Wanna bet $5 Brian Lilley will be there though?

But it was Malton Airport up until 1984, and there wasn't much confusion that it served Toronto. And people still know you can get to NYC from Newark airport.

Makes sense to me; Dorval is the city it's in. The airport was (originally) named after the location, and to get to the airport requires a shuttle. If the trains stopped somewhere with direct access to it might make sense to rename it Trudeau.

My guess is more about the potential for causing costly damage if the CSA tries to restart an escalator that has stopped due to mechanical reasons (debris blockage, for instance). That doesn't mean the CSAs couldn't be trained to triage potential problems (or that escalators couldn't be...

It's funny you argue so deeply about nitpicking when you've made post after post about absolutely pedantic stuff here. Adjustments could have been made to the Eglinton to have it run more like the Yamanote or any other above ground rail with street crossings that runs with any level of...

Why? Japan runs far more above ground than they do below ground, and it's arguably one of the fastest, most efficient systems in the world (despite multiple service operators). The Yamanote Line in runs with as little as a 2 minute headway, has street level crossings and is one of the busiest in...

Because we need to really stop with the belief that cars (and not people) use the roads, and that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (or the one).

"That the NDP at Toronto City Hall pushed for so many above-ground routes was an obvious strategic blunder, and we’ll never know how much money was actually saved in the end by choosing a different form factor. " If Ford had gotten his way or were still mayor, we'd still not have the subways he...

Greg "the Nazi Cosplayer" Bovino, you mean.

Just in case anyone was ready to continue dismissing this volume of snow, note that Toronto got the brunt of this storm, and Environment Canada's predictions were nearly spot on. Toronto City Centre got 56cm; Pearson 46cm.

This is kind of a rare magnitude of snowstorm. The TDSB cancelled school by 6pm this evening, with tentative warnings already happening at 2pm. It’s rare for them to do so with enough foreknowledge, and Environment Canada has already predicted up to 60cm total by morning light. Yesterday they...

Or y’know, we could make all platforms level boarding and solve a multitude of problems with accessibility as well.

I edited my previous comment to address this. If this were a problem, why are all cars allowed to disembark at the same time then? True, but all that space would be better put to use as seating for more passengers, rather than the alcoves (which are often prioritized for those with mobility...

What kind of restrictions would there be though at Union? It seems like it's all like it's been modelled after an airport rather than any kind of rail system. Why can't people head up to the platform and wait for their train there? Why can't the via concourse just be seating, rather than...

That's because they're unmanned stations. Likewise happens at Cornwall and others. But it's still ridiculous that at a terminus one has to go through all of this rigamarole. What other train network makes its customers do stuff like this?