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DirectionNorth reacted to txlseries4's post in the thread Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx with
Haha.
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DirectionNorth reacted to kotsy's post in the thread Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx with Like.
New CLC docs are out for Cosburn Station + Don Valley Crossing & Minton Portal. Also, I noticed yesterday that the crest pieces of the...
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DirectionNorth reacted to kotsy's post in the thread Toronto Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx with Like.
"Building the Bloor Viaduct 3 times" is a hilarious stretch. The Lower Don Crossing is nowhere near the scale of the Don Valley...
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DirectionNorth reacted to MisterF's post in the thread Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis with Like.
If capacity is a problem, the solution is to build more lines. Not to spend billions on shutting a line down for years to convert it to...
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DirectionNorth reacted to crs1026's post in the thread Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis with Like.
I really think that going forward, this thread should be split in two....one to discuss the reality of the current line 5, its observed...
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DirectionNorth reacted to smallspy's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Are they closer than they were 20 or even 10 years ago? You can look at the numbers yourself, they're in the public domain. But the...
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DirectionNorth reacted to reaperexpress's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Flexible train design and more runs at peak times both require trains to run them. And those trains need to be purchased and maintained...
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DirectionNorth reacted to reaperexpress's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
The travel demand on the specific peak travel weekends far exceeds the travel demand on a typical weekend. Yes, surplus capacity is...
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DirectionNorth reacted to crs1026's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Exactly. The inadequacy of their fleet size exacerbates the whole thing. I do hope Alto can do better at sizing its fleet. And I would...
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DirectionNorth reacted to reaperexpress's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Predictable pricing and constant pricing are two completely different things. There are certain days that we know will have much higher...
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DirectionNorth reacted to reaperexpress's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
We know which days will be busiest, so it makes sense to price those higher from the moment tickets go on sale, rather than selling the...
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DirectionNorth reacted to smallspy's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
That's the other side of demand management - historical trend monitoring. Fridays and Sundays are historically the busiest days of the...
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DirectionNorth reacted to crs1026's post in the thread Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City) with Like.
Demand management has been around in some form just about forever, and in its simplest form is not wrong headed. Using price to shape...
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DirectionNorth reacted to Mind_the_gap's post in the thread Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis with Like.
I seriously wanted to chime in about floor numbering... For all the legalese we emphasize toward safety in North America, ie. not...
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If Line 7 is grade-separated—as it likely should be—it would have two major implications. First, the higher cost would make the project...
