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I haven't studied many western European transit systems, and I won't pretend to be an expert on them, nor will I claim that there aren't...

As far as I'm aware, this already exists, but it has to be triggered by the driver, and the TTC wants them to not do it, because, you...

Ford thought that the Scarborough LRT was going to rip up roads and block traffic, no he didn’t know anything.

The relief line was not part of Transit City, and Transit City was not some all encompassing exclusive plan, the DRL was proceeding...

Okay let me just pick apart a couple of things here: Yes for a increased price because we all know that grade separation would have...

No, the relief line would be further ahead than the Ontario line is now, and it could be extended like the Ontario Line is, that is just...

If 2011 Ford would have won the fight. Eglinton LRT grade-separated from Mount Dennis to STC. (probably opening imminent - similar...

This is some fascinating revisionism, bordering on propaganda. Especially the part about flipping Ford's concerns over LRTs slowing down...

You are mistaken and are giving him more credit than he deserves. Rob Ford didn't care about ridership numbers when he came up with the...

Says the guy who wonders why a line using LRVs is called an LRT. 🤣

I'd like to set the record straight on this. The intention was to pillage the Finch West LRT funds for his Sheppard Subway extension...

If you look at how those lines were built as compared to the ones after, it's pretty easy to figure out why. The original Yonge Line...

Precisely. And also, the Ontario Line is a completely different beast from Yonge and BD. The latter are cut and cover sub-surface...

I don't think that's the answer. Yonge lost it's streetcars because the entire length of Yonge in the then city of Toronto got a 7-km...

Good grief - please read for context. I was very clear for the dismissing the Leslieville/Riverside context, and I noted the relatively...