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Agreed. Brampton City Council, and presumably the people who elected these Councilors, believe these alternate routes will be best for the future of their community. Shuttling transit users around the downtown area is the idea. It is beyond crazy!

Not to get too carried away here, but downtown Brampton is about 400m long. (Wellington Street to the GO station). Hurontario-Main is the best and most direct route for the LRT. Why not bury the line for this relatively small distance? Do something similar to what is being done in Port...

There's some solid analysis of HSR vs high performance rail earlier in this thread. There is not a huge time savings between kw and Pearson or London and Pearson with HSR.

Rush hour...

A view from North of the tracks.

I imagine that some stations on the Eglinton line have entrances in the center of the station while other stations will have the entrances on the outside. Having doors on both sides is not an option. Related, is it an option to operate a subway with turn loops rather than doors on both...

While not much residential, I believe the employment area north of Lawrence and west of Don Mills has some 13000 jobs. It's a reasonable amount. Also, just north east of the 401 and Don Mills is a very densely populated area. Costs aside, Don Mills is a much better option when compared with...

He may suggest RER but it is obvious that RER is not a substitute for the DRL and the imminent over capacity concerns at Yonge & Bloor. There is too much public awareness of the pressing need to relieve the Yonge line. He would risk alienating a large block of voters both in Toronto and...

The reason the Sheppard Line stops at Don Mills rather than Vic Park is due to travel patterns of Scarborough residents. A one stop extension of the Sheppard Subway increases the inconvenience to Scarborough transit users (those who would start their trips from east of Vic Park). Most...

Nice increase in utilization by cyclists. That translates to 267 cyclists per hour or 4.5 bikes per minute. I wonder how the cyclists' use of the track compares with the number of cars using the remaining lanes? I ask because you can be sure Councillors like Mammolitti will try to block...

^ Nice sign for sure but they were a little stingy with the vowels. Pinnacl International?

The design is beautiful. Why wouldn't Oxford push this past 300M and make a bit of a splash on the skyline? Wouldn't the additional height make the building more appealing?

A key premise of the report is that "The elevated Gardiner Expressway is a major physical barrier that cuts off the city from the waterfront." I'd argue the railway lines are a much more significant barrier between the city and the waterfront. Combined, they make for an uncomfortable...

It is too bad that the LRT was not built on the south side of Eglinton. I wonder if the Eglinton underpass on the east side of the tracks and into Celestica complicated matters? I think the Sunnybrook Park stop was mandatory. It is a connection to the largest contiguous park area in...

Distances from Yonge & Bloor: Kipling Station is 12.8km Kennedy & Eglinton is about 13km Sherway Gardens - about 16.6km Square One Mississauga - 24km Scarborough Town Center - 19km Scarborough Town Center is a long ways from downtown Toronto. That is the reason why a lot of commuters don't...

Based on the initial projections for completing this tower it would appear that the time it took to complete the transition was not planned. It would be interesting to know what caused the slow down in construction over these past many months. Financing, materials/sourcing, engineering...

Not likely at all. The City has not made any commitments directly to a developer. The City has no direct liability. Any plans to develop near the SCC must include a risk factor associated with changes to Transit plans.

I'm not sure I understand your expectations of development on the inner harbour. If left to nature the inner harbour would be similar to Cootes Paradise in Hamilton. A shallow bog, with silty soil from the Don River and full of good things like bulrushes, mollusks and leaches. It would not...

...and Part 3 immediately following. The Relief line provides relief to the serious congestion at Yonge/Bloor when it is extended to Sheppard.