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Four hours is less than flying?

NYC? That's not correct. Bus ridership is much higher there. If you want apples to apples, look at the regular APTA reporting at https://www.apta.com/research-technical-resources/transit-statistics/ridership-report/ For 2024 Q3 it shows that Toronto is at 1,179,700 average weekday ridership...

I'm not sure that the existence of the busway means there'll be frequent service. On the other hand the 939B along the other busway does run every 15 minutes.

By 2034? That seems optimistic.

Yes, which only makes the TBM (and stations) deeper, and increases the soil being removed. And increases the odds of hitting a large erratic. And then there's the bizarre design choices. Particularly the deep tunnel at Lawrence, rather than the original design to daylight at the creek just...

CAF I can see if they have an Ontario assembly facility. I really don't see us ordering trains from the Chinese government. Especially as the political situation worsens, and will likely worsen even more if the Conservatives get elected, and with the inevetible invasion of Taiwan.

I don't know what CCRR is (other than the California Central Railroad). And CCF has been owned by Bombardier/Alstom for decades. I'm not sure having them manufactured in the USA is going to fly - especially in the age of Buy America. I'd think that Canadian content requirements would result in...

I'd guess someone came to their senses, and decided that midnight on New Year's Eve was just about the worst possible time to do a transition. Though perhaps more likely that they simply weren't ready. Hopefully next time they do it at 4 AM or something.

I've been in that situation before. While the mother company was purchased, all that happened with company we all legally worked for and were paid by only went through a name-change. The business number never changed. If they wound down one company and started another, there was some reason to...

So what's the other $442 million for - that's hardly a small sum to brush aside? It's still months to an election. It could be over year until the Conservatives are in the position to cancel things. I'd be shocked if the funding hadn't already been done and dusted by then. It's an open tender...

The route number? Yes it would - though invariably it's to know which car you've just missed! :) There was once though, I ran across the street (at a crossing) and jumped on - only to find out later it was a 501 not a 504! As much as putting them on the left would be nice. I don't know why...

With 30 or so years of maintenance, the handoff would be about 2055! :) I"m not sure traditional milestones apply.

The Mascouche (Repentigny) train was the Exo line I was referring to as having been (severely and permanently) impacted by construction. The former Exo line to Deux Montagnes is forever gone, replaced by the REM light rail train, and no longer associated with Exo. The data we've been talking...

Once again I call for VIA to bring back the Buffet car.

Gosh, glassed in platforms! I hadn't realized that we wouldn't be exposed the elements!

That's my experience. It's never worked for me after 3 hours. But it did for the same trip after 2 hours.

I was referring to the surprisingly high death toll in Toronto of cars hitting pedestrians on sidewalks. Despite being a rare site compared to bikes.

Yeah, there's a death about every quarter-century or so, Now do cars on sidewalks.

Looking at that document, at how small the dot for Bloomington is ... and how big that parking garage is. I'm not sure why they couldn't have just built a parking lot similar to the one Acton (which was already there, and grossly underused on weekdays). I'm just realising now that ridership was...

My recollection is that they removed baggage cars from all but one daily Montreal to Toronto train around when the LRC was introduced (did the Turbo have a baggage car - I can't remember?). I don't recall much uproar at the time. In decades of travel, I only recall using the baggage car once for...