There is no such thing as Chesswood station on ECLRT. The writer probably meant Oakwood station, and indeed some debate had happened about its addition. I am not aware of any federal government role in the Oakwood station or Leslie station debate. IMHO, Oakwood station is desirable, it serves...

DC has a slightly lower transit % while having a much greater population. Calgary is clearly winning. Out of all the cities listed in that chart, only 3 are clearly beating Calgary. Those are Ottawa, Guadaljara, Mexico City. Montreal / Toronto / New York have a higher transit % too, but...

John Tory was "championing" Eglinton East by keeping it on the to-do list, but he did exactly nothing to advance that project. For his SmartTrack and for SSE, he at least made some feeble efforts, but Eglinton East didn't get even that. The rest will be my guesses. People who manage the...

I have to disagree. It is easier to establish a well-used transit system when you have more population. With more available riders you can run transit vehicles at a greater frequency, which makes transit more convenient and attracts more riders who otherwise would drive, or would not travel at...

I dunno. On one hand, people complain about the absence of the Willowdale station on the Sheppard line. Even though the residents don't want a station there, and if built, it won't be any cheaper than the Cummer station on Yonge. On the other hand, we have an existing high density and an...

They are probably not going to change the technology, keeping wide-bodied TTC subway trains. That makes any extension with a fancy diagonal alignment unlikely. Probably will just stop at Allen Rd / Sheppard West, or maybe will go straight west a bit further, to Keele or Jane.

What bothers me is that reports produced by essentially the same school of urban design differ so much. 16 years ago when designing Transit City, they were all unicorns and rainbows about each of the selected LRT lines, including Eg East. The recent report says Eg East LRT is of questionable...

That's an interesting question; the impact of GO-RER might go both ways. On one hand, downtown-bound commuters don't need to take Eg East to Kennedy. They can use GO instead. On the other hand, some commuters will take Eg East to Guildwood GO or Eglinton GO, while without a good GO-RER they...

Although I wouldn't select Sheppard as the top priority right now; but if there exists a team willing to push Sheppard forward, let it be. The northern crosstown route will be needed eventually.

It feels that they might have mis-modeled the business case though. I've seen strangely conflicting statements in one of their recent report: a) Eg East LRT will facilitate Transit-Oriented development and increase the density along the route, and b) The total ridership will remain at the same...

Kind of dumb logic in play: - If a location can be filled with highrises, then it is a good place for TOD, and a subway station will be funded. - If a location is already filled with the same or greater number of highrises, then there is no more fish to fry, the location isn't designated for...

Will that really work for the riders though? A lot of Waterfront residents want to travel to the core downtown employment area north of Union, or transfer to the subway and travel somewhere on the subway. If the streetcar line goes E-W only, then how do they get to their destinations? Some of...

Interesting, I didn't know that. But then how are they going to build the section between Osgood and Strachan Ave? Another TBM from the west side?

No sympathy for Mr. Bradford, but surprised that someone bothered to create a poster against a guy who polls in single digits and seems to be reliably stuck there. It is going to be Chow vs Saunders, isn't it? Perhaps Matlow, or Hunter, or Bailao can make gains and approach the 2-nd place, but...

Definitely, that ship has sailed. No changes at this point. The debate is about the quality of choices already made.

Good point, maybe neither Osgood nor Spadina / Queen is a good interim terminus. Still would prefer to continue straight west under Queen to the first suitable extraction point. But if the southern route results in an easier extraction somehow, that's a material factor. Although the extraction...

I understand that; the success is not guaranteed, but I wouldn't rule out that option. Chow, the likely winner of the coming mayoral elections, didn't promise not to increase taxes. When the SSE surtax was voted for, Rob Ford himself reluctantly voted "Yes". Then John Tory came to power, he is...

True; but it may be easier for the voters to accept a temporary special-purpose surtax than a general tax rate increase. First, they get something visible in return, that they can see and even ride. And secondly, it will have a sunset. The project gets built, the surtax ends.

OL is a desperately needed project, and will be very well used. It is great that Phase 1 goes all the way to Eglinton, rather than just to Danforth / Line 2. Still, I would build with larger trains / stations to make it more future-proof. And the western segment (west of University or Spadina)...

I'm wondering if the city could fund the 2 Waterfront LRT projects, or at lest WF East, or even just the Unin loop rebuild - using a dedicated surtax scheme, similar to the one used for SSE starting early 201x. The funds were earmarked for SSE, then reallocated to Eg East, but it is not enough...