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I may be wrong, but it is hard for me to believe that a relatively minor change in the operating rules is equivalent to buying out the whole rail network. There are many other cases where the government sets rules for the use of assets that otherwise remain in private hands. For example...

My post was in responce to a particular statement re. existing rail corridors and the way they operate. I have no objections whatsoever to adding dedicated passenger tracks to existing corridors, or building dedicated passenger corridors, if we can get the government funding for those.

I don't know if legislating passenger trains priority over freights is a good idea, as I have no data. But, just one note: lower priority of freights doesn't necessarily mean lower cargo volume. It could be the same volume, but delivery taking longer on average, plus a bit less predictable due...

If going downtown, definitely. But if going to somewhere in Etobicoke, north of Eglinton .. The potential concern is the unknown number of crosstown trips that use Line 2 or the northern bus routes today, and will switch to ECLRT once it opens. Probably won't overload Eglinton in the near...

Right, I forgot that Line 2 veers north there. Let's replace Warden & St Clair with Vic Park & St Clair, then the example works.

Not for downtown-bound trips. Say, your origin is at Warden & St Clair, destination at Kipling & Dixon. Today, you would probably take a bus south to Line 2, subway to Kipling, and bus north to Dixon. When ECLRT opens, you can save 5-10 min if you take a bus north to Eglinton, ECLRT to Kipling...

Let's hope so. However, the ridership level of a bus route is not always predictive for the future rail transit demand once. The latter can be boosted a lot if many riders switch from other routes. Finch West LRT is easier to predict, since there aren't many riders who can switch from other...

High cost of the North American construction, plus the governments have a limited appetite for funding such projects. 1. The cheapest, but with a limited effect: design of the surface network. If we got a second subway on Eglinton, equal to BD in capacity, then the north-south bus routes could...

We can't build them in large quantities :) So, will have to choose where and when. Probably, OL North (north of Eglinton) should be the top priority. OL west (north or northwest of the Exhibition) in the longer term. At some point, extending the Sheppard subway both east and west may be...

Finch is safe from ever exceeding the LRT capacity. No corridor in GTA generates a subway level demand on its own, with the exception of the Yonge - Union - University Ave in downtown that has a huge employment density. In all other cases, subway level demand is supported by the feeder routes...

100%. I am yet to see a renaming that actually brought any benefit. Normally, either noone pays attention and then it is just pointless. Or, renaming causes confusion, then people get used to the new way and it is back to where it was, but not distinclty better.

Actually, Montreal to New York (596 km) is only marginally further than Montreal to Toronto (542 km). Toronto to New York (790 km) and Toronto to Chicago (825 km) are longer indeed. Anyway, would have to adjust the travel speed and departure / arrival times to make the service attractive, if...

Full grade separation doesn't guarantee accident-free operation though. Still get broken trains, disturbed people at the track level etc from time to time. Certainly not against having a few fast, grade-separated trunk lines across the city. But in case of Finch West, it may be the right choise...

Sure, not stopping, but doesn't that make the design more convoluted? There would be a stretch a few hundred meters long where the El descends to the ground level, nothing can cross the street along that stretch. And then still have to deal with the Bolton rail line / hydro wires/ the 400, all...

Even if so .. we are discussing hypothetical options, what could have been. No chance for actually rebuilding the LRT/subway connection that's already built, or elevating the LRT line that's almost built. In that view, creating a fast underground-to-underground connection is easier than...

I don't know enough about the whole route; but it should be noted that elevated doesn't mean no space on the ground needed. The support columns have to stand somewhere. Thus, I doubt elevated saves the day south of Dundas, where Jane is particularly narrow. Adjacent to the CPKC tracks might be...

(almost) Everything is possible with enough funding. But that's more than one bridge. Thus, a long high guideway; what does that do to access times from the street level. Finch West subway station is underground. Transfer time from an elevated LRT line will be +5 min compared to a transfer...

Elevated makes a lot of sense where it can partly replace a tunnel for a fully grade-separate line. For example, Ontario Line, and some of the future Sheppard line extensions. But with Finch West, it gets tricky. If you look at the obstacles on the Google maps, you can see the Bolton rail line...

Even if you are at Martin Grove & Steels and want to get to the subway, that's a 15-20 min bus #60 trip dependent on the time of day. You will not get there faster by taking a bus to Finch and then taking Finch LRT. An extra transfer = at least 5 min added, plus the Pioneer Village subway...

Finch is probably OK as light rail. It is a capacity enhancement over the bus service, that tends to be crowded. At the same time, the main trunk line for the area is Spadina subway. If you are near Steeles or near Sheppard, the fastest way to reach the subway is by taking the Steeles bus to...