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^ Me from ten years ago would have blown a gasket seeing Finch West crawl at 12km/h. I've gotten accustomed to Toronto's mediocrity it seems. To think we were of the mind that the surface LRT portions would be zipping by at 25 km/h at the time.

I figured it was something like this after one look at the plans...

That creek should be naturalized through this segment as part of the plans. @Northern Light am I wrong?

No one involved here is that smart. This is just a happy accident that the circumstances are creating some political headwinds to tackle some long-standing problems. As political actors, they are merely not letting a crisis go to waste, but lets see if they even have the gumption to fight for...

More on this conference: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking It is way more interesting than the headline itself. We are not returning to the old post-war order, it is not possible if America's closest friends and allies now have a de facto Gaullist worldview as it...

I am catching up over the past year's worth of posts in this thread and this below, wow. So you are telling me they figured this out in Toronto a century ago. Progress truly is not always linear.

The TTC adverts on the Allen are so mind-bogglingly tone-deaf.

We can get Olivia Chow the biggest potential political win by bringing operation improvements to not just Line 6, but also to the downtown streetcar network. We could come out of this with not just one new "rapid transit" line but several, just by making operational changes.

Despite the same width and vehicle, the Parisian trains look much better. I mentioned in the Hurontario thread already that the Citadis vehicles feel like a downgrade on the Bombardier Flexity Freedom vehicles. Which I don't think will help the reputation of the Finch line as rapid transit when...

Line 10 will use the same vehicles, they could be repurposed for Hurontario.

If that becomes the case, then the only serious answer I’m loathe to say is forcing the transfer at Laird until the four parties figure out how to resolve operations.

No subway, but I think a BRT would have left everyone here a lot happier given per-dollar-spend than this current iteration of streetcar-performing LRT. At least the bus drivers would be able to floor it between intersections without traffic in the way. If we assume that LRTs are operated by...

Did not consider this political aspect but yes, if the Line 5 opening is mired with the same issues then the momentum for uploading the TTC to Metrolinx will never be stronger, whether it is an effective solution or not.

And they may as well add St Clair and Spadina LRTs in ;)

I must say that the discourse about Finch the past two days has made me more frustrated than usual sitting in a streetcar behind red lights. It doesn’t have to be like this. The momentum behind operational changes to Finch must extend to the greater streetcar network.