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Today at Yorkdale station I noticed they still the old turnstiles are in place. Only two PRESTO readers are attached to a cutting board. I’ve asked the TTC staff, but they didn’t know about new PRESTO gates coming in. I tried to Google quickly, but didn’t find an answer about new gates. Does...

It’s an insanely wide road. The east side deserves much wider sidewalk. Also the west has a potential for storm water facilities such as plants, trees, basins.

Interesting news from the vaterland of the car industry. Stuttgart - where Porsche and Mercedes are HQed. - has ambition to make the inner city car-free by 2030. If Stuttgart manages to tech TNT’s goal then Toronto will next and follow - I’m taking bets...

I’m in favour for Church and Bay St. to implement protected bike lanes. Who is starting a conversation with the city councillor?

Why not build out Bay St. down to Front St. with well protected bike lanes? Seems to offer the best connection to important locations (Eaton Centre, City Call, Financial District and Union Station)!

Some thoughts: 1. Bird officially started to offer their service in the Distillery District. 2. It was reported the scooters of Bird only last on average for 28 days. 3. The batteries are made of rare and toxic material produced in second or third world countries. 4. Around 8% overall trips by...

Bird e-scooters are already in Toronto: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/08/23/dockless-e-scooter-company-bird-to-launch-pilot-project-in-the-distillery-district.html

The news fits into the permanent Go excursion train to Niagara Falls https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9542548-falls-train-station-to-be-redeveloped-into-one-stop-shop-for-transit/

The Go train to Niagara Falls is pretty decent now. Often faster than driving. I think for business events and tourists the permanent train starting September is a big win!

But to get from Toronto to Kitchener in the morning to arrive in time for a normal work day something like between 8 - 9h is still not offered?

The plan already leaked: Ontario Line would run on just 3 kilometres of city’s relief line route, confidential plans show https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/07/22/ontario-line-would-run-on-just-3-kilometres-of-citys-relief-line-route-confidential-plans-show.html

Any idea when the Hamilton Desjardins Channel 3rd track will be connected to the line?

Lyft is doing the same in Florida with Brightline. There you are getting a $5 discount code if you are getting to or from the train station. For denser areas I don't think is its great to have car sharing running the service bringing people to the station. That creates too much traffic.

Meanwhile, in Europe there is a new design for the Flexity streetcars: https://urban-transport-magazine.com/en/new-design-of-bombardier-flexity-tram-unveiled-for-wiener-lokalbahn/

What is the actual frequency today? On Sunday, I witnessed 14 min. which was not that great. I spoke to several people on-board. Especially elderly people like the tram a lot as it offers at level boarding without obstacles. Also, someone told me that she would need to re-do her drivers...

Is there a roll-out plan available somewhere for Bikeshare?

A station at Woodbine Beach would be awesome!

There is no information on how the bike lanes shall be upgraded on Bay St. with protection? Also nothing on bike lanes on Church St.?

S-Bahn is often also run on diesel engines. The Regional Express (RE) is from my experience electric only. The RE skips stops with lower passenger volumes and connect hubs faster. Re and S-Bahn often share the same tracks and the rail line is usually fully grade separated otherwise the high...

The Barrie line is now getting weekend train service even all the way to Waterfront?