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So you don't want more subway, because the parts you need are already there and you have a greater right to transit than someone else. Most Torontonians support Rob Ford as well, that doesn't mean their logic is sound. The Spadina and Yonge extensions were part and parcel with the funding...

Are you suggesting that Toronto pays fully for Toronto's subways? That's the only logic I can see for drawing a line in the sand and saying 'no farther'. As it's the provincial taxes that pay for the subways why should some provincial citizens get all the subways while others living a few...

Metrolinx is Queen's Park's at-arms-length way of spending transit capital. They have no deticated revenue streams, as we saw with $4billion being cut from Transit City last year amongst other Metrolinx spending priorities. Metrolinx is supposed to reduce the political fiddling in the process.

Toronto received one tender, so I don't know how Vancouver could have received less. I've lost track what you are actually comparing: maintenance between the Cubic's Compass Card and Accenture's Presto Card? If there is 50% more stuff in 50% more locations, why wouldn't the physical...

I'm not sure what Toronto example you are refering to beyond how they used to do things. For example, the TTC has 14 bus routes that extend into York Region. Also, in case you didn't hear, they are building subways to Richmond Hill and Vaughn.

So you are now willing to admit it should cost at least fifty cents on the dollar more for Toronto than Vancouver, solely on volume? While we don't have the actual numbers, will you also admit that TTC's labour costs are out of hand, and probably would be 20-33% higher than a private sector...

For starters, I'd go for a full-on eco-city built into the ground, like they proposed in Siberia: http://io9.com/5689785/a-proposal-for-a-domed-city-in-a-kilometer+wide-siberian-diamond-mine/ A climate controlled city in Canada where you can reduce the cost of utilities and maintenence by...

As we saw with the roll out of Streetview, Google has a pecking order of the world to preview. Toronto will be in the first Canadian batch, but the 3-4th overall, is my guess. Remember how long the GTA was without "live" traffic data? They have 6 cities so far: Boston, Portland, San Diego...

The TTC has over 2000 buses; Translink has under 1300. The TTC has 69 stations; There are 47 stations on the SkyTrain system. That's 50% more buses and stations for installations. Cubics, the same company that is doing Vancouver's system, declined to submit a bid. In fact, of the three...

I get all the B cities in Ontario, Burlington, Brampton, and Bradford, mixed up on a regular basis still. It doesn't matter that TTCs Presto installation will have many fare-reader terminals, stations, and mobile equipment to work on? It doesn't matter that TTCs contract with the Union for...

The lack of interregional fares is due to a lack of political will from the surrounding municipalities. There have been many piecemeal deals like the YRT-TTC package or the GO-VIA deals or Burlington and Mississauga Transit sharing routes. Presto isn't just the hardware, it's the political...

Whoever proofed that Telegraph article should be fired. It's 16,000 solar panels covering 50,000 square metres, roughly eight football pitches, not 50,000 panels.

750m walk to Bayview Station or 900m walk to Bessarion Station. Walking to Bayview doesn't seem that long as the middle third of the trip is done via Bayview Village Mall.

Transport Canada is responsible for all marine crossings. Taking the Welland Canal as a comparision, the lowest clearance is 35.5m. Several of the Tall Ship cruise boats in the habour have masts over 50m. I don't know how high the Q400s get by the time there fly over the Docklands, but it...

The MTO PRESTO team is being rolled over into Metrolinx jurisdiction now. I think a few 'key decision makers' might not make the transition, but with the development team in-house, Metrolinx at least now has more options than just to throw up their hands and say "it's not our responsibility".

It all depends on how well the roundabout is designed. They used to get snow in the south of England in the 1950s and they still get snow and ice in Scotland, so all the empirical design tweaks are available, but Canada prefers the analytical approach. Waterloo Region is getting better at it...

The main reason for expanding the Richmond Hill line north (like Georgetown to Kitchner and Stouffville to Lincolnville) is the room for a train layover. With increased train storage capacity, they can reduce operations limitations like deadheading (running empty) and start trains earlier in...

I like your simple plan, but there are complications in reality. Ottawa is a political must, because a Toronto-Montreal train would be interprovincial and subject to Federal regulation (unlike GO Transit which is except as intraprovincial). Like the SRT, the technology is "innovative" and limits...

I haven't worked with geotech data from BC that much, but in general they have two boring issues: fault lines and relatively high artesian pore pressure. There are generally three types of Tunnel Borers: Continous (CBM for hard rock), Earth Pressure Balance and Slurry Shields (for soft rock)...

Metrolinx definately is working on plans to improve service along with the capital projects, only we have a few years major backlog before we can start to get major service improvements. One of the incremental bits they've been doing for example is the Kitchener layover for two trains on the...