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I'd argue Sheppard's problems start before McCowan. The Sheppard East Corridor like most areas of Scarborough has a lot of low-density sprawl but unlike the areas further south near a street like Eglinton which were built in the 40's and 50's, the areas further north are more recent coming...

I do think it is worth remembering that the TTC puts such a high emphasis on ridership because it is so reliant on fare box revenue. Since other jurisdictions receive far higher operational subsidies they can get away with operating routes that only pull half of our ridership, the TTC...

Yea my apologies if I don't believe this part one bit. We've been burned far to many times by Metrolinx to trust that there is any sort of service improvement coming to any GO line in Scarborough or the rest of the GTA for that matter. They have been at it for 10 years and what do they have to...

I wonder what "provincial priorities" prevent the use of the Conlins site. Redevelopment? Trying to cram a yard for the Sheppard Line in there? or are they just actively trying to sabotage the project?

I think we just need to acknowledge that Ford & Co just don't care about GO Electrification, to them the current diesel service gets the job done. I would also pose a possible conspiracy here, and that is there is a conflict between his car-centric nature and his developer buddies... let me...

They also got the Orion VI's at the time which were the last hurrah of CNG buses in the city and riddled with problems. At that time the TTC was testing out the New Flyer D40LF, the Orion VI, and they also had a demonstrator Nova LFS40. I know the TTC liked the D40LF's and would have preferred...

I can't believe there are people here who honestly believe terminating an Eglitnon east line at Brimley is a good idea. Basically for people who want to continue their journey along Eglinton you are forcing them to make not 1 but 2 linear transfers. They would need to transfer onto Line 2 at...

Realistically speaking the stop at the stop at Lawrence and then the short stretch along Morningside between Kingston Road and the Highland Creek Ravine, with the line the coming to the surface to cross the ravine on a dedicated bridge. The underground section on the Crosstown exists because...

Made some new maps; these looking at the proposed ICTS line along Eglinton from 1973. Back then the TTC was examining routes along Eglinton and by 1973 they had proposed constructing a line from Weston Road to Bellamy Road along Eglinton Avenue. However unlike the previous subway proposal from...

Ok but there are a couple of issues with your bi-articulated bus idea, firstly where would we maintain these bi-articulated buses? None of the city's bus garages are equipped to handle 80' buses meaning that one of the garages in the city would need to be retrofitted with new equipment solely...

I think it has more to do with giving each route its own platform area since Union will be the terminus of 3 routes the 509, 510, and the East Bayfront line with a fourth platform serving as both an unloading platform as well as future proofing for a potential Bremner route.

Ok so what number do you think this route will get? Come one 513 East Bayfront, it's unused and it's the number I picked for it in my fantasy proposal. Or do we bring back the 514? or do we just change up how the Streetcars are numbered all together?

Perhaps I am misunderstanding here, but the site of the current Eglinton bus terminal is the old Eglinton Garage which opened as a Streetcar Carhouse in 1922 and then became a full-time bus/trolley bus garage in 1954 before finally closing for good in 2002. So as far as I am aware its not the...

I don't think this will be a long-term issue since earlier in the thread plans for redevelopment of the old terminal site include a new and presumably more appropriately sized bus terminal under the development.

There's an even easier solution to this problem, that's to stop calling the East Bayfront LRT an LRT because it's literally not; it's just an expansion of the streetcar network. When we constructed the tracks along Sumach for the PanAms nobody batted an eye and it was built without much fuss. If...