I know I am going to get roasted for this but..................I'm glad Smith pulled the funding. This line has been a mess from start to finish and it is 100% the fault of the City. It was NOT the province that broke the contract but rather Calgary. The deal they had with the province is that...

I get, unfortunately, the politics of it but let's just assume it was going thru a farmer's field, why couldn't it be elevated? If the tracks are simply heated to make sure there was no ice and/or snow on them, why can't they run outside?

Question...............Why can't the Metro go elevated? I know it's runner tired but that shouldn't make any difference in snow with the weight and power of a Metro train. I can see slippage in ice but that could be easily resolved by just putting in heat mechanisms on the rails. If elevated...

How does a 7km extension in the suburbs turn into $1 billion per km?

Those last 2 shots are epic and really show the magnitude of the Calgary skyline.

If the underground section was transferred over to ATC then the line could be automated and run at far higher frequencies at lower labour costs. The reality is that the TTC will not be allowed to run at the frequencies required as, despite Toronto espousing it's a "transit city", we know the...

I completely agree. In Western Canada, VIA is beyond useless and absolutely no one takes it. Even if it was more frequent, it doesn't go anywhere. If VIA were to shut down tommorrow and the media didn't report it, literally 99.9% of the population wouldn't even notice. The ONLY people who take...

Downsview is in the suburbs, we are talking about the city's most important and prominent street.

YongeTOmmorrow is about as half-assed as you can get. It was designed by and for cars with box checked for sidewalks. Yonge should be completely pedestrianized from Bloor to King with 6AM to 10AM allowed for delivery trucks and none on the weekends. Every other city on the planet manages to...

I fail to understand why Torontonians are so against moving the Science Centre to near Ontario Place. It is a far nicer and more convenient location and let's be serious, the OSC is in pretty bad shape and that cannot be blamed on Ford. It has basically been neglected for 30 years and they are...

Technically there is lots of time as the openings can be pushed back to infinity. If Metrolinx was smart, which I admit is a really big stretch, they would begin electrifying in sections as opposed to doing it all at once. If all the core electrified lines are to be running by, for example...

Have they already ordered any electric locos? If so, any pics? If they want to start electrification soon then they better get a move on.

A person not being able to get to work to pay the rent and put food on the table, your kid not being able to get to school, you having to call in sick and lose money because your childcare centre is closed down due to an inability for the actual workers to get there, missing an important medical...

This is a situation where Ford should step in BEFORE the strike takes place to ensure the system keeps running. Transit, especially in Toronto, is an essential service that people's livelihoods, education, health, and social needs depend upon and the transit workers should not be allowed to...

I screwed up !!!! .............................I said skyscrapercity and I meant to say skyscraperpage which is sort of the mother website of this one. There has been little conversation about Calgary on the forum as most have left but we have a new one and people are really excited. I truly...

Calgary is the talk of the town over in skyscrapercity. A person from Calgary is now on the forum and people were truly excited to have a Calgarian rep and are very eager to find out what's going on in your fair metropolis. It would be great if some of you guys came back.

What is the speed limit on Eglinton and will the LRT be bound by it?

I don't blame Montreal for using the Mount Royal tunnel at all and if that hurts VIA's expansion plans then too bad, they can pay for it. VIA/Ottawa have had decades to do something with VIA and never have. How many studies and reports has Ottawa done about HSR between Toronto & Montreal since...

I agree, Barrie needs a university campus but unlike Sarnia/Lambton or Chatham/Kent, people in Barrie have options. There is all day GO service that they can take to get right York or UT or Ryerson {I refuse to call it the stupid name it has now and ditto for Dundas Square} so they have access...

If there ever was a city that needed a university, it's Sarnia. Sarnia/Lambton & Chatham/Kent have a combined population of 250,000 but are a glaring gap in Ontario's university options. The closest universities are Western & Windsor which are an hours drive from Chatham and 1 1/2 from Sarnia to...