Which is why we should've invested in high capacity technologies from the start.

I personally think that the HSR proposal is what made Metrolinx reconsider the Don Valley Layover. I guess behind the scenes HSR might be further along than we think?

Hmmm, Originally they were going to electrify to the Don Valley layover so it wasn't going to be for the Milton Trains. Maybe the extra Barrie or Kingston electric locos? I wonder if they're going this route to allow the Don Branch to be used for HSR. Or maybe they plan on turning the Leslie...

I guess Metrolinx will electrify the line up to here, maybe they'll even go a bit further and electrify to Sheppard/Leslie. I wonder what the final layover is going to look like.

This is ignoring all the plans to intensify STC and Vaughan MCC

Lets just keep building transit that noone complains about. How did that work for the Eglinton Crosstown and the Leslie stop? The underground cathedrals of the Spadina Extension. The underground Eglinton West extension?

Is the Sheppard extension going to be its own line or an extension of the existing line? I would prefer to see the original line converted to LRT and then extended but wonderings what ML is thinking

Heres an anonymous version of the first question. no username required How much do you agree with this statement: Metrolinx was wrong to cut down the Osgoode Hall trees in the manner they did.

Thats why I worded the question 3 different ways. I also added another option "I don't think that preserving the trees would delay the construction of the line." if you disagree with the underlying premise of the 2nd question

Lets do some unscientific polls. It should ask for a name, please provide your urbantoronto username to prevent brigading Strawpoll: How much do you agree with this statement: Metrolinx was wrong to cut down the Osgoode Hall trees in the manner they did. Strawpoll: I would accept _______ years...

If you look at the factum provided in the LSO vs ML case, you'll see that the TTC was considering expansion into the Osgoode Hall grounds because of concerns around overcrowding of the Northeast entrance. And those trees would've been cut down to create the access shaft/ lower concourse in...

I hate to break it to you, but every government has a lot of “PMC” running them. That’s what bureaucracy is.

Metrolinx Response to LSO alternatives

LSO alternatives to current proposal

Metrolinx reasoning behind not using alternatives to chosen station design

Osgoode Station Info

From the Factum, Metrolinx explaining why they think they need to build the new Northeast entrance

Metrolinx faces 2nd court delay in bid to cut down Osgoode Hall trees: Haudenosaunee Development Institute appealing dismissal of injunction request

Do you have a link to the factum

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