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If you can also include a rail connection as part of that infrastructure package, I think that would definitely be worth it. A direct rail connection between St. Catharines and Oakville would be huge, especially given that it could service GO, VIA, and Amtrak.

I'd imagine this would become easier once the SRT is no longer in service and that ROW can be repurposed to widen the Stouffville corridor.

Personally, I'd rather see a new freeway alignment built parallel to the Hwy 8 corridor between Hamilton and Cambridge than an upgraded Hwy 6 (beyond the interchange at Hwy 5 and the Morriston By-pass). Have it split from Hwy 6 north of the Waterdown By-pass, run due west until comes close to...

It will be interesting to see what the ridership becomes on the SE Transitway once the enhanced Line 2 opens. With every station south of Billings now basically being an LRT station too, I can't imagine there would be much left on it.

I drive that stretch of the 403 every day that I'm in the office. In the PM peak going east to Burlington (thankfully I commute into Hamilton in the AM and out in the PM), the right lane is actually the fastest lane because of the heavy merge volume coming from SB 6 to EB 403. I like the ramp...

That's true about the Anne Golden part, but I think that absent that larger structural change this dissolution is actually a step in the right direction. A city the size of Mississauga should not be beholden to a region that they're almost half of in terms of population. Absent a truly regional...

I'd be in favour of this actually, albeit modified. Regional governments in the current context are basically useless. They're too large to deal with local issues, but too small to deal with truly regional issues (the GTHA region extends far beyond the borders of any one "region"). If we're...

Personally, I think that all HFR trips to Toronto should continue through Union to Pearson. There's a blank slate at Pearson right now as far as a rail hub goes, so Via (and Metrolinx, and Amtrak) should take advantage of that. With Amtrak specifically, there's the option of building a properly...

I just figured since they recently finished rehabbing it that they wouldn't be touching it for a pretty long time. The Garden City Skyway on the other hand has been mentioned for replacement. Extremely tricky given the grades involved. It would likely involve either a pretty substantial rock...

The only widening I would support from the Freeman interchange all the way east to the 427 would be the addition of an HOV lane on the section east of Trafalgar. Anything else is a waste of money that would be better spent on further increase Lakeshore GO service. Strategically, here's what I...

Agreed on the Stoney Creek section of the QEW. What's really needed on the QEW is a continuation of the HOV lanes from Brant St out to at least Fifty Rd. Convert the Burlington Skyway to a 3+1HOV in each direction, and carry that configuration through Centennial Pkwy, with the highway being...

Hand the 407 East over to the consortium in exchange for lower tolls along the entire length of the 407 for the duration of the contract. A good percentage of the volume entering and exiting the 401 is doing so from other 400-series highways. A lot of those highways already have lanes that have...

Aside from the rebuilding of the Garden City Skyway (which I agree with, because the existing structure is nearly the end of its life and doesn't meet currents standards), I'd much rather see improved GO service along the Niagara peninsula than a widened QEW, or a new highway. If the Province...

Agreed. There are two examples in Ottawa of the same concept but that illustrate why interchange spacing is crucial in that kind of arrangement. Heading eastbound on the 417, between Pinecrest and Woodroffe the EB on-ramp becomes a 4th lane, and it exits at Woodroffe, 2km down the road. That...

I agree. I was really surprised when they built the 412 and dropped down to 3 EB lanes before adding the exit lanes for the 412. Would have made far more sense to have carried the 4th lane through and made it an exit only lane onto the 412. In general, this is one of my pet peeves with the MTO...

This is why we can't have nice things...

With respect to the Richmond Hill Line, personally I'd like to see a rail line built within the 407 ROW between the RH Line and the Barrie Line, with the idea being that Richmond Hill trains would use the Barrie Line (which just got a nice upgrade this week) until just south of the 407, where...

Good points everyone re: opening hours. I know there are doors into the Bay and York Concourses from the teamways, but are there doors to the platform accesses as well? If so, it's pretty much a self-contained area. The vagrant issue could be solved with security I would think.

Honest question: What's the point of having sidewalks within the roadway area of the teamways? You have two giant walkways on the other side of the concrete walls, which are a much more pleasant environment for pedestrians. It just seems like that sidewalk space within the 'main' teamway area...

I think the business case for Pickering is a combination of GA (as a replacement for Oshawa and Buttonville), corporate (for Markham's tech sector), and point-to-point discount airlines who want to avoid the high costs of Pearson. All 3 of those point to an initial airport build-out that's...