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Anyone who takes Spadina to get to the Gardiner knows that "convenient" wouldn't be the exact word. Maybe more along the lines of "no other option". Spreading the load with the now dead Front Street Extension would have helped some what. As I'm sure you know, at Spadina/Bremner traffic...

Based on the news reports I caught, the plan was to have everything opened by 9am Sunday, however, they didn't get the highway open until the afternoon. I'm sure drivers out in that area were not too pleased

That fence goes way back, to the late 1800's and are Victorian in style. I also recall someone telling me that the odd entrance gates, where you have to walk around a U shaped gate, was designed to prevent cattle from entering the Osgood Hall grounds. But on the inside its an nice wide open...

I would say the "pull" effect would depend entirely on fare integration and the ease of the switch. Most people are not right beside these locations and would be en route with the TTC in some form. If I'm on the TTC, at say Victoria Park station, and I could get off at Main cross a tunnel...

I think we all saw this coming. Jarvis was the "fast way" to get around the core, and these bike lanes have ruined that. By which I mean with an extra lane the drive may have been slightly faster in one direction, but by no means great. Jarvis has two bottlenecks, you may speed from the Mt...

These intersections are often timed with other intersections. The countdown cycle begins at specific times with or without a car at the intersection or pedestrian pressing the button to cross the street. The countdown begins because in the bigger picture of the network, this traffic light...

I don't disagree with your thinking ... but I just think this stretch is another Sheppard Ave. and I would think the general thought is we can't build a subway there because its overkill and in this area it is the same. People complain about transfers, but maybe ending the LRT at Jane is the...

I think we all may be forgetting some of the points of Transit City (not to be totally for it or against it). But the portion west of Black Creek is not terribly dense and I don't know if ridership warrants a fully grade separated LRT in this area. While we have now turned the easter leg of...

I would have to say "just a widening" is not exactly as simple as paving over the grass between the sidewalk and road. Any additional lane on the road would require relocating sewers to the new inside lane and a total resurfacing of the pavement to ensure the lowest part of the road is in the...

The other problem with the St Clair ROW is they never got the transit signal priority down and they have way too many stops (which they probably need as its a very "local route"). The streetcars are no longer in mixed traffic, but the ride can be very slow. I've only taken it from Yonge to...

haha ... duhhhhh

Sorry to jump in the middle of this debate, but as I posted in the "Say good-bye to Highways" thread, there is talk of killing the GO line to Peterborough to be replaced with a highway to head right to Toronto via the rail corridor and connect to the DVP. Needless to say, Rob Ford is pleased...

Back to the "Say good bye to Freeway" debate: From Steve Munro, it appears the Finance Minister and an MP from Peterborough are planning to scrap the Peterborough GO line to be replaced with a brand new highway to be built in the rail corridor. I guess Ford has friends in high places (not...

I would say this is totally different than that. To have the Province take over control of Eglinton, all the buried and overhead services, buildings, maintenance, etc., then construct and operate a transit line on a City Street is very different than demanding the City install elevators and...

I would agree, the Province does not own these streets, and has no control over them. Good luck trying to upload any of the proposed streets which have been planned to receive new transit lines, and even better luck trying to build anything without the City's consent. Until Ford sees the light...

A agree we should not design transit expansion around people's perceptions, but if people wont ride it (at least not in the numbers we want) then we haven't really gained anything. As Rainforest said, VIVA has tried to change the perception of the bus. Not sure how successful it has been as I...

BRT is always going to be considered an option that Toronto will look down upon as some cheap poor quality service that we shouldn't invest in. I've mentioned my concerns with curbside BRT, but I think public perception is what really will drive using BRT vs LRT. People hate buses and the idea...

Although many many years away, it would make far greater sense to keep the DRL away from Union (at least as far north as Queen). I say this because this line would directly serve the downtown core and the major towers. I get off at St. Andrew and I can tell you very few people continue on to...

To be honest, the more I hear these automated announcements, the more I hate them. It sort of makes the TTC look lazy and cheap. Again today I heard the system spit out "Spedena" and just begs for them to pre-record announcements that they can call on. Anyone visiting Toronto now knows why...

I'd argue against that being a great reason to extend to STC. The majority of the 905er need to be on GO not on the TTC. Sure some will make the choice to drive to a subway station that are not too far from STC, but most are still on the 401 and are still clogging major parts of the highway...