Recent content by ssiguy2

These EDMUs still use the advantages of diesel engines such as no "range anxiety", little needed infrastructure {and Toronto's case none}, are easily expandable to service new areas, and are not susceptible to extreme weather events. At the same time they reduce the disadvantages of diesel such...

More good news............ Czech has just ordered 120 new battery-electric trains from Skoda. They were already using some BEMUs and found them reliable and cost efficient enough to greatly expand the fleet. Seeing Go's current "plans" of electrification are going precisely no where there is an...

The Kitchener route from London to Union is a very indirect route as well as being a rather meandering one between London & Kitchener. I don't see the advantage of going to Kitchener as opposed to Hamilton. Yes, the northern route would serve Pearson but the route would be maintained for that...

I disagree with upgrading the northern corridor. It would still have the problem of having to deal with CN trains and is a much more indirect route to Union. The CP to Woodstock and then CN to Paris with a renewal of the Brantford by-pass is a route that is as straight as arrow and as direct to...

So why hasn't Toronto completely closed down these streets on the weekends and holidays? Ford wouldn't give a damn about that so where is the City? Also, the courts struck down his bike lane disaster plan so there's no reason to think they wouldn't do the same for sidewalk expansion/road...

^^ Say's who? Have you heard of any concrete plans to do exactly this? These should have concrete plans with the money available right now. Chow has done absolutely NOTHING to improve the public realm and especially upgrading streets to be friendly to pedestrians as opposed to cars. The...

I totally agree. Toronto needs a 180 turn on it's urban realm. Yonge Street should be at the very top of the list but also Queen, King, John, Ossington, and Kensington. They should all have their sidewalks doubled in width and some parts completely pedestrianized. That's the shame of Toronto, it...

Under regular circumstances I would agree with you but Finch, and soon Eglinton, are not normal. There is nothing a politician loves more than a nice juicy ribbon cutting ceremony. This is why they always show up at them, it's a political win. Finch, however, has been quite the opposite. It...

Toronto is a lot of things, good and bad, but bland is most certainly not one of them. Toronto is an incredibly dynamic and interesting city. Montreal is certainly more bohemian and has the historic architecture to die for but it is not nearly as interesting a city as Toronto. Toronto is a...

Well that's what should have be done in the first place but it's too late now. That, however, does not mean this line cannot be salvaged as all it takes is some political will. First, get rid of some of these stops along the eastern portion. It should have the same, or even less, the stop...

Seeing GO is still claiming they want to electrify the fleet, why on earth would they want the North Star diesel ones?

That's very true but rapid transit, like roads, are only as good as their weakest link and Eglinton has 9km of weak link.

The reasons ML/TTC/City put forward as to why they need so many surface stations is completely illogical. Why are the underground stations further apart than the surface ones? If one can walk the longer distance to an underground station, what is the logic behind them not being able to do the...

You can't get the rapid transit speeds with the ridiculous number of stations on this line. A MINIMUM of 4 of these stations should be closed preferably 6 or 7. The reality is that it can be done but that would require Chow & Company to grab a pair and make it so. They can run a bus every 20...

Until this line get to, at maximum, 25 minutes then it's been a waste of time. Of course even 20 minutes is more than possible if the TTC stopped being afraid of hitting every unexpecting mosquito, Chow finally puts her money where her transit loving mouth is and does 100% transit priority so...