The high speed trains will be barrelling through downtown Brampton at 200-250 KM/H. Simply not possible for those trains to share tracks with GO RER with all day 15 minute intervals. These trains also cannot coexist with level crossings, and on Google Maps it doesn't appear there's room for...

The CN rail corridor through Brampton isn't wide enough to accommodate a high speed rail corridor and the city surely won't accept an elevated guideway through downtown Brampton. The high speed rail corridor will have to parallel the 407, similar to the proposed freight rail link, before heading...

Honestly, why bother dismantling and duplicating the few pieces of transit infrastructure that have been built? No reason why YYZ can't become a regional transit hub while still keeping the drive-up format of terminals 1 and 3.

The longest walking distance - from the Viscount Road LINK station to the end of the easternmost pier in Terminal 1 - is 2.0 km. A normal person, walking non-stop, requires 20 minutes. Literally no other airport in the world - even Beijing Terminal 3 - requires walks of such distances. Also...

^ I think that opportunity is simply gone, unless the GTAA and Metrolinx play Sim City like China or Dubai. It's simply not politically justifiable to rip up a spur which is still brand new. But it's definitely within GTAA's interest to reduce congestion on surrounding roads and thus improve...

It's depressing that while we celebrate UPX as a real step forward for regional transportation, Beijing has just today announced plans to build 1000 km (!!) of RER network by 2020, using mostly the ROW of existing railways.

I don't think it's feasible to shut down and extend the Link Train. The cost of effectively building a brand new system would be prohibitive. Instead, I think the Eglinton LRT should have one branch end at Renforth, and another following Carlingview. It *should* fit into the ground level of T1...

Currently the Midtown CP line cannot be used for GO Transit operations, as it remains CP Rail's only link between western Canada and the east. In order to resolve this I think Metrolinx should build a new freight-only line parallel to the 407 from Bramalea to Burlington. It purchases ownership...

That almost came to being, but was killed when Martin took over from Chretien. Essentially, such an important project fell victim to Liberal Party infighting. What a shame.

This is nonsense. Every high speed rail line in Europe, Japan, and China was built with a new right of way. Besides, land acquisition costs in Canada will be a fraction of those in Europe and Japan given the lower land values. That comment is indicative of not just a lack of political will but a...

Better the City of Toronto, accountable to its residents, running a natural monopoly, than a no-name listed corporation accountable only to its hedge fund shareholders.

I'm tired of hearing this cop-out when people try to seek redress for government wrongdoing. This is the only way those in power can be told in no uncertain terms that their actions were unacceptable. The real responsibility for millions in compensation being paid belongs with those who did the...

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Nothing legally prevents the Prime Minister from declaring himself Fuhrer For Life either. It's all about the unwritten constitution.

The TTC was at its most efficient when it stuck with four vanilla technologies to provide transit services: subway, streetcar, buses, and electric trolleys. Every time it tried to venture into a new, prototype technology and reinvent the wheel, it was left with expensive and unreliable lemons...

I'm going to comment here. The Taiwan High Speed Rail has financial problems for the same reason why subprime-financed housing has financial problems. The entire project was financed by a PPP, and sold to financial institutions at subprime (i.e. higher) interest rates. The stations outside of...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/historic-ruling-to-bestow-supremacy-on-either-parliament-or-pm/article1541233/ I can just imagine Harper refusing to release any documents at all despite orders from Parliament, courts, and so on. Then, the Parliament building will suddenly burn...

In the past, some governments have mindlessly pursued tax cuts at the expense of maintenance of infrastructure. Maintenance costs therefore increase for latter years, permitting the system to deteriorate. What Mr. Harris and Eves did was to fund their tax cuts by stealing from the future.

The first six years until 2003 were all downhill. The Asian financial crisis saw stocks and property crash, and then the dot-com bust contributed to more pain. Finally the SARS crisis hit Hong Kong terribly. In the midst of all this the government tried (and failed) to pass a fascist...