Recent content by JasonParis

I said this in another thread too, but it looks like this coming Friday is now the day.

Mx has let me know to possibly be ready for Friday now.

The 1980 Winter Olympics, held in a comparable part of the continent, featured a downhill with an 847-metre vertical drop — on the lower end by today’s standards, but still comfortably within the traditional Olympic range. It does raise the question of whether Le Massif de Charlevoix could...

The 2-carriage GO train made me chuckle.

Level-boarding would be great too and probably a prerequisite to get them on our "subway" maps. Also, as often discussed, removing some stops as well.

It's not licensed outside the U.S. though, including Canada. Bell offers something similar with the Alt app here.

That may be enough to keep John Tory on the sidelines. I can’t see him mounting a comeback unless Olivia Chow is widely perceived by a clear majority of voters as genuinely falling short in the role. It’s far from his first campaign, and he’s unlikely to risk ending his career on an electoral...

It’s hard to envision a lifestyle centre here on the model of Shops at Don Mills. Even with the regional draw of Woodbine Live nearby, the surrounding neighbourhood doesn’t quite reflect the demographic profile that typically sustains that kind of development. I’m not sure what the right answer...

Caledonia is probably my fave on Line 5. At least, so far.

That said, the nomenclature isn’t always consistent. Many lines aren’t named after their terminal stations at all—Lakeshore East and West, Barrie, Richmond Hill, and Stouffville among them. Kitchener is the main exception. You could argue that Lakeshore West should be the Niagara Line and...

This Howe "isssue" is just Greenland Redux. He'll stand down in three weeks, claim victory, but nothing will have actually changed.

Ford seems to like having a “west” project (Line 5 to Renforth), an “east” project (Line 2 deeper into Scarborough), a “north” project (Line 1 to Richmond Hill), and a “core” project (Line 3). If we follow that pattern, the next phase somewhat aligns—but with his eyes always on the 905 for...

I'll take one for my condo please.

If I were looking at Toronto from Mars, I’d say: extend Line 4 with two branches — one to Malvern and one to the Toronto Zoo. I’d also push to extend Line 5 to Eglinton GO (even acknowledging why that’s now difficult). Let the LRT handle the in-between, though I’m not convinced it would perform...

I can see Ford announcing the Line 5 extension to YYZ prior to the end of the current mandate. Line 6, I'm not convinced is even that needed, especially with a UPX stop at Woodbine GO.