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Yea... that plan was a loop to connect the Ontario Line with Pearson and Richmond Hill Centre. That plan sounds utterly nonsensical to me, and like any 30-year plan, it probably safe to ignore. I choose to believe (for my sanity) that some political staffer put this together, and that this isn't...

Does anyone know why Metrolinx acquired that property on Dufferin adjacent to the railway? It's marked as a "permanent property requirement", however it doesn't host any station entrances, and nor does it appear to be part of the station infrastructure. Is it possible that this property could be...

And I suppose the ultra optimistic take is that maybe Metrolinx is fine with the idea of rebuilding Exhibiton station whenever it comes time to extend the Ontario Line west. I could image a scenario where a new Ontario Line station platform is mined under the existing Exhibiton Station, and...

Yeah, I feel like that's definitely a possibility. And I hope that's the situation. However allow me to baselessly speculate. Metrolinx released this map of their environmental study areas for the Ontario Line. I found this map very interesting, because it's far been the only glimpse of how...

The big problem here is that we don't have a crystal ball. We don't know how long it would've taken for these extensions that would've consumed the OL's capacity to materialize. Let's use the presumed extension to Markham as an example. The Ontario Line is elevated and very maneuverable, so the...

Ha. I really, really, really enjoy this analogy using bandwidth and compression algorithms. It's brilliant. Gosh I hope its not so esoteric as to go over most of our heads, but I get the impression most of us here are pretty technologically inclined. So in the case of rapid transit, bandwidth...

You're making a lot of assumptions about me. I have nothing wrong with the technological choices in the Ontario Line. The OL is set to become the most "advanced" rapid transit line this side of the Atlantic, and that's a fantastic accomplishment. I've even advocated for building additional...

We’re splitting hairs here. Line 1’s “capacity” prior to ATO was 28,000 pphpd, however ridership well in excess of 30,000 pphpd had been observed. I really don’t care to argue about 1 or 2 thousand pax per hour. My point here is that I’m sure none of us would’ve gone back to 1940 and tell them...

You’re the only one suggesting 50k pphpd. Anyways there’s nothing unprecedented of capacities well in excess of 30,000 pphpd. Off the top of my head, Crossrail in London will be operating at a minimum of 36,000 pphpd on Day 1. And that's with a rather modest headways of just 2.5 mins...

No, that's not what I was assuming, but you seem to understand what I'm getting at... that the OL can't be extended to Markham without an additional line relieving the OL. The only reason we're in this situation is because we've under built the OL. A relief line for the Ontario Line would not...

Yeah, and none of those options would've provided as much bang for the buck or service quality as extending OL from Sheppard to Markham Town Centre. It's something that would've been really easy to accomplish had we spent just a bit more money today.

We could've asked the exact same question in the 1940s. Why was little Toronto so unique that it needed a subway line of 30k pphpd? Surely this tiny city would've never be able to saturate 150 metre trains at sub two-minute frequencies. Two car trains surely would've provided enough capacity for...

Yes, I really want to see a subway on Dundas connecting northern Etobicoke to Downtown. It's the most underserved region in the city, and will remain that way even with the current plans on the table. I'm a lot more uncertain about where another subway line from Downtown the east end would go...

It's hard for me to imagine how or why a customers originating from east of Leslie would favour the Yonge Line over the Ontario Line to get Downtown. That's another 5 kilometres stuck in a mixed traffic bus. The Ontario Line will get them Downtown faster. And even if it didn't, I'm sure most of...

Putting aside the drop in ridership due to COVID, it seems extremely probable that OL will exceed Yonge Line's 2019 ridership. The extension to Sheppard alone will assuredly push the OL to 20,000+ pphpd. Employment growth in the core of the city continues to boom, and as the OL travels through...

The idea of looking across Toronto's skyline, and seeing a pair of glistening towers playing with the light (with one of them being a supertall!) is tremendously exciting. There is nothing safe, conservative or boring about that. You won't find skyscrapers like these anywhere in the world. And...

I for one am glad that this project hasn't turned out to be a 8 Spruce Street lookalike. I'd rather have something unique to the city, given the landmark nature of this building. Also, given the materials Gehry has used in the past (see Luma Arles below), I'd caution against writing off Forma's...

Why would LIM cause clearance issues? Arent LIM trains typically shorter than “normal” subway cars due the the LIM trains not needing large bulky motors?

I wonder if this is something the TTC has specifically requested, of if this is just some MX fantasy map.

Why are there streetcar tracks on Strachan? This is the first I've heard of this. Also, we really need to extend the 509 out to Humber Bay, to connect south Etobicoke with the Ontario Line via LRT.