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90% of steveintoronto's posts are like this

Human memory is completely awful. Eyewitness testimony of details of events that happened yesterday is practically useless, let alone 40 years ago. That's why court cases have such a strong focus on physical evidence. When you remember something, you are reconstructing events, you aren't playing...

Some comments: Why no interchange between Lakeshore West and the DRL? Seems like a connection could be put in at Roncesvalles to reduce pressure on Union and give people a more direct trip to points north of Front. Relief line #2 is an interesting idea, and it nicely delineates downtown. But...

Honestly, I find it less silly that you need to transfer in Montreal when going from Toronto to Quebec City than it is ridiculous that there is no grade separated highways completely connecting Montreal and Toronto. And some of the outrage over the lack of network connectivity should be...

A few comments: - generally, vehicle manufacturers increase crush loading capacity by removing seats (you can fit more people standing than sitting), so having 292 as a listed capacity would not mean you can "always find a seat" - of all the environments to have a multi-billion dollar, high...

The "current DRL" stub definitely won't be replacing the streetcars anytime soon. Just to be clear, this is what I had in mind with regards to streetcar route integration:

This fantasy map isn't bad, but I'm not in favour of it for a few reasons: It doesn't integrate well with the streetcar network. If we think that the DRL will completely eliminate the downtown Queen and King lines, then this alignment is fine. But because we have sections on subway on queen and...

More like the planners really, really, really, reaaalllyyyyyy wanted a station entrance at Nathan Philips Square, to the point where transferring between lines was a secondary concern. Which is why they originally had a single station smack in NPS, instead of connecting with the YUS. Now they...

I've created a map to illustrate:

Ah, so you're not excited by the idea of a combined DRL/Bloor-Danforth/Sheppard line? If Sheppard were extended west to connect to the new TYSSE, then we could combined our entire subway system into a single line! Imagine going anywhere in the Toronto subway system without a single transfer!

Personally I think that the problem with continuing west from Roncesvalles is that there is already a an east/west transport corridor/ROW there, it's just not used to its full potential. There's the Queensway LRT, Lakeshore West line, and a proposed LRT along Lakeshore or Queensway. So would we...

I can't really picture that happening, it would run through Windemere or South Kingsway? Either way, those leafy homes would not welcome the intrusion of an LRT. Maybe elevated along the Humber river? That would make for some scenic vistas. This is the view of the area you would be running...

To be fair, you can't blame growth for not happening where it's illegal. Most of the area around line 2 is designated as "stable neighbourhoods" and thus immune to change by law. The SRT passes through areas that are zoned for industrial. The Spadina line, besides being in a highway, also runs...

They could do something like these concrete cement silos in Vancouver:

So I was reading an article about Houston and I noticed one design feature that really should have been replicated on Queen's quay: Notice the tiny rumble strip and bump out as physical indicators that drivers are intruding into the streetcar ROW. Compare with on Queen's quay where the...

I'm not sure how you got 11%, it would be 20/120 = 16.7%. How often the train comes doesn't impact the probability of the light being red when it arrives if the light is on a cycle. But this is all a moot point: we are not going to try to back-calculate the travel time savings of grade...

The overall process is being led by City Planning though, so they need to take ownership of the results. https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/waterfront-transit-reset/ And I can't say for sure whose bad idea it was, but Steve Munro's...

Ah, I read that differently, the rolling stock is the only part that isn't seeing cost increases: My translation: In their communique last friday, the Caisse says they want to negotiate with the consortia to get a better value. Translation: the bids of the two consortia for the engineering and...

Almost as great as it is to hear from transit enthusiasts engaging in sincere, reasoned debate about the trade-offs between different technology options :)

Speed limits impact travel time, and there is a real and not-negligible chance that Eglinton would have its speed limit reduced (despite your characterization as "fearmongering" and "fake bullshit".) Especially since City planning has this bizarre vision of Eglinton west as being "just like St...