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This isn’t a smear article. It is informative and outlines some of the challenges with the Ford proposal. The comments are legit. The one point they missed is the biggest cost associated with subway construction is the station boxes. Smaller trains mean smaller boxes which will be lower...

Can you support your claim about early projections? I follow this topic pretty closely and I don’t recall seeing credible data released.

Agreed. I don’t think we’ll see much progress in transit construction in the next 4 years. We were close to shovels in the ground for both the SSE and the DRL. The cynic in me wonders if this is a carefully scripted ploy to avoid spending hard dollars that directly affect balancing the budget.

Agreed. See the Don Mills Crossing thread for a recently published report on plans for Don Mills and Eglinton. It will become quite the urban hub and the Science centre has a big role.

Yup. They started demolition in the spring of 2017 and digging began in September 2017. Around the time digging began there was discussion in this forum about the number of cranes that will be onsite. It's hard to tell how many cranes there are by looking at the photos . How many cranes...

You are correct that there isn't direct reporting on revenues and expenditures on a riding by riding basis. I would certainly challenge your example that taxes from gold mines in Timmins go to Toronto. How much tax do you think that gold mine would pay? If they generate $1B worth of...

Ok I’ll bite. Across North America, Transit is not funded by cities because they don’t have the tax revenue to support it. Transit is funded by higher levels of Government. Municipal Property taxes represent a small portion of overall government revenues. In Ontario, Income tax, the...

Thank-you for pointing that out. It would nice to see the bridge, a skanky industrial artifact, removed.

This is good news. This bridge along with the old Eastern Ave Bridge are eyesores over the lower Don River.

Interesting conversation. A flyover junction could be used at Don Mills and Scarsdale to interline the northern DRL with the RH Go line. The DRL would continue North to Sheppard.

Thank you for this common sense comment!! Google recruits their employees from the same gene pool that we all swim in. They are not inherently evil and conspiring thieves. They have a plan, that obviously requires more work to make sense. No business will invest in the staff and effort...

Climate change is occurring. 50 year projections show Toronto will be roughly 3 degrees warmer in winter. The fresh-air days of minus 20 will still occur, just a little less frequently.

This is an exceptional idea that should be built. If we leave the build of this park solely to development fees then it will never happen. Some developers will benefit more than others and perhaps they should be paying more related taxes to help subsidize this build. But it isn't just the...

I think it has less to do with the future DRL and more to do with Don Mills & Eglinton being one of the busier intersections in the City. It is far busier than Vic Park, Pharmacy or Warden (other candidates for a tunnel). If the Crosstown were at street level in this intersection there would...

I really don't get this idea. The purpose of the DRL North is to offload the Yonge line and relieve the serious congestion at Yonge/Bloor. If the the DRL veered to the north-east it would intersect Smart Track and the SSE (potential riders will be well served with these options to the core)...

Perhaps you misunderstand my comment. Builders will not maximize ROI if they put together a poorly thought out building that is finished cheaply - it will be difficult to obtain and retain tenants. For this rather obvious reason, quality design and ROI are aligned in commercial developments...

Agreed! When complete, this building will be among the most valuable pieces of real-estate in Canada. There is a lot of $$$ at stake. The developers are looking for the greatest ROI and will be considering all options that maximize return. Unlike residential construction, creating a...

A few pages back drum118 suggested the best solution for Scarborough riders to get downtown without a transfer from the SCT is to update the SRT line and send the trains to Union station. Is it possible to convert the SRT to a technology that could run on the existing GO lines? With this...