Recent content by turini2

[citation needed] NYC has a target of 2040 for a 100% ZE fleet, with over 80 electric buses in service and nearly 1,400 on order London will have a 100% ZE fleet by 2034, over 2,000 electric buses in service Moscow has over 2,500 electric buses in service Paris has over 1,100 electric buses in...

Having lived in Pitman and then studio apartment style student accommodation when I was back in the UK - I much preferred the sense of community I got in Pitman, living on a floor with loads of others!

Still a little gutted that TMU dropped the student residence from their Science building - but any more student accommodation around the campus is a good idea for sure.

In the Transit Network Expansion Update going to November 3 TTC Board - an interesting tidbit of the TTC being proved right when they said the Metrolinx design for the Scarborough Centre bus terminal was too small...

Sure, thanks! Makes me think of the pain that Crossrail had at getting the Paddington auto-reverse to work. The asterisk probably applies there too - basically, the train leaves Paddington in GoA3, drives into the siding automatically and then resets itself before driving back to Paddington in...

Just so I get this right - Line 5 Eglinton will be GoA 2 (automatic train operation, similar to Line 1) in the tunnelled section and GoA 1 on the surface. In the yard, it will be GoA 4 (unattended train operation?

It won't be too long, looking at these drone shots. Question - why the lack of green roofs or solar PV? That's a lot of exposed roof area!

Ah I see, thanks!!

Interesting spot on LinkedIn today - Perkins&Will Helps Drive Transit Expansion Across Canada with New Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Don't think I've seen this rendering before.

The idea of using the NWC for bike lanes is depressing. Aren't there bigger priorities?

No, this was not part of the case.

Dr. Murtaza Haider again. I enjoyed the shade thrown at him tbh

At present, I think you'd get good odds for Trump not attending the official opening of the bridge...

BCR is not a perfect measurement, there are many things it does not / cannot take into account. Also, not everything needs to have a positive BCR. There are many things that governments do that have "negative BCR" but they do for political, social or equity reasons. Improvements to northern...