Recent content by eddiek

To understand the budget, you have to see what it is and where the revenue come from. see page 11 and 12 of the link to the pdf. http://www.toronto.ca/budget2010/pdf/op2010_presentation_council_april15.pdf

I just looked at the SRT Information on the TTC page, basically the existing capacity is 3800 pphpd, the current demand is 5000. The existing trains are 60 m and the new ones at 95. That roughly 1/3 more capacity per train. That just meets today’s current demand. They would have to...

I've been on the SRT right after work (many times) and that thing is crammed, not to mention that people are already lining up after the doors shut for the next one. Now imagine how many more rides will be using the the SRT when it's built passed the 401 and finial send it up to Malvern mall.

Your sarcasm is not appreciated, Please take it somewhere else. Yes I understand Engineers Need to get paid, matter of fact I know a civil engineer gets paid 1500 per week to work for the city, but the 20 million to plan a station is a bit excessive don't you think. I know Ellis Don and...

TTC gave these companies almost a total of 100 million dollars for "construction management services." Does this mean that we are paying almost 100 million dollars for these people to push paper, design and make sure that things are on time? Is there more to this service they are providing...

I've timed the route standing out there waiting for that bus, it's more like 10 minutes to 15 minutes including the 165. That’s on a good day. Perhaps what the TTC's post for a schedule and what the schedule really is are two different things.

That 96 Wilson Bus is going to hurt, It's fine all day but when that 4 o'clock hour hits, those bus's are rammed. Even when they bunch up that last bus is packed full. I had to walk to Wilson station a few times because I could not get on one due to overcrowding.

I looked back through the pages of this post again and came across this on page twelve. So do you think we are going to get our first car this year? It's interesting to see all this information that started in 2006, it's now 2010, four years later and " they dont arrive until late 2016"...

Just read the article, what I love about Pantalone, he's one of those silly people who blame the Province for downloading and that being the sole reason for all the economic woes in the city, I guess it's easy to forget that the province picked up TDSB and is paying 2 billion a year for it...

Yes, there are a few 905'ers in the mix but you can see them being shot down with follow up comments. You can see a few of the comments are form people within Toronto. I couldn't vote for Smithermen, I don't think he is the right person for the job. The whole E-health issue and his...

Here are some things Smitherman said.. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/smitherman-pledges-ttc-overhaul/article1452754/ If your read some of the comments in the article, it shoes that there are a lot of fed up voters...

I was just answering the question however you bring up a good point, if we recover so much money and our system is go good a recouping cost, then why is it managed so badly? Too many issues where left unresolved such as poor public service (which he apologized for) high unions costs, and...

Japan.. Thus the Monorail Society assures us that "... monorail can turn a profit once built. The Tokyo Monorail ... is operated by a private business and turns a profit each year. This is unheard of with conventional rail or bus systems." [Source: Monorail Society website...

Adam Giambrone is a nice guy and is well spoken individual (I go to talk with him at the Scarborough levee this year), however his not a qualified person for the job of Mayer. Actually he’s not qualified to run the TTC but he does make one hell of a front man. I look at his running the TTC...

The cost isn’t the design itself. It’s the manner the whole job is planned and developed. The biggest problems are that the job gets quoted as a bare bones station in 2006, the job gets awarded and the numbers are put together for a business plan. Then the city hires these Designers...