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Although they are saying 7. Whether that's futureproofing or reducing wear I don't know. But the time difference between 250 and 300 over that distance is not huge, allowing for acceleration and deceleration. I think the critical matter for time is to run at full tilt between Ottawa and...

I have been looking at that graph too for a few months. Of course I have absolutely no technical training and expertise, but it leads me to think that portions of 407 and 15 could be used between Peterborough and Scarborough with only modest modifications to put together a route with about a 3...

This combines my previous sarcastic suggestion for the Ontario Line extension via tunnel with Doug's Dream for an off-shore convention centre. While I don't think it's remotely a good idea, a voice in my head says if we saw it proposed for somewhere in Asia, someone would think it was...

Of course the genius of Thug's scheme is obvious. The dirt from the 401 tunnel is dumped offshore building Ford Island. And it solves the problem of where the Ontario Line should go next.

Probably some version of the south branch of 72. And let's face it, the OL is going to go out of service now and then, as will the Danforth line. Massive bus substitutions are going to happen.

Well, along with death and taxes, we can be certain of John Tory self-immolating on a bad idea, or several bad ideas, which are about the only kind he ever has.

The City could turn the old Science Centre into the Toronto Museum of Old Dilapidated Heritage Buildings We Can't Tear Down But Can't Think Of Anything To Do With Either. Old City Hall. Several silos. What am I forgetting?

Lots of folks on UT wanted the Leslie stop on the south side. Of course, all of the ridership is on the north side, so getting there would not necessarily be a picnic. At one time there was a proposal to keep the route underground and simply eliminate the station, because building it as a...

Perhaps Kingston is still angry about not being selected as the capital. Time to get over it. That said, the situation might be better if VIA, or ALTO, or the feds - someone - would provide some clarity and assurance about what plans are for the legacy routes post-ALTO. We were told that the...

Steve Munro put together a good analysis in 2020, and the material indicates that the surface option with the intermediate stops would have the highest ridership. "At no point does the study explain why carrying fewer total riders at much greater expense constitutes a valid planning outcome."...

Some problems with these ideas. Transit planning has to take into account the reality on the ground. How far apart are the major arterials? Half a mile on one city of the city, 5/8 on another. How many riders live in between, how many of those on perpendicular side roads, and how far from...

I don't agree that geological study project is anti-south propaganda. I have no training in geology past grade 10, but I spent hours this winter staring at satellite maps, wetlands maps, etc. and I came to similar conclusions just looking at the geography in a naive sense, and posted here about...

Feasible idea but I don't think it or anything else will happen. I took a look backward, and I predicted in 2020 and 2023 that nothing beyond a sidewalk is going to link the parts of Doug Ford's imploding Ontariorgasm fever dream, and I believe they announced last year or so that the "last...

The Finch line has exactly one curve of any importance, and the rigs don't have any serious trouble with straightish track. The performance problems are in the meatware, not the hardware, I think.

If we all just start calling it Catherine O'Hara Square, will the city perhaps change it to that? I refuse even to type the S word.