It`s been said before but . . . -Modern elevated guideway and rail are not very large and quieter than road traffic, especially on a straight shot like Hurontario -Comparing elevated rail to an elevated expressway should be a disqualification for one being taken seriously, the scale, amount of...

Except it also goes to Exhibition, which is a major leisure destination that will only grow, and intercepts the busy GO line with likely the most intensive service in the future. Its not just condos . . . though a lot of that is already there? I wouldn't call Liberty Village a "condo cluster"...

I think its worth remembering that Ford (and Legault for that matter - and maybe even Smith in AB?!) are spending a lot of money on transit. Way more than the previous governments were, So the idea that the Conservatives are forever ideologically opposed, especially if they are aligned with...

Happy to see more chargers: https://globalnews.ca/video/9361675/tory-outlines-plan-to-install-hundreds-of-electric-charging-stations-at-green-p-parking-lots That said the on street ones are incredibly ugly compared to others I've seen. I also really think we need to move faster on this. EV's are...

If its going down the centre of a street then unless the businesses are in the median they aren't going to be under it. Not that I agree that it would have an impact anyway.

Not going to be much use if MX / GO does something like last week, reducing service for multiple days because of the suspicion it might snow . . . a bit of a problem in Canada!

Many LRVs / trams have a double door at the front. Not sure why you would claim as if single doors are some universal truth.

FEC and Brightline situation makes me think freight rail being part of things might actually lead to a better outcome . . .

Could the streetcars go faster? Yes, but they are always going to struggle to serve diagonal trips which the OL will do quite seamlessly. At the same time, it will likely be faster to take OL crosstown even if it means going a bit north and south on it, it's just going to be so much faster than...

If the TTC does it its right! Nothing to learn from those foreigners!

Last time I checked the thread is on a western extension of Line 2, most likely to Sherway which happens to have a rail corridor 70+% of the way to it . . .

Having to transfer to go one stop does not strike me as the fast solution! There is no reason a subway mostly in a rail corridor should cost billions. This is Toronto brain.

Except that low speed rail does provide a compelling transpo option in the burbs!

The flaw in this reasoning is that it doesn't consider the logistics of actually building the tunnels and extending in the future. The above proposed would mean any western extensions needs to begin with tunnelling in one of the densest areas of the city. You also need a place to launch or...

The idea that a place you serve with transit is not changed by the transit seems like a major issue with these assumptions, a subway extension is naturally going to make a mall a more attractive destination as well - driving all day ridership. Having heavier midday demand also sounds like a good...

Density is not the only factor! The line connects with so many others meaning that riders can access it from three different existing Subway Lines, and three different regional Rail lines that have way more capacity than a Subway. Also there is an insane amount of development happening anyways!

The idea that "rapid transit" could only exist in peak hours is nuts

The planning issues are real issues and the speed doesn't only have to do with lots of stops, you also just cannot go as fast along a street as in a separate ROW. Hypothetically to the exact same places along the wide streets of Scarborough? Stop consolidation is fine - that's how every...

Looks like some platform markers for where trains will stop? If we get PSD's I'd be over the moon

Different "forms" of rapid transit i.e. some forms more rapid than others. People have for years been talking about how LRT is so great in Toronto - but our lines won't have strong signal priority and are often designed with too frequent stops etc. (basically all surface sections go down the...