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I think anything related to the relief line south of Bloor/Danforth belongs here (including downtown transit route connections/reorganizations), but anything related to the extension north to Eglinton/Sheppard belongs in the other thread. But yeah, it may be fuzzy to distinguish sometimes when...

That was my understanding of their reasoning for it as well. I just find this strange because until DRL north is built, all the trains will need to go north of Danforth then back up to get onto line 2. This also eliminates the possibility of interlining for a direct STC to downtown trip, like...

I think splitting this thread into Relief line South and North definitely has its merits, given that different agencies are designing the segments and that two distinct conversation threads (Bala sub and DMUs vers station placement) are going on right now. Okay, accepting the existing...

Round 1 of the planning involved them deciding to go with (B1) Pape-Queen because it was cheaper despite performing worse on other metrics. Then they decided to dip down to King (B2) for Unilever, but kept the downtown part on Queen despite the overall line being longer and more expensive than...

Once we are done renaming the Via Rail thread ;)

Ah, maybe that elevation map explains why there is no yellow-line station in Old Port. From this, I would guestimate that the tunnel doesn't get reasonable flat until north of Viger. Although really, the yellow line alignment was a mistake, more built as a shuttle for Expo 67 than as a commuter...

I would think that the air rights above Davisville yard would be much more attractive to developers. But then again, NIMBYism killed the project the last time development was proposed. Instead of a mall, local residents get all the noise of an active subway yard. That won't be an issue with...

Then why build on Queen, disrupting the second busiest surface transit line, when we could just build on Richmond or Adelaide and actually be closer to the final destinations of more people? There is no singular destination, not city hall, not the four season centre, not the Shangrila, which is...

I think it's important that the DRL be designed from the outset as being part of a greater network, not as a standalone line whose sole job is to shuttle people from Pape to City Hall. The ultimate destinations of people who board at Carlaw and Queen might be at Dupont station. Or St. Clair. Or...

Yeah, but the question is more: why would you go through the trouble of renaming a station (Queen) just so you can replace an unambiguous name (Carlaw is the only stop on Carlaw in the entire rapid transit network) with an ambiguous one. "Queen East" isn't an especially informative name, given...

Just a follow up: What's causing all the trouble at Yonge/Bloor, which is the raison d'être of the DRL, is the T-junction between the Bloor and Yonge lines. The same problem exists at Eglinton, so the Yonge subway platform was supposed to be shifted north to improve passenger flow. But then...

Please no. I can only assume you're poking fun at Downsview being renamed Sheppard West for the TYSSE. At least they've improved from this: to this: To their most recent iteration: (I can't find photos of the Queen/University station box and I would really appreciate if anyone has...

There was also a recession though. The typical Keynesian formula is: deficits during recessions, austerity once recovered. I don't think anyone would have wanted a balanced budget in 2007-2009, in fact I recall it being an election issue that the Conservatives hadn't ran a deficit earlier to try...

To be clear, I said that it's something the provincial government would do, not Metrolinx. The proposal, which is what the province backed away from, was to charge a levy on every commercial parking space in the GTHA, which would raise $350 million /year for transit. Suburban shopping malls...

To clarify, I'm saying GO should look at using pricing to manage demand before building expensive garages or demolishing buildings. They shouldn't necessarily charge for parking at every station, and definitely shouldn't have a blanket rate at every station. Surface parking is a lot cheaper to...

That is how I would start off, and I think it's what GO should do to avoid any blowback. But at this point, it really is unconscionable that GO doesn't charge for parking. Their last parking structure in Oakville was $ 41.1 million for $1200 spots, which is $34 250 per user (weekday rider). In...

Yesterday was the ceremonial first "shovel in the ground" for the REM. I am really impressed how quickly this project went from napkin drawing to under construction. Last week they announced that they had funding for the blue line extension: Although, $ 675 million per kilometer?? Makes...

I love how for every press release, I know the impact that the RFQ/preferred bidder selection/RFP/etc for some infrastructure project will have on families without having to read beyond the title. Is it a pro-family GO station parking lot or an anti-family GO station parking lot? I can sleep...

That's another thing that North Korea has in common with Quebec: Contest open to world except residents of North Korea, Iran, and Quebec

Be careful with those statistics, though, not every system has the same definition of "on time". Vancouver's definition is more strict than Toronto's. But yeah, Toronto is doing much better than NYC. But NYC is a bit of an outlier in terms of how old and expansive their system is...