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I dont ever recall the transit city plan mentioning surface rail on grade separated rail line. What i distinctly recall about transit city was a map of new LRT's (which were really elongated street cars) running along surface of Eglinton , Sheppard and Finch avenues. There was no mention of...

Problem with that is that you end up forcing motorists on to other alternate roads. Which will congest other roads further which leads to more frustrated and impatient driving. My sense about the downtown traffic is that it's not your typical Sunday drive types but rather transportation that...

What struck me about that article is the quote stating you cant elevate the tracks because there are issues with the lenght of the train and community opposition. I just dont buy it. I think people with ulterior motives like to throw out there things like this. Chicago's subway is mostly...

Fair intro and balanced intro. I cycle in toronto including the areas south of Bloor. I also own a car and have had to drive in those same areas occasionally. Its much much more frustrating to drive and it shouldnt be that way. The mindset of all transit and transportation planning should...

But we need more of it. According to BBD Its cheaper than underground tunnelling and faster to build. And it has no impact on road space and traffic. It would have been great to see the eastern part of the crosstown be on elevated platform...

I think you hit it on the nose on all counts. I agree with everything. I have seen the metro doors close on someone with bag. He made it inside and had his hand on the bag but the rest of the bag was outide the door. The whole car burst into laughter. Poor guy. Another thing is the width of...

The examples you cite are all stand alone grade separated transit lines. They dont run on streets. In the case of edmonton, that now changed very recently.

Then one would think that (in the heat of a hotly contested campaign) one of the 2-3 opponents would have pointed out: "John Tory is promising something thats already being done". That would make him look foolish and would have been the best amunition possible against Tory. The media...

And the alternative is? 100 percent agreement. To spend billions to build a relief line that goes through Dundas would rank up there as the most idiotic idea i have ever heard. Lets restate problem here: the argument for the relief line is that the south bound trains that arrive at Bloor...

i think that what those numbers must be doing is counting turnstile counts for the departure station. Not the turnstile counts for the arrival. And they must be doing it for the whole week (including Saturday and Sunday). Actually even then it still dont make sense to me. As far as evening...

Let me see if i have this straight, are you suggesting through those numbers that at rush hour more people disembark at St George or Finch than King stn? The five tallest office towers in canada are closest to King and Union stn areas. And something like twelve of the top fifteen largest...

No way. Dundas is busier than King & Queen at rush hour? Not a chance. I have been taking the yonge line down to the downtown area for work for the most part of 25 years. The vast majority of people disembark at King stn and next or close next is Queen and or union. You can take that to...

why not? King, Queen and Union stations are the ones (on the Yonge line) where clearly (by far) the most people disembark in the morning rush hour. Also, if you disembark on Union station, you can easily walk to any work location that is closely associated with King, Queen and St Andrew...

When i first heard of ST, i thought that this was one of (if not ) the best policy idea that i had seen from this city in the 25 years that i have been living here. It got my vote. What i envisioned was a surface subway system that would use mostly existing infrastructure and thus requiring...

This is true. When the planning began for the new terminal 1, oil prices were down in the 40$ a barrell range (ironically where they are now). As a result, the 50 seat regional jets were the fad because it allowed airlines to add frequencies and run more hub operarions as opposed to point to...

You say that there is ample evidence that street rail improves property values, but you havent provided one example. Now, in toronto, property values are going up everywhere. Whether there is bus, subway, or street car. But where are the property values the highest? Answer is, along the...

If you increase stops, you cant get to the airport in 25 mins. I would guess that you would double the travel time, at least. We dont know what the exact numbers are because airport authorities and airlines dont like to share numbers in regards to business traveler versus leisure or VFR...

Maybe thats the problem. And thats the biggest hurdle that LRT advocates face, namely what evidence is there that an LRT at grade transforms or revitalizes anything? We know that subways and subways stations attract homebuyers and businesses because we have seen it. We know that residential...

Aesthetics aside, Its practical and thats what i like. I like some practical and pragmatic thinking when it it comes transit planning. What i can tell about this concept is that it can move large numbers of people quickly and efficiently and that is what should be the number one priority...

Between 5-6 PM today, I was sitting in the new establishment above the departure platform for UP express overlooking trains and departure platform below. In that time, all three trains , that i saw arrive and leave, looked packed. In one departure, i saw people barely squeezing into the...