Thanks TJ. It is an uphill slog but got some coverage from Blog TO today. The writer actually read the proposal and brought forward some highlights https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/01/yonge-street-express-subway-has-now-been-proposed-toronto Perhaps this will encourage the City/Metrolinx to dig...

My Yonge Express Subway ("YES") concept does include the new line running to Richmond Hill independent of Line 1, so it is relevant to this thread. That being said, the meat of what makes the YES a potential game-changer is what is proposed south of Steeles. I would like to start a separate...

Comments in reply: 1. To accommodate north/south tracks in a single bore would require a bore diameter of approximately 12 m. This is a very large tunnel that would require an expensive custom tunnel boring machine instead of almost off-the-shelf standard tunnel machines for the North American...

It is great that people have their own ideas and draw schematic concepts. I don't think there is really much knowledge out there about the practicality of building these projects and the costs. The Yonge Street Express Subway will solve the congestion on Line 1 and can readily be built cheaper...

The problem with trying to use Bay Street is that it ends at Davenport Road and there is no easy route to connect back to Yonge Street. If you added a bunch of stations on Bay Street, it would be very expensive to build and then it wouldn't be be an express subway anymore.

There has been some discussion of this in the past, but given the City and Province moving ahead with an extension of the existing subway to Richmond Hill, it is critical that a real relief subway be constructed in the Yonge Street corridor. If not, the additional ridership from continual...

Hi Edward. New member here. I tried to post on a new Yonge St. Express Subway concept yesterday but I don't see it online. Is there a vetting process before posts are live?