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I’ll give Metrolinx credit. The Crosstown works. In the sense that the trains get from Point A to Point B. But you can definitely tell...

If I had bad knees, I don’t think I’d want to use the underground portion of Line 5. That’s how bad the accessibility is. I couldn’t...

Honestly, Line 5’s entrance pavilions are the nicest architectural component of this project. My issue is more with the underground...

This is a false dichotomy. There is no correlation between cost and good design. Things like adequate seating and trash bins, and...

The problems with Lines 1 and 2 are the result of 1) damage and remediation measures resulting from water ingress thanks to concrete...

Putting aside the depth, the TYSSE stations were some of the best designed stations we’ve got in Toronto. To go from that, to Eglinton...

Regarding cleanliness, let’s give Line 5 a decade and then talk about cleanliness. The TYSSE stations are just as clean, despite being a...

Tell me you never been in New York City, New Jersey (PATH), Chicago, or the Paris RER without telling me you've never ... Tell me...

But everyone complained the cheaper Vaughan extension stations were too expensive! :) I don't see how all the white everywhere is going...

I’m relatively young and able bodied, but the depths of these stations even leaves me feeling relatively exhausted. We gotta stop...

what i found, for me is most of the time I take the 34 if im going less than 3-4 stations away. i just wait for the next bus to come...

For short trips. Which is also why (double-decker!) buses are faster for many short trips in London - not having to travel down to the...

In theory, Metrolinx could truck a pair of Flexities to Finch, install and qualify the line’s safety equipment, and put them out on the...

I rode it last weekend, along with Line 5. Transit priority aside, the vehicles on Line 6 just *feel* inappropriate. They feel so heavy...

so true... the difference between the experience of riding on line 5 vs line 6 is night and day...