[Richard White]

At that depth, escalator speed matters too. I recall wishing Ottawa's Rideau station escalators would go faster, though I guess maybe too much speed is a safety concern?

On the Soviet era Metro in Budapest one of the stations is stupidly deep. You can't actually see from the bottom of the escalator to the top.

When I've taken it, it felt like forever but I can guarantee that going any faster woule have led to a pileup getting off.

 

[CapitalSeven]

There is one like that in Moscow (at least) I used to ride that was 3 minutes if you stand still. Of course it was also a bomb shelter.

A factor with elevators is the speed and type. Are they fast counterweighted hares or hydraulic tortoises?

 

[Civdis]

Then you change the excavated footprint. If London can do it for equally deep stations in much more dense areas than Spadina/Queen and King/Bathurst, so can we.

This would add a ton of cost. I would rather take an extra escalator or two and put the saved money to use on other transit projects.

 

[hawc]

Inspired by (or shamelessly copying) kotsy , I went and shot some holes in the ground.

Queen & Spadina...




King & Parliament...

 

[kotsy]

Inspired by (or shamelessly copying) kotsy , I went out to shoot some holes in the ground.

First at Queen & Spadina...




And then also at King & Parliament...

Great images! Glad that the inspiration is reciprocal.

 

[dowlingm]

If the valuations presented by the owners ran to the tune of over $100M, I can see why ML took the matter to a tribunal.

We will never know if ML made an offer to settle - which likely would have been higher than their position in court - nor will we know whether they got a ruling that was better than what they offered, or what they predicted.

Clearly, this was a hardball negotiation.

- Paul

I wonder what MPAC’s assessment file says for these sites, and what the owners said during any recent assessment appeals.

 

[Kyle Campbell]

This would add a ton of cost. I would rather take an extra escalator or two and put the saved money to use on other transit projects.

Perhaps, but since the saved money goes into general government coffers it's way more likely to be spent on a tunnel under the 401 or a bribe taxpayer refund next election.