Good to see this actually out to tender, as it was announced quite a while ago now. Normal operations meaning, the original main track platform restored to full operability, but..... what about the second platform and track that's new? Nothing said about progress towards double tracking the...

I interpret this to say that the construction forces have generally demobilised, except for where they are performing commissioning and testing and/or correcting defects. Drives me crazy how the ML Board tosses easy pitches. So, what was the comparable statistic for the past two quarters (I...

Until one notes that a full 25% of the study cost will be spent developing a request to Ottawa for funding….. I give this very low probability of going anywhere. We need to stop letting people treat higher order transport as a field of dreams - this ain’t baseball. - Paul

Meanwhile, down east.... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/commuter-rail-cape-breton-feasibility-study-1.7250315 - Paul

While there was inconvenience to some, the Westjet strike was a walk in the park compared to the impact of a freight rail disruption of equal duration for CN and CPKC. Which is why the Teamsters are making noise already..... it's all about raising public awareness and political concern towards...

I can't help comparing to say Halifax, where the airport - which is a fairly expensive taxi or Uber ride from the city - has only an hourly transit bus to the airport. The reality is, Less than daily service to Timmins at wee hours will have at best a barebones last mile infrastructure. If...

Be careful what you wish for. If US/Canada were a common travel area, Canada would have to seal its share of the outer border to a degree that is acceptable to the other party. We do already, to a degree..... but our borders would have to be a lot harder to cross for that kind of deal to work...

This is a case where "have" and "have not" applies. There are provinces that would have to make a choice between surfacing roads and fixing potholes versus rail passenger.... guess which way their electorate would favour. There are provinces that might have the money but prefer to wait and see...

I wouldn't read too much into this. Obtaining a strike mandate is just a preliminary step in any labour negotiations. It's possible for work stoppages to impact things beyond the specific work of the bargaining unit that is not working. So there could be an impact on VIA. But it's a complicated...

Organizations that have this latitude to bury problemsand rewrite their commitments inevitably develop a disfunctional culture where problems are not candidly raised, discussed, analysed, and corrected. Metrolinx is well down this road. If the original version (take your pick) were documented...

Another facet of how keeping ML's plans secret, and not being transparent about when and why the scope has changed, is making ML ineffective. - Paul

Time is very fluid in such a big project, and from the sidewalk it sure looks like much has yet to be done......but because shifting the GO tracks out of their current alignment is mission critical to making progress on the Ontario Line, I have confidence that GO will be back to three tracks...

You can throw it, sure, but they won't tell you when it will come back to you. - Paul

Good point....even if it's only the last two blocks, coming out of a sidestreet onto a major arterial demands a safe pathway to reach the destination. As to destinations, I would think that connecting the entire commercial strip of Lakeshore Blvd and the emerging residential/mixed use corridor...

Yes. One has to keep in mind that the Etobicoke of a few years from now will look different, and that creates opportunities. Certainly when Six Points is fully redeveloped, there will be a mass of new residents who will look for connectivity along Bloor and potentially to the Lakeshore. And with...

LOL In general I think Councillor Morley did a far better job of distilling reasonable objections and transforming pain points into motions and pro-active suggestions than Holyday's nuclear "Just say no" defense. The one that made me laugh was Martin Grove from Eglinton to the...

Don't wait til an election. Write letters, join advocacy groups, get the issue on the table now. Call your MP, call whoever you suspect will run against your MP. Write the media. Make noise. - Paul

There's also the reality that a conservative government will have to eventually do something to demonstrate forward direction on carbon. And there will be pressure eventually for expensive airport expansion, which gives opportunity for comparisons in cost and return.. Also, by the time the...

The overriding reality in all of this is - absolutely nothing is happening in Etobicoke that would incent people away from their automobile. Until more services, amenities, and infrastructure are placed where people can access them without using their cars - or at least use only local streets to...

^Quick fact check: While Councillor Holyday is quite visible, the stretch of Bloor where the bike lanes just went in is in Councillor Morley’s Ward (3) - the former turf of Mark Grimes. - Paul