That isn't even a station site!

Victoria is pretty close to what's needed, IMO - especially at the bottom of the escarpment between King and the Claremont Access. But that's because the City has already cut a lane with the bike lane installation. Wellington definitely could cut a lane or two though, especially north of Barton.

This is a great point. Honestly, if Alto an MTO were smart, they would be planning a Highway 7 freeway upgrade in tandem with ALTO from Peterborough to Ottawa. That highway would pull a lot of traffic off the 401 and likely delay the need for widening on that corridor, and provide faster vehicle...

I suspect we will get an opening date within the next month or so, assuming Trump doesn't actually block opening. A lot of his recent threats to Canada have not resulted in follow-through, and this is one of the silliest of his threats, so I'd hope it will proceed. I could see mid- to...

a rare double 42! Also - I think they have the scaling off on the site. the underlaying image has Six Points under construction still so it's a bit of a mess and makes it difficult to scale the buildings properly when overlaying them. Reminds me of this rendering which had the opposite...

GTAA is trying to figure out what they actually want.

Thats an average of only 50 passengers a flight? Porters new jets sit 140.. at 90% occupancy that’s 80 flights. And there are 18 operating hours for YTZ, so that’s one every 13.5 minutes. And as I said, the noise really isn’t an issue in the first place. People were concerned about traffic...

I don’t think YTZ is turning into the next Boston Logan here or anything. More like growing from 2 million annual passengers to 4 million or something. End of the day it will likely retain limited operating hours and is a single runway for small planes. London City does around 3.5 million -...

I used to have a 2010 XC-60 until a year or two ago - it was a great car. Solid and surprisingly reliable. I had it from 230 to 280,000kms.. I had $500 in non-regular maintenance in that time (new alternator). Drove great too. Very much a luxury vehicle for sure though. Base price is almost...

Always love your aerial updates Kotsy!

How many real negative externalities though? the airport has never particularly bothered me on the waterfront. The Gardiner has a far larger noise and pollution impact on downtown from my experience.. and at the end of the day, it's the downtown of one of the largest cities on the continent, the...

The great lakes cruise industry has basically developed entirely in the last decade and done so quite quietly - many aren't aware of it. Because it's limited to seawaymax sized ships, they tend to be smaller cruises with premium or semi-premium profiles. A different kind of cruise than you see...

PHEV is more limiting. Assuming you want to stay away from luxury brands and don't want compact SUV (very small trunks typically), you have: Ford Escape PHEV - terrible reliability Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - also terrible reliability and ugly Kia Sportage PHEV - decent, but a bit bland...

Interesting - that's the first time I've seen toll rates announced. Unsurprisingly, it vastly undercuts the Ambassador bridge which is $10 USD currently - at $5.75. I am frustrated they won't take EZPass though. Even the Ambassador is working towards EZPass right now.. It's not hard for...

One interesting thing about Canada over the Netherlands is that there are actually far more Canadians who take public transit. Only about 5% of trips in the Netherlands are on public transit vs. 11% in Canada. Ultimately the dutch model is unique globally for a reason as it's cities are flat...