Well, what has already been done so far is: - Cut through the floor on two different levels of the parking structure - Build a support around those cuts - Excavate vertically down to the subway tunnel - Build a support frame around the future openings in the platform walls So a lot of the hard...

The TTC project is the more complicated of the two, and is the one that is not as far along. They've only just cut the first opening at platform level, and need to do another one still. A year and a half to finish that project sounds about right for it. They are not speaking to how long the...

Check again now. It looks like they accidentally put up a temporary version of the timetable, instead of the correct one. They changed it by yesterday evening. The version available on their site now shows the same weekday service as runs today, but the enhanced weekend service. Dan

Unless you're Robert Wadlow or Yao Ming, your head is at the perfect height to hit the far rail if you slip. Dan

So, this is all quite curious. As there is supposed to be a rather large announcement with one of the ministers on Friday. Maybe these are interim until that new announcement? Dan

At least Crosslinx isn't involved to enforce a 2km/h walking speed limit for the first 2 months of opening.... Dan

Considering that they seem to be doubling-down on emphasizing "repairing" the existing design to improve its durability, my guess is no. But then again, the Philly cars are going to be a far more bespoke design akin to the Flexity Outlook cars on Toronto's legacy network, so they may be basing...

Ahh, I was not aware that New Flyer made those changes. Thanks for that. Dan

MTA uses different specs in their tenders. They have required stainless steel frames in the past, but they have also required that any bus meets a certain threshold of longevity at the Altoona "shaker" testing. Orion late it its life almost offered bids on a North American-ized Mercedes Citaro...

The main difference is that they are an inside bearing design versus an outside bearing design. The bearings are mounted inboard of the wheels, versus outboard. This by itself is not unusual. What is unusual is the truck frame in concert with the swing-link suspension AND the outside-hung...

Many of the stations, too. Dan

Not as well as you think.... Dan

There have been a lot of good answers that help explain why the railway bridge is how it is, but there's one big reason that no one has touched on yet. It wasn't built like that - but rather has been assembled piecemeal over the last 100 years. The span over the river is part of this version...

In a word - no. The TTC required a whole bunch of things on their buses at the time, but the major deal breakers were a stainless steel frame and a "lifetime" warranty on the frame. Orion was the only one to offer both of those. That's why the TTC only bought from Orion until their demise. And...

No, the TTC wasn't "banned" from buying high-floor buses. But there was definitely friction between The Commissioners - lead by Howard Moscoe - and the staff in the mid-to-late 1990s. Staff wanted high-floor buses - they were a known commodity - and The Commissioners wanted low-floor buses to...