It's also the holidays not saying it's completely unrealistic, but I think mid January would be a better first-indicator.

Weird....Yonge-Eglinton was considered a suburb when the subway was first built. Maybe we would all be better off if the subway only went from Union to Dundas or Bloor. I can't believe that transit was able to promote higher density housing along it. We certainly don't want that to occur in...

Yep, a local bus would do wonders for accessibility in that case, picks you up right at the curb, minimizes distance needed to travel with bags or a stroller. ;)

Well when you adjust the transportation modelling assumptions to say that at-grade is more pedestrian friendly because you only have to provide enough walking time for pedestrians to make it to the platform and not the other side of the street, then I'd say they're failing on both accounts. You...

Bingo, somebody somewhere at the City or Metrolinx want this to be at-grade the whole way. Probably for noble reasons like saving money, but it's apparent that this project is using a bunch of subjective parameters to skew the results toward at-grade. Like I said in the crosstown thread, the...

My understanding of Flexity replacement (which may be flawed) is that it wouldn't be a 1:1 conversion of the line. You'd be replacing something like 2 CLRVs for every 1 Flexity put into service since they are so much longer I don't think you'd be able to replace them 1:1 without considerable...

There'd be a breach in the nexus and Twitter would lose it.

I'm amazed how much Finch west looks like Berlin in those renderings.

Yup, once you account for dwell time at stations + traffic signals your theoretical capacity on the line can't be too much higher than what we're already seeing, regardless of TSP or new Flexities. You'll have to disperse the load and avoid people funneling onto the line...the DRL could...

You can be stealing people from other lines, I don't understand why what I stated is beyond the realm of possibility. It's consistently shown that transit riders will gravitate towards higher-order transit when presented with the option, in this case, Queen St is within a stone's throw of King...

Your Mileage May Vary. I find if I leave earlier, say 4:30pm then my trip is way quicker, however if I leave anywhere between 5-7pm I see virtually no difference in travel time. I do however consistently see more bunching on my end near Bathurst and further west at Dufferin. Maybe they're...

In terms of transit metrics, sure travel time is a great metric, but if the real-world travel time including wait time has increased because passengers have to wait for multiple streetcars to pass, then the overall time savings may not be true for the average person. What we CAN confirm is that...

These metrics are always funny, because I'm sure sidewalks move more people yet have less space in the ROW than transit vehicles...after all every transit trip starts and ends with a walk. equal space <> equal movement of people. Things need to be defined appropriately in terms of real metrics...

He said not on all fare gates, but there will be readers on some.

This would never fly. Those townhouses were just built in the past two or three years. It's a political non-starter

guys, how am I seemingly the only person on this forum who has not had a great experience with the King Street Pilot? I take it daily from St. Andrew Station to Bathurst in the mornings around 9am and back the other direction around 5:30 pm in the evenings and it's been basically no difference...

so the public realm accessibility improvements are only better for people if they're going to the middle-of-the-road station platform and not if they're planning to cross the street.

Look at LRT examples across North America (the successful ones like Portland, Calgary, Edmonton) they aren't in the middle of the road in suburban areas, in fact Los Angeles' is in a trench grade-separated, Portland's is separated in various sections, Calgary's dips under major intersections and...

Can we please stop acting like this is just about cost? Obviously grade separation would mean that this corridor could not become the next Queen West, therefore they are choosing at-grade to improve accessibility and sense of place /s It's almost like how cars aren't appropriate in downtown...

Does anybody know why streetcars can never go through intersections that have crossing tracks without stopping? I feel like this alone slows down the trip by a few minutes along the route. Is it an issue with the way the tracks were built? the way the streetcars operate? the switches...