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Excluding the B-D connecting station (because I don't know which station it would connect to, it might not even require a new station at all if it goes via the yard), I'd speculate the stations would be Gerrard/CN, Queen/CN, Cherry/King, Parliament/Richmond-Adelaide...

Yes, and they're roughly in-line with Metrolinx's projections at an annual growth rate of 1.35% as stated as the average system growth by the TTC. 13,800ppdph by 2011, IIRC.

Actually, if the DRL only goes east of the core, and doesn't go north of Danforth in its first phase, additional cars wouldn't be necessary - TTC is on track to having a surplus of T1 cars after all of them are kicked off YUS. Future phases of the DRL would require additional fleet, but that...

Practically speaking, no, you can't, because you'll require too much staff. The TTC would have a far lower cost-recovery ratio doing it that way, and lower ridership. The TTC would have to back to zone-fares if they were to do that. When you think about the crowding that would result if...

Sometimes it just depends where on the platform (or where in the station, or even in which subway car) you're standing.

This conversation is ridiculous. You cannot have transfers required at stations like Finch that see some of the highest traffic volumes in the system. This is even more true for Kennedy, actually, because it has more non-905 routes than Finch. You cannot expect the fare-collector to verify...

a)It's not only the first letter, it's the first and last letter. b)The meanings are similar (both deal with money). c)Both words are the same length. The above all contribute to this being an easy typo to make. There is no rule that states a typo is only one letter. Typing "that" twice...

Not really hearsay. I work in the preparation of construction drawings. I know a few things about structures, and why some things are obscenely complicated for what you're proposing. It's extremely difficult, which means it's extremely expensive, especially while ensuring public safety...

If you type "fine" instead of "fare", it's an obvious typo. Cut the girl some slack, you're giving her such a hard time for a small mistake that everybody except you would still be able to understand what she meant.

I can't imagine anybody doing that because that's not the point, we're not trying to get people to do that. The point is to get people coming from the GO to transfer onto the DRL, not get people coming on the DRL to transfer to GO. Should be obvious, since GO is the one struggling with...

It's an obvious typo. She meant to type fare. Operators aren't responsible for collecting fines, and they'd never halt service for the collection of a fine either.

You just answered your own question. Very few people switch there because it is a joke of a transfer. It sucks sooo bad that nobody uses it to transfer. Kipling is an actual transfer. Kennedy is an actual transfer. Bloor/Dundas West has the potential to become an actual transfer...

The engineering complications with that idea are so numerous, and the network benefit so small, that this isn't actually worth discussing, as a DRL is guaranteed to be cheaper and provide a better network.

There are 5 subways that stop in Ootemachi though, which is 2 blocks away from Tokyo Station, and are effectively the same area. Over-centralization of the subway network is a problem with Tokyo's subway, as passenger volumes at Ootemachi are insane as a result of so many lines converging upon...

EDIT: Scratch that, confused city limits of today with those of 1920

I'm noticing a pattern with the new streamlined EA process. Yonge had horrendous figures, too, and the tight 6-month time-frame was blamed for it.

Service planning is not based on crush loads, and it never is because service cannot be sustained at crush load, and everybody in the industry is well aware of that. They have a loading standard for regular service far below crush load to use for calculating service levels as per demand along a...

Portland's demand levels are nowhere near Toronto's. Toronto would never have such infrequent service, and even in the surburban TC plans, 5-6 minutes is the off-peak frequency. If TC lines are going to be every 5-6 minutes, the legacy routes would have to match that since the legacy routes...

Well that's pretty much the point. Right now the CLRV fleet is 30 years old! And the ALRVs are 25 years old. People wonder why they're falling apart? The reason Queen has lower frequencies right now is because of age-old managerial screw ups where instead of investing in larger fleet to...

204 is enough, but only prior to expansions such as Cherry St., Kingston Road to Scarborough Village, Queen's Quay East, and St.Clair to Jane/Scarlett. Key thing to remember is that the spare ratio will come way down with the new fleet. It's currently at a stratospheric 33%. It should be...