Soon with electrification, this will happen during every blackout.

Build the MSF near Western. There's a huge parking lot and open field at Western Rd/Brescia Dr.

^ it does extend to masonville also that's probably a bit ambitious as a phase 1 as is. It simply isn't realistic to also have an extension to White Oaks, that would probably require an entirely new line.

But it would have involved either buying a dedicated new fleet compatible with a new type of signaling system or retrofitting the old fleet for the same purpose, right? Not trivial.

never I once saw someone sitting on the edge of the platform dangling their legs off the edge. That's it.

Transit absolutely does have a problem of people feeling it is unsafe, but that doesn't mean it is, it could be a media fabrication. The TTC was the subject of what almost felt like a smear campaign earlier this year with how much negative attention individual incidents were being reported on...

We like to pile on Verster, but how much is really his fault? I'm not well versed in his role, but from my perspective: He's not building the line, Crosslinx is. He's not even responsible for selecting Crosslinx or negotiating their contract, that was before his time. And lack of communication...

I'll give you Yonge, but there was a serious debate about Bloor vs Queen for the second subway.

Actually I remember reading a report a few years ago that the catchment area of Weston is MASSIVE. People come from all over to use the UP express station.

I think there is a grassroots movement to try to get it converted into an elevated park, like the highline in New york.

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I love Miles in Transit's channel and I recommend any fans of transit content on youtube check him out. I appreciate that he actually goes out and rides all the systems he's talking about. He's made a few videos about Toronto recently.

There's no obvious routing for a north/south route in the west end. Personally, I think a diagonal weston rd/kichener line alignment would probably be the most effective routing.

Bay bus

They have to tear out the old RT infrastructure and design and build the new bus infrastructure.

New York's Second Avenue Elevated line was closed in 1942 in anticipation of a subway being constructed along the same route. Phase 1 of the Second Avenue subway opened in 2017.

For what it's worth, by my count there are only three intersections on the surface section without stops right before or after.

"Golf courses are all in flood plains and can't be redeveloped" is generally a massive cope from the golfies. Truth is it varies from course to course. Dentonia, for example, is right next to a subway station and the majority of its land is not in a floodplain.

How about 0m from downtown Woodbridge, since the tracks go there too.

As a lover of housing and hater of golf and golf courses, this is my kind of development.