Toronto/Ontario has studied line after line and canceled them all one after another. (Queens Streetcar Subway, GO ALRT, Hamilton RT, etc) The Regional Transportation Plan is sensitive to political interference and is less than a napkin drawing. (Hello Shepperd Subway/LRT/Ontario Line Loop) The...

You are all sitting here making excuses why Canada/Toronto cant do better while European countries build hundreds of kilometers of subways at China-like speeds. That is embarrassing... Even Montreal is building faster now by sensibly building elevated guideways, reusing existing corridors, and...

Metrolinx https://blog.metrolinx.com/2021/12/14/crews-dig-deep-into-finch-west-station-and-humber-college-stop-in-latest-round-of-images-from-toronto-lrt-project/

I don't know why somehow the conversation here turned into some transit sleuths misreading a bunch of 'not to scale' images and thinking the project somehow dramatically changed since. So I'll try to clear some things up.: 1- Platform lengths will be built to be 100m, expandability of the...

Édouard-Montpetit REM station had a media tour yesterday. One thing I didn't know is that the Metro station had provisions in the form of a "hidden chamber" to serve a future line under it but that was not used for REM...

The winning voice was revealed and it's the daughter of the Montreal Metro's voice. This will be an adorable detail for the REM. https://rem.info/en/news/voice

REM's forum post about this. The summary: These are minor things that will be fixed with no problems for budget and timeline. https://rem.info/en/news/follow-cars-and-dynamic-tests

I see nobody posted these so here you go. The viaducts and the Champlain bridge are shaping up!

How are the foundations in the way when the tunnel is under the street and the tower is off of the street? Do buildings typically have foundations that extend under public roads?

Its mere existence above ground does not inherently make it unappealing and obtrusive. There are many examples of great-looking elevated guideways that have already been shared on this thread. The fund already said they don't plan to have it look like the ones on REM1. We will have to see what...

Three possible voices have been proposed for the REM announcements and are open for votes. Check them out and vote on this link: https://rem.info/en/voice

The CDPQ is a crown corporation that manages Quebec's pension. Any money they make will end up in Qubecoi pockets eventually. As for day-to-day riders, it has already been announced that riding the REM will be the same fair as the Metro. (I'm unclear if it has free transfers, however) They also...

All their transit-related post seem to hate transit. And then present factual errors in their arguments. I will not read this one based on what I have seen in their other posts...

Understable. And makes sense. Unfortunately, Eglinton LRT and Finch LRT have separate consortiums, with different rolling stock, and different signalling systems. That makes them inherently incompatible unless the trains and signalling get retrofitted (which is possible on a technical level...

Normally the only lands used for profit are the ones needed for consuction. But some of the land owners are accusing Metrolinx of taking more land than need. That remains to be seen.

The hope is that building these at the same time would help subsidize the construction. The effectiveness of that remains to be seen. There is a lot of precedent for this in Asia with great sucess. But we will see if the model can be replicated well in Toronto's context. (ex: in Honk Kong some...

Yes, let's make the curbs easier to drive over. I'm sure truck drivers will be happy. :)

That was the LRT proposal. haha

"Millionaire businessman vows not to give up Dufferin Street property for Ontario Line station without a fight" https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/07/03/millionaire-businessman-vows-not-to-give-up-dufferin-street-property-for-ontario-line-station-without-a-fight.html

The province is "exploring" creating some sort of "loop" for the Ontario Line that connects it with Pearson Airport and Richmond Hill Centre as a sort of Phase 2. From the Towards a Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan: discussion paper