wasnt 100% sure about the exact details surounding the lrt plans. The tolls part i was.

Both the champlain bridge and the Turcot interchange had to be replaced because they had reached the end of their usefull life. The economic studies commissioned by the various levels of govt concluded that it was not economically viable (and maybe not possible) to do the structural maintenance...

Solar energy is also more expensive to produce from what i know. And, its not new. The first solar panels in homes that i ever saw was in europe when i visited in seventies. This tells me that the technology is pretty mature and therefore your are not going to see any economies scale or...

But, from what i understand, they still have a deposit for the order. It doesn't show up on the BBD order book but they stand to lose $$$ if the order is cancelled. On some production lists it shows up under MOU. http://www.abcdlist.nl/cseries/cseries.html

https://www.torontopearson.com/pearson_leftNavOneColumnWF.aspx?pageid=78&id=21474839252# Passenger stats for 2016 are finally out. I dont recall it ever taking this long in the past. The number is 44.3 mill for 2016 which is up a whopping 8%. Other numbers for cnd airports in 2016 Vancouver...