This is exactly right. If Metrolinx is going to effectively be the sole builder of transit in the GTA then they need to be trusted to follow through on their promises. The businesses on Eglinton and Finch need to trust that they will receive the support they're promised during LRT construction...

They're clearly choosing not to apply the co-fare, because if you travel through Pearson it will work. So if you go Pearson to Bloor and board the subway, you get the co-fare, but if you go Weston to Bloor, you don't. This might be fine if they upped GO service in the corridor instead. But...

Proposed bylaw changes went up today. All UPX trips would require silver UPX PRESTO points. Fares would no longer be aligned with GO. The worst part: they're taking away the co-fare for trips not involving Union station. So UPX users are actually losing something here.

There are a few reasons why running trains overnight on the LRT would be better. You wouldn't have to maintain a separate set of shelters along the entire line. The LRT stops will likely be more comfortable, and riders wouldn't have to worry about where they should be standing based on time of...

Guildwood shouldn't actually be that hard to fix. A pedestrian access path from the west end of the platform with access to Kingston road and stops on the side of the bridge. Might require elevators, but it's not impossible. Not cheap, but should be way less expensive than a parking structure...

Nothing will be published until it's approved by the board next week. I really don't think there's a nefarious privatization scheme going on here. I think they just don't think there's enough space on the UPX for a big wave of riders, and they're not prepared to increase service at this time.

Right, so now it will again be silver only for UPX, no matter where you're travelling, and higher fares than GO. Not as high as before, mind you, but still higher than if you grabbed a Kitchener GO train instead.

AMA has confirmed that they'll go back to the old system: UPX riders all use the silver tap points, GO riders use the green. The claim is that they don't want to overwhelm UPX trains with non-airport riders. I understand that, and the Bloor-Union fare (presumably) remains fairly reasonable, but...

Must be! Maybe they'll put Union in a zone by itself? That way if you travel from Danforth to Mimico, you're crossing multiple zones. There'd have to be some other tweaks too (move Exhibition into a new zone with Mimico, and move Eglinton out of the zone with Scarborough and Danforth) but I...

Agincourt, Mimico, Scarborough, Eglinton, Weston, and Guildwood all jump out to me as stations where the TTC connections are not great. Mostly they involve walking (often surprisingly far) to the nearest busy street, possibly crossing it, and then waiting at a standard bus stop. Some of these...

What's wrong with poor Rouge Hill? Or Agincourt? The problem with including all the Toronto stations at a flat fare without appropriately scaling to the 905 is it heavily incentivizes 905 riders to drive to already overloaded Toronto station parking lots and pick up the trains there. Why use...

From a "fairness" perspective I couldn't tell you. From a strategic perspective, I suspect it's because the Lakeshore lines have more available capacity and also because the AD2W nature of those lines means they're more likely to draw off-peak commuters than Kipling, Kennedy, Oriole, or Weston...

They're including Scarborough and Mimico at the new 3.70 fare. I'd love to know what their models say. It seems to me like the most potential ridership growth would come from those living within Toronto but outside of the range of the subway, where GO would make the biggest impact on their...

Yes, they seem to be referencing the UPX being shut down due to inclement weather, much like Line 3 also was this past week and has in previous instances as well.

Bessarion sees, what, 10-12 four-car trains per hour in each direction? Pearson sees 4 two-car or three-car trains per hour. Even the fare difference aside, I don't think you can fairly compare the raw ridership numbers to define success. Run 10 trains per hour at a $3 fare with free transfers...

The discussion was about whether you can retrofit a CLRV onto the Crosstown for show for some reason. I wasn't trying to pick on your point specifically.

That's not, but having the doors on the wrong side in the stations most definitely is.

I believe the Crosstown is built with centre platforms at the stations. So even if you could get a streetcar running on the track and electrical, the doors would face the wrong way.

A few reasons: They need to get work cars from the yards to and from wherever they're working, and having the line clear helps speed that up They may not know way in advance where the work will be needed each night, and that's a lot of logistical work to organize on short notice At night, the...

I think it's important that they find ways to make the transfers as easy and convenient as possible, but there will be plenty of instances where it's just not possible with the infrastructure we have. They can build the tunnel from Bloor to Dundas West, for example, but they can't move Danforth...