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While safety concerns on transit may be statistically benign, the apprehensions and anxieties that are felt by riders when they encounter an unstable or dishevelled individual are completely reasonable. The average rider has little or no guidance on how they can protect themselves, and the close...

There are indeed footings being installed along the LSE corridor in the new Ontario Line project. And there were footings included when the Davenport flyover was built. That's not the most critical step forward, nor does it indicate that electrification is approaching. It's just prudent...

I'm brand-neutral, and not suggesting changing floor level. Just thinking strategically about futureproofing given the discussion about whether the need for 3-car trainsets will arrive before the Flexities wear out. I definitely would prefer an integrated 3-car end to end trainset than three...

The glossy presentations are there, yes, but in the past there was also a written writeup, that's what I thought I saw yesterday. - Paul

Speaking of sudden omissions, I had thought I saw yesterday that there was a written quarterly report on both GO and Rapid transit under the Quarterly Report sections of the agenda.... but when I went to download them just now, they have disappeareed. Was I imagining things? - Paul

Call me crazy, but before adding more Flexity compatible vehicles to Line 5 I would explore the potential for an order of a three-unit long, single walkable trainset, with the Flexities cascaded to some other line that is more amenable to single/double car loads for the remaining life of those...

Just for completeness - the two mission chart editions are in the ML Board Meeting docs Nov 27 2025 version Feb 12 2026 version There's only so much that can fit on a chart, but further things I noticed - Fourth Track Nickle to Humberview is shown as complete however signals have not been cut...

Let’s not rise to the bait. The belligerent threat is Trump’s habitual calling card. It’s just his signature ring tone. Here the guy is, has ignored the whole project and refused to get the US involved, and now there is going to be a ribbon cutting that he isn’t invited to, and that will put...

Good catch. It wasn't on the previous Missions chart from last November. Pretty sure it was on the plan until recently. I will be charitable and assume that the chart is a work in progress - but - This is the kind of quiet scope shift that in the past was a quite deliberate and sneaky ML...

The "missions" chart is informative - the interesting thing to watch is whether that chart may change with time. Hopefully, it stays constant without erosion or rethinking of the end state - and the progress towards the stated end state reflects commitment to the stated work items. That kind of...

There is, but that hasn't stopped anyone from digging sewers, basements for townhouses, telecom conduits, etc along the line. Or, for that matter, digging emergency shafts and very deep station voids for the tunnelled design. I would like to hear some real data on what the exclusion zone...

The breakin and testing period on Line 5 was much longer than Line 6, and Line 5 has been running 2-unit trams as opposed to one unit on Line 6. The lines differ significantly in the amount of curvature that trams negotiate per trip, and the working radius of these curves differs. So, to be...

Assuming that pillar is structurally unavoidable, the handrail configuration is about the best that it can be. Merging on a staircase is to be avoided for safety reasons. I am surprised however that the ML publicity machine hasn't bragged about this space as a new drop-in recreational space for...

I still wonder whether surface alignment duck-under portals at major intersections (akin to the new Don Mills) should have been considered for Eglinton West. Surely these would be cheaper to build than the deep- bore stations that are being constructed. Before we plan any further subway...

The diiscussion has to include the Fords' sale of land along the Eglinton corridor to developers, thereby narrowing the land available. Eglinton was always meant to be a transportation corridor. And it could have had a much more imaginative streetscape, Instead, we got a narrower roadway that...