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This is true to an extent- there are lots of different things that need to be built because we haven’t kept up with infrastructure demand. I empathize with the argument that there is limited time and money; it is worth asking if Sheppard E needs to be prioritized right now. I would not encourage...

I’m somewhat shocked people are calling for a return to the LRT plan, and making this out to be some massively ridiculous idea to build the full Sheppard Subway from Sheppard W to McCowan/STC. I’ll chalk up the lack of existing demand east of VP to the suburban character- rather, it is hard to...

The fundamental issue is that we desperately need more than one crosstown 400-series highway, but we can’t have it. In a vacuum the 407 is not a problem; in light of the reality that we have been asking the 401 to do 4 different jobs at once, and that we actually can’t build another proper...

These do exist at Bloor GO. Noticed it on Saturday. Part of the issue (imo) is low platforms are just too easy to walk across, and the ease of moving from one platform to the next properly is nonexistent- it’s quite slow and painful really. I’m not sure why you’d need to do this in the first...

Most of these are happening, the government just doesn’t care about communicating because we might not like the exact timelines. Highway 7 for instance has early works beginning, the difference is it’s less of a priority. And please, don’t forget the Hamilton LRT… it’s been in such bad limbo it...

Not sure if your meaning to reply to my comment, but no, I don’t mean to put the cart before the horse here. It was merely to say that there could be long-term interests in the private sector to see such a thing if a few puzzle pieces come together. I would agree that a highway...

While Bolton-Alliston is maybe 60% of Bolton-Union, it quite clearly is not that much of a longer route to Barrie overall. The way I see it is the inverse; this line could pull growth up along it, up to a level of growth comparable to everything north of Richmond Hill (suburban-exurban...), ie...

I think the shocking part is that they do… hence why we are having this conversation. If they don’t, id more quickly attribute it to them being towns that existed prior to Mississauga or being too seperate from the rest of the city (Malton). As my posts above mention, I think any identity would...

Not denying that, and definetely not denying that Brooklyn is part of NYC. But Brooklyn is certainly not Manhattan and not a part of the core CBD (Lower MH/Midtown). If anything, this shows the interconnectedness that underpins such pairs. My argument is that secondary centres of a sufficient...

People can bring whatever stats they want, but for one reason or another Mississauga sees itself as a city moreso than most suburbs, and that cultural perception is not going away. Is it founded in some fundamental spatial reality? Not really, but its large size and singular administration for...

I think there is good reason to assume gentrification (placeholder term for the underlying phenomena, don’t read into it) would occur given the scope of transit investment and change. That said, you bring up many of the counter mechanisms that will dissuade this from happening. My take on the...

Could it be the old SRT right of way that was reserved for a Malvern extension?

It’s pretty airtight. Either you stay in government and everyone gives you credit as a dozen projects open, or you lose and have the liberals stick by them because there’s no alternative. Ford has lined up the pieces to screw any backtracking government waaaaayy harder than he got. Most tact...

I see what your saying here, but I offer two counterpoints. Let me first say though that the usual contention of “better ways to spend the money” is not a great basis, because time and time again we see in Ontario that money doesn’t go elsewhere, it just dissapears if not spent as allocated. But...

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