After the lunacy of Ford, Tory was exactly what Toronto needed. He was not a great mayor but neither a bad one. He brought a sense of decorum back to City Hall, was a consensus builder, offered a steady hand, a reasonable person who was not strongly ideological one way or the other, and...

I'm still waiting for an answer to my final question.

I don't think the water table would be an issue if they are building huge towers in the area with 4 or 5 levels of underground parking. The city could sell the land it now owns where the Gardiner is currently and use that money to buy the new trenched corridor. They could then turn around and...

Toronto really blew their options for the Gardiner. I actually do understand the need for the eastern expressway. It is not just a road that ends at the downtown but a major connection between the entire southern part of the city to the DVP. Unfortunately Toronto only looked at 3 potential...

You are proceeding from a false assumption.................that the London GO is a "service". Currently the GO "service" to London is serving 0.0005% of the population. They would be far better off cancelling the London line and putting the money into Bolton. God knows it would be a far better...

Couple interesting hydrogen train developments for NA: The Quebec government announced yesterday that they will bring in NA's first hydrogen train for the regional summer service to Charlevoix. San Bernardino has also this week got confirmation of it's new funding for it's commuter rail service...

Good news for London area transit. The Wellington Gateway {southern BRT route} is beginning construction this month with the first section opening by 2025. The East Link is already well under construction and could begin operations in less than 18 months. The Downtown Loop will be done later...

The problem with Eglinton is that the City never decided whether it wanted rapid transit or local transit as so they thought they could have both and surprise, surprise, it is not going to work. It hasn't worked anywhere else so why Miller thought it would work in Toronto is anybody's guess...

No it wouldn't. Who is going to take a crawling tank to Toronto when they can take a comfortable bus and get there in half the time? Londoners have already voted on this GO "service" and their answer is no thanks. As far as it going to Pearson, that is a big draw for people from KWCG but not...

^^^^ Hydrogen does have a long way to go although battery certainly doesn't. As both technologies advanced at a dizzying rate, it will make them both even more appealing. Both require a fraction of the amount of maintenance that current diesel do and electric recharging costs are also much...

I think 2030 will be a revolutionary year for Toronto................they'll have the Scarborough Ext, Ontario Line, and Eglinton Crosstown all open at the same time.

^^^ I am sure there are some services superior to others. Megabus and Red Arrow are polar opposites. The difference today is that 20 years ago inter-city bus basically meant Greyhound or nothing but that is no longer the case. There are now services to fit every income and every on-board...

Small wonder bus travel is coming back. These new buses and services aren't your Grampa's Greyhound. They are new, comfortable, offer all the amenities of many rail services, and don't suffer from VIA's unreliability. Many of the better services offer reclining leather seats, a complimentary...

That maybe true but that still won't come even remotely close to $12 billion. IF the line becomes a true HSR corridor with speeds up to 300 km/hr then I think it would be money well spent. That, however, is not the plan but rather a side comment from a politician and we all know how...

Sorry to disappoint you but................. I get that reliability is important, what I don't get is why they are electrifying the line and how in hell it's going to cost $12 billion. If VIA is not really concerned about increasing the speed then yes they will have to straighten out some of...

^^^ This is absolutely true. The reason no one in Canada is excited about HFR is that it is a non -accomplishment. All it will do {after the billions spent} is bring back the service levels, reliability, and speed that Canadians enjoyed 40 years ago. I remember taking VIA from Toronto to London...

There are several advantages of having this new line not being under the control of VIA: 1} If there is private money on the line, that means the damn thing will actually come in on-time and on-budget as any overrun costs would be born by the private company so you don't end up with a money pit...

The Windsor to Woodstock section would actually be both cheap and very easy to construct IF Ottawa grabs a pair and puts CN & CP in their place. VIA already owns the entire section from Windsor to Chatham and east of Chatham there are 2 direct lines to London and both run north of the 401. One...

Yes, Brightline is very much a real estate development rail corridor but the primary question is .........who cares? Already Brightline has passed Amtrac ridership along its corridor and the damn thing isn't even open to Orlando yet. The travelling public doesn't give a damn about it being...

Brampton ZUM is an excellent example of how people are far more concerned about frequency of service than they are about flashy new infrastructure. York has spent a small fortune on its BRT with little resulting increase in ridership because the service levels aren't there as opposed to...