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Transit Pass use: Transferrable? Cap limitations? NF and JA: In New York the MTA can "track" Metrocard use by their unique serial number that can record which subway stations or bus routes they are used on - that can help in fare disputes and faregate/farebox problems in which there can be...

Comparing Monthly/Weekly Transit Pass Prices: Are there any proposals to limit use? Everyone: This has become a interesting topic concerning this discussion on transit pass prices compared by system... The good feature of unlimited use passes is that the more you ride the more that you...

Correctly comparing New York's Penn Station with Toronto Union Station... Mdrejohn: I had to reply noting your comment about New York's Penn Station being only open at one end - that is true for only four tracks: 1-2-3-4 on the south end that primarily serve NJ Transit trains are stub...

Adma: You made that Loggins and Messina song instantly pop into my head - Hard to believe it is 40 years old now... Those lyrics could spawn a political "spoof song" about this situation... LI MIKE

Yonge Street in the mid 70s and today: Zanzibar stands out... Mustapha and Everyone: It is hard to believe that the November 1975 picture is now 39 years ago - the one remaining business that is still there today is Zanzibar - their sign used today looks better then the older one...

Ending "Mayor Rob Ford's Toronto" and starting "Councilman Rob Ford's (W2) Toronto" WKL and Everyone: I am all for keeping a RF topic thread - but by starting a NEW one... I think that this topic should be kept open until the day RF leaves the Mayor's office and takes his new elected...

Goldie: Interesting find about the history of this house located at 757 Millwood Road... Which neighborhood is this located in? This house looks great and was well kept over time and it almost is hard to believe that this house is 84 years old...That is why I like brick and stone construction -...

Racquette: Interesting post concerning the recent US Elections... The lack of turnout percentage hurt the Democratic Party big time and with the Republicans taking over the US Senate it will be interesting to watch which faction gets the upper hand: Establishment or the Tea Party - and I...

Anna: Thanks for that note - they are just like the FOREVER stamps that the US Postal Service sells for US domestic mail... Better that then having to purchase low denomination stamps to make up the postage difference which was what you used to have to do if you had older stamps after a rate...

Grand Central Terminal Then and Now...Shows what landmark status can do... RDT: Interesting thought - problem is GCT's trackage leads north and east to Upstate New York and New England... This photograph goes to show that giving GCT landmark status for the recently completed renovation has...

1960 photo of neighborhood store - great collectible signs and other observations... Charioteer and Everyone: This picture fascinates me - I note the Coca-Cola and 7up signs which look to be primarily porcelain enamel - they can last practically forever if they are displayed in a way in...

NYC Transit A and B Division Equipment Comparison...and the TTC Subway... 44N: NYC Transit Subway does have two distinct equipment uses and sizes: A Division is the former IRT equipment - the numbered NYC Subway routes and the Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle... B Division is the...

From Metro Man: "Given the context, winning by 64,000 votes is pretty decisive. Doug Ford really had no chance. It looked close because many of those who wanted the Fords out split between two candidates. If you think about it, the anti-Ford vote won by 293,000, a gap larger than Smitherman's...

C & A: I will second that Code of Conduct thought - This shows that JT wants Toronto to recover in the aftermath of the Ford fiasco... LI MIKE

"Ends" or "Sides": How cities/regions use these terms... K of K : Your post showing what Toronto's East and West Ends are answers my question there... Was the City of Toronto in the Eglinton/Yonge vicinity ever referred to as the "North End"? I note the terms "End" instead of "Side" used -...

Dan: I was wondering just how much that those new GO Transit cab car windshields would weigh noting that they are manufactured with bulletproof glass... I knew that they were going to be heavy - 2500 pounds is significant for these windshields and the new cabs look to be designed to accommodate...

"Much to my annoyance, we can only get CBC, and since our cable provider switched to HD, we can't even get that, on the older TV. Which means I tend to tune in for Rick Mercer Report and This Hour has 22 Minutes, if the timing's right - and occasionally Hockey Night in Canada (or what will be...

Final Percentage Results - Toronto Election October 27,2014 Salsa and Everyone: I was looking for the final results of Monday's Toronto Election and this fits the bill... It is interesting to me how Tory won a geographical area roughly the shape of a upside down "T"; DF winning the "Outer...

Kat: Good cartoon reminder about RF - toppling like Saddam Hussein's statue in the Iraq conflict... Thanks to UT and all the good links I was able to follow the Election results somewhat easily and I found the wards in which Chow (only four West End old City of Toronto wards) DF (the "Outer...

Andray Domise losing to RF for Ward 2 Toronto City Council...Dissapointing... Everyone: Andray Domise's thank-you letter to his supporters shows me what kind of individual that he is - class in the face of defeat to RF - and I am probably not the only one who found by how much that he was...