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It looks like all the major players have now confirmed their run for City Hall. In just naming the person, who do you think WILL win and {trying to put aside your biases} who do you WANT to win?

The easiest thing to do is simply take a poll on what Torontonians want. It's already over budget and with demands for money from every area of the city and Torontonians not willing to tax themselves at appropriate levels, it should be presented that the city can no longer afford the project...

That is not the point. The point is that Toronto expects QP {ie everyone else in the province} to pick up the tab. Toronto seems to think that it is perfectly acceptable to have the lowest taxes in the province and yet still expect the best infrastructure free of cost. This notion that Toronto...

Why should QP {ie every other taxpayer in the province} pay for these increasing costs? Toronto is already getting Eglinton and Finch free of charge unlike KW, London, and Ottawa who had to fork over a good chunk of their own money to build their RT networks. Toronto not being able to fund...

I don't know if it will slow down GO electrification plans and these rising costs may actually expediate the process. Electrification sooner , as opposed to building mega garages that people can use for free, would make the operational savings costs come much faster as a big chunk of GO's budget...

I think the idea that GO will be carrying less than one million in 15 years is laughable but it will all come down to frequency & fares. It looks like ML is going provide service of every 8 minutes on core routes which will take it from suburban rail to a real rapid transit system. Of course it...

I had no idea that Bay was gone. hell of an ugly building but it was a real anchor for the corner. Is this a renovation and will they reopen or is this a permanent closure? As for Nordstrom, I'm glad they are leaving Canada. I feel bad for those about to lose their jobs but in the long term...

When you consider the complete disarray that was City Hall in 2014, yes Tory brought back a sense of decorum. Tory had an affair and did the right thing by stepping down. Ford used crack and didn't even see the problem.

After the lunacy of Ford, Tory was exactly what Toronto needed. He was not a great mayor but neither a bad one. He brought a sense of decorum back to City Hall, was a consensus builder, offered a steady hand, a reasonable person who was not strongly ideological one way or the other, and...

I'm still waiting for an answer to my final question.

I don't think the water table would be an issue if they are building huge towers in the area with 4 or 5 levels of underground parking. The city could sell the land it now owns where the Gardiner is currently and use that money to buy the new trenched corridor. They could then turn around and...

Toronto really blew their options for the Gardiner. I actually do understand the need for the eastern expressway. It is not just a road that ends at the downtown but a major connection between the entire southern part of the city to the DVP. Unfortunately Toronto only looked at 3 potential...

You are proceeding from a false assumption.................that the London GO is a "service". Currently the GO "service" to London is serving 0.0005% of the population. They would be far better off cancelling the London line and putting the money into Bolton. God knows it would be a far better...

Couple interesting hydrogen train developments for NA: The Quebec government announced yesterday that they will bring in NA's first hydrogen train for the regional summer service to Charlevoix. San Bernardino has also this week got confirmation of it's new funding for it's commuter rail service...

Good news for London area transit. The Wellington Gateway {southern BRT route} is beginning construction this month with the first section opening by 2025. The East Link is already well under construction and could begin operations in less than 18 months. The Downtown Loop will be done later...

The problem with Eglinton is that the City never decided whether it wanted rapid transit or local transit as so they thought they could have both and surprise, surprise, it is not going to work. It hasn't worked anywhere else so why Miller thought it would work in Toronto is anybody's guess...

No it wouldn't. Who is going to take a crawling tank to Toronto when they can take a comfortable bus and get there in half the time? Londoners have already voted on this GO "service" and their answer is no thanks. As far as it going to Pearson, that is a big draw for people from KWCG but not...

^^^^ Hydrogen does have a long way to go although battery certainly doesn't. As both technologies advanced at a dizzying rate, it will make them both even more appealing. Both require a fraction of the amount of maintenance that current diesel do and electric recharging costs are also much...

I think 2030 will be a revolutionary year for Toronto................they'll have the Scarborough Ext, Ontario Line, and Eglinton Crosstown all open at the same time.

^^^ I am sure there are some services superior to others. Megabus and Red Arrow are polar opposites. The difference today is that 20 years ago inter-city bus basically meant Greyhound or nothing but that is no longer the case. There are now services to fit every income and every on-board...