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I'm curious if there's going to be a centre-line for the bike path. Seems like there should be, but they haven't pre-marked anything.

It would be amazing if the Yonge and Dundas intersection and surrounding blocks were fully pedestrian (plus the 505 and bike lanes). Not sure about the feasibility. Maybe if car traffic could be strategically rerouted to Gerrard or something. I think pushing for a pedestrian mall on Yonge would...

I think Kipling is a good terminal. It's a transfer to the GO train, has an extensive bus terminal, and a new regional bus terminal on the way. Along with the plans for intensifying the area, it makes it a good anchor point. The width of Dundas Street there and the proximity to major highways...

Although it looks like the ambulance was T-boned, implying that it was crossing the right-of-way, not in it. Also if it was in the right of way, it would've been heading down to the tunnel, so I'm speculating it wasn't on it. I don't think think emergency vehicles using the streetcar ROW is a...

I think a 45 min travel time is must if they're going to charge you $4 after 30 min. Lots of my rides come close to 30 min, and sometimes a bit over, and that's going through maybe half the service area. Paying an extra 1.50 was reasonable, but $4 is kind of steep if my ride hits 31 minutes.

For those interested, Portland just a released a draft of their Protected Bike Lane Design Guide: https://bikeportland.org/2018/06/26/heres-how-we-build-it-pbot-releases-draft-version-of-protected-bike-lane-design-guide-284675

Looks good, though I wish they replaced the wall on the right with planters or something. The area could use some greenery. Would be nice to see some trees from the moat, above the skylight.

We need those transit signals for Toronto's streetcars. They wouldn't be confusing to motorists, and we could use them on places like King so that we can just keep a constant red signal for traffic (I know that's been discussed here before... maybe if it becomes permanent...).

I find it's just annoying that you have to stop walking for a second to wait for the gates to open, while in many other places in the world you just tap while walking and the gate opens before you have to stop. Not a huge deal, but could be a much better passenger flow if they open like a half a...

Acutally I think that's on Wednesday. Today's open house is in Cooksville: http://www.metrolinx.com/en/greaterregion/projects/hurontario-lrt.aspx

The median width is debatable, but having one makes crossing mid-block much easier and safer for pedestrians, which will be especially attractive if there are only 2 lanes per direction. The median also helps to calm traffic, particularly if there are large trees visually narrowing the driving...

I feel like routes that are 24-hour and follow the same routing as their daytime counterpart should just keep the same number, and 300s just used for those that are significantly different or combined overnight routes (like the subway replacements).

I don't live at Yonge and Eg, but I'd also love to ride bike share down Yonge from there. Mind you I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about taking it back north. I'm wondering if they'll see lots of bikes going south, but not back up. Maybe need to add a financial incentive to bring bikes back...

This is a very common design in South American BRT systems. It definitely improves passenger flows and bus capacity, and probably also means cheaper buses, due to being a more traditional non-low-floor design. Some of the bi-articulated buses are almost as long as the Flexities, with similar...

I find the Netherlands to be the world leader in transportation and urban planning. They have such advanced road, public transit, and cycling networks, not just large dense networks, but technologically advanced. I wish sometimes we could just move over right to their highway/road standards...

I think stops and stations are fine, and it's okay to interchange them, as those are the common terms people use in English-speaking countries in my experience. I actually wish we had a better term for LRT or light rail. It's always seemed to be a clunky/technical term (which I guess is okay...

That's a good question actually. I don't really now much about building elevated highways and ramps. Any highway engineers here? Do they do some sort of stress testing? Load the ramp up to max weight and somehow measure compression on the supports or something?

Yea it's handy, I've used it a few times, though still gets dicey around the 427. That's on Dundas though, Bloor east of Kipling should realign with Bloor west of Kipling after the reconstruction is done. I think all the main roads in the area are getting cycling infrastructure. Mississauga's...

Stand aside LightSpell... Now that hologram would've made for some interesting and controversial public art at York U station.

And Erindale GO is still in the wrong place. If it's going to randomly float north, it might as well connect with the transitway.