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It doesn't matter to the user whether it's RER or subway, as long as it meets capacity, speed, and frequency needs. I do think interoperability with existing GO (and future RER) infrastructure is important, as it trebles or quadruples the reach of the train sets that will be operating on the...

It's short-term thinking to ignore factors with wide ranging consequences. Please also bring some historical perspective. Burying the Gardiner was one option on the table until Tory removed it. There may be more interest down the road in simply demolishing it. Let's keep our options open...

I fear Scarberian Stubway sticker shock. I support whatever mode gives the greatest bang for the buck for coverage, and the one that wins the bucks to build it. Maybe some form of dual mode is the answer. Versatility is key.

The planning problem in Toronto continues of looking at single projects rather than a comprehensive vision incorporating parks, transit, roads, built form...You can't plan the Rail Deck Park without considering all factors. That's why Millenium Park and Michigan Ave. in Chicago are so much...

You'll get more and better relief for the Yonge-U subway line if the DRL trains can enter existing rail corridors. You'll get greater reach to more areas and stations sooner, and you may actually get the funding to build it. Without funding all of this DRL business might as well be on the...

To benefit from regional system capacity, provincial funding, and to provide relief for Union, I'd think that making it RER compatible is key. Toronto needs to adapt to its regional context.

If we want train relief for Union and for the DRL to have the reach that all those existing GO lines provide, why wouldn't we use standard gauge?

We need to preserve a corridor just east of the Ordnance Triangle, so that eventually the Gardiner could be diverted north, east of Strachan, such that it passes over the tracks to Front St.. It could either end there or continue underground, exiting just east of Bathurst on Adelaide and...

Trump's threats to impose a 20 percent tariff on softwood lumber and to dismantle our dairy supply management system through a NAFTA renegotiation should be countered by increasing our exports to Europe, China, and elsewhere. B.C. has figured this out and increased softwood exports to China...

As long as commuters will accept a few transfers, an RER compatible DRL is sensible. If the DRL becomes an east-west connector between the Stouffville, Richmond Hill, and Barrie-Georgetown-UPX lines, we just need a one-stop subway from Pape station to the Gerard RER station and a means of...

I don't understand. If the lack of terminals is a barrier to Crossrail type frequencies for RER, won't the addition of the Unilever and Pearson hubs facilitate greater frequency?

So sick of the disregard for the city's heritage by City Council and developers. This is one of the last complete Victorian rows in the area. These fine, well designed buildings will be demolished for another slab. No wonder Europeans turn their noses up at Toronto. No concept of pedestrian...

Great and very comprehensive Munro blog. My take away is that neither City Council nor TTC appreciate the regional context we are in. There's suspicion about whether Metrolinx will address city transit priorities. I'd argue that Metrolinx can finally be that non-politicized third party, if...

An RER compatible DRL that can meet and enter the Richmond Hill, Georgetown, Uxbridge, and Barrie GO corridors should constitute the first phase, with a short connection between the Gerard RER station and Pape Station. That would provide an extremely comprehensive transit network giving relief...

Are you saying that essentially the DRL should become an east-west connector between the Stouffville, Richmond Hill, and Barrie/Georgetown train lines? And are you saying that the DRL trains should be able to essentially enter these rail corridors and use the existing railway tracks or that the...

Of course the Toronto context is different from Vancouver's. Toronto's population is growing at a faster rate, and while we didn't have the same level of real estate investment from Pacific Rim countries as Vancouver has had, Toronto is a magnet for foreign investment internationally. Now that...

Raising interest rates in a substantive way is a blunt instrument that, given the high levels of household debt in Canada, would likely put the country in recession. Too many Canadians are barely managing their payments. Putting them under water isn't the answer. Slowing down and capturing...

Planning legislation such as "Places to Grow" and the zoning of the Greenbelt created a development boundary around the GTA that has caused intensification on steroids. The intentions were noble: preserve the locally produced food supply, secure natural filtration systems for air and water...

If there's an EA on the demolition of the SRT, it should fail. This is the wasteful destruction of perfectly usable infrastructure. It should be stopped on environmental grounds, apart from the misappropriation of tax dollars, which it surely is.

How can any politician with a modicum of good sense support tearing up a perfectly serviceable transit line, the SRT, and forego building multiple, well-needed transit lines, for the sake of a one stop subway? There is no justification.