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I think many people would say the same thing about cyclists! I am hoping that they will allow e-bikes along bike lanes and e-scooters treated as gas-powered scooters. When I was in the Netherlands last year I was amazed at how many there were in the suburbs. Talked with co-workers over there...

402 would be a great test case. Long, no major cities, wide median and lots of trucks. Plus 2 lanes. Good test to see if cars + trucks can co-exist. Also would encourage people to use the 402 while the 401 is under construction. If there is sufficient increase in speed (say to 125) I think...

Per the Board of Trade remarks today the upload is: - NEW SUBWAYS ONLY - building, developing and planning for subways done in the Province - Province will own rails and stations - TTC operates day to day Benefits for building new subway - financing - Province can make zoning orders - Province...

I hope they look at out of city limits (vs in-city) for the 400 series. If you have driven to Whistler there are now very good variable speed signs. Works really well. At full speed and dry you are OK going around the corners at the posted speed...very glad it is dialed back when the weather...

Through neighbourhoods there are sound barriers. Deflects the sound upwards. If you walk along Dundas West just north of Bloor (for example) you can hear the difference noise levels of a GO vs UP train. And accelerating (which produces more noise). [hint...not much]

How would you propose to go from Overlea to Don Mills? And avoid a 90 degree slow-moving turn? Plus over West Don? (or else there is a deep station which adds a lot of cost) It's all about topography. If you can do a cut and cover (and not deep stations) tunneling costs about 1/2 of what is...

Please read the Budget. Underground from Royal York to Martin Grove. (and of course it will also have to go under Weston due to current placement of the station & the hill)

If some of these proposals were done by Wynne many would be jumping up and down with joy (even though they would announced 10 times and never actually happen). We have proposals from Ford and i'm hopeful that he will follow through on them including: - Transit Oriented Development - The...

That's not how a private operator would look at it (and neither should a public operator). We aren't Kevin Costner in a corn field. - Along the Lakeshore line there is a proven level of demand (at least every 15 minutes). And as such has the highest economic case for conversion to electrical...

The Province will only agree to a grade separated alternative. And promised a "portion" underground. Attached is a link to the best map of what is expected to be the proposal. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/eglinton-west-lrt-metrolinx.28144/page-30#post-1441159 Eglinton West has about...

Thank goodness the new government will ignore the locals/NIMBY's. They will likely show 2 options with costs. And tell the electorate they are saving $1b+ by not tunneling. And then ignore the "Toronto Star reading, latte drinking" NIMBY crowd. There won't be months and months of public...

I totally agree with you. My previous post was to give pro's and con's of each route. My view of the optimal route is: Assumption - Millwood Bridge is NOT strong enough Pape - Minton Pl. May need to expropriate the last couple of houses on Minton Pl for exit shaft Bridge over DVP/Don River...

A better station design would be to work with Choices REIT (quite likely the owner of the land under Shoppers). Have the station integrated into a larger development of this prime location. Then the extra room can be used for street furniture (or bike parking) Likewise the larger side of this...

South of East York Town Centre - expropriation is required - cut and cover to save money (without major traffic disruptions) - can create large turn south of Overlea @ Don Mills (through playground of Marc Garneau CI) if underground Overlea - No expropriation - wide enough ROW to either cut...

It doesn't matter how many people travel to the GTA. It's how many people travel to the commercial areas around stations (ideally walking distance away). I know many a people who live in Cambridge and commute to Mississauga Rd area. The question is how many people would this make it quicker...

Methinks that the Councillor doesn't want the new Ontario government to realize the actual cost of the grade separation vs the blatant vote buying with the community improvements. 2 separate procurement processes makes sense. If you packaged it as one then someone would have to sub-contract...

The SW Ontario focus is on safety. In general the grassy median is a lot narrower and the road has a lot more fatalities in SW Ontario vs towards Kingston. The extra lane is just a bonus...plus planning for post-Gordie Howe bridge

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Which makes sense. I thought the City kept it underground a bit too long to jack up the price of Option 4. - Use the parkette at the end of Richview Rd for staging. And the natural slope there to bring it from above grade to below. - work with Plant World redevelopment plus the wide ROW all...

The Toronto Star had Yes vs No articles in the Opinion section this morning. Jan de Silva (sp?) from the Board of Trade suggested that this will be a single bore tunnel and an Exhibition GO stop. Not sure if she has any inside knowledge but I wouldn't bet against it.