Recent content by ThenWhat

An interesting discussion about switches, with a lot of good information. But: How often do you actually have to throw a switch in normal operation? If all trains follow the same route, don't the switches stay in the same position the whole day? This is not a trick or rhetorical question. I...

We do have streetcars in Toronto. They work most of the time. "Finch LRT" may sound really cool, but it is just a streetcar.

Building an elevated roadway is not easy anywhere, and certainly not in our city. It would mean another five years of road closures and construction. There is an easy solution for the EB to NB car traffic, in case the NB left turns at Leslie are disallowed: Enable eastbound-to-westbound U-turn...

The left turns could be replaced by "Michigan turns". There is enough space for two U-turns, half way up to Brentcliffe and at Palmateer Rd. And there is really no need for the crosswalk at the west side of the intersection. So from engineering point of view, significant improvements are...

Could not the bus network stay the way it is for a month or two after Line 5 opens? That would mitigate any possible problems. As for cost, it's nothing compared to the billions wasted so far.

Quote from M. Lindsay's post: "... we decided with the TTC to keep bus service ready in parallel for this ramp up phase ..." Strange for this information to come from Metrolinx, not from TTC. Or was there another communication about this from TTC, which I missed? Not quite sure what "bus...

Right, but why would the people taking the bus want to cross the road there? To go to/from the park they don't have to cross any street. To go to/from the LRT stop, they have the other crosswalk. Ditto if they really want to take the stairs down to the parking lot, instead of going under the bridge.

Yes. Not sure why (i.e. for whom) that crosswalk is even there.

famous last words https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/thank-god-that-is-all-i-can-say-doug-ford-suggests-eglinton-lrt-could-open-in-september/

It is easier done at the end station, where the first vehicle of the bunch goes out of service for some number of stops, not picking up any passengers, until it catches up with its schedule, and then it resumes normal service.

Agree completely. My concern is that with the discussion here and elsewhere concentrated solely on speed, reliability will be ignored.

This whole discussion, here and in other places, is about speed. I like faster trains as much as everybody, but I am much more concerned about reliability. If the schedule says the next train/bus/subway is coming in 2 minutes, but I have to wait 20 minutes instead, then no speed will make up for...

Perhaps this will happen, and as a frequent transit user I really hope it will. What has actually happened so far is that in December 2025 the mayor and the city council passed a resolution asking for improvements. Not that different from another resolution that the mayor and the council passed...

The province and the city are not short of PR consultants, so I don't understand their media strategy. They could get ahead of the story before opening Line 6, and now Line 5, instead of reacting afterwards and pretending to be surprised (which makes them look either dishonest or incompetent)...

That assessment was done in April 2025 and discussed in the city council.