To be fair, since GO Expansion is and was kneecapped already, saving billions by using the rail ROW in the shorter term is probably not a bad idea. As far as I know a third track for LSE was never planned during the first two phases of GO Expansion. If a third track for LSE is needed later they...

I think what many folks have to realize is that a public works project like Alto will be inherently authoritarian as opposed to libertarian. In a libertarian's utopia, the Corridor would likely not be getting (privatized) high speed rail until population density doubled or tripled in the major...

And when exactly is the government going to build a new regular rail line, much less a high speed one through Nipissing District or East Ferris?

Perhaps the way the message was conveyed rather than the meaning behind the message is the issue. Of course the residents of Canada should have a say in how their government spends their tax dollars. The crux of the issue is that far too often, a small minority of stakeholders wield outsized and...

Rail to Tweed and Perth can be an entirely separate project. Those two towns have a population so low (6000) that if teleported to a CMA, they wouldn't even warrant a tram, subway or regular rail station, much less a high speed rail station. But worst case let's say they do get ignored, these...

Haha, I was referencing a post I nearly forgot about. If RSD is not announced by October 16th, then it's game over for a November 16th (start of TTC board period) opening. Assuming certification takes one day and bedding-in period is cancelled or coincides with public soft opening. Maximum coping.

Seriously where were the NIMBYs when we needed them? Back when the pioneers and colonists chopped down hundreds of thousands of square kilometres of Canadian forest to get cheap construction materials and firewood?

It is, in fact, standard practice in Toronto and all of Ontario now since the report on the public inquiry into the Ottawa LRT. See for yourself: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-eglinton-line-5-m-s-metrolinx-arcadis.11782/post-2251246...

Game over? RSD hasn't even started yet.

If you look at the screenshot I cited from the internal powerpoint, it appears that there is overlap, but that the bedding-in will in fact start before full revenue service.

The NIMBYs of b-f-nowheresville when the line cuts through the outskirts of town will be out in force though, how dare you filthy city slickers try to take my "prime" real estate? Who do you think puts food on your table huh (Sarcasm)

Yes it's highly naive and ignorant to be saying it'll open by October 20th. Assuming the process for Line 6 is the same as Line 5, then there is a 14 day certification period after Revenue Service Demo is done. A bedding period of up to 90 days will follow after said certification period after...

Lack of budget should be the only excuse for a "causeway" cutting through wetlands and waterlogged ground. In any case, whether it's a causeway on reclaimed land or a taller viaduct, a relatively deep concrete foundation would be necessary because laying ballast to tamped down soil or aggregate...

That's a fair point. The one North American project comparable is California HSR: https://hsr.ca.gov/programs/green-practices-sustainability/sustainability-report/sustainability-report-chapter-5/ They have viaducts over wetlands and waterways.

The comparison was not addressed to NIMBYs at all. My earlier point was that the government should not be valuing the opinions of unelected retired folks who would mope about the colours of the leaves changing from now compared to "back in [their] day". The environmental impact and noise from...

This picture was supposed to show what no-to-do for the bogs and streams. Filling in the these natural wetlands and waterways would likely be a bad idea, both environmentally and logistically/economically in the long-run. Instead, the line should be built on viaducts so to avoid the bogs and...

I am sorry, but the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. As is too often the case, NIMBYs, a very small but vocal contingent of unelected stakeholders manage to ruin good things for the large majority of everyone else. While ostensibly trying to protect the environment and the...

The sensible way to avoid having to destroy every bog/stream entirely is to build on a continuous elevated guideway/viaducts as opposed to this: Do the necessary environmental assessments (believe it or not, they do in fact do these in other jurisdictions including China), do whatever mitigation...

If I could dislike this post I would, lmfao ^

Any news outlets pick this up? Or is this not public info yet