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Some pics of York University Station from Saturday's Doors Open event. Cool place!

2014 election: 300km/h line, built in 10 years. Turned out to be another study. This announcement is for yet another study, scaled back to a 250 km/h line. The Liberals are thinking they might be able to fool us twice. I won't believe any of this until there are shovels are in the ground...

I've been duped before. That 300 km/h London-Toronto route was promised before the last provincial election to be built in 10 years. No shovels in the ground yet, and the Liberals backtracked saying they only wanted to 'study' it. Bleh, it will probably turn out to be just another study and...

Yes, tunnel was scrapped.

Tunnel on Richmond may be scrapped, creating a level crossing for RT. Mega Project Deja Vu...

Toronto's freeway network is small compared to other cities in North America around it's size. This means that what it does have needs to be efficient as it can be. Adding an extra through lane or two on 404/DVP at 401 would help get more people through the interchange. Lanes would then taper...

The stretch between the 402 and 403 has quite a lot of JIT (just in time) transport truck traffic on it. It can be particularly busy in the Ingersoll area where CAMI is when the plant and other operators are running. Typically trucks occupy both the right and middle lanes, leaving the leftmost...

I'd say this is the minimum* Ideally I'd think it would function best as: -6 lanes from new bridge in Windsor to Highway 402. Heavy truck traffic on this stretch, new 3rd lane would provide car-only passing lane. -8 lanes from Highway 402 to Highway 403. The 401 essentially acts as 'two'...

This one? It's pretty old. Found via https://www.reddit.com/r/waterloo/comments/3i3jim/highway_401_8_improvements/

An organization called Down Shift has expressed some concerns about London's rapid transit plan. https://www.scribd.com/document/340101470/DownShift#from_embed I think they're all valid points to consider.

Costs balloons 10%, from $500 million to $550 million http://www.lfpress.com/2017/01/22/london-rapid-transit-costs-balloon-by-50-million

Also here's a quick tour of Highway 412 that was built as part of the 407 extension. It connects the 407 with the 401. Put annotations on if you'd like some info. If not, sit back and enjoy the drive.

Video of the entire route of Highway 407. Put annotations on for info.

Fantasy highway projects in some Ontario cities https://imgur.com/a/QoQpO https://www.reddit.com/r/ontario/comments/51v7dt/fantasy_highway_projects_in_some_ontario_cities/

Here's some old ideas I have: Greater Toronto Bypass With 402 extension London ring road rework with possible additional routes (real fantasy because 402 bypass of London is no longer needed) Full interchange Highway 401 & 8 (was planned at one point) ----- And some other insane ideas:

Video of the 1.4 billion 401 extension in Windsor. It is essentially a road to nowhere until a new bridge to USA is built.

Cost for this system broken out per capita compared to systems in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Don’t let transit skeptics paralyze future growth http://www.lfpress.com/2016/05/03/helmer-dont-let-transit-skeptics-paralyze-future-growth

It's discussion about London's rapid transit plan, with a Toronto focus. Anyways, I am kinda bummed that the recommended plan no longer includes LRT. London missed the last big infrastructure investment (freeways) from higher levels of government, and I feel like light rail is our second...

Via lobbying against high-speed rail system that would halve travel time from London to Toronto http://www.lfpress.com/2016/04/15/via-angling-for-own-track-rails-against-high-speed

Progress pics showing 401 extension in Windsor 2012-2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/hgparkway/