It's more likely that Ottawa doesn't get any intercity terminal at all, and services continue to disperse. I suspect we'll see west end services terminate at Bayshore or Pinecrest in a few years. A consequence of the total lack of leadership from provincial governments on intercity bus...

As a former Ottawan, I am sympathetic to the concern that the provincial government is showering the GTA in transit while ignoring the rest of the province. However, terms like "deserve" get thrown about, and as the Rob Ford saga showed us, this is the wrong way to approach this question...

The Central Bus Terminal was closed and demolished well after OLRT was planned and built. As for intercity bus, this is about the worst possible location for one, even if we consider the "intermodality." With optimal design, how many people are transferring between the bus and train network...

This betrays a deep unfamiliarity with Ottawa's urban form - Tremblay was, before COVID, the second least busy station on OLRT, the city's main E-W transit spine. From where, exactly, do you want this bus route to run? The nearby bus hubs which already have rapid transit service to the train...

I don't disagree, BUT, if we were to go this route: You'd need to restore the ROW. Definitely physically - there's been track removal - but maybe also legally, I'm not entirely sure. You need an OMSF, and it'd be hard to get one built between Queen and Old School. As always, where's the...

Russia's productivity is falling, but so is Ukraine's. The most recent concern seems to be their energy generating capacity, which is at half capacity compared to 2022. The question, I suppose, is whether Western support will be enough to last the AFU to defeat the Russians. Depending on the...

@crs1026 @Northern Light This has been a rabbithole of reading while I was abroad the past few weeks. Thanks for the responses!

Here's a translation from Federal Government to English. Federal government to announce and cancel the Canada Public Transit Fund From: No Housing, Deferred Infrastructure, and Sprawl Canada Background Since 2015, the Government of Canada has invested over $30 billion in more than 2,000...

This is something I've been thinking about for a while, both in UT posts and outside of it. Additionally, I've seen lots of allusions to this in many of our transport threads, so I thought I'd start a dedicated place to debate this. In the last few years, we've seen the cost of transit...

I don't know if it's plausible for Metrolinx to get the shovels in the ground today. But I would like to see an accounting of parking at each station, and a plan for future use to, say, the 2050s. The plans should include timeframes for developing, or not developing, Metrolinx-owned lots near...

You’re missing the point - the correction will be painful, and it will be more painful the longer we hold it off. A bit like an addiction. A correction would not have been a big deal in 2010, and not a big deal outside Vancouver in 2014, but we’ve made unbridled housing growth semi-official...

The right time to crash prices was five years ago, and the next best time is now. It's a Ponzi scheme, transferring costs from new buyers and renters to sellers (I'm not convinced that regular people actually benefit from the bubble, rather than having the perception of having benefits); you...

Unfortunately, we've created a moral hazard-free environment where anyone who buys real estate does so with the assurance - no, the certainty that they will profit off higher prices. It's complete insanity. Our cowardly political "leaders" are now catering to these "investors" with no sense of...

As little as possible would be to do nothing and keep the 85 running as-is. Yeah, that's the thing about any LRT in this city. That said, Eglinton and Finch, if they open this year/decade might change the calculus, if operations are excellent. LOL. It's about crosstown travel that linear...

I don't disagree with this, but at the same time, I feel that there's a "minimum viable freeway" point (that is acceptable in our current society) and we're at that point. There's no such parallel for the DVP, but I think that looking at the surface routes, especially Lake Shore west of York...

The EU Parliament election results are in. From CNN, here's what the results look like (original source): From the looks of it, the right has increased in seat count, while the centre "is holding" (according to von der Leyen) and the left lost seats. Curious; do our Europe watchers have any...

You have to remember Hochul is not only governor of NYC, but also of Long Island, Westchester County, Upstate, etc, etc. It's the same principle as Wynne kiboshing the DVP and Gardiner tolls. Even New Jersey got in on the lawsuit action, and some of the (proposed) proceeds. The MTA is not in...

And it would have relieved the (pre-COVID) overcapacity Green Line, which ran at just 2000 PPHD below its maximum capacity level, as well as preventing a SRT-style linear transfer. The collective incompetence of the ARTM and the politicians in charge. We know you dislike the REM, but I would...

This feels like a reach. Yes, there are more places for construction to go wrong, but the initial per km cost is significantly lower, and even if it went to, say, $500 million/km, the downtown segment still provides a much higher benefit to the overall transit network than whatever this is...

If we're not building a subway station with that spacing, then a GO station becomes sillier. It's too close, and really only serves local stops. It doesn't even provide access to OL transfers, so ... there have been worse projects proposed, but it's not a great use of money. My overall...