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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    Line 4 was always roughly geographically correct to Line 2. It's really Line 5 (a new addition to the map) and the eastern end of Line 2 that messes it up. And they probably didn't even think to fix that.
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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    The city border is a line running from Renforth straight south(ish) to Eglinton and does not follow Renforth itself. Roughly where the roundabout on the current transitway is. But the actual station alignment next to the current transitway station will be fully in Mississauga.
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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    That's also nowhere near the underground section. Roughly halfway between the DVP and Vic Park, and 1.5km west of the previous incident. And there isn't like a pedestrian passage underground (sometimes called subway) around either.
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    GO Transit: Construction Projects (Metrolinx, various)

    There's been initial construction on the Racetrack property where the station will be for a few months now but nothing substantial yet.
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    Sheppard Line 4 Subway Extension (Proposed)

    Pioneer Village was the new terminal for YRT routes that used to run to York U. That's a lot more routes than the single one that served Downsview or Don Mills so they need more room outside of the fare gates to drop off all passengers. Without fare integration, all YRT buses dropped off...
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    The bus bay at St George is really small, it probably couldn't handle the volume of buses that would be on Spadina.
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    Outside of Toronto, the fares have been integrated since the widespread adoption of Presto, so it didn't matter to either the customer or the driver who picked up who within city limits.
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    Mississauga Toronto | Hurontario-Main Line 10 LRT | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    I'm going to add onto the complaints about Central Parkway only allowing right turns at Hurontario because there were no signs advising us of such, as well as google maps giving us directions to go straight through when that was not possible. I live nowhere near the area and this was an unusual...
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    TTC: Other Items (catch all)

    I remember taking like one or two field trips on the bus once way back in high school. It was just tickets for everyone, long before Presto. Chartering a TTC bus is significantly more expensive that just paying standard fares for a class of around 30 students.
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    GTHA Transit Fare Integration

    I think only GO, TTC and Viva have fare inspectors because all other systems you're paying at the driver, so there's little need for fare inspectors. It's probably assumed that when you got on the bus, you paid, so they don't need to check you on board again, so you can easily go past the two...
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    I think so in the summer at least, can't say how it is in the winter.
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    VIVA + York Region Transit

    501 doesn't serve the 407 station in any direction, despite what the YRT map seems to imply.
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    Brampton Transit/Zum

    Bramalea terminal is not that old, (what 10, 12 years?) yet it seems like it is frequently needing major repairs multiple times already.
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    A hand or arm may prevent a door from fully closing, but something smaller, like a piece of clothing can be trapped and still make it appear as closed to the system. I often read RAIB reports from the UK, and item trapped in door, dragging a passenger for some distance is fairly common. I...
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    Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion

    Morning Star was a left exit northbound. The left exit was signalized at the southbound lanes. Northbound had no lights because the lanes just continued on. Traffic from Morning Star could only go southbound.
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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    A little bit of weirdness going on the TTC twitter service account today, mentioning Line 5, probably testing out alerts. Which have since vanished.
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    Weekend trips pre-covid have been done have been done to Brampton before, I think mostly for Labour Day weekends to the CNE. But well...
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    Toronto Toronto | Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

    New systems funding shouldn't be tied to having to adopt to Presto, but it should at least be accepted if your system intersects with an existing system that accepts Presto. Presto is far from perfect, but as someone that used multiple systems on most days, it's way better than having to worry...
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    Roads: Ontario/GTA Highways Discussion

    I have noticed that exit numbers are inconsistent, even on highways that recently got exit numbers (ie 410 some of them are numbered, some aren't, even exits recently built/rebuilt)

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