From the EMSF Open House yesterday: I always thought sand was pumped in from the top, because, you know, gravity. Didn't expect it to get pumped through a tiny port beside the door.

Going! Going! Going! Goooooone! RIP

The westbound tunnel had tracks fully laid between Caledonia station and Fairbank station. I was told they go as far as Oakwood (but not in the stations yet; they need to be further advanced.). Eastbound was further behind; it was in the process of having rails pulled and installed as shown in...

I had the pleasure of going on a tunnel tour this morning with Metrolinx! These show the tunnel structure just west of Caledonia Station. Please enjoy. THE TUNNELS BENEATH OUR FEET I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX The tunnels are way larger than I expected. The pictures...

60 seconds at Bay Station:

Tonight. Gorgeous in the fog.

Ew.

Count em.

Well that's just crazy talk. edit: I just realized the 506 has two distinct stops for Gerrard and Coxwell.

Corner view today gives the impression there's still a building left. ...but further inspection reveals it's just a facade.

Today's the last day. Failed Metamorphosis by Bryan Bonnici, on Flickr The Last Day by Bryan Bonnici, on Flickr RIP.

The good It's a subway! Got me to Vaughan in record time. The bad 407 may as well have been outside for how cold it was at the platform. VMC's transfer box was giving transfers with the time 12 hours offset (e.g. 12:30 am instead of pm) The ugly Sheppard West (nee Downsview) looks better...

A little foggy today:

Pioneer Village: Highway 407: VMC:

It's worse than I feared. Compare and contrast: Say what you will about the 80s aesthetic but it was certainly a statement. This is probably one of the blandest renos I've seen.

Well, if they want to stay on the same level, they could always annex some of Harry's. There's a fire exit there but since 2QW is now assimilated into TEC I don't see why their fire exits couldn't be merged.

I remember that before Shoppers moved into its current space in the Eaton Centre, it used to be SportChek with a staircase up to Atmosphere. That Shoppers is likely to move with the opening of the flagship in the Hard Rock space. If Apple takes over, they can have a storefront in the mall as...

I'd like to revive the original Etobicoke (L)RT plan which used the hydro corridor, but instead of sending it to the Airport, I'd send it up 27 instead, since Eglinton makes that connection redundant. Thinking out loud here, but maybe it would be useful to have a junction with select trips along...

Thanks for your feedback and glad you like it! Sheppard/STC was probably the toughest part to lay out on the map. Sheppard has a few options: Convert to LRT and integrate with Sheppard East, send it to STC, send it to Markham, send it somewhere else, or do nothing. Toronto's embroiled fight...

A few years ago I posted my TTC2054 map to give an idea of what I thought the network could look like at its hundredth anniversary given the appropriate levels of capital funding. To my surprise it got published on places like BlogTO and got a boatload more attention than I expected. I decided...