I enjoy the game of connect-the-dots as much as anyone and believe we need to have lots of suggested ways to connect-the-dots to be sure we’ve looked at the full range of possibilities, that we haven’t left any stone unturned before we spend thousands of millions of dollars. The discussions...

@AlvinofDiaspar, thanks for posting the Waterfrontoronto slide deck. Lovely renderings. Ultimately deciding on what to do will need some quantitative analysis. That is, running traffic flow models and travel demand models. I really liked the flow diagram of existing traffic in the...

@ Red Mars, Thanks for the pictures. I haven't seen the site since last year and it has really moved along.

Wow. Wonderful. I agree, nothing beats 3D.

Hana Korea, on the south side of Baldwin Street in a basement.

@k10ery: Your example is true. I had been thinking in economic terms in two ways. First in economic cash flow analysis you're working in constant dollars so general inflation as a cost driver is not there. Second as "ceteris paribus" or everything else being equal. So I agree if other...

7 July 2013 NPV vs "NPCost" As near as I can make out this confusion is arising from a mis-use of terms. The original post used "net present cost", which really should be called "present value" of cost and yes if you spread out the cash flow the PV of cost goes _down_. However the...

@Bamako, I guess the difference between your proposal and mine is that I would have the reversable lane open to all traffic, not just buses. As a bus-only lane it would be empty much of the time and so both appear to, and actually, not live up to it's economic potential. It's the physical...

6 July 2013 I'll share my fantasy solution to this long obvious disconnect. Recognizing that all crossings have been blocked earlier, either by Nimby-ism or reluctance to spend money; any practical ideas have to be cheap and unobstrusive. So I assume it's cheapness that has prevented a...

03OCT12 - Yes. It's always been extraordinarily bike friendly. I've cycled a lot here all my life. My kids do it all the time. It's become more of a "religion" and less of an eccentricty as it's become more popular. The trick will be to move beyond a "religious" discussion of dogma...

So according to the TTC when we come to compare the various options for what to build along Yonge Street, the analysis of a subway extension to Richmond Hill has to include the expense of the subway along Sheppard in order to access Wilson Yard. This cost has not been included in any of the...

More thoughts on the Y.E.S. 2009-12-12 Sorry I've been preoccupied for quite a while with other things. Many many thanks to Miskaton for re-starting up the discussion with a map of the concept. I'd like to make some responses to specific comments and some general remarks. This will be...

Yonge Express Subway (Y.E.S.) I'm happy to accept those conclusions (so numerous, so small, guaranteed cheaper, better network) if you have true engineering, transportation planning, and transport economic analysis behind those views and can cite the references. Otherwise we're back at my...

Tokyo monocentre I suggest that at the regional scale the Tokyo monocentre is everything inside the Yamanote Line. So it is served by a huge number of train lines. The Toronto equivalent monocentre would be the railway viaduct, University, Queen, and Yonge.

Yonge Express Subway (Y.E.S.) I course ticked "other" to the poll, since I believe the question is too limited, "What is your prefere alignment for a new E/W subway through Downtown?" This question arose because of the lower Yonge line being too crowded to accept more passengers from a...