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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Nah, they should build a diverging diamond-style intersection. All turning traffic diverted to the north, all traffic staying on Eglinton staying on the south side of the tracks. There would still be a pedestrian crossing over the tracks, however.
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    Line 2 extension to the Port Lands confirmed?!?!? 😲
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    The Future of subway and rapid transit in the GTA

    Your description of Toronto's build form is true. The suburbs are big and spread out. They have lower transit ridership potential than higher density areas, so LRTs (lower capacity, higher coverage) make more sense there than heavy rail (higher capacity, lower coverage). Toronto's political...
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    The Future of subway and rapid transit in the GTA

    Somehow the conclusion of many users in this thread is "we must never build LRT in Toronto again because it's impossible to have a good LRT in Toronto" and not "we need to make simple, obvious changes to our existing and future LRTs so that LRTs can work in Toronto, like they do everywhere...
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    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    From the CBC article Reece posted: So hopefully we do see times creep up.
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    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    They were working earlier, apparently. But yes, they have been down most of the morning! I heard one of the LRVs had a mechanical issue as well. I was on the third or fourth train out of Finch West. I think the train ahead of us had a bunch of foamers railfans jumping out to get the...
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    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    17 years since this thread was created. 500 pages. 7500 posts. It's finally here. It has been a pleasure posting with you all. I expect to see you all at the opening ceremony tomorrow!
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    Waterfront Transit Reset Phase 1 Study

    Forget waiting 20 years and spending a gagillion dollars to rebuild the union loop. Just divert Spadina streetcars away from union and send them along QQE to the portlands instead. Is it a perfect solution? No. But it can be accomplished easily.
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    Toronto Toronto | 1 Adriatic | 72m | 22s | BV Realty Partners | Superkül

    As someone very familiar with Weston Golf and Country Club (I worked there for many years) this render is baffling. On the map below, the rectangle is the actual location of this development. The arrow is my approximation of where the photographer would have been standing, and the direction they...
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    Sheppard Line 4 Subway Extension (Proposed)

    Walter, we know where you live. 😈
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    I find those bike coaches are either completely full or completely empty, no in-between.
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    Toronto Toronto | Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

    Not exactly...commuting was definitely a thing and Toronto had previously had a commuter railway that fed into the previous union station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Belt_Line_Railway
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    EMERSON LAKE AND PALMER METIONED!!!!
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    Toronto Toronto | East Harbour GO & Ontario Line Station | 14.35m | 1s | Metrolinx | HDR

    There is definitely an architecture/infrastructure decline but I don't like framing it as a product of our culture. It's a lack of money that is to blame, and for that I blame three culprits: neoliberal taxation policies leading to reduced government revenue increased costs related to...

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