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buses cannot replace high volume s/c service: even in mixed traffic Rework maybe -- remove, no. Despite the apparent inefficiency of the legacy streetcar network, it's about capacity and this will have to be explained over and over. Perhaps someone can create a moving visual image of how you...

ttc protocol is operators MAY use the ROW -- but regular running (say, for extended bustitutions) MUST be in the curb lane unfortunate, but true :eek:

get your brampton transit tokens here good point -- what about all the other transit agencies that use tickets -- how are they coping? and what happens after hoarding starts during the next fare hike -- will shops sell tokens individually? ttc.ca: Important dates to remember...

A loss leader i hear the cut on ttc fare media is very small -- perhaps like 1 per cent?

...thanks for spotting that, 299.

At least in the Waterloo section, I note centre poles and what look like raised kerbs. Yikes -- a lot like that supposed anti-fire truck Sinclair project...

That's why I'm wondering if any actually can/will use completed portions of the ROW when adjacent traffic is congested.

fire trucks and buses on the PROW any word on whether emerg vehicles or ttc rubber-tyred vehicles actually use the raised median?

traffic armageddon when a road is removed? not always. not by a longgg shot. the Gardiner East was ripped out past Carlaw, what, ten years ago? is traffic in that area significantly worse now than then (notwithstanding the fastfood/supermarkt stuff that sprouted at Leslie)? for...

it's instructional to watch how the "pedestrians" interact in the same space with autos -- no sidewalks, no separation, no collisions

Fluorescent Light Bulbs Lit By Magnetic Fields http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/1301-glowing-fl.html

years ago i noticed ttc.ca (home) would take much longer to load than similar pages i've noticed it again recently... my bookmark opens to this page instead: http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/disruptions_current.htm

Metrolinx' glossary definitions (how do these jive?) White Papers >White Paper # 2: Preliminary Directions And Concepts: >Appendix A: Glossary of Terms (snipped, URL below) Surface Transit – buses, trolley buses or streetcars operating typically in mixed traffic using standard and...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout <<Roundabouts are sometimes referred to as "traffic circles" or "rotaries", but a technical distinction was made in some jurisdictions between roundabouts and traffic circles in the mid-1960s.>> good luck enforcing a distinction here in North...

"Markham Bypass has residents' group crying NIMBY" "DECISION NEXT WEEK JOHN BARBER May 14, 2008 Who says NIMBY is wrong? It wasn't Jane Jacobs, who defended neighbourhood alarms as warning signs authorities are foolish to ignore. If she were alive today, she would be ringing bells about...

suv, you're suggesting that the urban form developing out that way can be effectively intensified over the next few decades?

suv, am I getting this right --- you are saying your lifestyle choice is affecting no one else, and then suggesting no one else be allowed to make the same choices because it would affect you negatively (as all those other new drivers would clog up the roads) ...?

the toronto sun has been one of the most vocal, and perhaps influential, opponents of the 'flaherty flyer'

i understand construction is waiting for design work to be completed

this is just from the connex (viva) contract, which is currently being renegotiated (by ATU 113!): WAGES—FULL TIME TRANSIT OPERATORS <snip> EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 THE HOURLY RATE SHALL BE: Start $18.03 After Completion of One Year of service $18.69 After Completion of Two Years of...