I was disappointed by their chicken paprikash a few years ago and haven't been back. Hopefully they've improved the recipe!

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Interesting that they went from the cycle tracks being next to the sidewalk and separated from car traffic by street trees, to being next to the travel lanes and separated from the sidewalk. Seems like a step backwards.

Significantly more than would be generated from Owen Sound. I think you're making too little of recovering the lost ROW sections on that line. As I said, there are homes, businesses and farm fields on the missing sections. They run through the middle of many towns along the route, which have...

If you're using the term order of magnitude literally that doesn't really say much. Something being 9x more expensive is still a vastly different scale. But even then I have my doubts about that argument. The route to Owen Sound through Fergus, Palmerston, etc. is far from intact - in many spots...

Interesting. If anything that makes a hypothetical line to Owen Sound even harder than I thought!

Re-establishing rail to Collingwood would be similar, I'll grant you that. But Owen Sound is a different story. The rail line has been gone for decades and there are several gaps in the right of way, including the entire distance between Meaford and Owen Sound and through the hearts of both...

In theory maybe. But don't underestimate the extra headache of rebuilding tracks when they've been gone for years or even decades. People get used to the lack of trains pretty quickly. I didn't say that the line is easily available for passenger trains. Don't put words in my mouth. I clearly...

Peterborough is 3-4 times larger than both Collingwood and Owen Sound and has an active rail line. Sure, it would have to be rebuilt to a higher standard but it does exist. But yes, it makes a lot more sense to include Peterborough in HFR. If HFR goes ahead then the conversation about a stand...

The provincial pedestrian crossover standard is missing a crucial element - the crossing being raised, resulting in a speed hump for drivers. That's a standard part of the design in other jurisdictions. It forces drivers to slow down and makes it more likely that they pay attention to people...

It seems fitting that the aerial view of the park reminds me of open heart watches (Dustin William's picture). The 10 Best Open Heart Watches for Men

Integrating fares doesn't mean applying the current TTC fare to trips from Kitchener.

It's even more than that if you count the portions outside the city, which I would argue we should. Proper fare integration will make municipal/agency boundaries all but irrelevant. So the RER sections go well outside the city to Oshawa, Aurora, etc. If fare integration is done properly, GO...

New bike lanes are being designed in a way that makes it difficult to remove them. Similar designs are starting to get built in cities like Kingston and Ottawa too.

They might be.