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UPX isn't intended to provide local service. Whether or not you think it should is a different matter (I actually do), but criticizing it for failing to be something it's not trying to be isn't very productive. And the UPX often runs at or near capacity during rush hours, and with the transfer...

There is an access point behind the FreshCo at Dundas and Chelsea, north of Bloor. That access point takes you to the tunnel which will ultimately connect directly to the Dundas West subway platform. It's where the kiss and ride is at the moment, but thanks to the construction between the...

It's a nice vision. A corridor leveraged to effectively serve both local and regional demand, integrated into the local network. It has its flaws (watering down of the express and fancy attributes of the UPX, distance between platforms at Union, challenge of maintaining headways that tight...

Are you asking if that's possible? It certainly is, though obviously with the caveat that RER trains will likely be very different vehicles from UPX trains, unless they want to rebuild the two terminal platforms. Of course, if the goal is to free up the UPX track pair for HSR and/or Kitchener...

As much as I love the idea of a true Pearson GO station, getting the entire line to run through the airport while still keeping times viable for commuters from Brampton, Malton, etc seems like it would be a hell of a challenge. And while I understand the logic of dropping Weston, disconnecting...

With Bloor in particular, I imagine it will largely self-regulate. If there's capacity, people may transfer at Dundas West to take the train if they value the time saved, especially since for that distance standing room only is a non-issue. If there's no capacity, they will quickly adjust their...

I guess it depends on how much the difference in service affects ridership. If 15 minute service on the Kitchener line is sufficient to maximize ridership then fine, make the UPX special. But if the additional trains and/or the fact that they stop at fewer stops would attract more new riders to...

Which is fine. Many of the London Underground stations are shorter than the trains, and the end doors don't open at those stations. When I was in Munich, only certain cars of my S-Bahn train opened at the airport. This seems like it should be doable sooner than full electrified RER in 2025...

Raising fares to intentionally reduce ridership would be the most classically Metrolinx move ever -- people are using our service, but they're not the ones we intended, and we're running out of capacity, so let's find a way to get rid of them! These are the people who will enable the success of...

LSW would be the next obvious answer, so that service can continue to be through-run, and also because it sees so many trains and will be most primed for 15 minute service. Also Kitchener, at least along the UPX route and maybe all the way to Bramalea. Ultimately though, the likely answer is...

The existing tunnel is south of Randolph, it's about halfway between Randolph and Bloor. That tunnel is lined up nicely to connect to Dundas West Station. However, it's currently accessed from the platforms, and the eastern-most platform is accessed directly from the railpath. Once they add the...

He's referring to the Giraffe building, which was denied by the OMB more than seven years ago. There are plenty of projects in the works in this area though, including the major projects in the south of Bloor on either side of the Kitchener corridor. There aren't going to be a ton of 25+ story...

Expropriation will be complete by the summer, at which point they'll update the timeline. All they've said so far is less than two years from the completion of the expropriation.

I'd think that mantle would belong to Kitchener which, when complete, will have stops at King, Bloor, St Clair, Eglinton, Lawrence, and, um, Etobicoke North, with an average of seven and a half minutes between trains at Bloor, Eglinton, and Lawrence, and fifteen at the rest. But either way, if...

The ECLRT will likely open years before its extension to the airport, if said extension is even ever built. And it will definitely open years before electrification/RER is in place on the Kitchener line. For years, having the UPX trains stop there will provide a rapid connection between local...

I'm confused about the issue here. If the building were composed exclusively of three bedroom, 1000 sq ft units, would that make the size of it okay with you? If it were all bachelor apartments, but also only four stories, would that make it okay? The site is across the street from a much, much...

Construction on the townhouses is already well underway, so I doubt they'd be giving up on them at this point. Same with the restoration of the Auto building. However, I wonder about the Draft building. I can't imagine they're abandoning the entire rest of the site, there's just way too much...

Don't forget that that map shows Perth after they've relocated it. The current road runs through Block 2, but that will change. The city's concept assumed that the school stayed where it is. If the school is part of the redevelopment then there's a possibility of multiple connections along...

That station is served by one bus, which runs every twenty minutes at peak and every half hour off-peak. I think they'll be fine.

I live in one of the buildings in the area right now. I have no problem with more towers being built - the city needs more rental housing, and why not here? The subway definitely has some extra capacity in this end of the city (despite what the NIMBYs will tell you), and the underground parking...