I think we just need to acknowledge that Ford & Co just don't care about GO Electrification, to them the current diesel service gets the job done. I would also pose a possible conspiracy here, and that is there is a conflict between his car-centric nature and his developer buddies... let me...

They also got the Orion VI's at the time which were the last hurrah of CNG buses in the city and riddled with problems. At that time the TTC was testing out the New Flyer D40LF, the Orion VI, and they also had a demonstrator Nova LFS40. I know the TTC liked the D40LF's and would have preferred...

I can't believe there are people here who honestly believe terminating an Eglitnon east line at Brimley is a good idea. Basically for people who want to continue their journey along Eglinton you are forcing them to make not 1 but 2 linear transfers. They would need to transfer onto Line 2 at...

Realistically speaking the stop at the stop at Lawrence and then the short stretch along Morningside between Kingston Road and the Highland Creek Ravine, with the line the coming to the surface to cross the ravine on a dedicated bridge. The underground section on the Crosstown exists because...

Made some new maps; these looking at the proposed ICTS line along Eglinton from 1973. Back then the TTC was examining routes along Eglinton and by 1973 they had proposed constructing a line from Weston Road to Bellamy Road along Eglinton Avenue. However unlike the previous subway proposal from...

Ok but there are a couple of issues with your bi-articulated bus idea, firstly where would we maintain these bi-articulated buses? None of the city's bus garages are equipped to handle 80' buses meaning that one of the garages in the city would need to be retrofitted with new equipment solely...

I think it has more to do with giving each route its own platform area since Union will be the terminus of 3 routes the 509, 510, and the East Bayfront line with a fourth platform serving as both an unloading platform as well as future proofing for a potential Bremner route.

Ok so what number do you think this route will get? Come one 513 East Bayfront, it's unused and it's the number I picked for it in my fantasy proposal. Or do we bring back the 514? or do we just change up how the Streetcars are numbered all together?

Perhaps I am misunderstanding here, but the site of the current Eglinton bus terminal is the old Eglinton Garage which opened as a Streetcar Carhouse in 1922 and then became a full-time bus/trolley bus garage in 1954 before finally closing for good in 2002. So as far as I am aware its not the...

I don't think this will be a long-term issue since earlier in the thread plans for redevelopment of the old terminal site include a new and presumably more appropriately sized bus terminal under the development.

There's an even easier solution to this problem, that's to stop calling the East Bayfront LRT an LRT because it's literally not; it's just an expansion of the streetcar network. When we constructed the tracks along Sumach for the PanAms nobody batted an eye and it was built without much fuss. If...

--- Long post ahead --- Since we are talking about a Dufferin alignment I made a map to visualize it and while it has merits I think it also has issues. Firstly is the cost as stated in my last post since the overwhelming majority of this extension would need to be built underground. Secondly I...

I think the biggest issue with the Dufferin corridor would be cost since there is no room for any kind of at-grade or elevated alignment south of Wilson so the entire extension from the Exhibition to at least Wilson would need to be underground. While there is ridership potential on the corridor...

I just use Adobe Illustrator. For the geographic map I just took an image from Google Earth and then drew over it in Photoshop although you could also do it in Paint.

Made another map, this one looking at a Queensway alignment which I know has also been discussed. The obvious benefit to this alignment would be connections to the Humber Bay area and Sherway Gardens, however there are also some draw backs. The first one is the obvious lack of a north-south...

Saw you guys talking about an extension up Jane so I made a map to visualize it. For the stops I followed the subway standard of every 800m-1km although it does increase to 1-2km north of Eglinton where density drops off. I couldn't really think of what the northern terminus for the western...

Please explain to us how this would have saved money? Burying the eastern side of the Crosstown and combining it with the SRT would have added an additional $4 Billion to the projects price tag bringing it to $8.1 Billion to build. That's before we factor in all of the delays at Eglinton and...

I think something getting left out of this discussion about ground level power is the effect of snow and ice build up on the road. It's less of an issue with overhead catenary but we have seen what heavy snowfall can do to this city and I have to wonder how much damage even the light snowfall we...

My Eglinton Crosstown history video is up if you are interested:

I took another ride on the Crosstown today since I wanted to get some pictures from each underground station for my video, however I think my camera's memory card is corrupt because none of the pictures I took saved; there's 3 hours of my life I won't get back.... anyways I just wanted to also...