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Not really a construction project but Metrolinx wants to purchase between 36 - 161 new bilevels in the next 10 years. RFI posted here Is there any chance Bombardier doesn't get this, with the Cancon requirements?

If it's a good design then I wouldn't really care if they're all the same. It's not like you're going to see anything unique at a highway rest stop anyway.

Well he's a genius on par with Ford then. Apprently Rossi's tunnel will : "jump-start Toronto’s economic growth and encourage businesses to return to the downtown core." Silly me, I didn't realize businesses were leaving downtown, what with all the office towers just built and under...

That site also proposes extending Black Creek Drive in a tunnel under the rail corridor down to the Gardiner. Nevermind the several billion dollar cost, this will just create more traffic problems than we already have. Geniuses...

The TTC's having a naming contest for the two pairs of TBMs: https://wx.toronto.ca/inter/ttc/name_entry.nsf/Start?OpenForm Hope they stick to tradition and pick female names. Wouldn't wanna tempt fate..

You've pretty much described the original Eglinton Crosstown proposal by Miller and Giambrone, before the province cut it back. The same line that Rob Ford would completely IGNORE. Please remind me why you support his plan.

Ford's so called "transit expert", Mark Towhey, is the same guy who wrote this lunatic blog post earlier this year, containing such gems as: Here’s what planners should do. First, they should assume the City will simply stop funding the TTC come April 1, 2011. Period But how will...

Whereas Ford would cancel EVERYTHING outside of Scarborough and North York. He'd actually make it WORSE by removing streetcars downtown. Do you even look at what you write before you post? As for the rest of your comments, yes, subways are faster than streetcars/LRT. Perhaps you have the $300M...

Yeah, having several different companies working on the same project, with different supervising engineers, project managers, etc is a great way to create efficiency and save money. You and Ford have it all figured out...

What project is this for?

The only pictures I can find on that site look like they're from a couple years ago, when Platform 26 was being constructed, etc.

They're using a Word doc to list all unplanned service alerts, ie the ones people really need to know about. That's pretty much the worst way I can imagine to do that.

I hear they have one in North Haverbrook too!

I think it's just one set intially actually.

The Customer Service Panel has put out their report http://ttcpanel.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/report.pdf Most of the recommendations are good but expected, didn't really see anything too surprising. I do like the idea of adding a real FAQ to the website and a "Why We Do What We Do"...

Yeah, why bother thinking? Just shell out a couple billion for a massive highway we don't need. Who needs high speed rail...

It could be politically motivated - LOVAT is based in Toronto so they might have wanted to guarantee they would build the TBMs.

The figure thrown around the last few years has been about $300 M per kilometer - but seeing as there hasn't been any subway tunnelling done in Ontario in the last 10 years, and how much site conditions can affect cost, I think we will have to wait til bids come in the next few months. That cost...

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You've got that backward. The morons are the drivers who nearly run people over every DAY who are trying to board streetcars, despite the streetcars having been here for longer than cars. Based on your post, I'm guessing you're one of those people.