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We can place security checks on every street corner, like they are beginning to do in London due to their newfound stabby nature there. We still will never be safe from those who are not safe from themselves. On another, more transportation-y note, the Greyhound is the lowest common...

In Japan, almost everyone goes to a university. And then they have jobs as stock boy at the local grocery store. I kid you not. How is it the same job that required less than a grade 8 education in my grandfather's day, required less than a high school diploma in my parent's day, now...

I like their (non)answer to this question : 25.Why are there two links “in close proximity” to each other (East Link in Clarington and West Link in Whitby)? Early in the Environmental Assessment process, the Project Team completed a Transportation Problem and Opportunity Report. As part...

and that's the rub. the shortsighted-ness of businesses. or, the inability of the City to explain to businesses why this is good for them. Removing the parking makes the street more bike-friendly, pedestrian-friendly and improves the overall atmoshere of the area. People can always park...

The only part about big-box development I don't like is big-box. If they intergrated their development into the existing architectural and community fabric from the beginning, something that is not at all difficult, they would have had their dumbcentre up and people would be shopping...

Honestly, people are not as stupid as we (and our governments) think. And for the occasional Joe Dummy who doesn't realise 2+2 = subway (or at least ome sort of transit), he could always just ask someone. I like the 2 old school signs. Simple is almost always better.

One mustn't forget that most, if not all, of these other transit companies receive provincial/state or federal funding. I mean $1.25 is not going to happen anytime soon with governments consistently sticking their fingers in the eyes (and money) of Toronto. As well, I doubt our system could...

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/437325 Annette bike lanes spark bickering Proposal to add dedicated route for cyclists on Annette St. meets with merchants' resistance Jun 05, 2008 04:30 AM Vanessa Lu city hall bureau chief The humble bike lane brings out passionate...

Toronto as Toronto. Those are the 3 most important words in that article. It ties in with the movement afoot to film things in the city they are set in as opposed to finding a generic burb to stand in. In France, they have a movie out set in the North near Belgium and tourism instantly went...

i don't just mean stop announcements on the subway. but on the streetcars. and on the buses. and on a LED screen hanging from the roof of the transit car. and a route map with all the stops listed posted inside the bus. i had to take the 38 the other day out in Scarborough - i think i've...

We forget in Canada, because we are smarter than the average bear, that image is everything. Sure, Canadians will go visit Iceland or Swaziland because we read about it or know someone who comes from there, but this sort of multicultural intertwining doesn't happen in most other countries...

This wouldn't be a problem if most drivers weren't so damn rude/angry/generally malevolent when you ask them to kindly point out when is Eglinton station or whatever. Now, not all drivers are like this - the majority of course are friendly - but I've asked 3 times in my life before the arrival...

Ya - instead of building a highway through Steeltown's last urban forest valley, they should have spent the money on this ! That's uderstandable - a bus is a bus no matter how you try to dress it up. No one likes taking the bus. Imagine if Hamilton gets rapid transit to its airport...

I agree. But maybe it's because I lived in Europe for too long and have seen the majestic atmosphere some of them give.

I thought we were building Transit City ? too many stops. no transit priority. just because you call something LRT doesn't make it LRT.

those who think a simple Roundabout is a Long Distance Runaround obviously haven't driven around one.

Service to Barrie Service to Guelph New stations Suddenly we are caring about transit in the GTA. Maybe the day of RER-style service is in the forseeable future ?? I mean, this is not the 70s, where everyone worked at Queen and Bay from 9 to 5.

While it is true that a website is being discussed along with automatic control and the stop announcement, i guess my real question is why it should take 1 or 5 or 15 years for this to be done when every other major jurisdiction already has such tools up and running. i want to hear opinion of...

In most major cities, transit is marked by a simple pylon such as the new signs (eg. Boston with its T, Paris and Metro) ... ... but then again, that's mainly because each station has so many transit possibilites that you would need to post a book outside listing all the lines that come into...

Maybe this topic has been brought up before but with all the news of new GO train stations and metro expansions and dismantling of highways, I thought this would be a good time to bring it up again. Sure we could dream up big projects like Subway City and DRL, but before we think big, let's...