Recent content by Abdullah77

Metropolis is running 2-cars as a light metro on REM. The Metropolis "family" is flexible enough to run 2-9 cars according to their wesbite.

So these are not based on the Bombardier tech used on the Rockets? My understanding of the original RFP was that TTC wanted basically a Rocket 2.0 so that maintenance could be simpler and they wouldn't have to conduct the same level of thorough testing as they would on a new rolling stock.

TTC will maintain Metrolinx-owned infrastructure on YNSE and SSE. From Transit Network Expansion Update report to the board, Nov 2025.

A lot of the strategic planning of where lines go and what ought to be prioritised is done at MTO. Metrolinx provides the technical expertise and manages the consultants who provide further expertise. The work done at MTO by bureaucrats is not done with the goal of boosting property values for...

This is a TTC sign, not Metrolinx. I like the Bloor Yonge font on the entrances though. Metrolinx should make that standard on subways. Ontario Line has adopted it on its entrances.

The Swedes had a generation of social democratic governments post-War willing to spend on big ticket items. We had the PC version of that for a bit with Bill Davis, followed by a succession of provincial governments not willing or able to spend. In the 2000s we had that unwillingness at the...

Is there any evidence that Line 5 cannot go east of Kennedy? I know the City made this claim in their study for EELRT. But has Metrolinx responded? I would find it strange they would hamstring their own project with another of their own projects.

They could install enclosed seating areas like the ones at Wilson and Glencairn. Put a heater in there and you're set.

I think the Dundas Street re-naming has been dropped. TMU paid to get there name on this station. Why should TTC decline a free re-branding?

Which is a good thing. The TTC and MX wayfinding standards need to come as close as possible, esp. with symbols. Fonts and the exact pantone of a line bullet don't matter. But using different symbols within the same station for the same type of service is silly.

Good change. Now the old streetcar symbol needs to go to. It is confusing for younger people who have never seen a CLRV.

What even is that new Don Valley sign? Which standard is this? It’s using the old LRT logo with Mx style roundels. Is there still an Entro tean at Crosslinx designing, updating, and printing their own signage standards? Why???

Never noticed the Canada and Ontario wordmarks on the LRVs. Those new?

The Züm stop at York University has been removed. End of an era. I remember the long lines looping around the block for the 501A and 501C before the pandemic.

Drove to New York last month and Rochester was full of these. While it may make directions easier, it's a lot of visual clutter. The city looks like junk with all the hanging wires and long poles.