I think it makes sense to run the #99 on the improved frequency; such as every 10 min as the doc cited by ARG1 states. VIVA, I assume no. The bulk of riders coming from the north will be transferring to subway at RHC. Residents living in the vicinity of the Centre and Royal Orchard stations...

The number of people who benefit from the subway extension will be many times greater than the number of people inconvenienced by the loss of VIVA stations at Royal Orchard and Centre, or by the loss of the #53 / #60 buses between Steeles and Finch. It would be great to add those stations back...

Several good points are touched here, but we might not know all the exact answers. Some notes though: 1. The steam-reformed hydrogen is pretty bad, if the by-product CO2 is simply released into the athmosphere. That kind of hydrogen is probably worse than simply burning the diesel fuel, because...

You can recycle close to 100% of water used for the electrolysis. When hydrogen is consumed in the fuel cells, it combines with the athmospheric oxygen and turns back into water. The cost of that is the need to carry all the generated water back to the electrolysis station. Which will increase...

Hydrogen tanks can be delivered to fueling stations in the same way diesel fuel is getting delivered today. There could be challenges; hydrogen by itself is very lightweight but it has to be stored under high pressure and that required heavy containers. We'll see how it evolves. For the...

Re: https://www.tvo.org/article/the-case-for-delaying-torontos-subway-plans That article is very easy to argue against, but they have no comments section :) First of all, the Covid situation is temporary. It might last another year or two, but not 10+ years that will pass before any of the new...

That's true, but the backlog of transit projects is a lot greater than the backlog of highway extensions. When a highway extension is delayed, it adds some to the travel time but most of cars can use other highways or local roads. When transit is inadequate, everything gets plugged, including...

I know that the construction is in progress. And I guess it would be difficult to coordinate with the subway project at this point. Unfortunate but true.

I'd be very surprised if the Cummer / Drewry station cannot be built for a lot less than $500M. If they only coordinated with the construction happening now in the south-east corner of Yonge & Cummer .. They could basically use the huge Food Basic / plaza parking lot for the construction site...

Few local bus connections? Look at Scarborough on the TTC system map (https://www.ttc.ca/PDF/Maps/TTC_SystemMap.pdf) and see those "few". The density is low, but the total catchment area is very large and the transit usage is pretty high there. Less than in downtown but a lot more than across...

The intentions are pretty good. Although we have to see how this plan evolves as the opening date approaches. I can spot a couple of problems with the routes in the above plan. #23 to Clark Stn doesn't really make sense, that would leave Hilda Ave between Clark and Steeles with no service at...

YRT needs to improve the local bus service on Yonge between Steeles and Hwy 7, once the subway opens. Viva services will no longer operate on Yonge south of Hwy 7, leaving a large gap from Hwy 7 to Clark. That gap should be filled by the local service running once in 10 to 15 min. Steeles to...

It would be good to add a station at Brimley and Eglinton, that spot can have quite a bit of local density. Other than that, the spacing is consistent with other outer sections. Wilson to Sheppard West, Eglinton to Sheppard on Line 1, Yonge to Bayview and Leslies to Don Mills on Line 4. Not...

Overall, if the TTC wants to be short-turning half of the northbound Spadina line trains at Sheppard West, Wilson, or Yorkdale, then the TYSSE section will have plenty of slots for extra trains. And that strengthens the case for sending the Line 4 trains up the TYSSE section, as that could be...

Finch LRT will be on surface both east and west of the Finch-Keele station. A branch of that line can be built later, and it should not be difficult. No need to delay the opening of the Keele - Humber phase, and no need to close anything for more than a few weeks.

One consideration against extending the OL west from the Exhibition terminus is the desire of Metrolinx to use OL for the Union relief. They would like the transfers at both East Harbor and the Exhibition to divert the GO riders from Union. And, they are already setting themselves to fail at...

Nobody can have "faith" in anything related to TTC or MLinx. A massive and well-established bureaucracy is never in a rush to improve its operations. But the technical possibilities are there. If they get desperate and need a solution for the capacity crunch, they will make a move.

For the sake of being historically accurate, the SSE TBM should be called Karen-Glen. And the DoFo name reserved for the Ontario Line TBM. If the Ontario Line needs 2 TBMs, then DoFo and Mlinx.

Should be noted that the majority of optimization benefits that can work for OL, can be added to Line 1 in the future. Signaling can be upgraded, train layout can be improved when it's time to procure new trains, etc. OL can have those advantages at the start, but the Yonge line can get them as...

If we look at the same document, but go to Page 32: http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/board_agenda/20190912/20190912_BoardMtg_Ontario_Line_Initial_Business_Case_EN.pdf Toronto Rocket trains are 138m x 3.2m, while OL trains are projected to be 100m x 3.0m. That's about 40% less capacity. If...