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Its not about opposite views. I am all open to change my mind on things if convinced. I dont come here to propagate. I come here to share thoughts and learn.

I know what i was comparing to. You didnt read. Or better yet, you chose to cleaverly cherry pick an a very small and insignifant aspect of my comparative data in attempt to support the contarian argument. In doing so, you are shifting the focus away of the central point that i was making...

Really grasping at straws arent we :). Yes thats correct and we are roughly at the mid point (a little lower) of that range with our flat fare of $3.25. And all the other cities listed? What does it say? It says that fares in other cities are cheaper than washington. But, as we can tell...

That 2nd article you posted doesnt make us look good in comparaison! It talks about challenge of getting funding due to the fact (as i mentioned earlier) its the only transit system that crosses different states. But they have and have been able to build a system that is able to to cross...

Someone suggested i was trying to pick a fight. No i am not. I responded to a comment stating that " we need to get trucks off the road and replaced by rail". I said, that in market economy that is not the role of government (To decid how goods get to market), and that if does become that...

And what do we the citizenry think that the roads should be doing for us? To me, the roads are for motor vehicles and transport. What else are they supposed to be for? And what is the alternative to just in time inventory? If thats thats the world we live in, then thats the world we live in...

And a good road network with fast moving freeways and highways is an essential component of a first world economy. For the reasons i mentioned above. Eisenhower learnt this from seeing what the autobaun was able to do for Germany so he ensured that the interstate network of highways got...

So you guys are suggesting driving up the cost of doing business by regulating the best way to transport goods and services or by re-engineering the marketing chain. Ultimately, you and I are going to pay for those higher costs of doing business through higher prices. And, we will pay through...

Businesses decide the best and/or most cost effective to transport their goods. Not governments.

Subway expansion of any kind was as much of a need in the 90's as it is today. And, that line would have addressed the need for ground transportation and service access to Pearson airport. Ground transportion at canadian airports might have been the worst in the western world until the last...

Gotta agree. The decision to cancel the Eglinton subway was the biggest blow ever to public transit in this city. That line would have solved so many problems and really would have changed things in terms of needs today. Thats why i found It so hypocritical to hear the Ford's championing...

Ok i will give. Maybe it is safer. But, all other things being equal, i will take any system with the most coverage in the world and best at moving people in the world over any system thats the safest in the world. To certain limitations of course. Quite honnestly, compared to airlines...

Hmm i missed a couple events last summer because of closures on the on yonge line on the weekend. The closures were due to signal upgrades. Arent signals there for safety reasons? Didnt we shut down a couple of weeks ago or months ago during rush hour due to a fire? Maybe not for day. But it...

I stated that i preferred the washington dc system because its coverage and efficiency at moving people. You countered with the safety criteria. Well, i would say that coverage and ability to move people is more verifiable than safety. You can see and experience for yourself my criteria...

You are saying i am lying? I said it has single fares. And it does have single fares. You arive at a station, you buy your ticket for the distance you are travelling. You insert your ticket at both the departure station and at the arriving station. You pay more for greater distances. I...

I just re read the posts in this thread and i am not sure that i see that here. Speaking for myself, the ones i commented on, are the ones i have experienced in person.

No i am not joking. Washington's system, like Chicago, has coverage. It covers major attractions, has multiple lines, and gets you to your destination quickly through rapid transit (without having to rely on busses or other transfers). It has surface rail and underground but it runs on...

I liked Chicago's transit system. But the best one i have seen is Washington DC. That should be the reference point for all.

The sheppard line runs along neighborhoods of tiny strip malls a hospital and ends at a midsized mall(Fairview). Do i need projections, studies and other numbers to tell me that a line that short is not going to produce huge ridership numbers? I dont. There is no fortune 500 company...

I, quite frankly, dont buy the projected numbers that always get thrown around. How did "they" ever come up with that number. Projections are just that, projections. Unless we have read the whole report: We dont know what they are basing it on, what their inputs variables are, what their...