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The downtown loop and most of the outdoor sections uses traditional crossties. Much of the BD and older tunnelled sections have the rail bolted directly to the tunnel floor; the newer stuff uses "floating slabs" to reduce noise. THe trains can't really go much faster on the YUS simply...

Yes, there is some sort of left wing conspiracy going on, and transit city was announced mere minutes before funding was announced for the Sheppard extension. Of course. Again, the subway vs LRT is a false dichotomy. It's still LRT vs "nothing". Had McGuinty given us a plate of cash for...

because despite all the noise about clubland dying, the under 30s that are the heaviest clubgoers are also the least likely to vote; and a very large segment of residents are U of T students and transient through the ward anyways. They generally don't vote. Then, most 30-something condo...

Adding bike lanes to a road costs virtually nothing if added when the road is widened or rebuilt. Curb lanes are typically 16 feet wide anyways, taking 3 for a bike lane and reducing the curb lane to 12 feet (the same width as the inner lanes, and wider than turn lanes) is not removing any...

well, the benefit of this is that Ford has probably alienated the entire leftish side of council, which will limit the damage Ford can do. I'm really wondering if Vaughan will step up and lead an organized opposition?

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/902060--rumours-relationships-and-a-simple-request Rumours, relationships, and a simple request By Josh Matlow, a new councillor in the east half of St Paul's.

You kind of picked a bad day because the first snow turns drivers into idiots, but point taken. I can hardly wait to see our new LRTs gliding down the middle of that road. That's the thing we need to drive home: still exactly the same amount of traffic space with the LRT, and will improve the...

Realistically, in 2001 they estimated the York University to VCC extension would cost 1383 million; actual funding is 2630 millions or 195%. The same study predicted 1535 million for Sheppard east to STC, which is about 2995 million in 2007 dollars, or somewhere around 3.5 billion today...

Redevelopment is already well under way on Sheppard with or without subway. Further, the development along that stretch of Sheppard is low rise and continuous, not high rise and nodal. Exactly the sort of stuff that's best served with surface transit such as LRT rather than subway. His...

College park is already a giant food court with a few dentists and optometrists thrown in. How much more could the area possibly support?

I don't necessarily disagree. However until the TTC publishes the downtown rapid transit study officially acknowledging its need then advocacy is of limited utility. I have no doubt that the TTC will claim that it is an absolutely critical expansion to make, but until they do that it's...

Network 2011 died in 1996. It's been dead for twice as long as it existed. If you're going to mope over long dead transportation plans, I've got a couple expressways you might like to take a look at. Its offspring are clearly visible in modern planning today, though. 2011 included Eglinton and...

so the canvass today made it onto global news tonight, though they only said it was subway vs lrt, not the more basic "a little bit of subway or a lot of lrt" division. That's an entirely different battle...

The problem with selling the land is simply that Toronto's land values are not high enough. The site for One Bloor, a large lot at arguably the most important intersection in Canada, sold for about $60M. Land on the "avenues" - zoned for intensification, even, can still be had for a few million...

I've posted this elsewhere, but here's my take on his dislike of streetcars: Ford’s dislike of streetcars (and by extension LRT) is very simple. We know he drives to work, although his route is not obvious we know from his infamous “it’s their own fault they get killed†diatribe...

I think most of us would be a lot happier if we were talking about building on Eglinton and sacrificing Sheppard to pay for it, rather than the other way around. I suspect Ford doesn't want to build Eglinton because it runs through several wards that not only didn't vote for him but also not...

Hong Kong does in fact achieve the required density. THe stated cutoff is 25k/km2. Kowloon's density is 43,000/km2. Hong Kong Island is "only" 15,000 but only a third of the island is built upon. HK Island is a bit smaller than the geographic size of "old" Toronto, over twice the population...

And in another wrinkle, Hudak is apparently dealing with a bit of friction between the rura l and urban factions of his party. He can't pander to both the urban and rural sides. If he has to pick a side it'll be the safe rural seats. Something like this might well change the dynamics of the...

Toronto has never, ever built a subway that opened less than 8 years after it was formally approved. Even Eglinton, were it truncated such that only the underground portion were built and run with low-floor vehicles, falls in that 8 year timeframe. Approvals and design alone take 3 years. Even...

The Montreal comparison is a good one. The Blue Line is much more similar to our eglinton line than the Sheppard line, and the suburban extensions are radial only. (take a look at the neighbourhoods around the blue line on streetview... ) Montreal does not have a suburb to suburb subway...