Ahhh yet Steve Munro hates them with a passion. I mean some things he says is somewhat true but he puts all the blame on them for certain things
Steve has been less than kind to the TTC as well; and with good reason.
Both agencies are less than fully transparent; and both engage in bad faith public consultation, and both have weak oversight by politicians or others largely unfamiliar with or disinterested in
the details of operations and capital spending, and typically with little transit experience even as a customer.
Both agencies have executed good projects; and both agencies actually run fairly good service by North American standards (take that back-handed compliment for what it is).
But I don't see why one would expect an advocate to spend all their time heaping praise on organizations capable of far better.
Granted Steve can seem the curmudgeon, and I'm all for the notion of getting more with honey than vinegar; but Steve can be the vinegar and others can be the honey, LOL
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Lets also note, after heaping praise for recent future proofing efforts that it was Mx that did not future proof all the Union Station renos for what was to come (the now USEP).
Worth saying, Steve Munro wrote about the shortcomings and lack of future proofing several years back when the Union project was just beginning....
So perhaps Mx has learned, and if so, that's excellent and praise-worthy.
But not before making some very expensive mistakes!
All the while there is much discussion here about how well the Ontario Line is (or is not) future proofed in respect of demand in the decades to come and/or future extensions.
