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So why hasn't Toronto completely closed down these streets on the weekends and holidays? Ford wouldn't give a damn about that so where is the City? Also, the courts struck down his bike lane disaster plan so there's no reason to think they wouldn't do the same for sidewalk expansion/road...

^^ Say's who? Have you heard of any concrete plans to do exactly this? These should have concrete plans with the money available right now. Chow has done absolutely NOTHING to improve the public realm and especially upgrading streets to be friendly to pedestrians as opposed to cars. The...

I totally agree. Toronto needs a 180 turn on it's urban realm. Yonge Street should be at the very top of the list but also Queen, King, John, Ossington, and Kensington. They should all have their sidewalks doubled in width and some parts completely pedestrianized. That's the shame of Toronto, it...

Under regular circumstances I would agree with you but Finch, and soon Eglinton, are not normal. There is nothing a politician loves more than a nice juicy ribbon cutting ceremony. This is why they always show up at them, it's a political win. Finch, however, has been quite the opposite. It...

Toronto is a lot of things, good and bad, but bland is most certainly not one of them. Toronto is an incredibly dynamic and interesting city. Montreal is certainly more bohemian and has the historic architecture to die for but it is not nearly as interesting a city as Toronto. Toronto is a...

Well that's what should have be done in the first place but it's too late now. That, however, does not mean this line cannot be salvaged as all it takes is some political will. First, get rid of some of these stops along the eastern portion. It should have the same, or even less, the stop...

Seeing GO is still claiming they want to electrify the fleet, why on earth would they want the North Star diesel ones?

That's very true but rapid transit, like roads, are only as good as their weakest link and Eglinton has 9km of weak link.

The reasons ML/TTC/City put forward as to why they need so many surface stations is completely illogical. Why are the underground stations further apart than the surface ones? If one can walk the longer distance to an underground station, what is the logic behind them not being able to do the...

You can't get the rapid transit speeds with the ridiculous number of stations on this line. A MINIMUM of 4 of these stations should be closed preferably 6 or 7. The reality is that it can be done but that would require Chow & Company to grab a pair and make it so. They can run a bus every 20...

Until this line get to, at maximum, 25 minutes then it's been a waste of time. Of course even 20 minutes is more than possible if the TTC stopped being afraid of hitting every unexpecting mosquito, Chow finally puts her money where her transit loving mouth is and does 100% transit priority so...

Then why is this considered a PPP? Why isn't the TTC doing the maintenance and for the vehicles, why not Alstom? This doesn't seem like a partnership but rather the province writing a private company a cheque which they instead could be writing to the TTC. This is probably why the Canada Line...

Yet another update.....Dec/17/25 Siemen's Mobility has just won a contract to supply Germany's Westphalia Region with 61 Mireo Plus Battery trains to ply on it's regional rail system. These 2 car trains {total length 50 meters} have the ability to run 120 km free of recharging. That is, of...

I'm curious, seeing Eg & Finch were both PPP, how much money did the private company {Mosaic?} have to put down for the privilege of running the route?

They should get rid of 5 of these stops. 18 stops on a 10.3 km line is ridiculous. Remember this was suppose to be RAPID transit. The stop on Yonge between Eg & Law is 1.5km and they manage so what make the people along Finch, and ditto for oncoming Eglinton, so damn precious? The fewer the...

I think there will be MASSIVE political pressure to get this line up and running before the World Cup and ditto for speeding up Finch. Even so, if Finch doesn't make the route within 25 minutes at a maximum, it is a complete waste of money. These lines of once TransitCity were advertised as...

And that is different from Chow how?

The TTC seems to be going out of it's way to make this line as slow as humanely possible but, once again, who controls the TTC? The City! The TTC is just a glorified branch of City Hall. They control their budget and when you control the money, you control. Full stop. The TTC has to do what the...

I disagree. While Ford certainly likes his cars and freeways, he is livid over this line and he has the right to be. When politicians open new infrastructure, they are there at the ribbon cutting smiles blazing hoping to sap the occasion for every political point it's worth. That's why they...

That would be a good thing. If the City can't gather the fortitude to put transit ahead of cars, then any new LRT would be a colossal waste of money and they sure won't get a nickel from Queen's Park.