This is a really minor detail, but I really hate how none of the signage matches the rest of the system. Like, why are there arrows on all the stations in the strip maps? Why is the font different? Why are we using chevrons instead of arrows for the direction of the trains? Can ML seriously not...

What’s the purpose of the Aldershot to Niagara Falls service?

Thats actually genius! Maybe have a diamond instead of a trumpet interchange like Bayview and Lawrence to save space and lessen environmental impact or something akin to Old Leslie and Sheppard to make it less highway-like, but the area isn’t going to be urban anytime soon anyways so a bit of...

Here's a proposal for grade separating Brentcliffe to Don Mills: It looks like there is enough space to move all of Eglinton north of the LRT tracks without moving the tracks, which could probably be built without interrupting LRT service. I think this could probably be cheaper than regrading...

GTAA’s master plan looks like this (on page 83) Basically just a super long tunnel. the legend is on the right if you can read it, orange is tunnel and red is at grade. Also seems like the Woodbine GO station is not taken into account (was this made before Woodbine GO was a thing?) from...

Given how trash the rest of the software is, I don’t think I would trust Presto’s security either

I usually picture the OL turning east at Finch or Sheppard and then running up the 404 until Steeles, then turning east again and heading north on Warden to end up at Downtown Markham (and probably continuing east to Unionville GO). Pretty much the entire extension would be elevated or at grade...

What about VIA? Theyre probably still going to be running diesel trains.

That’s very true. The only other use I can think of is some sort of shopping mall type thing lol.

iirc the GTAA envisions a tunneled Kitchener line corridor to divert to the airport. Abs you mentioned above ground alignments don’t really exist. I also think some kind of people mover (or even the Finch and/or eglinton LRTs) or rail spur (ie the UPX spur) could connect the Go line to the...

And enables faster boarding etc. If we do that though we’d probably need rolling stock with doors at different heights or the ones with rectracting stairs, and we would also probably need to start rebuilding every station on the network to have high platforms. Possible, but probably not worth...

Don’t need to interrupt construction during events i guess? idk

Could just use ground level power supply like Sydney’s new trams

Question: is there any reason why the train storage at the end of the YSE has to be underground? Seems like a huge waste of money. Why don’t we just make a portal just north of High Tech Rd and just stick two or three tracks in the empty space west of the railway inside the railway ROW? Doing...

Not sure where to post this, but I was in Chicago and saw this: Really puts all the GTHA bus stop signage to shame

Why does that pilot zone along Finch not go to yonge to get to north york centre or go into York U? seems like a really random low density area for the pilot

A REM-style conversion of the Richmond Hill line might be possible to provide more relief, running along the Leaside spur and Don branch, and it might be possible to make an underground terminal somewhere downtown, but the alignment beside the Don still presents flood risks that would be really...

A REM-style conversion of the Richmond Hill line might be possible to provide more relief, running along the Leaside spur and Don branch, and it might be possible to make an underground terminal somewhere downtown, but the alignment beside the Don still presents flood risks that would be really...

The Bay transit mall is probably an interesting project further into the future. There are definitely better options than a Bay streetcar for relieving Yonge, but it would definitely provide some relief with a good transfer at Bay Stn. Also, I’d imagine there’d be a lot of people especially once...

I’ve been thinking about ways to extend the waterfront streetcars up Bay St to Bloor. Definitely not a priority project by any means, as it really doesn’t add more coverage, but it would be really cool to have, making intra-downtown trips easier, relieving the Yonge subway and Bloor-Yonge. How...