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I like how the article looks over the benefits of the old expressway project making it easy to *tunnel*. Lol I'm sure you know what else that wiiide right of way is ideal for. Anyways: "The first major works communities will see is expected to begin in summer 2021, when crews will begin...

I'd be super surprised if they don't install platform screen doors. Having platform screen doors is one capacity-enhancing component in lieu of using slightly lower capacity trains. After all, we should try and squeeze as much capacity out of this line as possible. They would allow trains to...

As mentioned above, the early designs for the elevated portions showed overhead catenaries. If they went with that, probably won't be the exact same trains as REM (after all, this line won't open for another 8-10 years probably). However for tunneling it's less than ideal. Most of the...

I saw this in a design drawing for whitby, thought it was interesting. Dundas street through downtown whitby will become a very short transit mall, it seems, with no cars allowed. Only pedestrians and bus lanes! Sidewalks will extend right up to the centre bus lanes, replacing the outer traffic...

Longitudinal seating works much better during crush hour since you get far more standing room in the middle of the train and better movement. I think it offers more capacity, but it definitely offers better flow of people! I prefer it, as someone who stands just about any time I take the TTC...

Any idea when testing will begin for that section of REM ^^ ? I've heard someone say by the end of November - anyways, I'm pretty excited Dang, after reading this whole thread I really want to move to Montreal rn

Do you have a source about funding commitments? Chances are, no matter what, this airport will need some government funding as the cost of an international airport is quite high and I don't think I've ever heard of the -construction- of a major airport being entirely privately funded (although...

If I don't see 300 metre long trains humming along this line in 2030 I'll be disappointed 😾

The district that the station is in has voted Liberal for a long time, the PCs wouldn't care because it'll likely vote Liberal again next election. Tbh, I think there could have been a better design for an elevated<>underground interchange at Kennedy. They could've add *more* direct escalator...

I understand that, but this area will not get any better without departing from being a solely low income area; it needs more economic diversity. If grassways could get redeveloped just south of here, I think there is potential for this intersection. I mean, Lawrence-Weston isn't known to be a...

Ikr! Although tbh before I became interested in transit and transit projects, I thought the TTC sucked. If someone has only been using the TTC for their entire lives, they're bound to complain and glorify other cities that are doing way better. There's probably some Londoners complaining about...

I mean, streetcar tracks and LRT tracks are the exact same thing, lol. What differentiates LRT from streetcar is not the tracks or trains, but the priority and speed/stop spacing. Anyways, reeeally happy to see how quickly Finch is progressing (well, it seems pretty fast). I wonder if there's...

Same. Light metro would have been perfect for Eglinton and -more reasonable- for Sheppard. Eglinton could have continued as a continuous light metro to STC, replacing Line 3. I think we just juggle types of technology too much and we use it inappropriately by design or by corridor placement. The...

Honestly I keep flipping back and forth on whether this line will be overcapacity or not within a few decades but you're right. What I am hoping for is that they at least provide provisions to expand the capacity when the line ultimately becomes sardine'd. I mean, platform extensions for longer...

Yea, unless you're a midget like me most people will be unable to press up against the door completely to use that edge space (unlike on our current trains where you can become one with the entire door, one of my fav crush hour activities). However that space can be made up if the carriage...

If they were using standard TTC subway gauge for the line like RL, they would most likely use the same new trains they're planning to acquire for Line 2, not the rockets. At a minimum, those should be at least as good as MTL's. Oh, i always assumed they'd be slightly narrower, although I'm not...

It would take some, sure, but during the morning crush, many downtown commuters from the east end (who aren't directly on Eglinton) will opt for Line 2 because it's faster (East side of Line 5 runs on street) and more direct to downtown (For Line 5 you'd have to go via midtown then Line 1 which...

meh, the distance between Lawrence East and the hospital where they plan to put the Lawrence SSE station is about 2 km apart. Yep, ML is scared of eating Line 2's SSE ridership.. Someone call ML and inform them that Line 2 is supposed to be overcapacity in the next decade (as per TTC reports)...

yep, it definitely will be a relief. My question was if they would consider adding intermediate stations on the line (like at Finch or Lawrence), in order to make it more attractive as a subway alternative to both OL and Line1, when both lines end up becoming sardine'd. It would be more sensible...

Well, I love that we have more transit expansion than ever, but just about all of it has been smaller scale projects usually in the suburbs (arguably less urgent than RL, but still very useful). No one seems to successfully tackle the urgent need for a new, large-scale subway project into...