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  1. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    It's a strange claim to make if they are including evening Stouffville service that is being returned. I'm happy to have the service back and get that there's a lot of construction happening across the line, but positioning it as new service is a huge stretch.
  2. canarob

    Toronto Toronto | 137-141 Isabella Street | 231.55m | 69s | Pinedale | BDP Quadrangle

    Keeping the Annex, Rosedale and Cabbagetown for heritage can be justified. It's almost everywhere else that's questionable (most of the east and west ends, most of the outer 416, etc.).
  3. canarob

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    Does anyone know what work was done on the Stouffville line during last weekend's closure? The track around the infamous Highland Creek seems to have moved a bit east and, if I'm not imagining things, some work may have progressed on getting ready for the new "culvert."
  4. canarob

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    This is one transit project I'm optimistic about! Nice to see the hiring in action.
  5. canarob

    New rides at Wonderland

    I wonder if there's appetite for a new concert hall in a new hotel, etc.? With Sobeys Stadium about to do concerts this summer, and ticket prices seeing crazy growth, the demand might be there? The GTA -- and especially York Region -- is a very different place from when Kingswood closed in 1999...
  6. canarob

    Richmond Hill Toronto | Yonge Line 1 North Subway Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Maybe they can get sponsorship? Durex Cummer Station, etc.
  7. canarob

    The Tenor (10 Dundas St E, Ent Prop Trust, 10s, Baldwin & Franklin)

    https://retail-insider.com/bulletin/2024/01/shake-shack-to-join-the-ballroom-and-hard-rock-cafe-at-the-tenor-in-downtown-toronto/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shake-shack-to-join-the-ballroom-and-hard-rock-cafe-at-the-tenor-in-downtown-toronto Interesting that the Ballroom is...
  8. canarob

    400/401 Development (LFL Group, ?s, ?)

    Spaghetti Junction Suites? Flyover Fields? The Residences of Heavy Rescue: 401? This site must have some of the worst air quality in the country from all the diesel truck traffic here.
  9. canarob

    VIVA + York Region Transit

    I'm also curious about Durham Transit connecting to the Cornell terminal. There's a lot of big warehouse and manufacturing employers opening along Highway 7 in Pickering (I believe the giant bakery alone will have 3,000 employees) so presumably there will be folks connecting through Markham.
  10. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    I feel like any new stops on GO lines really need to connect to new transit lines to be justified. I'm fine with East Harbour and it's multiple connections and Finch-Kennedy will likely get connected to an extended LRT at some point (and connects to an existing busy bus route now), but GO...
  11. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    We should ban these animals (those fighting and crossing tracks) from GO permanently.
  12. canarob

    Toronto Toronto | Pacific Business Centre | 10.67m | 1s | Forager Real Estate Partners Inc | Julian Jacobs

    This is one of the last vacant lots in central Scarborough, glad to see it getting developed.
  13. canarob

    Vaughan Toronto | 3899-3901 Highway 7 | 126.47m | 38s | ARG Group | Cusimano

    This is like the 905 equivalent of the Golden Mile where there's 35,000 units planned next to the above-ground section of Line 5.
  14. canarob

    Vaughan Toronto | VMC South Block B4 | 99.5m | 21s | SmartCentres | 3XN

    Why such relatively low density right next to the subway? There are much taller buildings in VMC farther away from the station.
  15. canarob

    Port Colborne Toronto | 700 Elm Street | ?m | 6s | Topwide | DeSimone

    Why do all projects in Ontario outside of the GTA (and many within) have to be brutally ugly?
  16. canarob

    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    Stouffville is now at 13, which is down from 16 in January. :-(
  17. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    True, but both of these stations are barely across the border into either city. It will be a huge improvement, don't get me wrong, but there's still years of work left on both lines to fully service those cities.
  18. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    Yes. We should prioritize projects as we have limited funds and a limited workforce. We should focus on existing plans before promising the world to every little city in Ontario.
  19. canarob

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    Let's get proper 30-min all-day train service to Brampton, Markham, etc., before we start worrying about Cambridge of all places.
  20. canarob

    VIVA + York Region Transit

    My only thought is that with a number of large manufacturing and warehousing operations opening to the east along Highway 7 in Pickering, Highway 7 to Cornell Terminal might become a major route for DRT. I believe there are provincial plans to "twin" (or reroute?) the remaining two lane sections...

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