Recent content by crs1026

According to ROW, timeline for Kitchener Central to open is 2029. Does it sound like Ottawa and Ontario just agreed to fast track it? Not to me. - Paul

To my mind, the size of the crowds tells the story... hopefully the attendees are not all international travellers, but local people who are passionate about the sport and the meaning of the championship. I do know Toronto residents who have managed to find a way to attend, and they are pumped...

Their own, and they made a point about private investment - but I'm sure they will want equal treatment re funding from Ottawa. - Paul

The Alberta government is reported to be about to release a position on high speed rail. I wonder what PP will say if Alberta wants one too. - Paul

The problems with Lines 1 and 2 are the result of 1) damage and remediation measures resulting from water ingress thanks to concrete settling and cracking over a 60-70 year period 2) accumulations of brake dust over the same period in every nook and cranny 3) retrofitting of power and telecom...

The disfunctional effect of arbitrarily cutting across large farms was one issue raised in California that led to litigation and therefore delays - there were cases where the amount of land taken was not large but the impact on the farm was huge - farmers had to take a detour of several miles to...

If you consider the time required to come west from Breslau, make a station stop with crew reversing ends, and then heading back to Breslau to clear the next train....it needs to be more than a single platform behaving like a stub end track. Might be barely doable for 30 mins service but likely...

The point of the exercise, which I think Alto is handling moderately well, is to draw out that opposition and measure its strength. Sometimes small groups can leverage and generate general public resistance, but sometimes they burn their powder and the resistance generated doesn't sway the...

This may be pessimistic, but... Last provincial election was 2025, so no rush to the polls in Ontario. Mississauga/Halton went solidly blue, so even the promise of moving on Milton GO would be sufficient to power a couple years of empty talk until something tangible begins in time for the next...

On today’s GO ride I noted a couple things in progress - Strachan to Parkdale: continuing work on telecom conduits and bridges preparatory to adding new track - Parkdale : beginning to lay out crossties for the fourth track towards Bloor on the Kitchener line - Parkdale: piling excavation and...

So, this was just a re-announcement of previous commitments? I wasn't aware that Ottawa was sharing costs on the Ford-initiated projects ? - Paul

Also In other words, Ottawa lining up to chip in on Ford’s already underway projects. - Paul

The final south base section of the bridge is now in place, so the two halves of the bridge are now connected, at least on one side. Three more linear sections, one at base and two up top, left to be added to connect the two halves. Nice fast work, I must say. - Paul

Absolutely. If you want to watch a vintage railway station deteriorate, assign it to a use that won't cover the cost of its maintenance and involves being unattended for 22 hours a day. - Paul

The reset needs to start with a publicly accessible scope document showing what work is currently funded and being pursued. That should lead to a) public debate and disclosure about what reasonable expectations can be set around delivery dates for that committed work (ie if work is not funded...