There will be a lot more development around the intersection of the Allen and Sheppard before there ever is a Sheppard extension to Downsview. The subway station itself will still be needed. The bulk of the bus bay infrastructure is directly over top of existing subway tunnels. There is a lot...

Until you have a provincial government that is even remotely interested in taking on the TTC burden, you might as well be asking 'yes or no' to the province running garbage pickup, water services, the fire department or any other operation draining cash from the municipal government.

If you think that idea makes sense, it means you think that they need to have twice the number of subways running north of Downsview as they do south of Downsview or east of Downsview. Besides, any connection between any Sheppard extension to Downsview will be to southbound so as to access...

Yes, it is old news. Province says they have no interest in taking on further costs, hassles in coordinating with municipal agencies and otherwise being the target for the venting of frustrated transit riders...

You ignored increased capacity. The only way BRT could theoretically get the same capacity and operational efficiency as LRT would be if it went where it wasn't needed. You could not put BRT down Sheppard or Finch and get the same capacity, operating cost, passenger comfort and travel times as...

Changing landuse is not going to suddenly cause enough people to materialize to produce three times current projected ridership for 2030. I thought the current administration was all about efficiencies and spending money wisely? How is building full subway for full subway costs and...

Yes, I understand you have an obsession with TV screens in the subways. By all means, put them in. Program them with whatever you want. All I'm saying is these TV screens are not printing presses and the amount of revenue you will be bringing in will not even be enough to put off a $.10 fare...

You referenced Hong Kong's subway. It is often brought up as an example of what the TTC should do since they are actually profitable due to their development income. Point is though that Toronto is not Hong Kong level development demand and the TTC is not allowed to get in the business of being...

I was under the impression that Mayor Ford had directed the TTC to go back to the drawing board and rework Transit City not Metrolinx. What is the TTC's position on ICTS? Wouldn't ICTS require elevated platforms (both in the tunnel and on the surface) instead of the low floor LRT? That and...

For the tunneled portion yes, little difference in capital cost. The advantage of LRT is that they can then build many more km of improved transit along the surface than they could ever hope to afford extending the tunnel to the east and west. Then there is the little matter of higher...

There have already been wrapped subway cars, both outside and complete single sponsors inside. Total annual advertising revenue still is only in the $15 - $20 million range. With respect to Hong Kong, Toronto does not have that kind of density and I'm pretty sure provincial law does not...

If you read the editorial, it says "Even if generous allowances are made for vehicles and for their storage and maintenance yards" but fails to mention what those 'generous allowances' are. How much do you think it costs to build two or three new carhouses? To buy a fleet of LRT vehicles...

As George Will said, football combines the two worst things about America: committee meetings punctuated by violence.

Plus: "How does that compare with the cost of a proper subway? Consider the ongoing addition to Toronto’s subway system: the extension of the Spadina line. Trying as far as possible to compare apples with apples by factoring in shares of vehicle and yard costs, and putting everything in...

The primary 'mess' as I see it is the dysfunctional funding process whereby detailed funded plans get tossed on a whim and we end up spending more time to studies and alternate plans than actually building anything. That's not to say plans produced by the 'experts' are perfect, just that they...

Which 'amateur hour transit planning' of mine might you be referring to? I'm not the one saying 'they' should build an elevated line over heavy rail lines they don't own, to a rail station that doesn't have the spare capacity without connecting it to the primary intent of its name or asking...

Yes, maybe it just is. That's what bugs me. Too many people make proposals for such major infrastructure and couch it in language that their idea could "easily" be done or built for a cheap price or otherwise is so obvious how could any of the expert planners not have seen it. Those questions...

But isn't the same line of thinking as those advocating building subways on the basis that there will quickly develop subway-level demand even though no one currently forecasts that? A 'cathedral' station now may have unused space, just as I'm sure downtown stations that are currently packed to...

My mistake then. I assumed when you said "south of Eglinton on Don Mills " that you meant "south of Eglinton on Don Mills" and were not actually referring to lines 5km away from Don Mills (and even farther from Eglinton). I admit to being unable to find the intersection of Carlaw and College...

What "current train lines" south of Eglinton are you thinking of? The single track line that crosses Don Mills right by the DVP is at the bottom of the Don Valley - ie not close to anywhere people are or might want to go to or even accessible to any transportation method of getting to the line.