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To be fair, Metrolinx has only ever promised the 2025 date, and thus far I don't see how they won't be able to make that.

Ottawa has put any and all expansion plans for Phase 3 on hold for the time being due to funding issues. The City is basically broke with the only chance to fund it being higher levels of government, and nobody from the province to the feds want to fund expansions to a system that has had this...

From what I understand the concerns of routing are simply over the fact that it travels through a lot of swamps and valleys that necessitates the line to spend a lot of its travel length elevated, which seems to be the main culprit for many of its cost increases. For what its worth the alignment...

I think you're half right, its just that they're two sides of the same coin. Politicization and weaponization is a consequence of overly lenient consultation practices, and many of the issues with consultation stems from the politicization and weaponization of transit. Its a death loop. To give...

2017? Man wasn't even Premier yet then.

I mean I don't disagree, but building Park Lawn as a local station is still ultimately a good idea.

its not that there should be no consultation whatsoever, but rather that there needs to be a massive rethink on this continent on how and for what consulting is done. As it stands, consulting is something that is done during work hours where the only people that can attend are retirees that...

Anyone know what's going on with the 404 widening north of H7? I swear its been under construction for 6-7 years now and it feels like work has completely stalled for the last 2. The section north of Major Mack has basically looked done since summer 2019 and it is still not open due to the...

I find this curious. Even before the line was routed through the valley, it only had 2 stations in the area, one at Overlea and Thorncliffe Park Drive, and one at Don Mills and Gateway Blvd (North). Those 2 stations are still in the same place, the only thing that changed is the route that the...

The problem is its discussions like these that are partly responsible to us having this massive 30 year transit deficit in the first place (not even remotely the sole perpetrator but it is a factor), where we have to pour our heart and soul and have community consultation over every small tree...

The problem is that this decision (iirc) was made in response to local feedback because they wanted to minimize the amount of time the guideway spent above the street. I fail to see how this changes the ridership numbers since it still serves the same stations at roughly the same locations. The...

Oh boohoo, the horrors of building public transit.

I don't want to sound aggressive, but you have to keep in mind this is well within the UTM zone of influence. What you have is a bunch of students who would absolutely enjoy not having to deal with the traffic on their way to class. I agree with the density argument in regards to LRT and Metros...

My only gripe is that unless something has changed, the current phase of the DSBRT only has the infrastructure going between Etobicoke and Confederation Parkway, which I wouldn't consider more than good enough. I don't know whether or not there is a timeline for when the remainder to at least...

Vancouver has a massive list of planned corridors and routes as part of future rapid transit expansions, major ones being north shore skytrain, and rapid transit between Metrotown and UBC along 41st. But yes we are going a bit off topic here 🤣

Vancouver is building new lines and expansions at a rate that is acceptable considering the size and population of the city/region. Toronto is desperately trying to catch up and building projects that should've been built 40 years ago, and overall trying to decrease a massive infrastructure...

You know, since we're discussing the possibility of Rapid Transit on Dundas, anyone know what is going on with the Dundas BRT? It feels like we've gotten nothing but pure silence on it and the DSBRT since 2022.

Using what money? Ditto, but also Metrolinx is planning a massive BRT along Dundas from Kipling all the way to Waterdown. How on earth does he expect to get this done even if money was available? Finally I feel like he's better off just championing and support Milton expansion which I feel...

Don't forget to factor the increased headways you can run the trains at due to being fully grade separated, plus the ability to run the trains automated.

If you wanted to build a subway with the same capacity as this LRT, you could do so with much shorter vehicles (and thus stations), which would save you a ton of money.