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The basic issue for VIA is that CN/CP own the tracks they run on and hence are at their mercy. They have to play nice lest they upset their landlords. Ottawa continually hopes that offering carrots will get the freight companies to play nice and it hasn't worked and now Ottawa should grab a pair...

The original idea of having LRT/BRT up Richmond was so stupid one knows hardly where to start. The LRT would have required digging up Richmond Row and demolishing several old buildings in the process. RR is the city's premier shopping, restaurant, and nighlife area and would have destroyed...

I get, unfortunately, the politics of it but let's just assume it was going thru a farmer's field, why couldn't it be elevated? If the tracks are simply heated to make sure there was no ice and/or snow on them, why can't they run outside?

Question...............Why can't the Metro go elevated? I know it's runner tired but that shouldn't make any difference in snow with the weight and power of a Metro train. I can see slippage in ice but that could be easily resolved by just putting in heat mechanisms on the rails. If elevated...

How does a 7km extension in the suburbs turn into $1 billion per km?

If the underground section was transferred over to ATC then the line could be automated and run at far higher frequencies at lower labour costs. The reality is that the TTC will not be allowed to run at the frequencies required as, despite Toronto espousing it's a "transit city", we know the...

I completely agree. In Western Canada, VIA is beyond useless and absolutely no one takes it. Even if it was more frequent, it doesn't go anywhere. If VIA were to shut down tommorrow and the media didn't report it, literally 99.9% of the population wouldn't even notice. The ONLY people who take...

Downsview is in the suburbs, we are talking about the city's most important and prominent street.

YongeTOmmorrow is about as half-assed as you can get. It was designed by and for cars with box checked for sidewalks. Yonge should be completely pedestrianized from Bloor to King with 6AM to 10AM allowed for delivery trucks and none on the weekends. Every other city on the planet manages to...

I fail to understand why Torontonians are so against moving the Science Centre to near Ontario Place. It is a far nicer and more convenient location and let's be serious, the OSC is in pretty bad shape and that cannot be blamed on Ford. It has basically been neglected for 30 years and they are...

Technically there is lots of time as the openings can be pushed back to infinity. If Metrolinx was smart, which I admit is a really big stretch, they would begin electrifying in sections as opposed to doing it all at once. If all the core electrified lines are to be running by, for example...

Have they already ordered any electric locos? If so, any pics? If they want to start electrification soon then they better get a move on.

A person not being able to get to work to pay the rent and put food on the table, your kid not being able to get to school, you having to call in sick and lose money because your childcare centre is closed down due to an inability for the actual workers to get there, missing an important medical...

This is a situation where Ford should step in BEFORE the strike takes place to ensure the system keeps running. Transit, especially in Toronto, is an essential service that people's livelihoods, education, health, and social needs depend upon and the transit workers should not be allowed to...

What is the speed limit on Eglinton and will the LRT be bound by it?

I don't blame Montreal for using the Mount Royal tunnel at all and if that hurts VIA's expansion plans then too bad, they can pay for it. VIA/Ottawa have had decades to do something with VIA and never have. How many studies and reports has Ottawa done about HSR between Toronto & Montreal since...

I agree, Barrie needs a university campus but unlike Sarnia/Lambton or Chatham/Kent, people in Barrie have options. There is all day GO service that they can take to get right York or UT or Ryerson {I refuse to call it the stupid name it has now and ditto for Dundas Square} so they have access...

If there ever was a city that needed a university, it's Sarnia. Sarnia/Lambton & Chatham/Kent have a combined population of 250,000 but are a glaring gap in Ontario's university options. The closest universities are Western & Windsor which are an hours drive from Chatham and 1 1/2 from Sarnia to...

That would be great but I wouldn't hold your breath. Western has had a plethora of "plans" for something big in downtown London for decades and yet nothing ever materializes. Western has always been a VERY poor member of the London community and seems to go out of it's way to be as...

Toronto is fortunate enough to have a lot of options for future GO expansion but I think there are 2 , at least over the next 10 years, that should be given priority: 1} the Bolton line. Even if only for rush-hour service and limited service during the day ala RH, it would prove to be well...