Recent content by goodcitywhenfinished

Interesting that the language has changed from maximum speed of 300km/h to “speeds in excess of 300 kilometres an hour” I suspect the consortium is pushing for higher speeds than originally planned by the crown corporation. In my mind 350km/h would be “world class” HSR as of 2026. However, by...

Hard disagree. At least on the housing front, Eric has a deeper understanding of the issues than anyone else rumoured to be running. On inexperience and naivety: see Zohran Mamdani or Justin Trudeau for that matter. Both of which aren’t policy wonks in the way Eric is.

I believe the design contract for stations is split into South (Downtown), East Harbour, North, and Elevated. Each section will have its own treatment but is expected to follow the design concept work that was done by HDR. As far as I can tell, East Harbour will be the worst in terms of design...

Slight improvement from the previous design iteration, still incredibly unserious. I think there is a pretty good chance the building that gets developed on the adjacent plot is tied directly into the station and becomes another entrance, in which case the prominence of this entrance will be...

My god that is a beautiful front facade. I would love to rent there.

Toronto Star continues to be an incredible joke of a publication. It is the peak of narcissism to conclude that commuting patterns in the GTA will have any sizeable effect on global warming. Our total emissions in Canada are less than the yearly increase in emissions from China alone.

Type of building that was constructed en masse across Canada in the 1970s. Heres hoping we see a new wave of small-scale rental apartments.

As others have stated, opportunity cost is a real thing, and we can’t simply push the rewind button on the horribly designed Line 6, Line 5 surface section, or this Line 10. The capital that we have to expend on transit infrastructure is finite and the transit city obsession with light rail...

Could be faster, could be slower, my estimation mainly comes from how long it took YNSE to go from IBC to contracts awarded.

I would guess the IBC with finalized route and station placement is released this year. RFP for tunnels and guideway is probably still 1-2 years away, stations and systems 2-3 years away.

I am of the opinion that the Waterfront East LRT should be the last time a single dollar is put towards street running rail transit in the Greater Toronto Area. The Hamilton LRT should be descoped into a BRT. The Eglinton East LRT is an absolutely insane idea and I would honestly donate money...

43 minutes from Humber College to Finch West - must be a new record

I find it very hard to believe that YongeTomorrow, ReImagine Yonge, John St renewal, and Queens Quay E improvements will all be constructed in the same timeframe. It seems more like the city is conveniently moving all of these streetscape projects to the same range of dates 3-5 years out just...

It would probably be finished by now. Below are photos of the Surrey-Langley Skytrain in BC, which began construction just barely one year ago in November 2024. I will remind everyone that Hurontario has been under construction since 2020. Remember, when anyone says that surface LRT is the...

If we are waiting for TSP to be activated on Line 5 before launching then that probably means the entire testing regime has to be at least somewhat redone no? That is such a huge change to the operational procedures of the line that I won’t be surprised if they decide to do a whole new RSD period