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Thanks for bringing this forward! It's very funny that the first item proclaims that they are building 17.2 kilometres of double track on the Barrie line from Strachan to Steeles, and yet the fourth item in the same document is for Caledonia station, which is within that segment and yet the...

As far as I can tell, GO just wants two tiers: Airport Line (all stops Pearson to Union) Kitchener Line (all stops to Woodbine, express to Union). Each tier has a dedicated pair of tracks (west pair for Airport line, east pair for Kitchener line) I don't think this is fiddling in isolation, I...

This is not a new proposal. The 2021 Kitchener Rail Expansion Business Case already assumed that all Kitchener Line trains would operate express from Woodbine to Union, with the Union-Pearson line providing local service through that segment. The business case assumes that "express" means...

I'm happy to show you my work: The duration of the east-west phase is dictated by the crossing time for pedestrians. Spadina is 28 metres wide, so with a walking speed of 1.2 m/s, you need 7 seconds of Walk, 23 seconds of Flashing Don't Walk, and at least 4 seconds of Solid Don't Walk...

Without Sussex there would be a 500m gap between Bloor and Harbord, which is outside of the TTC's target of 300-400m between stops in dense urban areas. Personally I'd be happy if that stop was removed, but it would be politically very difficult since it would be going against TTC policy. And...

Removing traffic from the intersection would make no difference to streetcar delay, since the frequency and duration of the red light is dictated by pedestrians.

Oops sorry, I completely missed that. This does includes the button to provide comments which the previous link did not, so at least I did accidentally contribute something useful. I agree that removing some left turn movements is key to speeding up the streetcar, but Nassau is not the issue...

New motion from Councillor Saxe asking Staff to investigate allowing streetcars to insert transit phases before left turn phases on Spadina, to be discussed at the Infrastructure committee tomorrow: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.IE25.12

Are you sure it's the same train? Six minutes is extremely short for a single- tracked line where delays will cascade if a train departs late. Looking at the timetable my guess was that the 16:13 northbound arrival still becomes the 17:37 southbound departure (sitting on the second platform)...

Yes it opened today. No it doesn't make much difference to travel in the Niagara peninsula since it's still faster to take a bus or drive to Burlington and board the train there.

And it's not just because of the bridge either! The lack of Highland Creek bridge is what's preventing the second tracks/platforms from being used at Milliken and Agincourt stations. But at Kennedy there's a completely different reason we can't use the second platform that already exists. Phil...

Via is in the process of upgrading their entire corridor fleet to modern rolling stock with excellent ride quality, solid build quality, good sound isolation and a top speed of 200 km/h. Nearly the entire Via Corridor network has continuously welded rail. The only exception I'm aware of is the...

They promised 160M but they never actually allocated it. Once they were elected they conveniently forgot about that promise. Most of the ridership was from Stratford and the train crews were based in Kitchener anyway. They could have continued the Stratford-Toronto service if they wanted. They...

Which is the ultimate proclamation of failure for Metrolinx, which was supposed to be a semi-independent evidenced-based transport planning agency

Yeah, it's disappointing that Ford didn't leave space for a proper station there. There's basically just room for a simple platform. Michigan Central would be a much better location for the customs since there are more Canadians heading to Detroit than Americans heading to Windsor. Locating the...

The Kitchener line has far more all-day two-way ridership potential than Milton (and it already has more ridership today) because it connects the centres of several major cities, not just dispersed suburbs in Mississauga and Milton. But in any case, this news should actually be good news for...

If the stations on CN track get delayed, I wonder if they could still start service on-time without those stations. The stations on the CN Newmarket sub are: - Washago - Gravenhurst - Bracebridge - Huntsville - South River Washago is an existing Via station so service can almost certainly start...

The planned service level is still lower than pre-pandemic due to a reduction in counter-peak service: Peak hour, peak direction 6 Lakeshore West (=) 3 Stouffville (1 more than pre-pandemic) 1 Via (=) Counter-peak 2 Lakeshore West (2 fewer than pre-pandemic)

Bicycles travel several times faster than pedestrians. We typically design clearance times for 1.0-1.2 m/s for pedestrians and 4.0-5.0 m/s for cyclists. That can be a massive difference, especially at long crossings. In addition to providing a relevant moment for the start of yellow, providing...

You are basically describing the same route, the only differences being that you're suggesting to start at 407 rather than Bramalea, and make an intermediate stop at Milton P&R. I personally prefer the non-stop option given that route 48 already exists, so running non-stop provides a more unique...