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DC Metro looks to move beyond smart cards? I visit DC every one or two years, and was there for the holidays. I just finished my last Metro fare card (paper with a magnetic stripe introduced to a turnstile at entry and exit). It does not work for buses, so I was eager to move on to my...

Automatic Passenger Counts... Last I heard the TTC was planning to use modern passenger counting technology (some gizmo positioned above doors I think) but the plan was not a high priority. I believe YRT maintains APC equipment on a select number of vehicles and assigns them sequentially to...

I am envious of Beijing, but wonder what a transit forum there is like. Do you have to consider Ministry of Truth trolls whenever you post anything critical of government? -Mr. Jones

I'm for Yellow. Think of the poor tourist from Poughkeepsie!! I recognize that the percentage of TTC riders who are visitors is low. But occasional users ... those numbers start to add up. Despite the fact the majority of riders would have a new nomenclature to deal with, I would be...

Light-rail transit still kicking in T.O. (Sun) http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/12/29/16703286.html The nature of comments has changed a lot since the Sun required Facebook signup -- of course you can make up a Facebook name too...

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/922320--transit-city-not-yet-dead Dec 29, 2010 - 10:26 AM snip: "The provincial transportation agency Metrolinx has confirmed it hasn't ruled out running rapid transit lines at grade level along Toronto's streets."

Note the Post story also cites "the TTC’s first meeting of the year, Feb. 2." A "new" meeting on Jan. 12 would likely garner extra media attention -- and easily be spun negatively. It would take quite the sales job to justify a special session. So unless the Ford regime is planning a 'transit...

Has anyone seen a breakdown of average trip times for TTC routes over time? Such as how long did the Queen car take to travel between Broadview and Ronces in 1990, 2000 and now? Likewise, the Finch East bus on its busiest portion, over time? My understanding is that traffic has increased faster...

news pieces: insidetoronto, thestar.com Downsview to Yonge subway connection vital: Pasternak TTC report going to council disagrees He's got the mayor in his corner but not yet the TTC. York Centre (Ward 10) Councillor James Pasternak is pushing for the construction of a westward...

Tempe hoping to create $160 million streetcar system ... to hook up with Phoenix LRT A three-year study aimed at improving transportation options south of the light rail line has culminated in a plan to fund a $160 million streetcar-transit project that would travel roughly along Mill...

snipped from the Post's Chris Selley, on Ford's intentions: If a subway plan costs $7-billion and you've got $2.8-billion to spend … well, you don't have a subway plan regardless of how many friends on Council you have. I really don't get the impression he's willing to back off the "no surface...

Can anyone gather what Ford has committed to regarding BD to STC, and how this is translating into public expectation? Is there a level of understanding in Scarborough that he has promised a particular routing or technology? My impression from discussion (mostly here) is that his "Transit Plan"...

Gilbert's suggestions are worth considering on a planning and energy/economics level, but there are substantial political realities to overcome. (He's a former municipal politician, so I doubt he's ignorant of them -- perhaps he chose not to acknowledge & refute them in the piece since this...

Sorry -- it was from my latest tweet and the full links are in other threads. However, v.gd shows an intermediate page with the link, probably for the very reason you state. Try it. Not sure, but this may be why it bills itself as "ethical" URL shortener... -Ed

Some key news pieces on Transit City today: Eglinton gets rail or not? Post: http://v.gd/Post1 & http://v.gd/Post2 & Royson http://v.gd/Star3 + New TTC board members? http://v.gd/Star2 Snipped text posted in related threads. -Ed

Royson James on Eglinton compromise http://v.gd/Star3 and Two snips from Post pieces: The TTC has been told to go back to the drawing board and come up with a new transit map that includes subways instead of surface light-rail. The current plan by Metrolinx, the regional transportation agency...

James: A path to transit compromise Published On Fri Dec 03 2010 By Royson James City Columnist Mayor Rob Ford wants subways and vows there will be no more rail lines built down the middle of Toronto’s roads. The province of Ontario, its transportation agency Metrolinx, the TTC and...

inside the bubble If Eglinton still fits into Dalton's stated maximum funding envelope for current projects... (and BTW Ford does not appear open to any aboveground -- that seems clear). But Sheppard subway sucks up all of this $3.1b figure, if the Globe has TTC's estimate of $3.6b...

More class chatter (from Sun editor) <<snip “I just told (TTC Chief GM Gary Webster) whatever we’re doing is going underground, so we’re going to build subways,†Ford told the media Wednesday. “I was elected on that mandate, and I’m going to deliver my promises to the taxpayers...

Editorial chatter http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/on-transit-rob-ford-needs-to-show-respect-for-taxpayers/article1819618/ http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/899337--rob-ford-challenges-loom-for-new-mayor (Sun opined on Chief Blair it seems. Post...