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  1. threnody

    Toronto Bike Share

    On the topic of rebalancing, it was impossible to find a bike around U of T yesterday, likely because of the free Wednesdays promotion (students love a bargain). It's good that people are taking advantage of the promo, but it's a little frustrating when I can't get a bike as a paying member.
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    Toronto Burke Condominiums | 163.4m | 53s | Concert | Arcadis

    That's really pushing it. Bloor and Sherbourne is a long way from Yorkville!
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    TTC: New Fare Gate Installation

    The new fare gates at Glen Road (secondary entrance to Sherbourne) have been in various states of disrepair all week. I haven't seen either of the two Metropass-reading gates operational at all. "Fortunately" the accessible gate has been broken so that I have been able to get in without a detour...
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    Toronto Bike Share

    That's not really how bike share is supposed to be used though. You're meant to return the bike to a station at your destination, and the fee structure clearly enforces that model of usage. After the first 90 minutes you're paying $14/hour. Not to mention that there's no lock for the bike if...
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    TTC: Cherry Street reconstruction and streetcar trackage (City of Toronto/TTC, U/C)

    The Dundas streetcar and Wellesley bus are totally MIA from this map. Whoops!
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    Transit Fantasy Maps

    I'm curious to see what our future transit map would look like fully incorporating the Spadina extension and the Tory expansion plan: Crosstown Line 5 from Pearson to UTSC Finch West Line 6 from Finch West Station to Humber Smart Track from Mount Dennis to Kennedy One-stop Line 2 extension to...
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    Toronto Union Pearson Express | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | MMM Group Limited

    Yeah I'm just saying that's the closest thing I can imagine for a "rail link" to JFK. But the numbers still don't add up so who knows.
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    Toronto Union Pearson Express | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | MMM Group Limited

    Yeah that doesn't add up. AirTrain is $5 plus LIRR from Jamaica to Penn Station would be $10 during peak, $7.25 off peak.
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    TTC live map

    It would be great to have something like this for Toronto's streetcar and subway networks.
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    It can be informative to have a message, but that's just excessively verbose. I find that a "chatty" transit system can be really obnoxious. In Chicago it's way over top, with automated announcements to remember your belongings, avoid littering and even announcing the run number. "Thanks for...
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    Waterloo Region Transit Developments (ION LRT, new terminal, GRT buses)

    This is definitely unfortunate, but thank heavens it didn't happen a few years from now, with all the LRT vehicles on site.
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    Toronto Burke Condominiums | 163.4m | 53s | Concert | Arcadis

    Seems unlikely to happen anytime soon, considering Rosedale residents' well-documented hatred of switchback trails.
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    Toronto Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    I can understand why the University Line stations couldn't have the same name as other stations on the same line. But when it's a completely different line, these "artisinal" names just add confusion.
  14. threnody

    Apple Store

    Apple must be looking at opening a bigger store somewhere downtown. I can't believe it's gone on for this long. I dread having to go into the Eaton Centre store. It's like navigating a gauntlet of humanity, and it's pretty terrible for their brand image.
  15. threnody

    London Rapid Transit (In-Design)

    Awesome, but don't forget about Ottawa!
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    Toronto The Residences of 488 University Avenue | 206.95m | 55s | Amexon | Core Architects

    People might not want to, but they'll put up with it. In case you're curious, it doesn't have a 13th floor.
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    Toronto The Ivy | 110.33m | 34s | Tricon | Graziani + Corazza

    Except that Fly is consistently packed to the brim every weekend. Clearly the demand for these kind of spaces still exists. Not everyone is a "PoMo."
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    How far/long do you walk to transit?

    I live at Wellesley and Parliament, but I almost never bother with the 94 Wellesley or 65 Parliament buses that stop right outside my door. Most of the time I walk 1.2 km to Wellesley station. If I'm going east or west or somewhere on the Spadina line I'll walk 700m to Sherbourne station. The...
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    Toronto Ryerson's Mattamy Athletics Centre + Loblaws at the Gardens | ?m | ?s | Ryerson University | Turner Fleischer

    Now Ryerson is planning completion for winter 2012. Didn't they promise to finish this in spring 2011 to meet the (previously tight but now extended) stimulus deadline? Now it's going to take more than double as long as that. It seems like they doctored their timelines to qualify for the money.
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    Church-Wellesley Village

    Don't forget Remmington's.

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