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The DLR in London was built they way it was because it needed to be built on a tiny budget and no one expected the area to become filled with skyscrapers. It was expected to become another low rise inner london neighbourhood and that was the optimistic scenario at the time. So the initial...

There is going to be more sprawl,what ever you do. It just depends how you shape it. The GTA is going to add 2 million people in the next 20 years and the area around it another 1 million. Looking at the Urban growth boundary it won't take long for Toronto to reach it't limit. People will...

In reality there is no cure for congestion, If you accept the principle that additional road capacity encourages more trips and is soon filled up, then the same principle applies to transit. If you offer a higher capacity faster service then more people will travel. Within a few years you will...

In the UK the Intercity network evolved from what was first proposed in the 1970's. For example when they first launched the main HST125 on the Great Western Line to Wales and the South West they stopped at only a few stops. But over time more stops have been added to stations further out from...

Houstons system is small but it gets good ridership. It's all very well arguing that Toronto should have London's or Paris transport system, but how do you get it? At C$300 million a km you are not going to get very much. Just to build a basic network of Eglington from Airport to Kennedy...

But you don't need to cut the cost everyones ticket to do that, just the poors. You could offer them discounted travel passes you cold give them more benefits. You could raise the minimum wage so people did not need welfare to be able to live.

The DLR was grade separated, but it was built on the cheap. It connected up old disused viaducts and the built simple unstaffed elevated stations, no escalators, no ticket offices. The only human presence was the train captain who operated the doors on the automated trains and checked tickets...

If you are worried about equity of poor people, you can give them discount cards for the metro or higher benefits. The transit system should not be used as a part of the welfare system. If the system requires large subsidies then all it's activities will be based on pleasing the politicians who...

Just thought I'd add the final layer of a proper regional rail service. I've only added the lines and stations that would run through a new downtown tunnel. This imagines a fully electrified network with european EMU's and a large tunnel under inner Toronto. As the system would be fully fare...

The simple problem (Ha) is that there is not enough money for a decent transit system. Big City transit systems, should in theory not require much in the way of operating subsidies. They need the big bucks for capital expenditure. Smaller towns and outer suburbs need bigger operating subsidies...

Surface tram lines are fine for 10,000 phpd. I've seen seen trams operate on a 2 minute frequency in a Boulevard with two normal traffic lanes and parking, there were left turn restrictions though, traffic seemed to flow fine out of rush hours. In particular, constrained junctions could be grade...

I just thought I'd throw in my plan. It's a mix of Subways and LRT'S. A quick overview. Bloor/Danforth line (green) would be extended eastwards to Scarborough via Eglington, Danforth and Mccowan. The Eglington line (light blue) would remain an LRT, with a central subway. It would stretch...