I very much doubt this would end up in the courts primarily because the freight companies know they would lose. Ottawa has the ability to change safety regulations for anything or any reason on transportation issues that are under it's domain whether that be air travel, freight, or car/truck...

No, the municipalities would not have to bear any of the cost under such a scenario. Currently grade separations are built by the cities because they chock traffic...................they are trying to get rid of an inconvenience. This would be totally different as it would be a safety regulation...

The basic issue for VIA is that CN/CP own the tracks they run on and hence are at their mercy. They have to play nice lest they upset their landlords. Ottawa continually hopes that offering carrots will get the freight companies to play nice and it hasn't worked and now Ottawa should grab a pair...

The original idea of having LRT/BRT up Richmond was so stupid one knows hardly where to start. The LRT would have required digging up Richmond Row and demolishing several old buildings in the process. RR is the city's premier shopping, restaurant, and nighlife area and would have destroyed...

Using HF would allow the Green Line to interline with the Blue line to Mem/Zoo and over the Deerfoot and literally cost nothing. LF trains are best for more local service but HF are ideal for more rapid transit like CTrain. They have more seating capacity and are hollow under the seats, have...

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...