I think the shocking part is that they do… hence why we are having this conversation. If they don’t, id more quickly attribute it to them being towns that existed prior to Mississauga or being too seperate from the rest of the city (Malton). As my posts above mention, I think any identity would...

Not denying that, and definetely not denying that Brooklyn is part of NYC. But Brooklyn is certainly not Manhattan and not a part of the core CBD (Lower MH/Midtown). If anything, this shows the interconnectedness that underpins such pairs. My argument is that secondary centres of a sufficient...

People can bring whatever stats they want, but for one reason or another Mississauga sees itself as a city moreso than most suburbs, and that cultural perception is not going away. Is it founded in some fundamental spatial reality? Not really, but its large size and singular administration for...

I think there is good reason to assume gentrification (placeholder term for the underlying phenomena, don’t read into it) would occur given the scope of transit investment and change. That said, you bring up many of the counter mechanisms that will dissuade this from happening. My take on the...

Could it be the old SRT right of way that was reserved for a Malvern extension?

It’s pretty airtight. Either you stay in government and everyone gives you credit as a dozen projects open, or you lose and have the liberals stick by them because there’s no alternative. Ford has lined up the pieces to screw any backtracking government waaaaayy harder than he got. Most tact...

I see what your saying here, but I offer two counterpoints. Let me first say though that the usual contention of “better ways to spend the money” is not a great basis, because time and time again we see in Ontario that money doesn’t go elsewhere, it just dissapears if not spent as allocated. But...

Word on X is the glass has arrived...

I think part of this question of mode for Jane, and where, can be answered by answering one more question of mine; is Jane north of Eglinton not busier than south of it? I was under the impression this was the case. If both are equal, then the line needs to be continuous; if not, you can split...

Provincial visioning indicates this would become a part of (what I call) the nu-transitway, which is set to have some sort of rail service (“LRT”) instead of BRT. It’s almost the same alignment, but instead of going north following the 407 from the 407/403 in Oakville, the line will follow the...

Well it sounds like they knowingly could help fund the third track, if only to have that single track for GO. It sounds like that wouldn’t be an ownership over that single track though, and it seems GO is interested in dedicated track only. I imagine this is sorta what CP wants, sans such a...

This is more believable than the city settling, but I could see it if staff think the writing is on the wall for the OLT to abolish the height limit. The proposal on Jackson is due to go later this year, and that is the make or break moment for the height limit. And personally, I don’t think the...

Probably not if the GO Lines get renamed to letters as proposed. Kinda wish we could go with “H1” on provincial maps or something. Now this does negate the planned lettered names, but GO has planned this for a while, so it’s neither here nor there. Maybe B-Line stays on local maps, but I don’t...

I would imagine that the 407 Transitway being tentatively reworked into the 407/403 orbital/Interregional line frees up the relevant sections of the 407 to the Georgetown sub for GO's use between Milton and Brampton. I really do not think building along this section of the 407 is enough to...

Is there not more than enough room for both? The ROW is huge. I know utilities occupy a lot of it, but still.

Well presumably wherever the Hamilton yards’ replacement is. Which would probably still be within Hamilton.

The problem is the cost of going from Burlington/Aldershot to Hamilton easily adds around $1B to any scheme to improve LSW. The marginal cost is just not worth it bundled into electrification- the tradeoff I suggested once was you’d perhaps have to cut all of the Stouffville Line to balance the...

Realizing this is the wrong thread, I'll finish up with this... Agreed that it is the heritage, old-timey feel that really gives Toronto's streets their magic. I am moreso impressed on the planning side that they are very conservative with preservation and don't seem to buckle all too often...

They still operate in a ton of sectors of our economy, but the retail side is certainly struggling. I imagine that diversity why they’re still around and Sears isn’t. I’m sure there’s a niche for department stores to fill, heck I like going to them on occasion. But whether or not that’s in an...

I can’t really tell at this point if the city has the means to do anything, or even cares enough to move resources to do it. In any case, it would be the right thing to do, but I’d wish we had the same leverage to demand heritage retention like Toronto does.