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I'm indifferent to the EMU discussion because, well, throw it in a general 'mismanaged garbage' bin, but anyway... Some napkin math...

I did not scream subways subways subways. I said that "I firmly believe the issue is we have NOT invested enough in subways...

The REM is acting like a subway and not regional rail with trains every few mins all day long. The closest to the REM in Toronto will be...

There are examples of this already in China, where ridership blew past estimates, or eventually grew to exceed the design capacity of a...

Yes, current subway network length is 70.1 km. Line 6 Finch West certainly does not qualify to be called subway or metro. Line 5...

Relative to population of the wider region, and the transit needs of the downtown core, Montreal does a much better job than Toronto for...

Toronto Canada’s largest city with a population boom had no new subway line open in decades. Ontario Line finally a great project but...

At the risk of derailing this thread, I'll address the subway issue you have brought up. I firmly believe the issue is we have NOT...

Try to watch your average 6 pm anglophone nightly news here in Montreal, or some francophone tabloids like Journal de Montreal / TVA...

So far the project has taken 7 years and change for 50 km of fully automated metro with platform screen doors. All this for a price tag...

It's mostly because we don't want an isolated tragedy that unfortunately highlights the imperfections in a well-designed, but imperfect...

Seconded... something that doubled its budget and cost $340 million per km just to run 10-12 off peak...

Speaking of skimming - when did I mention streetcars to you? The streetcar comment was because of what T3G said. No. With 15 of the 18...

Brother, you mentioned it in this very thread, 75 minutes ago... Please at least do the bare minimum due diligence and Ctrl F....

What happened was a tragedy, regardless of who those young men were and what they intended. But let's be real here, if someone scaled a...