The RFQ is from the contractor, not Metrolinx. Believe it or not there is no expertise in North America for this, and yes it has to be custom built. Each supplier even has different design. 2 Italian suppliers with manufacturing facilities in Indonesia and India, 1 Spanish supplier with...

Fun fact: these cavern formworks are custom built in India and shipped here for assembling.

Looks pretty close to the render:

The city mentioned the OL construction at Queen as the main reason for the delay of construction start in 2030 which i think is too convenient. Is there any temporary options that could be considered ? bollards, planters, street furnitures, loading zones.... ? pedestrian desparately need more...

Since immigration is stalling and the carbon tax is gone I guess this is the new wedge issue for the Conservatives to rally their base. The Liberals are expected to complete their majority sooner or later so there is nothing to lose for PP to dip into this, throw and see what sticks kind of...

It might look extreme but only applied to match days (6 over 4 weeks). Outside of matchdays I believe exhibition ground is still publicly accessible and streetcars still can go to exhibition loop. From Fleet st stop to the stadium is only 800m, which is ideal for crowd management and sponsors...

Just got off at Kennedy at 9am sharp. Took it from Cerdavale but forgot the exact departure time. My observations: it's good. The underground portion feels like a proper subway. The above ground is obviously slower but acceleration and dwell time is better than Line 6. While the transit...

Apologies if this has been answered before. When bunching happens why is the behind-schedule streetcar not allowed to skip stops and let the one right behind pick up passengers in order to rebalance the pacing between them. Instead on many occasions when I was taking the streetcar the latter...

TBM installation has started inside the portal at Exhibition. (Not my pic, will be deleted in 24h) Took it down earlier than planned because someone post it on Reddit

I used to work at Don Mills and Eglinton, and to go home it's either taking the 25/925 bus down to Pape station or 34 bus west to Eglinton station. I've always taken the 25 even though the route is longer with more turns. In some odd occasions when I decided to roll the dice with the 34 I...

Structurally TTC platforms are in cantilever from the yellow strip. This part can not support the weight and vibration from PSDs. They will have partially demolish this cantilever part to install steel columns which support the PSDs, directly on station box bottom slab, and recontruct to restore...

Queen shaft design ask for inclined retaining walls once it hits the bedrock (below piles) to expand the width and accomodate 2 separate tunnels. This is due to the confined surroundings where they can not excavate straight down from street level as in other stations shaft. There are concerns...

As shown in this video, the excavation is paused at the bottom of piles level which is about one third of the station total depth. The design of the deeper levels is currently in limbo. To avoid delaying the TBM lauch which is a major milestones set in the contract, they plan to stop the TBM at...

Carney himself admitted it in his speech: For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We joined its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And because of that, we could pursue values-based foreign...