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Not sure if these photos are of any value, but here was my ride from Union along the construction path

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hawc said:
Well that's not good. Classic case of doing less with more money. Argh.

Weird how most government ministries and public unions all go down that path until a big painful shake up puts them back on the right course... which they then slowly being to wander off again.

It's almost as though when you remove free market forces things get bloated and inefficient.

Hmmm...
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Mm yes the vastly overinflated stock market and previously housing market were such an efficient allocation of resources by the private sector.
 
drum118 said:

Metrolinx gives an update on Ontario Line opening​

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It would be useful if you'd provide the simple date provided - especially when the information is behind a paywall.

And this is just clickbait, because when you finally get the article open and read through the 90% filler, all it says is " the provincial transit agency is refusing to give a firm opening date for the Ontario Line".

Nice misleading headline, Andy.
 
81-717 said:
It's Dave, I believe.
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The byline in the article says Andy Takagi. Who as far as I can tell, follows this forum. Dave only copied it.

81-717 said:
And that one's not even on the subway map because it's entirely outside Toronto.
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It won't be on the Subway and LRT map either. Or the Subway, LRT and Streetcar map. But I'd expect it would be on the Regional Trains map.

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hawc said:
So elevated expressways bad for streetscape and pedestrian realm, but elevated transit ways are good?

Not playing politics, just trying to understand the difference.
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The difference is expressways are generally much wider, making the time to travel under it on foot longer. I think expressways can also noisier but residents in Chicago don't like all the noise the L train makes so there are people that don't like either. However, I think almost anyone would prefer the trains be underground. Elevated trains are merely 2nd most ideal.
 
nfitz said:
We keep having this discussion. Line 10 is using a similar blue.

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with apologies to Sean Marshall
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Additionally the Line 3 blue is similar to the Richmond Hill line blue. That didn’t matter when Line 3 and RH were far away from each other.

But Ontario Line will intersect with RH line and that can cause visual confusion.
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kotsy said:
The difference is expressways are generally much wider, making the time to travel under it on foot longer. I think expressways can also noisier but residents in Chicago don't like all the noise the L train makes so there are people that don't like either. However, I think almost anyone would prefer the trains be underground. Elevated trains are merely 2nd most ideal.
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Taking that a bit further wrt impacts, the corridor required to build an expressway would require expropriation of a lot more land than an elevated rail line's guideway, which can often be squeezed into an existing street right-of-way or by expropriating just a narrow strip for the placement of columns. More expropriation is required for portals, stations, whether elevated or underground, and maintenance facilities.
 
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