Recent content by jmi22

The time in which it takes an object to move between it's starting point and destination is not what we commonly understand to be it's speed?

I thank god every day that such viewpoints were laughed out of the room during the construction of Line 2, as someone who lives along Bloor and is in fact quite concerned about it's speed, a factor which you seem interested in misrepresenting by describing it as "end to end travel time". Just...

Yep, the southern leg should just be an (elevated) extension of Line 5, and the northern corridor should be handled by a Line 4 extension, both meeting up at UTSC. The idea of a near circular $5 billion+ "milk-run" line that forces riders into linear transfers at either end makes no sense and...

Yep, a highly independent consortium structure, where the private sector fronts the capital, takes the risk and designs the line, but is guaranteed returns per each rider from the government is the way to go. This is how the REM was built and it essentially represents a miracle of delivery speed...

New frontpage story on the opening: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/02/eglinton-line-5-major-game-changer-opens-awaits-tweaks.60348

Yep, in a deeply politicalized business case analysis, a majority elevated alignment (similar to what will be built over the Flats) was written off on a roadway that was literally designed with plans for an elevated guideway to go over it for decades. Mind you the transportation planners of...

Actually incredibly surprised with how good (particularly the tunnelled section) Line 5 is. It's move at the speed you would expect a subway too in the tunnels, and getting from Weston to Yonge as fast as we did was simply not possible before. Surface section has it's issues...but the insane...

I don't think I need to say anything more LOL

Nobody was ever taking buses from Mount Dennis to Kennedy, the ACTUAL comparison has always been against using Line 2 + bus/GO or UP Express. The fastest of these combos comes in at 45 minutes (UPX+Line 2). So for 15 years and enough money to fill Lake Ontario we got a line that will run about...

Harm for who exactly Richard?

I believe so, and even if some setbacks are required, they are definitely not as aggressive or numerous as the 2025 resubmission displays

Why widen the sidewalk, they'll only be a few thousand more residents living on the street

I'm familiar with the concept

Uhhhhh 2025 submission seems to be sticking with angular planes....? Either somebody loves that pyramid aesthetic or the architect lives under a rock.

The funny thing is in the Toronto context a great deal of these Transportation Services and MTO workers likely do take transit everyday, just the GO train, but never surface routes.