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@Frankietls any design updates here?

I don’t think anyone is arguing that single stair is a turn key solution to affordability. If they are, they should not be taken seriously. Most of the arguments for single stair I have read focus on increasing housing choice, availability of land that can be developed, as well as increasing...

We certainly have the fleet size to achieve economies of scale if a retrofit was undertaken.

Make Toronto Brick Again

BEMU gets a lot of backlash in transit circles but this is exactly the type of route/service where it seems like it would work great. Excited for this

The media should be making a frenzy over this. We will not be able to realize an extensive bike network if we put up with insane costs like this. Im just confused more than I am angry. How is it this expensive? This might be the worst case of public overspending I have seen in this city.

https://www.renewcanada.net/toronto-and-the-federal-government-to-fund-west-toronto-railpath-extension/ I know I complain a lot about construction costs on this forum but I can’t help myself here: $148 million seems outlandish for just over 2km of bike path. I know bike bridges are included...

I don’t have a good feeling with Parsons leading the design here. Their Landscape portfolio is mostly tacky UAE, Saudi, and Kuwait auto-dominated public realm. Literally pavers in a wavy pattern with a few palm trees and call it a day. They seem to have zero experience with major streets in...

God forbid we have shadows over parks when every year breaks a new heat record.

Overheard two people in Timmie’s talking about moving forward on a couple rental multiplex sites in the city, planning to apply for cmhc funding. It’s cool seeing policy changes you read about intersect in real life and have a real impact in the world.

We are paying for what is by some accounts the second most expensive subway in the history of humankind and getting bare-bone stations that look like the Ottawa LRT. Crazy. Don’t even get me started with east harbour. Sydney metro’s city and southwest or Grand Paris Express should be the bar...

When I first saw the redesign I thought the black cladding was aluminum panel. Thank god they didn’t stoop that low (yet) Just changing the precast brick panels to red would make this iteration so much better. Why the black?

We need laneway apartments. Laneway single-stair multiplexes would be great for Toronto. This would allow us to reconcile with any heritage concerns that currently surround building new housing within older neighbourhoods. we can keep older victorians intact while adding 4-6 storey laneway...

I think that it would be perfectly reasonable to allow 6-8 storeys on every residential street in neighbourhoods adjacent to downtown. Also the Annex, Chinatown, and Baldwin Village.

Hate that this is replacing what is currently on site. But I like this better than the previous iteration.

Maybe this will finally force the city of Toronto to realize that the world will not burn down through the legalization of escooters

I would imagine it is because the bid for Go Expansion was still out and it was unclear what rolling stock would eventually be used. Although I don't understand why Exhibition and all of the post-2022 stations are being built to current platform height spec even when the winning bid, OnExpress...

We have a new insider on UT it seems

Do these renderings imply metrolinx expects level boarding to be implemented by the time this station opens?

I'm really conflicted between the STC and Morningside options. I think there is way more future potential growth that can be accommodated with the extension all the way to Morningside, but STC is likely to become the largest single node in the east end of the city (maybe that will be partly...