Actually this is what is supposed to happen. It's an equilibrium. Think about it - if transit was faster than cars, people would switch from cars to transit, and thus car traffic would decrease up to the point where it is the same speed as transit. If transit was slower than cars, people would...

I agree the hydrogen stuff is getting a bit annoying, but you should really consider saying that in a more polite manner. Don't think swearing is necessary here.

OL trains are slightly narrower; TRs are 3.124m wide. Not that much difference though. As far as I know OL train length is still unknown at this point.

Although I do think self driving technology has a lot of potential to change cities, and do not disagree with the idea that some public transit routes (especially low ridership suburban bus routes and low ridership intercity routes) will be rendered completely redundant, I find this article's...

Red is rail, Blue Colonel By Dr realignment to meet with Nicholas. Large section of Col By Dr is used for rail alignment. Two tracks is 100% possible, only problem is space for the downtown station if the old station site were to be used. Space is very tight where platforms would need to go...

It is true that widening the 401 is a terrible idea, for the reasons you stated (induced demand). It will only increase the number of cars and increase traffic. But, building transit generally does not reduce congestion due to this same induced demand. Any people that do switch to transit...

We do have precedent at Davisville with Chaplin Cres.

Raise the wires? seems like the simplest solution

Wouldn't it also be possible just to get new trains that were essentially TRs with TTC gauge but shorter cars? That way you can get smaller turning radii (which could make a hypothetical STC or Malvern route easier) without reconstructing the existing Sheppard line. There's no reason to convert...

I did some eyeballing of OL turning radii (Very rough estimates!) West section: Central Section: Gerrard Portal:

Even though I too think that this is kind of a bad plan because it will essentially forever restrict the GO/VIA corridor to 4 tracks, I find this somewhat ludicrous. Is saving billions of dollars not a credible argument? Or much more convenient transfers between GO and RL/OL? Well, probably...

Well, Nikola seems to be a massive scam, so I probably wouldn't believe a single thing that they say. Some short sellers published a report on them and it's scathing to say the least: https://hindenburgresearch.com/nikola/ Nikola's response to them is also laughable at best...

Pretty sure it was removed a while ago lol. Also, wrt Queen Station vertical access, hopefully they add extra entrances at the east/west ends of the OL platforms, which would be a significant improvement.

I'm pretty sure the cancellation of the 985A is due to covid...

Thanks for the info - very interesting! Very grand vision to say the least, but definitely won’t happen till 2200 maybe lol.

Very cool map! Looks very nice, and TTC font is always a plus. Quite interesting what you did with the GO lines - you've got a lot of new ROWs and new track (Stouffville and RH lines to Mt Albert, Barrie line to Sutton, RH line to Bradford). I also see you truncated the GO lines to Barrie...

Just a thought, it looks like the new Liberty Village street would be impossible to fit anymore unless the station is elevated high above the street. https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/libertynewst/

Well I'm not sure if it's that nice, Chicago's Lake Shore is even worse than Toronto's Lakeshore imo. Really sucks to cross; it's like a 10 lane pseudo freeway. There entire area is also filled with 6+ lane roads. There's even double left turn lanes and channelized right turn lanes! The large...

This is... interesting. "Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley forced the closing of Meigs [Airport] in 2003 by ordering the overnight bulldozing of its runway without notice, in violation of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meigs_Field

I thought about this a bit. Based on some back of the napkin calculations and guesses, I feel like one 12m diameter megabore (e.g. Barcelona Line 9/10) would use a significantly greater amount of concrete than 6m diameter twin bores. Walls: The circumference of two 6m circles is exactly the...