The Finch LRT construction contract was signed at about $100m/km (as reported on this site). The data in table 1 as per the asterisk looks like an all in cost.

Same, that's the only one I remember. I'm sure there would be some use other use cases on a lower ridership route but can't think of a good example.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DP8Du7CWL/ Bathurst streetcar looks great passing all those cars

Does this fit anywhere in Toronto?

This looked neat. I don't expect to ever see this in Canadian urban areas

So nice of the city to add those snow hills to do some jumps while biking 🤣

https://www.ttc.ca/accessibility/Easier-access-on-the-TTC/Riding-the-Subway How many stations are accessible now? 62 out of 70?

The TTC needs to enforce their existing rules. Simple fare enforcement would likely reduce a significant amount of the problem. Having active enforcement at the gates is part of what is needed. Every time I've seen enforcement officers at Bloor station, they are chatting away , not enforcing the...

I wrote it as 25 years from 2035. Sorry, that wasn't clear.

Just thought of this; CityPlace may be a good to compare to. It's taken over 25 years to build out the whole thing. If Golden Mile were to be similar, you'd be looking at 2060 for the last buildings to be completed.

I was specifically thinking about the Golden Mile. No construction yet and the decision to start sales until people move in is a really long time. 2033 is optimistic. Also, think about 7 years into the future, how much better will GO service be?

I don't think there would be a crazy amount of latent demand even in the best running LRT scenario. All new finished and under construction development on Eglinton is near Yonge. All those new development proposals won't see anyone move in until 2033. The Ontario Line will open a few years later...

For me, It's not about being exposed to the drinking (American stats show that kids in grade 8 in the 80s drank more than those in grade 12 now), it's about that person who is drinking on the subway when it's not allowed and they don't care. The increased perceived risk to women, children and...

What we should do in the future is different than what should have been done in the past. The transit city concept was created because it was believed at that time there was no money for subways (Eglinton getting filled in). A concept that was created about 2 decades ago. I don't think this is...

https://nowtoronto.com/news/toronto-mayor-olivia-chow-says-finch-west-lrt-should-be-faster-by-the-end-of-the-winter/ "“When the train gets to a traffic signal, they should have priority. In the past, they didn’t because what Metrolinx had was a system that is conditional priority. They need to...

The original plan yes. UHN who has now bought the building is not doing any of that. Only renovating the interior (last I heard)

Myers: when the decision is made to remove a stop there's nothing actually stopping the TTC from removing it right? TTC staff: yes but we typically consult with the local councillor and their staff. The outcome in almost all cases is do not remove our stop Yes. Spadina stop spacing should be...

For those commenting on the extension to Woodbine, the city requested Metrolinx to prioritize it March 2024. If some of the insiders have any insight that'd be great but as far as I know this was the last news on this topic. "b. request Metrolinx to advance planning of a Finch West Light Rapid...

You only need a small percentage of vehicles removed from the 401 to greatly speed up traffic. With the increase in population and truck traffic, infrastructure including highways needs to grow.

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/finch-west-line-6-lrt.11783/post-1878069 When the contract was signed the the costs for building the finch LRT were just over 100 million per kilometer which was normal for North America at the time. You can see that construction costs are 1.2 billion for...