I think we should capture the whole lifecycle: Backroom Discussion -> Grandstand -> Consultant Enrichment & Theatre -> Over-promise -> Deliver with optimism -> Under-deliver -> Define target -> Test -> Remediate -> Anger -> Acceptance -> Soft Launch -> Grand Opening -> Paint ceiling.

If the $25K was all fuel and we assume 50 weeks of 5 weekdays... 25000/50/5=$100 to fuel a bus for an 8h shift. The average transit bus fuel consumption is 3.4mpg or 0.69L/km. Fuel price $1.57/L (using a Miway 2022 purchase to estimate). 100/1.57/0.69 = 92km/8h = 11km/h. I guess that is...

Darn, the ceiling and carriageway isn't included. Bollards, not just good steel ones envisioned in the original design of the whole square, but concrete ones as well which "I'm sure" are really getting a publicly viewable design review.

If the city successfully gets the province to pay for the LRT they can take all the buses that were running on Finch West and Eglinton and deploy them elsewhere making it look like they magically delivered a service increase with no change in budget. I'm not saying that the city wouldn't...

The good news is this elevator exists (next to the TD behind the escalators) and goes to the promenade level and the new east wing. The bad news is this only elevator that does all three levels in the station, and there isn't a bank of two or three, there is only a single one. Actually that...

Hmm. The 430 makes sense, but the $100K seems really low for direct operating expenses unless it is all expenses minus fuel, because the driver is maybe $75K of that (more when you factor in paid benefits). When I look at the fuel a bus would use over 8h shifts annually if travelling 15km/h...

When the Sheppard line opened it was overbuilt. It wasn't replacing a bus fleet capable of transporting subway capacities down the entire length of Sheppard, it was replacing a smaller 5km stretch with much less capacity. Only when the capacity is at a certain point is the mode of greater...

I have already stated that I agree there are costs to maintain. What you don't understand is that those costs are minuscule in the big picture of what it costs to run the line and that operating a fleet of diesel buses is not cheap. Cleaning staff... there are 14 stations which were designed...

Excellent use case for ChatGPT :) So the cost released as the estimate to run the Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown lines was a total of $106 million. In fuel savings from the Finch West bus route alone $36 million of that is covered bringing the unfunded cost to $70 million. I could look up...

If the CN Station was transferred to Metrolinx / VIA for use as a station and the goals were to use the original platform locations, then the main obstacle is the demolition of the basement that has been built under the CN station concourse, and the removal of the GO parking lot and grade...

According to the freedom of access report on the operating cost of the two lines, it was stated the costs were $106 million annually. Looking at a Finch West service plan that shows an average 22 buses operating, a route length of about 25km, and an average speed of 15km/h you can do some back...

Yes, and if this was checked luggage OSHA would apply. If a passenger carried it to the train already, they could have already pulled their back and OSHA isn't going to do anything about it.

All of that is the opposite of what the argument by the TTC against the province uploading the operating costs of the subway has been. The argument has often been that the subway subsidizes the surface routes operationally. The electricity cost for LRVs should not be more expensive than...

Yes, it negatively impacts customer service, requires more staff involvement, and makes no sense. The train should be able to comfortably handle 1 personal item (at seat), 1 carry-on (above seat), and 1 piece of luggage (on shelf). The passengers are responsible for their luggage and must...

The high cost of any transportation operation is staff and fuel. Am I supposed to believe that an electric transportation system, brand new and under warranty, with vehicles that are driven by a single employee that handle a much larger capacity, is somehow more expensive to run than the buses...

No, HFR is not a subsidiary of VIA. It is its own entity with its own board and executive with a different mandate than VIA... to deliver HFR (clean sheet). At some point VIA's corridor services are likely to be taken over by this entity but other than inheriting contracts and routes, the...

I'm hoping that this doesn't include the invention of a new wayfinding flavour. If we can focus on the Metrolinx standard, maybe putting a little more thought into what direction arrows point in various circumstances, that would be great. The RFP should have a skill testing set of questions...

Denver has east and west under the same roof but I think that if you look at Atlanta with its International terminal the clarity on what makes a terminal a terminal becomes a grey area. What makes a terminal and a concourse different? If all the check-in facilities for what is now T1 and T3...

I think the target state is something like this:

I'm curious why the RFQ for the tunnelling contract hasn't led to the issuing of an RFP. Could this be a delay to manage the budgetary constraints of having too many projects on the go at once?