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This is important to note I think. I think the way this Milton Line arrangement is supposed to work is the same way as the GO portion of the Kingston Sub in Durham works, where its effectively a separate subdivision that just directly parallels the freight mainline. As such I don't see why it...

Honestly even the median sections ran at like 45km/h at most. To say it wasn't impressive is being generous.

I agree that for the most part Phase 2 should be nowhere near as bad as Phase 1 in terms of speed. The problem is Phase 1 iON with all its faults still exists. Yesterday I took iON from Fairway to uWaterloo and it took ~35m. In all likelihood, Fairway to Downtown Cambridge will take 20-25m...

I don't like logic at all. Transit should not be used to dictate which destinations people want to go to. Otherwise, tough luck in removing suburban car dependency. The prime destination for a rapid transit line should be easy access to higher order services, namely GO in this case. Hold your...

You can say the same thing about iON. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes as long to get from Downtown Cambridge to Waterloo as it would to get to Kitchener from Union on GO.

Let me answer that question with another example: take a look at Waterloo iON. iON is a prime example of everything wrong with this idea of "increases service coverage and services at least one more high-target destination" rather than just choosing a street and sticking to it. There are a ton...

To be fair I don't think Metrolinx has made that comparison themselves, but rather people like myself have to distinct the Ontario Line construction style away from the traditional Toronto style and closer to the Skytrain. That is a complicated question. Ignoring the monorail options, Sepulveda...

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Iirc the proposal suggested that it would only serve Gare Centrale for Montreal terminating trains, as in Montreal <--> QC trains and Montreal <--> Toronto trains. I believe any train that simply went through Montreal would only stop at Canora requiring a transfer to the REM to reach downtown.

Garage Mahals are fine if done the right way in the right places. Rutherford, is a fine place. Bloomington, absolutely is not the right place.

My only real concern in the case of Ottawa is whether or not the O-train is capable of handling the passenger load of a post HxR Ottawa station with passengers trying to head downtown. An intercity rail station is only as good as the local transportation's ability to move people to where they...

This is an old post, but I must ask you: What is better? Someone driving downtown, or someone driving to their local go station to take the train downtown? You can make the silly NJB argument all day long, but fact of the matter is that a car sitting at a parking lot next to a go station is a...

Ok so the case for Stevenson's case is effectively non-existent in regards to this school then

My general thought process comes down to a few major ideas. 1) Is there a connection to a major/important bus route? This is why I'm fine with having the Kipling, Albion, and Martin Grove Stations despite being in relatively close proximity because all 3 of those streets are connections to...

My concern is as such, because while I agree that driving density is a strong hypothetical use case for subway construction (a talking point I often parrot), I am looking at this through 20/20 hindsight and through knowing the politics of the 2000s. Due to amalgamation and the shifting priority...

I've talked with quite a few people about this, and in general we came to one general conclusion. 1) Stevenson should be cut 2) Driftwood as well 3) Out of Milvan, Pearldale, and Duncanwood, choose 2/3 (Probably Milvan and Pearldale). Its worth noting however that the map is outdated, as I'm...

Honestly I question that. The line would've been incredibly underused for a good chunk of its life after opening, and I'm pretty sure with the amount of money that would've been needed to operate and maintain the line in comparison to how much revenue it generated would've probably saved almost...

I mean its great that we are doing things to improve situations, but fact of the matter is we have to work with what we got, and what we got is car oriented sprawl that won't be going away anytime soon. Making sure we don't make new subdivisions is great and all but it doesn't solve the problem...

Let me clarify something since it seems you overlooked this part... Ie, I was specifically excluding downtown/city centre tramways like Spadina. My Point was RT in less dense/more sfh land use areas such as what you'd find along Finch or York Mills or whatever.

1) This is why we should have stronger neighbourhood busses, busses like the Cummer bus. There are more bus routes than just the ones that travel along major arterials. 2) This might not apply to winter time, but don't forget that bikes exist, and could be a very strong solution to the last mile...