I don't think most of you understand the opposition to MOOSE that some of us have. It's not that we're anti-rail in the least. This has to do with MOOSE's plan and how they mean to implement it. Let me use an analogy. The City of Ottawa is planning on building a new Civic Hospital Campus on...

There are different versions of the Project Management triangle tradeoff which in essence states that for any project you can either have it done quickly, done well , or at low cost, but you can only get two out of those three for any given scenario. I found a variation of that which is...

MOOSE is a future hypothetical. They have no money. They have no financial investors. They have no completed feasibility study. They do not have a viable or sustainable financial plan. Everything they talk about is hypothetical. They can make all the promises in the world about this great...

Then please respect my rights as an individual as well to ask questions and to state my opinions. And yes, I support MOOSE's right to use the courts, the Competition Bureau, the CTA, just like any other entity. That doesn't mean I have to agree with their plan and their use of these legal...

Actually no, that's not what I mean. The CTA is neither a court of law, nor is it the Competition Bureau. I was referring to the Chelsea line situation as one example where MOOSE submitted affidavits in the Quebec Superior Court seeking an injunction, and complaints to the Competition Bureau...

And what MOOSE is doing now isn't affecting the public??? What about the court injunctions that try to hold up or reverse decisions made by municipal councils. What about applications to the Competition Bureau, once again trying to impede actions taking by local councils? What about the...

OK. Please tell me how a corporate entity with no revenue, no investors, and no viable financial plans is able to create any form of infrastructure or effective transportation network. That's what bothers me about a lot of the supporters of MOOSE and the proposed regional railway network on...

I don't believe MOOSE as a corporate entity technically has any employees.

To date, all 'investment' into the MOOSE project has been funded "in-kind". In other words, the words, they are providing their own time and services in exchange for future equity in the railway company. (Maybe not the best definition of "in-kind" investment, but perhaps Joseph Potvin can...

Perhaps I should have said that they make claims that they can't (or fail to) live up to. Here's an example: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-area-commuter-rail-gathers-steam-1.1003316 14 Sep 2011: But Potvin said if the municipalities all get on board, the first trains could be...

Urban Sky: I don't disagree that we need a little sanity here, I realize that these figures are somewhat ridiculous, hence the "FUN WITH FIGURES". However, what I'm trying to highlight in some respects is that after 8 years MOOSE has yet to complete a feasibility study and doesn't have a clue...

@Allendale25 , I've discussed the six train issue that MOOSE is currently using in their financial estimates in previous posts and I've linked to one of them below. By my rough calculations the best service that could be provided over the 400km network is approximately every three hours with...

Joseph, Does this mean that MOOSE has actually completed a feasibility study and come up with an updated financial estimate. FUN WITH FIGURES: Current MOOSE financial estimates: $500 Million to operate 6 trains over a 400km network on an annual basis. That will provide service...

Now you're the one making assumptions, based on some theoretical fantasy of yours. Of course, they could buy 20 more trains. Of course, they could run shuttles up and down the Trillium Line. But that's not their plan. That's not what they have accounted for in their financial estimates...

"(a) Frequency of the service Moose will provide train service to stations approximately every hour from 5:30 am to midnight. https://www.letsgomoose.ca/wp-content/uploads/MooseConsortiumInc_ReplyTo24OctLetter_RE_CertificateOfFitness_2016-11-25bPDF.pdf “Our plan involves operating three-coach...

@crs1026 I just want to highlight the fact that the Ottawa Citizen article is factually incorrect. The City does not need to repair the bridge within the next 12 months. Rather what the CTA order states is that it must come up with a plan to bring the bridge to a state of repair (no time...

July 18, 2017, Ottawa Citizen: "Potvin sees a future commuter who rides into downtown Ottawa from Arnprior, heads up to Wakefield after work for a show at the Black Sheep Inn, then heads home to Arnprior, all by commuter train. My calculations: Arnprior to downtown: approximately 1.5 hrs...

Glad to hear that you have the power to just make my opinions disappear because you don't share them. Anyway, a couple of points. Joseph Potvin has always made it quite clear that his intent is to start all three lines at the same time. Several suggestions that have been made to him from...

I wonder if Joseph Potvin also expects that OC Transpo would establish a condominium corporation around each of their own stations, gather revenue through that corporation, and then subsequently pay MOOSE a stopping fee to have their own trains stop at their own stations.

Apologies to anyone who follows both forums for my cross posting. @Joseph Potvin, Three questions: 1. What frequency of service does MOOSE intend to provide? 2. How many trains does MOOSE intend to purchase? 3. Does your financial estimate for both upfront capital expenditures and for...