Search results

If anyone is wondering where those big new Plasser track machines (that ML bought overseas and shipped in by boat recently) have gone.... apparently they are on their way to the BCR where they will be tested and broken in. Why BCR when ML has lots of trackage of its own ? I am told Cando holds...

"lying" is not a good way to depict the difference. "Risk tolerance threshold" may be better. "Professional disagreement among experts" is yet another. "Willingness to try something untried or controversial" is another. "Not willing to take a position" is another. "Absence of clear facts" is...

I think we have to be realistic and pragmatic about how far the network extends beyond the backbone GO line, and how we grow ridership and first-last mile services. If you ask me which ones belong in a 2050 plan, I would say "all of them". If you ask me to put down money on which ones actually...

Simple electrical "limits of approach". The vertical clearances under the trainshed are marginal relative to the separations needed for 25 kv catenary. Potential for arcing to the trainshed's steel structure or to the trains themselves. Some say it can be done, others say it's problemmatic. - Paul

I have no data facts, but it seems obvious that the city badly needs a high quality, relatively speedy (ie faster than auto on increasingly congested roads) transit line well north of Eglinton, linking the far end of Scarborough to Etobicoke and beyond, and directly competing with the 401 in...

We all have our favourites, but my general test of your plan is - how does this order compare to - needs for reduction in highway congestion, - matching to density and population growth - a fair balance for spending between 416 and 905 - achievable cash flows for capital investment I would...

No mention of the once-landbanked ex-CPR M+O sub? - Paul

Once you decide to bore, the TBM may not care much about how deep it goes - although shafts and stations will cost more the deeper you go. I guess the built form up that way is too far along to make cut and cover viable.... but I really think we need to revisit the whole preference for TBM...

Indeed. I hope it's hollow - The carbon footprint from that much concrete would be horrendous. Which makes one imagine the potential for a crawlspace - Retail and office space ? Linear indoor park ? Cycling trail ? Big honking model railway club ? Reservoir ? Raccoon paradise ? - Paul PS -...

(Thinking this discussion ought to shift back to the Alto thread?) Some of the legislative thrust may just be boilerplate - in the sense that the existing Canadian law does set out a preliminary hurdle where someone (a Minister or Tribunal usually, but this is where the matter can be taken to...

aaaaa *sigh* and training operators how to do it really well - Paul PS - on the bright side - if as reported they have been having trouble getting the signalling system to manage close headways, the bunch may be quite deliberate and a sign of the problem being fixed

The ribbon rail laid out alongside the Kitchener line is definitely encouraging, as is the close to final grading and compacting. There's no longer any jersey barriers along that stretch - the track closest to the grading is not in service so I imagine the separation allows "green zone" work...

That absolutely is a different tunnel. The Line 2 tunnel is nowhere near that complete at this point in time. Compare pictures from past tbm drives, including TYSSE and Crosstown 1.0 and 2.0.... at this point you would expect to see the conveyor to remove spoils, temporary lighting and...

I don't know what work is happening this weekend, so I can't respond with facts - nor will I defend ML's performance in execution - but this simply isn't so in many cases, Running live trains through a work zone complicates activities immensely, even if the tracks are useable. Especially for ML...

From the PMO (ironically similar but different acronym) announcement of the first tranche of MPO (sic) approved projects Interesting nitpicky detail - The PM's announcements describe Alto as a "strategy" rather than as a discrete project covered under the MPO mandate. Apparently...

A lot of the merit of those walls is security and not just noise abatement. And to be clear, in the UK (and elsewhere) , it's not uncommon to ride for miles staring out at a high embankment or stonework or vine-covered fencing. Sure the stonework is 100+ years old, so it looks nicer, but it's...

A contact of mine who works in municipal government out that way and was involved in the planning for this facility has kept me entertained for years with anecdotes from this project, depicting it as metrolinx project planning at its worst: multiple iterations and designs with little rationale...

One curious item from the Kitchener "mission" is the statement that the grade separation (flyover?) will be at Silver Jct and not over near the Credit River, as previously conjectured. Having the grade separation on the west side of Georgetown GO station implies a re-arrangement of that...

This will obviously vary by route and time of day, but even as a transit lover I am more reluctant to take buses due to being more crowded and confining. Trams, especially the newer designs with wider doors and well spaced aisles and seating, at least allow one to board and find a place to stand...