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There's something a bit bizarre in this post. How can the mean revenue per passenger be higher than the maximum fare that was ever charged? I'm also sincerely worried about their high operating costs. 63 million per year is $172,602 per day. There are 78 trips in each direction per day for...

Heads up for anyone heading to the airport: http://www.cp24.com/news/service-suspended-on-kitchener-line-up-express-after-fatality-on-tracks-1.2964575 I arrived at Bloor station just about 2 minutes after this happened. There were already 3 passengers waiting, and the agent sprung into action...

That's a beautiful path (although those dark clouds would make me want to move quickly!). Out of curiosity, if I were to try to string and out-and-back or loop ride up to the trail from downtown, what's the best way to get there? Any good cycling infrastructure to reach it?

I'm going to have to politely disagree with this. I think there's very little use sticking cars haphazardly on routes all over the system. Just think about it, if there's only 2 new cars on Queen or College routes...the expected time between arrivals would be well over an hour. I don't think...

Looks pretty impressive to me. They've really filled in the west. Before there were some huge holes in very popular neighbourhoods west of Bathurst. They even managed to include the junction (just barely). Not sure about the lonely stations on the Danforth...they only parallel the subway, so...

Really? Is there regenerative braking? That would be pretty cool.

That says a lot! Although the new Panama Canal is not going so well: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/22/world/americas/panama-canal.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

I don't actually know other subway systems that have these emergency strips. I know some that have an intercom to contact the driver, but it's not the same automated stop that happens with the TTC. It seems a bit unnecessary.

Speaking of ponies....there's some hilarious numbers in this article: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/20/increased-scarborough-subway-cost-should-kill-this-project-keenan.html This puts the cost nicely in context.

Didn't see any driver misbehaviour. I did see pedestrians clueless walking/standing/taking pictures on both the bike path and the streetcar path.

Somehow all of the US, plus pretty much every else I've traveled in the world uses the red arrow. Even color blind people can recognize the relative positions of the lights, i.e. red on top and green on bottom. Canada is pretty much the only place I've ever seen that doesn't use red arrows, so...

I remember reading the FAQ on this on either UPX or Presto on the two readers which was hilarious just because it's so complicated. Having two sets of readers and knowing which ones to tag on/off. And you can tag on either on for trips not to Pearson, but only one for Pearson. It was...

It is time to urgently revise the HTA to reduce the duplication of signals, as well as allow more unique signals. In particular, they desperately need to allow red arrows. I think of that every time I'm on Queens Quay. Which signal is more intuitive? Or

I have to say, out of all North American cities, Montreal has some of the most impressive street safety policies. In particular what I find greatly enhances safety is: No right turns on red. This produces so many collisions. It's great for smaller cities and less urban places, but with the...

Option 3 (no cars in streetcar lanes) can be enforced very effectively with cameras and tickets by mail. I've seen this set up with bus lanes in Sydney...and you do not see cars driving in those lanes when they shouldn't be.

Is that really how it works? I can't believe that's the best they could do. I presume the system that does the automated stop announcements knows what route it is...that must talk to the Presto system one would hope.

I'm actually wondering what, for example, Amsterdam does. Do they have single or double point switches? They're the other city I think of that has lots of complicated and intersecting streetcar routes. There drivers definitely are not stopping at each switch. Agreed that this is essential...

Yep: fare by time or fare by distance. That eliminates many, many complexities.

Exactly, I found this rollout plan bizarre. I would have though for sure that they would start with the routes that intersect streetcar lines...then people can have seamless transfers from streetcars to buses. I just had friends visiting, and it was harder than explaining baseball to a...

Kind of bizarre to schedule the feature rollout after the device installation. IMO, the TTC has two choices until they get this working: Accept the payment from the Presto card whether right or wrong and be done with it. Turn off the readers and notify everyone that Presto will no longer be...