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Speaking of rail trails, it would be nice if the Etobicoke greenway trail could be extended down the Canpa sub south. Metrolinx owns the tracks now, and it would be cool to see this trail go south from Kipling to the waterfront. However, unless a bridge was built over the CP tracks, people would...

Ehh, there really was no other way to extend the subway, and remember, the plan was for the Scarborough LRT when the Eglinton LRT was starting construction. It was the city of Toronto that demanded a subway.

I agree with this 100%. IF it was possible to extend the current Crosstown as one service to the EELRT, then it would be a good idea. But, because of the location and choices of the Scarborough Subway extension, its literally almost impossible unless they demolished and rebuilt the Crosstown...

What do you think the likelihood of Toronto or Hydro completing some kind of connection here at a later date? Seems pretty easy to build a trail to the existing bridge crossing and then use the existing trail to get back onto the hydro corridor.

They are also very very slow

I'm not satisfied with this. After what can be done over the next couple of months, and if the result is unsatisfactory, then we need a commission to look into what can be done. Because the situation is, that in other countries and even in Canada itself, LRT's run much faster than the Finch LRT...

Lol it was not filled in with concrete. That would be absurdly expensive. There was nothing more than pilings holding back dirt for a hole. That hole was backfilled with dirt. A bit of work was needed with the Eglinton LRT to remove those pilings. That was it. Its always funny to see...

The Bentway people are getting more serious about the7km MUP they want under the Gardiner https://thebentway.ca/news/torontos-next-great-connector/

Smartest person in the room here. Thank you for pointing out the obvious. All this attention on TSP, and its great, because TSP is needed on this line, like 6, and the streetcars 509, 510, 512. But, I cant wait for the shocked pikachu faces when the line 6 LRT is still slow after full TSP is...

Lol dumbest take ever. There just isn't the density or population outside the downtown to justify a subway its that simple. And there never will be in 100 years.

Guys its clearly a mistake of the schedule pdf

Chow might have her opinions but she is utterly incompetent and useless of a mayor. Having good opinions on things doesn't make you a good mayor. She had two years to know about the Line 6 issues for example and did nothing and is only surprisingly reacting to them now.

This isn't far from the truth. The TTC dramatically lowered the speeds on the new Harbourfront 509 layout, because there were some close calls with tourists wandering onto the tracks. Their solution was to slow down the streetcars to a glacial pace. NO, you install some kind of physical barrier...

A subway wont have better reliability. There will be just as many issues with the Ontario Line. Its simply how crap everything is built today in North America

Even an announcement on opening day "hey, we are still testing things and speeds will increase" but the thing is, thats not what this is. The TTC is actually PROUD of this launch and this line. They thought this was OK. There was no mandate to improve schedules, and in fact they argued at the...

The thing is, everything we have gotten in Toronto so far isnt even true LRT. Its streetcars with some better features. Our own streetcar network made us fail at building LRT, because we just modelled them after that. Even LA has proper LRTs that run on the side of the road, not the middle, with...

I will give it that the TTC tried to remove about 70 stops on the network 10 years ago and every councilor in that area where they wanted to remove them protested and complained. So only like 20 got removed, if that.

Ill go one better. I think this is proof the transit system needs to be uploaded to the province and the TTC disbanded. They've proven they are unable to do their job.

Waterfront East. Waterfront West should be LRT because 70% of it is already finished. Its more about connecting the Queensway ROW to Exhibition.

I dont even think Finch station extension is worth it. Much better to extend Sheppard subway east. It will mostly serve as a connector between Line 1s. And then it makes the Finch line redundant. Finch LRT needs to be extended to Airport through Woodbine. Waterfront West LRT is worth it...