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Coming soon to Toronto: The Rob Ford Line

Ew, no, it’s hideous 😂

Boston's MBTA is deploying e-ink displays at stops across the city.

Random article I stumbled upon... That time the subway was a nuclear fallout shelter

My mind continues to be boggled at how rapidly this is progressing. Revenue service is scheduled for just next year (2023). A few years of construction pain will be well worth it. Do we yet know when in 2023 this will be operational?

It's kind of terrifying how much FaceTiming and driving has been normalized. On a very regular basis I'll see drivers on FaceTime calls. It's as if people don't consider it "real" distracted driving. I think modern smartphones need to be able to detect when the user is in a vehicle in motion...

Thank you for pointing this out @W. K. Lis . The other day I was waiting for the bus at home. The tracking information (via Transit App) told me the bus was 10 mins and several blocks away. As I'm getting ready to head out I hear the bus blast by my window. Somehow the tracking software was 10+...

I'm skeptical of the idea that a Line 4 extension to Downsview would tempt Sheppard East riders away from Yonge. It's a much slower and circuitous route to downtown than the Yonge Line. These riders will still use the Yonge Line, regardless of the effects on overcrowding. But I don't see why we...

That's a good point. Nearly all of Lakeshore East riders today are headed downtown, and a Line 4 extension wouldn't impact those riders. However connecting Line 4 to Lakeshore East RER would still enable commuters from Durham Region access to the northern areas of Toronto, so I do still feel...

Not many. However commuters originating from somewhere along the Sheppard East corridor would take the subway to go downtown, which would overload the Yonge Line.

Metrolinx reported 17,600 daily boardings on Lakeshore East between Oshawa and Rouge Hill Station. Lets assume that most of those riders are in the AM rush hour (the GO network sees low off-peak usage). Line 4 would divert several thousand of those riders away from Union Station at peak hour...

I don't know if it has been discussed yet, but connecting Line 4 to Lakeshore RER is a brilliant idea. It would essentially turn Line 4 into an extension of the RER network spanning the north of Toronto. Broadly speaking, westbound Lakeshore RER commuters would transfer at Port Union and then...

I must say that while I am not a fan of all aspects of the Ontario Line, I do appreciate it for making elevated rail politically viable in Toronto. A decade ago I couldn't have imagined any serious discussion on building elevated rail in Scarborough or elsewhere in Toronto.

Personally, I would flat out oppose any extension of Line 4 that didn't see it converted to light metro. As you said, the wide-body subways are not conducive to any extensions west of Yonge or east of STC. Why continue to invest in and build with technology that we know will not be viable in the...

Would that be sufficient to handle passenger demands though? Anecdotally, my previous experience with the Finch West route is that passengers have to wait for several busses before having enough space to accommodate them.

The LRVs benefit from an exclusive ROW, all door boarding via 5 doors and wider stop spacing. I bet a kidney (someone else’s kidney) that the FWLRT will be substantially faster than the existing bus

I really lament not completing this project all the way to Yonge in the first phase. Especially given how quickly this project is being completed.

The Ontario Line and what else?

It’s really hard to say right now. I feel like Liberal and NDP voters would rake their respective party leadership over the coals if they had the opportunity to defeat the OPC, and didn’t. Doug and the Ontario PCs really need to treat this election as majority-or-bust. Party finances will play...

The election is 6 months ago and the PCs are up a few points. Declaring the election over at this point would just be foolish. Campaigns matter. A lot. Particularly with the ABC effect causing support to coalesce around the most credible non-OPC option.