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This is amazing - GO's bus services are usually a massive pain to understand because of all the separate timetable documents for each route. What's worse, it's not even easy to know which timetables to check because the official system map is completely useless for looking for GO bus routes...

It is not unusual for a subway route to detour to hit major development nodes, and very common for subways to deviate to connect to major rail stations, sporting venues, and convention centres. Queen West is mostly yellowbelt zoning right now, and nothing bigger than a midrise is getting built...

Singapore has this, though it is rare globally

The Sheppard Subway cost 933M, which is about 1.5B inflation adjusted, and it's 5.5km long - about 300M CAD/km inflation adjusted. Bay is less than 2.9km from Union to Bloor - at 1.5B that would be over 517M CAD/km, which is already a ~70% premium over Sheppard, probably enough to account for...

Unlike installing PSDs on an automated line in Toronto in the 2020s, Paris in 2006 was actually doing something new and therefore actually had something to test. PSD retrofits were still fairly new back then, and doing it on a system as old as the Paris Metro had not been done before (because of...

PSDs are not an "experiment". This mentality (excessive aversion to risk, unwillingness/inability to learn from places that are better) is the same mentality that gives us excessive slow orders on the subway and streetcar network, ridiculous levels of schedule padding, archaic scheduling...

Envying the PABT seems... odd. New York has embarassingly poor transit connections to New Jersey and a completely laughable regional rail network, as well as hopelessly incompetent governance that will either not even realize the problem exists or if they do, attempt to fix the problem by...

Seeing the talk about the dental office, I'm just gonna leave this here: Alon Levy's recent blog post (here) about the planned renovation of Washington Union Station. I would suggest reading the whole thing (actually, Alon Levy's blog in general) but here are the most important bits:

Seems pretty normal for a freeway:

YRT service proposals for 2023: Webpage: https://www.yrt.ca/en/about-us/transit-initiatives.aspx Overview Presentation: https://www.yrt.ca/en/about-us/resources/2023-Transit-Initiatives_FINAL.pdf I'll post the entire slides for the more interesting changes: Other changes: Frequency...

^^This! Most people (especially those not along the Lakeshore line) still think GO is a peak-only commuter service and most will not even think about using GO to travel downtown (or anywhere else for that matter) unless it's a 9-5 commute. Metrolinx really needs to stop with their empty "Transit...

Really exciting! Minor nitpick time: Near side bicycle signals are great to see, and the little mini light on the pole (for satisfying redundant light requirements I assume) is also nice to see The pole and the big overhanging main light look kind of comically large though... Compare it to a...

If done properly, dedicated right turn lanes (and dedicated left turn lanes) can be a good thing for pedestrians and cyclists. Allows for dedicated turn signals, which allows fully protected turn phases which can completely eliminate conflicting traffic movements, so there are no turning cars at...

What makes it even more laughable is that the canopy does not lead to the nearest station building entrance (doors seen in the picture), instead it leads to the entrance ~10m further away. One can only wonder how they decided to build such a massive canopy, but somehow forgot to add a canopy...

Super intelligent bench placement at Rutherford GO "Let's build a shelter, and benches, but put the benches just outside the canopy, so people will have to choose between sitting and getting wet, or standing and staying dry! Great idea!"

I honestly can't understand how 8-10m wide residential streets keep getting built. Even if you don't care about safety, they are: - Are more expensive to build and maintain (more asphalt, larger stormwater pipes required due to larger impervious surface) - Decreases tax revenues for...

TTC uses 600V DC third rail, which is not completely bespoke like the rail gauge, but generally 750V DC is generally the standard for most modern systems using third rail. Higher voltage is also more efficient and requires fewer power substations, which is also why most new systems are now...

And we can *finally* start using modern international standard solutions and stop using our weird 70 year old standards with wacky gauge and electrification

To people talking about increasing frequency on Eglinton using what is currently being built, including talk of 90s frequency: As far as I know, there are no systems which can achieve 90 second headways that are not automated, fully grade separated and isolated metro style lines. (The other way...

Two more photos Walkway on level 4 on the garage between the elevators and the bridge Secure bike parking. For some reason the door was still locked when I visited today