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It’s not just the MTO’s gap with what Metrolinx does, it’s also with their planning. The corridors Metrolinx throws on an RTP map has little to do with funding or commitment, much like the MTO, except it’s their job to actually do something. It is nonetheless safe to say they represent where...

To add to what others have said with a personal anecdote, about a month ago I had a train from West Harbour wait near Bayview Junction for ~10 mins before proceeding to Aldershot. This was considered a delay, and I don’t think we made that time up.

Correct. The next RTP update is where we will see Metrolinx’s 2051 vision, which we should have seen by now, but is in progress. It should incorporate the MTO’s plans seen here, but the extent of actual crossover is unclear. I take the MTO plan as an intermediary/indicator of where MX is going...

I imagine a lot of this project will switch to rental in the near-term, and the rest will remain condos when the time comes. Rental is now lucrative, but it has also been in demand for some time. This is a convenient out that projects did not have in previous downturns, afaik. The residential...

I have talked about the importance of tenants here before and why I thought a sale was unlikely… but I’ve come away recognizing CN can still serve them effectively if it so chooses. What’s now clicking, is that if Hamilton customers do represent the largest clients on the corridor, they are...

If OVG sees the success they expect from this project, then further renovations will likely come down the line. The current plan is clearly just to get the project generating revenue, which it can do without other bells and whistles, for now. They can get around to ‘completing’ things per the...

I leave for a month and we start getting high quality proposals. What on earth. Looks lovely, and great site even if it’s not gonna be built quite like this.

Uh, it sounds like you’re the keyboard warrior who knows so much about this development, even though you show no understanding at all. I don’t know who you’re even countering here, actually, and you might be getting paid to say this. But I’ll divulge. Vantage is at the back of a long line. This...

I agree GO could get some slots. I wouldn’t hate if they took VIAs, though; despite the challenge for beyond Brantford, a viable service \= VIA getting delayed even more bc a prior delay cascaded into a new valley conflict. GO trains wouldn’t be nearly as off-schedule as a VIA from Woodstock, so...

Appreciate the move, I figured it was getting very off-topic but I needed to get that ‘alternatives analysis’ off my chest. I’ll circle back to this and other posts later, just glad we have a spot for this discussion!

This is a great effort to open up the Grimsby Sub, but it only works if Port Robinson is the be-all end-all of better GO service to Hamilton or Niagara, which it’s not. I’m actually confused, as you've opened up a few new problems. First, you don’t think CN will want direct, unimpeded access...

I don’t think 100 cops patrolling the Philpott and Salvation Army is a good use of time or resources. All It would do is add friction with the law, when It’s the social disorder here, not rampant criminality, that we need out of the commons. It isn’t a moral quandry either; until someone does...

Fair point. The way i was looking at it, if CN plans on using the line the same way it has been for another 50-100 years, then they may as well own it. But by that same token, you also know exactly what you’d need if you were to sell it, and divest yourself of all that extra work by running it...

Jackson Square will not be bought. It basically can’t be. Yale owns the Jackson Square complex, but the city owns the land. That’s part of why Yale hasn’t put much effort into it. But If the city ever ceded the asset, it’s fiscal situation would probably go down the drain overnight. You could...

For reasons unrelated to the topic at hand, I really appreciate this breakdown of how the Dundas Sub works in this area. …………. Apparently everyone is intent on skinning the cat here, which I was trying to avoid... But I’ve done too much crayoning for this… so I’ll be throwing my 200 cents in...

I have little to add as to why SWO’s 1st HSR via Hamilton is DOA. I will suggest framing the city, laid out as a rail hub with major geographic barriers, has terrible approaches which also prohibit any acceptable through-service for HSR. Uphill both ways, sends the project downhill, other hill...

Huh. Never noticed that before. Anyway, I saw this on the city devapps map once and I still don’t get it. It’s nice that we aren’t simply trying to get rid of these neighborhoods anymore. But I really struggle to see who wants to buy a new build in this location. (Edited- this isn’t as far...

(Posting this without catching up yet…) Wow, thanks for sharing. Some big names in this. I wonder how it played out with such colourful characters… Why did they switch to just the Minister? Ah, I think I didn’t say that right. Basically return to as-above (a board, in any case) for a...

I would say so too, it’s moreso that we aren’t all calling the same phenomena the same thing… Ignore the weird quote. I agree that we agree, lol. Glad to know it’s not just my neck of the woods feeling short-changed. I think when you say Provincial, you may just mean any higher government...

What an absolute unit of a project. I’ll admit I had reservations when it was proposed; out of touch, obviously gentrificatory, not a serious build… But now? They wasted no time and have left a mark. Not only are you building 2-4 of these… it’s real money with good quality, all placed in the...