The Ground lease extension (originally expired in 2056, now 2076) likely means that Pearson's capital program is going to ramp up soon; an early lease renewal indicates they need 30+ years of operations to get a loan (or issue bonds) for something...

True, but both Ford and Smith will throw a fit if CPTF funding is cancelled as it would directly impact their own promises; that adds considerable pressure within the party to maintain it. As such, I think it's pretty safe for capital purposes. I could see it being renamed and repackaged to...

It'll be interesting to see. Both Ontario and Toronto have considered legislating much higher densities around subway stations (Major Transit Station Areas) and I think this location would have fallen into Kiplings catchment (700m from Kipling station, within the 10 minute walk guideline)...

Updated Chart from June 10th. Some quirks with the Vaughan data. I presume skyscraperpage database changed the municipality to Markham. Also discovered in the previous report I may have double-counted buildings exactly 150m in height. 150m Built 150m Under Construction 100m...

Barcelona?

It became a lot more practical about 10 minutes after excavation of a subway station started 50m away.

There have been a few but the largest was the 1968 Bold Concept and Harbourfront Plan which reinvisioned the central waterfront area (Woodbine Ave all the way to Humber River), though I cannot find drawings of the eastern portion at the moment. IIRC, the eastern portion was ~6 identical block...

Sometimes it's worked out for the best. There were a few delayed then stalled then cancelled highway projects I'm glad never went through. The first attempt at the Donlands/Portlands redevelopment didn't look very good either. Also not disappointed we still have streetcars; another project...

This looks great. I'm guessing it doesn't require a low [to me at least] speed limit of 20km/h either which Toronto multi-use paths have.

That would be a fair reason to close it. The announcements weren't very specific other than saying CN closed that section of track and had a crew working on it. I'm 99% certain we cleared the area by 11:10pm (I msg'd my wife saying we were moving again). The delay was compounded by the engineers...

Yes. I was on Train 78 on Monday which was delayed by ~5 hours due to, among other things, CN closing a portion of track near Ingersoll due to snow/ice. It didn't seem like very much snow to me (it wouldn't have reached the top of the track) but I guess something else was sensitive to it. They...

I would be very very surprised.

Probably Metrolinx paying the bulk of the cost. Hydro had plans to rebuild and increase voltage of other lines into Wiltshire TS but the earliest reference to this specific corridor I see in Ontario Energy Board documents mentions Metrolinx requested it. In addition, if there were voltage...

I really like, as a concept, TerraPower's new reactor design moving toward construction in Wyoming. Basically, it's a nuclear peaker plant; the coolant is stored in insulated tanks rather than moving directly to steam generation so the steam and generation can be delayed to a later time. In...

Sometimes you can point at something a different company did, like a news article, and just say "hope that doesn't happen here".

Hawk watching workers protecting the garage roof.

HMSC is one typo away from His Majesty's Canadian Ship.

Not Metrolinx. Their record in the courts isn't great. Sometimes I think they sue for the press without any intention of coming out ahead.

This is coming very quickly. There are at least 6 companies currently preparing assembly lines for solid-state lithium batteries expecting to go to production late 2025 or early 2026. I imagine the ~2028 model E-Buses will have a long-range version with 30% more range at the same weight for a...

Is it wrong that I see this and get excited that the park stairs at Eglinton and Leslie might open soon?