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yep your comparison is accurate. Both areas have been heavily suburban since they were initially developed but are now rapidly urbanizing. As much as the street running portion of the crosstown is criticized, it serve the high density along eglinton east much better than the bus service on the...

No matter the height a building is proposed at this guy will always demand a few stories off. It's more of a habit it seems than any serious policy opinion.

The reality is that latest TTC metrics state that every weekday 1 million residents board surface transit from an outdoor stop. It is how the majority of workers commute and maybe if we get rid of a pitiful amount of parking surrounding stations more of these people can live on transit lines and...

Why not aim for better if it is achievable in an affordable manner? Intensive development along the corridor over the next few decades is certain, and trends in the built/planned developments show the final population numbers will require rapid transit. Building what we know will be needed only...

if only we had designed one of the best bus networks in the world (and absolutely the best in Canada/USA) specifically to funnel people to the subway, that currently moves 100s of thousands of people a day. One can only dream :/

I agree that would be preferable, and likely the case had the historic station footprint been preserved, however the land surrounding the intersection of rail line and woodbrige avenue is essentially all single family homes. The ability to construct a station, nevermind a decent level of TOD...

Is this condescension really necessary? So far as I could tell we were having an amicable discussion but apparently even the slightest amount of decency is far beyond your patience levels. Misery loves company but I won't be it. The tail tracks at exhibition (which is what one builds an...

this is only 800m from the centre of downtown woodbridge I am not sure how much closer to a semi walkable area you could get in this region.

extensions to the DRL would be possible, but extending a subway that is tunneled within a heavily urbanized area (bloor/pape + queen/university) is much harder than to extend an elevated or at grade line within what is essentially a large construction site for the foreseeable future (the ex +...

True, however with two fewer rapid transit connections, three less streetcar connections, would not serve Liberty Village or East York and much more difficult terminuses for future extensions. Everything has trade offs but personally I'd rather get a better subway five years later than an ok one...

I think the progress of the Crosstown west will be very indicative of how late (or maybe even on time) the OL will be. So far, for a majority tunneled project, progress has been good. Then again its under a 6+ lane arterial with scarcely a building nearby. Only time will tell.

I think we should avoid building more street running trams on wide arterials in the suburbs. The Finch LRT is going to have an average speed of 20km an hour, making it marginally faster than the current finch bus, for billions of dollars. The queensway, especially west of Islington, is a perfect...

yep and that is solved by a congestion fee and highway removal, issues are multi faceted and have multiple solutions

yep, tons of density going in on the queensway but the 80 bus comes once an hour off peak and during rush hour the service is still atrocious. The long term provincial transit plan has some vague crayoning of the Ontario line west going along the queensway, which I think is a great idea.

If such a thing is dictatorial, than so is the entire profession of planning. Regulations seeking to ensure civic investments are utilized fully are hardly ridiculous. In a city with infamous traffic, we should not be rubber stamping guarantees of hundreds of new congestion causing vehicles into...

exactly, people looking to own cars should be living anywhere but inbetween three streetcar lines, and practically on top of a new subway line. Parking maximums or even 'bans' within new builds in MTSA's would be wise

Shame that the portion of the TTC parking lot immediately behind the site could not be incorporated to deepen units/add greenspace without sacrificing floor space

Im shocked that the shuttle services were ever run, thank you for visualizing them I figure you would know if anybody, has a Barrie Line extension to Collingwood ever been seriously looked into? Additionally, where was the track right of way that ran north of the current Allandale Waterfront...

Sorry I meant 507, ie streetcar service west of Roncesvalles car barn. I'm no professional but a great deal of the tracks in new toronto/long branch look very near to the end of their safe usage

if you had to guess, how many years will the 508 have until inevitable bustification returns?