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If people live longer, they are likely healthy longer - and have the ability to work longer - so extending the retirement age seems reasonable -- possibly with option to retire earlier in cases of poor health only. Then if someone wants the option to retire earlier - they have to contribute...

I would prefer that family class immigration be limited to core family (spouse, children only). If extended family want to visit they have a total of around 6 months of the year that they can visit. Around 75% of the US immigration (PR) is family class, and all that ends up happening -- is...

Personally, I could not care a less. All of the political leaders have connections to large corporations, and whether found out or not, have likely failed to upheld the highest ethical standards (i.e. conflict of interest). Martin was President of Canada Steamship Lines, did have close...

Depends on goal of the line, if it is meant to be used for short distance transit, no problem, but there will be little to no increase in ridership. If I am a driver, you won't get me out of my car if I have to chug along with traffic. Eginton should be express, with connections to...

To attract riders that have other options - you have to focus on efficiency, and comfort. Personally, if given the option - I will not stand out in the slush waiting for bus or LRT. I am also very impatient, I don't want to spend longer than 45 minutes to any destination. I don't think I am...

Ah yes, the Torontonians are stupider than people in other cities arguement :confused:

So they are just "reserving" the platform space, here in Bangkok and in Luala Lumpur they actually just built the full platform - but they are running 4 cars (2 in Kuala Lumpur originally, 4 now mostly) with arrows on the platform where the train doors will be when the train stops for boarding...

If the train is implemented correctly is implemented correctly, I would expect the ridership to be higher than the bus. If it is run like a satellite terminal, where you go to the station and check in your luggage - and when you come back there are big signs indicating Train service to downtown...

Normally, this is what expropriation was created for. Sometimes there are no good answers, and if a project is a go - people in a certain area are more affected by the plans to implement infrastructure/transit.

The lack of signal priority - is the reason I really don't support any new "LRT" routes at ground level. Not worth it if they are not going to implement it correctly, and they never will.

In addition - it allows for better accounting of revenue than counting riders. If you travel 20% on bus, 30% on subway line 1, and the rest on line 2 -- it is fairly easy to allocate revenue to the appropriate modes of transportation.

The data on the difference in the cost if living is already available - there are web pages that use this data to help people calculate the salary in another city that they would have to receive - to have the "same income" as the city they are departing. It would have an impact not only in...

What factories? Low paying jobs in Toronto tend to be service industry, and the wage in Toronto tend to be higher than that in other areas because of additional costs. If they are commuting 2+ hours by TTC then it is likely they are travelling all the way down to Toronto - not because they...

Is the LRT tunnel (Eglington) and LRT vehicles similar to Bombardier ART Mark II vehicles? I road the Kuala Lumpur LRT last week, and it was a subway like tunnel running the Bombardier ART Mark II vehicles and I was actually surprised that it was fairly fast and efficient. If it is similar in...

He is much less funny than a candidate of the Rhinoceros Party, but just as serious.

So you are saying that people living in Toronto are stupider than many other major cities? Stupider than people in Bangkok, London and Paris? :mad: If you want to make pit stops and use transit that way - there are options (also still based on zones) - like in London - you can buy zone...

Reduce fares or "rebalance" fares. If you just reduce fares - you reduce revenue - which means taxes have to make up the difference. Which pocket do you want the money to come out of - your left - or right.

Actually, that map shows pretty much all of RER system, including metro. Paris is basically mostly in Zone 1. At 1.60 Euro - it is actually quite affordable. Zone 1 to Zone 2 would be the same cost as Zone 6 to Zone 7 - yet Zone 5 to Zone 6 covers a greater distance. Go Transit costs more...

"She said the consumer revenue projected for the 2010/11 fiscal year is 79 per cent while traditionally it has been around 85 per cent, with the rest covered by the government." http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/764854--go-transit-proposes-another-fare-hike

GO also costs more to operate per passenger - I believe that the current fare structure recoups around 80% of the cost of operation in the 2010/11 year. That puts the the percentage subsidy to be on par with the TTC.