Recent content by crs1026

Agreed. I wasn't saying that PTC is the right product....just that if ML said they were going with it, the regulator would already know to say "OK, sure...." whereas if they named something more esoteric, the response might need a lot more investigation. - Paul

Or something along these lines.... - Puaul

If First Capital can put 11 towers on the 28 acre Christie Lands, think what they would do with 210 acres. - Paul

I would ask the question s little differently.. it’s not like shopping for the newest and best smartphone. Something proven and popular may beat out something newer but technically unfamiliar. There will be lessons learned out of PTC installation in the US, and HSR experience in Europe. Canadian...

There’s no question that LRT is under the microscope and bears the onus to prove its worth in the Toronto environment. But gee, didn’t TYSSE do marvellously as an on-time, on budget subway project? Didn’t the underground portions of Crosstown - which for all intents was subway construction -...

There are two different functions being confused here. One is traffic control, ie enforcing the LRV's right to proceed through intersections and ensuring motorists cede right of way. The other is entry gates to prevent motorists from erroneously driving into and down the LRT tracks, especially...

Absolutely, I was thinking just as much about Line 6 when I wrote that. For that matter, I would also include the legacy tram lines such as 501 Queensway and 504 King, where similar signalling is possible but TTC and City staff are dug in in their apathy about pushing for faster service. When...

Great views. Interesting detail is the presence of a passenger coach, which dates from the days when the Toronto chapter of the CRHA stored preserved equipment down that way. That was long before we hd a roundhouse museum down tht way. - Paul

As does NJT, MBTA, and plenty of others. Rush hour (and that's not just 8 AM or 17:00. it also includes when Skydome lets out at night) is a maximum capacity situation and long trains are perfectly reasonable in that situation. Off-peak, where ridership is less, and headway argues for more but...

I know many are sick of the theme.... but bear with me for a little more history. I will stop now. But those with their half baked partisan conspiracy theories of how Toronto fell behind in transit planning ought to do a little fact checking. Those who do not study history etc. And btw, the...

We are past the point where some unknown issue blocked putting parts of the line in service before the rest. At first glance - If we are now at the point where surface operation is the critical missing element, it seems possible to open the line from Mount Dennis to the first above ground...

One would hope that if staff returned to Council and the Mayor's office with a clear and achievable plan to execute said improvements, with timeline, the line could be opened as is - and those improvements would happen in. reasonable time thereafter. - Pul

Well, happy Boxing Day. Here's a little history from the early 2000's, showing various public points of view around transit planning from the decade before Transit City. The point being, visions were much more modest and an expense of even one Billion dollars was much more dramatic and...

And the cheap misstatement of many other things and gratuitous inclusion of every agenda and kicking-post that the poster appears to hold dear. The poster seems to have a pretty poor grasp on actual events and civic history from 1995 to 2007, or about any debates or serious proposals that were...

^Will the Don bridge be shifted incrementally as they run out of space at the west end - or will it be a single shift all the way eastwards when more is completed? From the shots to date, it appears they are running out of working room on the west end - is the theory that the crane is...