So I read that it takes about 4kwh to move a Toronto streetcar 1km...powerpack2 by Tesla is 200kwh...so 50km, plenty for a trailer type situation...cost is about $150,000...which works out to $30million...@5000 cycles that's maybe 5 years before a replacement battery is needed.... Obviously...

Not really surprising that they aren't ready for primetime....agree that it's at least 10-20 years before TTC can look at it on their regular system. Potentially less (5-7) before I would look at it for new lines, although given the pace that some of these things work at we may get the design...

Curious what the options are for retrofitting batteries onto the flexities? We will likely have them for another 30-40 years, so there is probably a good chance that in that time a retrofit might happen....could they go on the ceiling or under the floor? If there were sections of Toronto that...

There are simple solutions to this, done in many other cities around the world...retractable bollards, or gates...that open with either: 1) A transponder 2) A text from a specific phone number 3) Specific times This allows for deliveries by trucks at specific times, owners/employees to access...

I'm starting to believe that the waterfront reset was a bad idea...basically we are putting off building stuff downtown while the opportunity is there in the mistaken belief that it is related to what is going to happen in Etobicoke or the Portlands... We know we need to expand union, we know...

Before they build the park they should use the space as a temporary streetcar loop while they expand the bay tunnel for the eastern waterfront LRT...otherwise they are going to have to stop service from spadina while they do it...gives them the ability to get in there and do it fast rather than...

I don't think anyones surprised that it exists...but I think most people would be surprised that the last time they checked if it was potentially hazardous was in 1995, fully 22 years ago. Especially during periods when they changed their maintenance regime - i.e. stopped washing walls with...

Hopefully the union or health Canada or the workplace safety board can force the TTC to install permanent air quality monitors throughout the system...like in Korea. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/2016/1865614/ That there hasn't been a scan done since the new vehicles entered service is...

The tunnels weren't P3 - as it says in the article... Under separate Metrolinx contracts, tunnels and utility work began in 2011 and significant progress has been made with tunnelling on the western segment between Black Creek Drive and Allen Road. When in service, the Crosstown will provide...

TBMs bought in 2010 by Metrolinx Tunneling started in 2013 by multiple contractors (for entry/exit shafts and tunnelling work) http://www.thecrosstown.ca/the-project/fact-sheets/tbm Crosslinx contract signed in 2015...

So how much will Finch be delayed by now that the contracts have to not include vehicles...

I wonder how this will affect Finch...it seems like MLX wanted to cancel the finch vehicles and focus on the Eglinton ones...but now it looks like we will be getting both from BBD...since the contract is out for Finch and was to include vehicles, I wonder if that will have to go back out a...

I'm curious about growth potential around the airport...given that there are likely height restrictions I'm assuming that we're not talking about building bigger buildings than what we have now - or changing from warehouses to offices, we're mainly only talking about removing parking - and...

Full funding doesn't have to be in place to even get started building as far as I'm concerned...the city should do what we did with Eglington and get tunnelling...get the tunnel route done, do soil samples, order some TBMs, figure out where the headwalls for stations will be, start digging a...

Another idea - once the rail deck park is in place, they could create a multi-level event space there (climbing walls, rapelling, waterslide, ropes course) and build a vertical path to the top of the stadium - with an entrance on the top of the hotel that goes through the roof into the...

The discussion around opening up the hotel to light is interesting, as is the idea of putting transparent roof on...unfortunately the best way to do that would have been to remove the existing roof entirely, and come up with a new design that can retract 100%, or 50% with a hole in the centre -...

There looks to be enough room on Howard to make it bi-directional for streetcars, and add a loop somewhere around Glen Rd. or alternatively do a one way loop from Howard->Bleeker->(St.James or Wellesley or even Carlton) There are also probably ways you could get it over to Mt Pleasant and up to...

Wait so remind me why the Canadian government is giving them $370 Million? Is the federal government funding a court case against the Ontario government? This whole thing is messed up...

I would like a risk/rating system for intersections (maybe that could even be done in a crowd sourced way, and then an official one from the city)...there are a number of specific things that should be measured... 1) Road geometry is up to date to standards (ie approach lane widths, curve...

Yes - you can use the transit application for iPhone.... https://www.bikesharetoronto.com/how-it-works/get-the-app It works really well...