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This was some hyperbole from the local residents, comparing some areas to like the slums of India. It's not quite that. (Density expands exponentially if you shrink the footprint of what you are looking at and I think they did some of that - but they are very dense.)

The east side of which site? At Langstaff, the station was moved from the west side to the centre of that development (west of Yonge is all hydro corridor there). High Tech is also pretty central. Clark, Royal Orchard and Steeles stations are all pretty much right on Yonge Street. The questions...

It'll be twice that when all the other potential developments along the corridor come to fruition.

Still going through approvals, but getting closer... https://pub-markham.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=76229

Yes, of course this is true. But the obvious paradox here is that Keele-Bayview is basically the centre of York Region and so, all things being equal, it should not be where demand drops off. It would be like if Line 2 had low ridership between Broadview and Spadina. And yet Highway 7 conspires...

These are all good points. None of them "excuse" the issues YRT is having but they do contextualize them. YRT would function differently it didn't have to spread itself thin covering areas north of the moraine and/or have its southern service cannibalized by TTC. I think the rural/urban thing...

But what if - and hear me out here - the idea wasn't necessarily that it would have huge ridership on Day One but that in the near future the mere presence of the BRT would create intensification around the stations (like, say, one beside a golf course that's a 5-minute bus ride from a new...

I mean, we've known the system is many years past it's operating lifespan so, yeah, it could be that there is deferred maintenance or someone did something wrong that has broader implications but my guess is that it'll turn out the answer will ultimately be, "This thing is really old and we...

Not that they shouldn't investigate - we should know exactly what went wrong- but no other part of the system uses the same technology so it seems unlkely there are significant network-wide implications.

👀 Yup. My bad, I don't think I've ever bought concert tickets for a show that is more than a year in advance. Man, that's a long ways a way! But I guess she'll have better sightlines!

Taylor Swift just announced 6 shows at Rogers Centre in late November. You think the team just decided they'd get enough revenue from that it's worth holding off on renos for a year is there actually a way they can: a) Accomodate a full-stadium concert in mid-renovation or b) Get the work done...

Thanks for pointing out the seat viewer! I'll offer a mea culpa as they have actually improved accessible seating. They've added some new sections down the baselines that are out from under the overhang. And added some in the corner, at field level. That's very new and very good. Overall...

I was trying to determine that from the drawings and you may be right. If true, it would make for a much wider concourse and allow things like the accessible seating sections to be brought "outside." Fingers crossed.

It has also has the multiple tiers behind home plate, which I suggested they'd likely do (and which one could infer from the stories that have come out from longtime season ticket holders). If it's not exact, I expect it's pretty close to that. If they're leaving the accessible seating where...

I don't particularly disagree but it's not that isolated.. Being an airport it's obviously relatively isolated and the rest of the block is light industrial but there is residential (and a heritage district) just across the street. In that context, it doesn't seem absurd to do something with...

Yes, and allegedly there will be a new Milestones. I think this is going to be in the condo podium or somewhere in that area but that's the rumour. And Sunrise is a welcome addition, at least for me. I'll take these as signs for cautious optimism. In terms of whether the retail outlets will...

Yeah, the whole discussion is VERY Toronto. I can't even decide whose story is more plausible. What's not in dispute is that it's a very prominent eyesore and fixing it should be a priority. How is a person supposed to stand back and properly admire the statue of Ted Rogers with this right over...

Yeah, Adam Vaughan provided what seems to be the deal on Twitter the other day. I'm not sure how this gels with what the City is saying, though... It was built quickly more than 30 years ago (when obviously it was not Rogers building it) and now needs a rebuild. Seems like a fine mess the...

Same ol same ol, dating back (at least) to Toronto's anti-amalgamation referendum, which didn't cause the Harris government to even pump the brakes. This is completely meaningless stuff, even moreso than if people expressed the cocncers as part of the Province's consultation process (which...

I first heard these a few weeks ago, on a podcast, I think. The "tense" is certainly confusing as the one I heard didn't mention the spa at all and just how you can like catch a concert and then go enjoy the new eateries and new Science Centre and such. That they're not at all there right now -...