Great transit links won’t matter if it’s not interesting enough to be a destination for the day. No one is going to take a subway to hang out at a park for an hour. Our equivalent of those great urban parks are the Islands (nope, not High Park). And yes they are a bit harder to get there but...

All of your examples are parks located right in the heart of downtown. Exhibition Place is in the middle of nowhere, relatively speaking. It requires more of a reason for people to travel to it.

<shrug> not sure why not. Good schools, nice parks, close access to great beaches, TTC and GO. And brewpubs out the yin yang :) Markham is closer than Oshawa to downtown, btw

Lots of reasonably priced housing stock on Danforth East (Woodbine/Vic Park) and all along South Scarborough. No need to go as far as Oshawa. A lot of Tech is located along the DVP/404 corridor (up to Markham) so the commute is nicer from the east side. I also suspect that Mimico/New Toronto...

So, I'm just curious - what exactly did they do in this moat that it has been closed for years? it looks like its in essentially original state? I also assumed the point was to close the part of the moat that everyone has been walking through to get to the TTC so they can finish the roof glass...

No kidding - I've never known traffic on Kingston to be busy east of Birchmount/Warden area. Now that the size of this project and the fact that its not a correctional facility is becoming more well known, I'd expect opposition to die down significantly. You can well imagine the negative...

Yeah, after more reading it turns out my first impression was correct - this is not a correctional facility. It’s like a halfway home to transition back to civilian life. And there are only 12 beds (with another 12 apartments). I don’t have a problem with this at all. I question the value of...

Ah, so it is. You’re right - this is a stupid idea on a retail strip that has its first shot at rejuvenation in a long long while....

Without commenting on whether or not this is the appropriate location, this is not a proposal for a “correctional” facility.

That crowding last night was ridiculous. I have no idea why it occurred though, unless it was rain induced. I don't see that type of crowding during rush hour on a daily basis by any means.

Scandal and corruption happen, despite the rules. I'm just saying that if one bid comes in at $100MM and another bid comes in almost the same ($99.5MM for example), then staff should have some discretion to choose the bid based on qualitative factors. This does not override vetting for both of...

I agree, contractors play the game they have to play to get the job. Same thing with politicians - big construction projects would never get approved if the upfront estimate was anything other than best best case scenario (which never materializes). nfitz, I don't think we should be overly...

Two problems: 1) There's no guarantee the second lowest bidder has low balled any less egregiously based on their understanding of the project. In fact, there's no statistical evidence to even suggest this is correlated in any way. 2) Often times there are only two qualified bidders. So your...

Why has Metrolinx bothered to increase the service frequency on LSE/LSW to every 15 minutes off-peak on weekdays, and not on peak or on weekends? Its such a maddeningly stupid thing that it would actually be less frustrating if they simply didn't bother with the weekday off-peak improvements.

Is anyone else really bummed that it seems like the entire Union station is plastered with Vype advertisements? It's a pretty sad first impression to people visiting our city. I don't object to this advertising entirely but it seems like there should be some standards for the maximum quantity of...

The stations don't need to be as extravagant as the Spadina extension stations (those are insane), but the reality is that subway stations are a definite architectural feature of any city, and they leave a first and lasting impression on visitors. They should not be built on the cheap. There's...

This is probably a dumb suggestion for several reasons, but is Elon Musk's Boring Company anywhere near prime time to be considered for these projects? Are the tunnels he is drilling too narrow for light rail?

Here’s what I believe - the DRL will be built either first or second, but it won’t begin in earnest until there is some major disaster that occurs due to the overcrowding at Y/B. If somebody falls on the track and dies, or there is a stampede situation, funding will flow. How’s that for...

Did I miss a good reason why the light stock used for the Crosstown is not being considered for this line? At least there will be connectivity in that case to railyards.

Interesting - Scarborough and Eglinton are both reduced fare, but Guildwood is not. So that’s where they drew the line.