Recent content by chrisw

@duty free It's funny because I always though Sheppard was supposed to be part of the last batch but they've been really slow walking it.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-infrastructure-minister-confirms-cut-canada-public-transit-fund/ The Infrastructure Minister has confirmed that the $30B Public Transit Fund will be cut to $25B. I think this is a positive as there was some initial confusion whether the Public...

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnnyrenton/p/the-good-bad-and-awful-of-the-alto

Is VIVA still sucking funding from feeder routes? All the VIVA routes are all performing well above average subsidy wise.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/go-transit-delays-9.7070546 The derailment happened at 8:16 a.m. as a train was leaving Union Station, the provincial transit agency said in a statement to CBC News. Metrolinx said the rear of the train came off the track and made contact with a track...

I haven't been here for awhile, but it's interesting at Richmond Hill Centre, they converted the automatic sliding doors to two single doors.

From X, ice on a subway car.

I posted precisely because of the dubious claims of the government. And you also make the state of the OSC sound inevitable for closure when you also need to consider the cost to build the replacement.

@innsertnamehere Debunking the “Business Case” for relocating the Ontario Science Centre https://www.canadianarchitect.com/analyzing-the-ontario-science-business-case/ "The 78-page document, accompanied by a 333-page appendix, argues that the Ontario Science Centre will require $369 million in...

https://news.ontario.ca/en/statement/1003897/business-case-for-ontario-science-centre-relocation-released "The business case confirms that the relocation will save Ontario taxpayers $257 million over a 50-year period when compared to the cost of remaining at the current site and will also...

From Reddit, TTC workers digging out a stuck subway at Davisville, the subway was there since Sunday evening.

The Final YRT 2026 Annual Transit Plan https://www.yrt.ca/en/about-us/annual-transit-plan.aspx https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1000105453/

https://www.yorkregion.com/news/council/markham-approves-markville-secondary-plan/article_4ec80dfe-b96a-549d-ada1-5b9df141926f.html The master plan divides the site into four phases. Phase 1, located at the southeast corner of the property near the McCowan Road and Highway 7 intersection...

Regarding radii, even if we're only going 320 kmh, it's good future proofing on a greenfield route. There's benefits to comfort, maintenance and wear, and robustness.

https://en.consultation.altotrain.ca/the-alto-high-speed-rail-network-designed-for-performance-with-safety-in-mind They mention a minimum curve radius of 7km. In China that is good enough for 350 km/h. They're using ballast but maybe that was expected for the lower capital cost. No text, but...