Recent content by facepalming_brooklynite

Have you seen what they have done to the staircase at York University station? I don't have a picture now, but half of it is blocked in a similar way

D'uh!

Isn't it Metrolinx, rather than the City?

What do you mean? There will be a connection to the east end of the subway platform -- there's already hoarding there

I guess time will tell. The new developments won't change the fact that Bloor Street dips down here, which makes the entrance to UP/GO inaccessible from the road or from the south side of Bloor. People coming from future developments on the South side of Bloor are better off taking the...

The Bloor entrance to GO/UP is actually not all that useful, since it does not lead to any other mode of transport -- it only leads to a sidewalk that is raised high above the road and the bike lane. The Bloor entrance can really only used by people arriving on foot, and once the new connections...

It will be great for people in Junction Triangle. But people on the East side of Dundas will still have to cross the street to get into the subway station (or backtrack to the GO platform and access the tunnel from there)

Does Denmark have stroads like Finch Avenue? I highly doubt it.

Or both of them!

Surely it would be more convenient to extend the line by staying in the same corridor

How is it "convenient" when Exhibition Station is on a different rail corridor than the one used by the UP?

I've seen a "trackless train" in High Park, but I don't think that should count as a GO corridor

I for one am prepared to donate my Ford bribery cheque to whoever is the strongest opposition candidate in Prabmeet Sarkaria's riding.

Bunnies, too!

For that much, they ought to throw in a tunnel on the southern end of the platform -- would be crucial for the developments along Sterling to access the Northbound platform