That's less of a simplification then a plain ridiculous statement. You must not have ever been to New York or Boston or Chicago or etc tc. Obviously there's plenty of horrible planning and sprawl in the States, more than most countries, but you can't just throw out the good with the bad.

But what about Ford's past behaviour makes you think he'll just let them make a new plan, and then be able to get funding for it and execute it? All he seems to be able to do is criticize other people's ideas. I have seen absolutely NO leadership qualities.

It's easy for you to propose but it doesn't matter whether it's good planning or not, no government will EVER fund a quad track DRL. The chances of getting even a Danforth to University double track section look pretty slim right now.

Making a long ark might help if there's a flood but I don't see what it does for the Sheppard line. :p

Haven't heard anything about that.... would have to be a pretty major event to delay it by 2 years.

In terms of actual construction, has anyone seen any digging going on for the launch boxes?

Not if it's just commuting to work I don't think.

I got my card yesterday and I was just as confused... and I consider myself pretty competent when it comes to these sorts of things. They could definitely do a better job of explaining what you have to do in the mail package - and more helpful error messages on the website.

These are the requirements for buses using the lanes: Maybe they're thinking of safety but I would be pretty annoyed if I was on a bus and it could only go 40 km/h because car traffic was going 20.

There's a new public consultation website for the streetcars - http://lrv.ttc.ca/default.aspx They're soliciting submissions for the outside wrap and the inside color scheme, to be reviewed by a design panel.

It's gotta be a bit faster than that. This report has delivery of all 60 trainsets ending in December 2013. 60 / 36 = about one every 18 days.

I agree, I detest this sort of posturing from politicians. "People have been complaining about the TTC lately... maybe I'll take a shot at it and score some points!"... no actual consideration or knowledge of the issue.

Where did you get those CDL? Do you have schedules for the rest of the system?

Has anyone seen Presto readers on the other Lakeshore West line stations yet? It's supposed to be "Spring 2010" for the full line...

No surprise - the TTC's going to authorize an additional order of 21 new TR trainsets to replace the H6 trains, and 10 new TRs for the Spadina extension... on top of the 39 train base order. The trains for the Spadina extension are *supposed* to be delivered in 2013... so presumably they'll have...

You mean more than we already have? Right now they just move to the next car after each stop... I can't imagine we'll see a huge rush just cause it's easier to move in between cars.

This seems ridiculous... if it's 7.5 m high noone's going to want to climb it anyway and they'll just cross the street the normal way, the cars won't be looking for them and we'll get more accidents.

Well it was Bombardier that set the price... hopefully there were some sort of completion date clauses in the contract so the TTC is getting compensation. The TTC's not going to pay them extra just cause the price is low.

AECON is doing the train shed.

I think construction is scheduled to take 3 or 4 years... the space limitations and coordinating with the main station renovation will really slow it down.