The ATC being implemented at the TTC would see a driver remain in the drivers seat, except he/she wouldn't actually be driving. The driver wouldn't be meandering around the train.

Extraction/launch sites 2 and 3 have also been added to the TBM tracker.

I think that the union will be a bigger factor than the public. The Union wants to save their jobs, despite the ability of technology to run the trains more precisely.

Then 30 or so years, the majestic brand new Gardiner will begin to crumble, city council will debate the issue for decades, and history will repeat itself. I'm in favour of demolishing the eastern section of the Gardiner. With regard to the western section, some years in the future I hope to...

I wish council actually trusted their staff.

The number of people driving would be reduced if there was a disincentive to driving...say road tolls, congestion tolls or higher vehicle operating costs. However, because disincentives regarding driving are frowned upon in North America and particularly in Toronto, nothing will change and...

I know that I'm in the minority on this issue, but I think the whole "women playing golf" thing is a non-issue, and that this issue is largely being manufactured by Chow supporters and Tory haters. I hope that my view on the issue does not make me sexist or a neanderthal.

The Skydome will always be the Skydome. Ditto for Union Station, regardless of whether it becomes Sir. John A MacDonald Station.

I really, really hope that Torontonians elect a brighter bunch this year.

+1. Matlow has approached this issue with facts, and has tried to debate Ford on this issue. I think he deserves a bit of credit for fighting against Ford and Stintz for what he believes is right.

Neat grouping Stintz with Ford! lol

Waterloo is tendering out the Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain aspects of their LRT project. They only hitched onto Metrolinx' vehicle order.

We should try to convince those people to take the GO Train. They'd be downtown in 45-50 minutes, and have a seat the whole way there! Even if they don't work immediately beside Union Station, I'm pretty sure that the commute from Richmond Hill to downtown can be done more comfortably and...

I also see it as an advantage. The question is would GTAA be willing to expand their People Mover and essentially provide free public transit between the Airport and Malton GO?

I see a lot of issues arising from using the People Mover as public transit, as the People Mover is owned by GTAA and offered as a free service. Wouldn't extending the People Mover to both Malton and Renforth see it compete with Brampton Transit, the TTC and MiWay for some stretches of Airport...

Since when was the first rule of transit planning "don't build transit lines to directly serve corridors served by the car"?

It's best to keep stops alternating between near side and far side (von Stein's rule). This helps maintain transit scheduling through light sequencing. If all stops were near side for local routes, there's a good chance that the route won't maintain its schedule due to traffic signals/other...

It would be awesome, purely from a transit geek perspective, if the TBM tracker would be updated daily. Anyone have connections at Metrolinx?

If he did, he'd attach some garbage about how the central part of the city thinks they're better than everyone else... blah blah blah

I really hope that Soknacki picks up his efforts to boost name recognition. I liked what I heard from him about the Scarborough subway.