Johnny Au said:
It would be interesting if there were serious plans to have LRT or subway be extended to the zoo.
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I think that was the plan if the Scarborough LRT and the Sheppard LRT had been built as they would boh meet at the intersection of Sheppard by the zoo and one of them would branch off to the Zoo.
 
EastYorkTTCFan said:
I think that was the plan if the Scarborough LRT and the Sheppard LRT had been built as they would boh meet at the intersection of Sheppard by the zoo and one of them would branch off to the Zoo.
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That makes too much sense. I therefore propose an extension of the Line 2 extension to have its new terminus at the zoo entrance. Support from the Ford government to be announced immediately.
 
Northern Light said:
In a report to the April 13th meeting of the Toronto Zoo Board, we learn that discussions and actions are underway to substantially improve public transit access to The Zoo.

Discussions have been held with GO Transit, YRT, Durham Transit and the TTC.

DRT is tentatively set to begin service to The Zoo on June 26, weekends and holidays, through Labour Day.

Given than the new Rouge Park Visitor's Centre is set to be on Zoo Road, there is also discussion about jointly serving Rouge Park.

Report here:

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I am not sure how well this will work. A "Zoo Rocket" was tried years ago by the TTC and it was an abysmal failure due to low ridership.
 
Kind of more miscellaneous but I'll just put this here:

Biogas plant at Toronto Zoo turning zoo manure and food waste into power

It took 11 years, but a working biogas plant beside the Toronto Zoo is finally running, turning zoo manure and grocery store waste into liquid fertilizer and power.
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Biogas plant at Toronto Zoo turning zoo manure and food waste into power​


It took 11 years, but a working biogas plant beside the Toronto Zoo is finally running, turning zoo manure and grocery store waste into liquid fertilizer and power.

ZooShare, a community co-operative headed by Torontonian Daniel Bida, pitched its proposal to zoo officials in October 2010.

The concept then had worked in Munich, but had not been tried in North America.

Getting ZooShare’s digester built and a contract to feed Ontario’s electricity grid took longer and was more challenging than Bida realized.

But on May 7, the co-operative told its patient members and investors it had been producing power since April 1, reaching its 500-kilowatt capacity, enough to power 500 homes, on April 12.
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TRCA is set to convey land to the City for the new 'Conservation Campus' at the Zoo, by the entrance.

Report:


From same:

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Aerial Photo:

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JBoogie said:
The zoo's 2020 master plan is finally out!

Agenda Item History 2022.ZB20.2

Agenda Item History 2022.ZB20.2
app.toronto.ca
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TY for posting this.

I'm going to pull some images forward from the report:

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Oooohhh, this looks promising:

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At least one more post to meet image limit requirements.
 
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LOL, I've been holding comments til the end and they will mostly be quite positive, but I can't resist saying there's a problem w/the render below........and no, I'm not saying what it is....LOL

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Oh, this one amuses me too.....smell will be a bit ripe for some:

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Another post incoming
 
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