The Finch LRT extension further east past Yonge is a nice to have, but frankly isn't very likely to happen if the Sheppard East subway extension goes first. Especially, if Sheppard remains a wide-body TTC subway. Sheppard's ridership will increase if it stretches all the way from McCowan to...

IMO, the connection between the two sides of Line 1 should be done by both Sheppard Subway and Finch LRT. Their roles wouldn't overlap. Sheppard Subway for the network connectivity, for example the trips between the east side and York U / Vaughan; as well as for the Wilson Yard connection. Finch...

For sure, that's their way of thinking. They believe the transit riders are mildly stupid. Subway trains are grey and fast. Therefore, transit riders should assume grey LRT trains are fast. They didn't take into account the difference in the operating environment. Shiny silver subway trains in...

I don't expect any move on Sheppard very soon. However, an announcement might come in the second half of 2025 or early 2026, as a part of 2026 provincial campaign. Doug Ford will have been in power for 8 years, discontent usually begins to accumulate at that point. In an attempt to preserve the...

Charging empty parking spaces will be a problem, as many of those were mandated (a building has to be built with a minimum number of parking spaces, as a way to reduce on-street parking). The owners can probably sue the city if it begins taxing them on parking spaces they didn't want to have in...

Actually for practical reasons, congestion pricing and transit quality are very related. If the former is put in place while the latter is not improved, then angry commuters will bombard their MPPs with complains, and the provincial government will overwrite the city and strike down the...

Maybe, that zone could stretch even further west from Bathurst. Roncesvalles / Dundas West is a good western boundary, the area has relatively good transit and is congested, too. In London UK, the system is in place 7:00-18:00 Monday-Friday and 12:00-18:00 Sat-Sun and bank holidays...

Well I wouldn't call it a waste, as the early operation of the LRT segment would assure a smooth grand launch of the whole line when it is ready. However, the budget constraints are real, and have to be taken into account. Unfortunately, you are probably right; we won't see a staged opening.

No, you just take the bus from the west end all the way to Yonge; passing Mount Dennis and Eglinton West while staying on the bus. The short LRT segment will run in parallel with the bus, not instead of the bus. The LRT will mostly serve riders who live near one of the early open stations (Mt...

If they open just the segment from Mt Dennis (carhouse) to Eglinton West (Spadina subway), then no forced transfers will be added. Bus 32 will continue running from the west end all the way to Yonge just as it does today.

Ideally, they would build the subway tracks and LRT tracks between Kennedy and McCowan in one go. A two-level tunnel, subway at the lower level and LRT at the upper. Or, a subway tunnel with surface LRT tracks sitting right on top of the tunnel structure.

I tend to agree with this. Real operation may uncover defects that didn't get detected in testing. It might be problematic to run the whole line, pass the Yonge & Eglinton station without stopping, and keep working on the latter. But they could operate just the segment between Allen Road and...

Sounds good, but in practice that's much less common. I am not sure why, guess just the way how the market works. Most of the time, they build condos in prime locations. Then some of the unit buyers rent out their units.

Yep .. they knew that EELRT is on the books, they even kind of took those plans into account. And yet, they managed to make that connection difficult (if not impossible).

That takes 20 stations, with 1,000 units per station on average. While some stations can get 1,000 and more, many others are in built up areas and won't get any new highrises. And $50k on top of all other costs is not an insignificant amount for the end buyers.

There is no hard rule, but based on capacity, Line 5 is either LRT or light metro. Definitely not heavy metro. Line 5's maximum is 13-15k per hour per direction, while Lines 1 and 2 can do 30-35k each. In a way, Line 4 functions as a light metro today. Although it could be easily reconfigured...

Line 5 is going to be an odd duck, 70% light-metro in the west, 30% tram in exclusive lanes in the east. If such a strange set of requirements had been given from the onset (must be grade-separated in the centre and in all of Etobicoke, but has to be on-street through the Golden Mile), then...

TTC is the agency of Toronto City Council, and thus is obligated to serve all residents who vote for the Toronto City Council. Let's assume the light metro line, that incorporates the existing 5.5 km of the Sheppard tunnel, runs from the Pickering GO station to Pearson Airport. 85% of the...

Isn't that the downside of keeping the existing rolling stock on Sheppard? If we want it to be a crosstown line, or perhaps a cross-region line, then a lighter / more agile technology would probably work better. The line could connect to the Lakeshore East GO in the east, and reach Pearson...

There is a good reason to have both the Bridge and High Tech stations on Yonge North; both will be placed entirely at the surface level in the same rail corridor, and will be a lot cheaper than a typical subway station. And, a partial justification can be found for the underground Lawrence &...