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I can't imagine Sheppard being at capacity any time soon. After 20 years in service, headways were actually reduced, and the last ridership figure I saw was 3000 per hour, so a tenth of the nominal capacity of a subway line. Where are the other 27k coming from?

Has anyone else thought about reversing direction on Richmond and Adelaide, and then making one-way pairs of Queen-Richmond and Adelaide-King? Each street could have a reserved streetcar lane with platforms built out from the sidewalk. Hugely expensive and disruptive but worth it?

That's a coherent and logical argument. But here is some text from the Request for Qualifications on the requirements. Faster service with shorter journey times between Major Cities (Québec City, Montréal, Ottawa and Toronto) that are less than: o 4h10 between Toronto and Montréal o...

I don't think that's accurate. Although the existing corridor mostly had three tracks in recent decades it was wide enough for four. They are increasing that to six, but mainly by widening the the top of the berm and sloping the sides more steeply. Yes a lot of trees and bushes will go but the...

Don't shout at me, it's the people responsible for building it who added that line to the map. Discussing something to death in this talk shop doesn't make the question settled in the real world.

Fuel consumption goes up about 10% for every 10 km above 100. So a great global warming strategy shaping up here. Not to mention severity of accidents.

Except, there will still be Kingston-Ottawa trains travelling the existing route, though less frequently, after HFR, and there is a strong possibility of Toronto-Montreal trains traversing the yard on the CP route. So there could be more trains causing a conflict rather than fewer, and this...

I said it was an optimistic guess. Its basis was guesswork. And some experience of how Amilcar does things. ARG1 may be correct about them practicing different scenarios. They may also be practicing different headways. They have said that trains will run 12 minutes at all hours, but the...

My optimistic guess is she is 95 % sure they can open in June and wants to underpromise then overdeliver rather than the contrary.

We see why Thug brought paper bags back. We'll need them. :>(==@

That's a good question. Is it activated by the presence of a vehicle, or just set to go green all the time? Or malfunctioning? I drove in LA for a few years and noticed several intersections at roads comparable in size to Eglinton or Sheppard where the lights responded in different and complex...

Does the length of a turnout indicate whether the geometry allows for high speeds? I'm curious about the turnouts on the new section of the Trillium line in Ottawa. They are about 100 meters in length and not near the stations, so one hopes they will allow for 80 kph turnouts. (Yes, Ottawa...

You've hit the nail on the head. We vote for lower taxes, and sit in astonishment as the health care system that was part of our national identity 10 years ago - along with our transportation system - collapses to third world standards in front of our eyes. I'll use my LCBO paper bag to barf...

Since this discussion is going in a loop, I'll repeat the "what about" concerning the huge and difficult to repurpose empty section of the rail yard located to the north-east.

Because Ontario.