It varies significantly by location and plastic type, beyond just the number. I know one company in Toronto that imports hard type 1,5,7 plastics from the USA for recycling because they cannot get enough supply from Canadian sources alone. Soft plastics of the same type are a hard pass though...

I expect that's exactly what will happen. After this report comes back with a $60B value for like 100,000 cars per day capacity the government at that time (Ford or not) will put forward a transit option of $10B for like 75,000 people/day. I don't think this is Ford's current intention, but...

Alstom is about to test ATO on the ETCS system, specifically with the intent of enabling Remote Train Operation. Given the Alstom is a member of ONxpress and they intend to convert Toronto to the an ETCS based system, this news seems relevant to Toronto if only for yard movements during...

RER A works okay with wide mid-level doors: This allows 2 separate streams of passengers doing the stairs simultaneously. They regularly turn over half to 3/4s of the train in ~2 minutes (3:20 operating frequencies). That said, there's a good chance if it was built today, with modern...

Got a mention as the largest construction start in Toronto in July with a value of $87M. https://canada.constructconnect.com/canadata/forecaster/economic/2024/09/top-10-largest-construction-project-starts-in-canada-july-2024

Got a mention as the largest recent construction start in Hamilton with a value of $178M. https://canada.constructconnect.com/canadata/forecaster/economic/2024/09/top-10-largest-construction-project-starts-in-canada-july-2024

Got a mention in the Top 10 upcoming educational builds list, with a value of $600M. https://canada.constructconnect.com/canadata/forecaster/economic/2024/09/top-10-major-upcoming-educational-and-medical-construction-projects-canada-september-2024

Depends on the exact wording of the legislation, and what games council is willing to play. For example, they might toss up bollards and make Yonge a pedestrian zone (which inevitably includes cyclists) with no other roadway changes.

Normally I'd assume this is a purposeful leak to make opponents feel relieved about the restrictions/good they actually implement rather than angry/combative: this usually reduces negative press. However, I've been fooled a couple times I made that presumption with Ford's government.

I've followed Yonah Freemark for a while: Transport Politic is a great resource. Their statement that this project is 10 to 15 years from a construction start is probably accurate, and disappointing. It'll need to survive a few different governments.

Good question, and probably 2: Exhibition and Don Mills (formerly Science Centre) stations. TTC included a washroom at terminus stations, and as lines extended the new terminus would add a washroom while retaining any that previously existed. I'm not sure whether this is law or just policy, but...

While missing the PMs, Stats Canada have quarterly deficit as %age of GDP which seems like a good way of looking at this type of data. Negative is a surplus, positive is a deficit. There is a trend-line during Harper's rule (2008 onward) toward surpluses which Trudeau continued through to 2020...

While your point is generally correct this chart is spending, not deficit, and as such doesn't really serve as evidence Harper did not try to balance the budget. A balanced budget has spending and revenue at the same level; and there are ways of doing that without reducing spending.

That's une oeuf of that.

As I said in my last post: "No time soon". At some point the construction headache will seem better than the cost of a large chunk of land, evictions, and demolition of existing structures. Maybe we'll hit that point within 15 years. We're already 7 years into this proposal without a zoning...

No time soon but Concord, Tridel, and Pinnacle would all happily take on a ready-to-go project of this scale. While construction will be difficult due to the railway, economies of scale not easily available in downtown will offset some of that.

Not at all. I'm saying they're already taking both a revenue and mind-share hit whether they like it or not; and that cost appears to be a fairly big one. These types of problems will eventually lead to the publicly operated VIA being dissolved. A customer death on a disabled train would likely...

There's some chance the cost, due to lost future revenue, of these stories in the press is higher than the cost of whatever emergency system they implement. Of course, there's going to be a multi-year period where they absorb the cost of both but non-trivial passenger growth will require going a...

They just need the number of local cab companies. Every single one of them will buy 20 packs of water from the local grocery store and toss them into their trunk, then bring them to the train (nearest roadway) within a short time period for a fee (like $200 over the normal cab charge), and VIA...