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They don't *have* to stop at red lights, little things like signal priority could enable them to continue on through intersections... the passenger pick up/drop off platforms on these lines are always after the lights. Here's to hoping they are still part of the plan. And for F's sake, to...

Ok, fine, even forgetting that Eglinton will be underground for 10km (and not counting that as part of Toronto's subway)... The planned SRT expansion would putToronto up past the Montreal total number, if the diff is just 2 km. So this thread should be renamed! subway including the RT...

Except thats not what Mike Sullivan is asking for, he wants the whole expansion plans for that corridor on hold until they can upgrade to electrification. Again, they're not interested in elecrtic trains or any type of trains. They/he are/is hoping to stall this thing indefinitely until either...

I was noticing yesterday, while observing the progress on VU, that while most units were separated by a concrete wall, some didn't appear so, and had only support concrete columns up. Is it not standard practice to divide units with full concrete walls? If not, how do they sound proof?

Update From http://spacing.ca/wire/: Some of our readers will have already read my post from early this morning (around 2am) when Spacing got word that the TTC’s GPS tracking system had a “live†web feed (still in beta testing mode) to let riders know the next arrival time of a...

This solution reminds me of edward debono's solution for a slow elevator in an office bldg: he just put in a mirror in the elevator lobby, and all the vain people were distracted long enough to make the wait more bearable. He didn't actual solve the fact that the elevator was slow. :)

Hey Man, what about the YUS line extensions to Vaughan and Richmond Hill? Or the Sheppard line out past don mills to ??? And the Eglinton crosstown which has been offered up as underground in the center and ALRT as options? Plus the beefing up of GO transit lines/extensions/train service...

yeah, why no? and be sure to show your work. and notice in that Vancouver 2020 map? they count westcoast express as 'existing rapid transit' ? with that as a benchmark, GO transit would be a shinkansen system.

I have a question; with the exception of the Eglinton Crosstown which will run the middle portion underground, how are the other LRT lines considered to be any better or different from the current St. Clair ROW or Spadina ROW? (Stop spacing? Longer new cars?)

I got to say, when you break it down into raw numbers, just by volume, its pretty easy to tell that Toronto moves more people via its modes of transit than Vancouver and its modes. Even by 2010, they won't be moving more people than TO. And once GO steps up its service improvements, and...

well, to be fair, how do/would they handle passengers driving across the HK/mainland border? not much different than US/Can border. have you tried walking across our border at niagara or seattle,washington? its pretty easy. its not hi-tech.. but its quick.

http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=6807418 Canadian Auto Press If you're an international automotive fan, you're probably aware of the situation in London regarding the Congestion Charge, and the idea that driving in certain areas in central London between...

"The skytrain is growing aggressively and soon they will have built more miles of real rapid transit than Toronto has in less than half the time." I don't agrree with this statement... public transit in toronto is still more extensive (especially if you include GO transit) and with...

I understand that the TTC awarded Devlin a $300,000 contract to redo their site and maintain it as well (I would hope)... don't know the timeline on it though. One would expect issues like this to go away after this relaunch.

yep, totally agree... there were those suspicious entries that climbed up.. including montreal... it was puzzling to see it fly above staples like nyc, rome, london.. and have other forumers claim that there was no self-promotion going on in montreal, and that is was all the world just voting...

well there ya go.. montreal was in fact all over this promoting it trying to get their citizens to vote. don't blame 'em for it.. just explains the rise to the top, more.

This is good because now, it gives Parker Bros the freedom to re-asses at the end of the competition and disqualify or toss away the nonsense entries (kyiv/riga/montreal hehe) and no one on the outside would know any different.

ya, but Tewder, all things being equal, all the cities are being reviewed on the same criteria, and both vancouver and montreal have alot of immigrants too.. as does london, nyc, etc... (although mon/van fall short in the business conventions). At any rate, its a better way to judge than this...