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They used it as an experimental trial run. They then took the lessons they learned from there (from construction issues to the handling of weather to the terrible idea of cobblestone roads) and applied what they learned to the rest of the stations as they started building them. I agree that...

It's not exactly parallel and it makes a ton more stops (TTC style) than Viva does. Where Viva blasts through without stopping (like between Bayview and Yonge), YRT will actually stop. And (at least for now) at Warden where Viva drops off from 7 to Enterprise, YRT continues along to serve that...

Awesome. Glad to see them taking care of the YRT stops too.

Agreed with the above. The comparisons to other lines doesn't make any sense. If there has ever been any real world example of "don't compare apples to oranges", we've found it.

To be fair, the Sheppard subway seems to be getting more and more use as the density around it intensifies. Obviously it was way out of left field when it was originally built, but development along the line has picked up over the years and soon enough it will no longer be a sore point in...

Well, the Viva system (since its inception) has always been about trying to get the middle-class car driver to view public transit as a clean and real alternative to the car and not just some service for poor people (notion derived mostly from the States). So while in the immediate short-term...

This. If the local players are too incompetent to play nice with each other then a mother figure needs to step in and get them in line. Enough is enough.

Yeah, well unfortunately even if the TTC itself wanted to care about anything north of Steeles, the Toronto citizens would go up in arms about how the TTC's mandate is to service Toronto proper and nothing else. Been there done that. We all know that kind of attitude is what is holding the GTA...

True. I got carried away. But I know that even if this document was for the general network, it still wouldn't be mentioned. They just refuse to talk about it.

Really interesting to see "lower off-peak fares" listed as one of the options on slide 11. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this as a suggestion on these forums before. I think it's a great idea to encourage ridership even when there is less traffic around. Then I go further and I see "express...

I've gotten into more than a few debates with pro-car suburbanites about streetcars vs LRTs and whatnot. Everyone is intensely misinformed, and if we're to trust the media to clarify any of this then we're in for a world of pain.

During my stint as a train rider, I was basically forced into being one of those "infamous" runners just for the sake of making the most of my time at home during which I would study and do all the things I needed to do before the next work day. Now that I'm more of a GO bus rider (to the same...

THIS. THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE! AMEN. Please, for the love of god fork the Viva route and give people who don't care about getting a tour of residential areas and watching a pile of high school students skip paying a fare to jam onto a bus to get a free ride to the mall. This detour is the...

Indeed, the main issue is that the second exit only allows turning right toward Kennedy, while the other exit lets you go to both Kennedy AND Enterprise Dr. The primary bottleneck (aside from the fact that not everyone who is going to Kennedy sticks to the alternate exit) is that before you can...

Bit the bullet and posted in that terrifyingly large thread.

From the Yonge Street Subway Extension thread (replying here to keep threads on topic): I don't believe that enough details have been shared to know if they are planning grade separations, though I think they did mention that they are still being considered. Honestly, the presentation wasn't...

Nice! I was sitting at the Parking / Traffic roundtable. The reps answered a ton of my questions about parking and other issues as well. AFAIK, the study area for this project is from Scarborough station to Unionville station. They mentioned that service levels may indirectly increase further...

I saw some workers walking about at Town Centre Blvd the other morning... Not sure about the rest of Hwy 7 since I avoid it like the plague. It's probably weather related.

Haha, honestly that thread terrifies me. It's huge and a majority of GO riders don't take the only line I care about anyway. Are they already done the EA on that or are they around the same progression as Stouffville? As for both the above questions about how the meeting went, it was very...

Agreed. I just attended a public meeting about all day 2 way service for the Stouffville line last night. It was refreshing and I'm glad to hear that the corridor isn't being forgotten while all the other lines are being built up. I don't know if there are any internal plans at GO to even...