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This is so wrong it hurts. I lived in London for five years. I lived in Hampstead, on the edge of travel zone 2 and 3 (out of 6 back then where the Tube went). Most lines make it out to Zones 5-6. The distance from my Tube Station to Trafalgar Square was roughly the distance from Yonge and...

To nitpick, Chongqing's Metro system is an underground monorail. But you're right, adopting another form of technology would make absolutely no sense for Toronto whatsoever.

A taxi driver will carry your bags and drop you off at your door. The train will dump me at Union Station where I would then have to haul my baggage onto the TTC. Train needs to be significantly cheaper to attract anyone who doesn't live or is staying next to Union Station. Plus, if you...

The main transportation network in Croydon is the tram that was built because it couldn't support the full mainline service. Much of the route from Wimbledon to Croydon is built on disused railway bits. It also runs in mixed traffic around Centrale.

I'm talking about the stop going North at Bloor and Bathurst just before going into the station. I still think the southbound stop should be eliminated as well, but the north bound version is even stupider. And, of course, yes, the streetcars so rarely go to/from St. Clair West anyway...

The streetcar stop spacing is especially ridiculous. Why would you have a stop on Bloor St west and Bathurst when the station is within eyeshot? This situation is replicated over and over again throughout the city. This is the real reason why Ford can gain such momentum by saying that...

I think we need to have a rethink aout right of ways. I'm in Vienna right now;a smaller city with twice as many streetcar track km's as Toronto which, admittedly serve the suburbs, but the population density is similar. Toronto's right of ways are absolutely massive in comparison. Most...

What I think needed to be done with lrt was to turn the legacy lines into LRT lines with dedicated ROWs, wider stop spacing, and signal priority rather than the botched up job that was done with Spadina and St. clair. The suburbs, of course, need rapid crosstown transit and Eglinton needs to be...

What you need to understand is that in Central London (though not Exhibition Road, usually) pedestrians outnumber cars usually. The usual scene in Covent Garden are hoards of tourists spilling out from the narrow sidewalks onto the cobblestone roads which subsequently block most traffic. I'm...

In London, the system times you out after a while if you haven't touched out. If you get timed out, your Oyster card is automatically fined £7 The system, however, doesn't calculate distance based fares on buses or trams and leaves those open to a flat fare. Toronto could probably benefit...

London has people on every train for a reason: if something goes terribly wrong in between stations, there's someone on the train to help. The Central and Victoria lines are all ATO as is the DLR, but there is always still someone in the front cab to make sure accidents don't happen...

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204164097579511394225.0004a7a46df484111511c&msa=0&ll=43.669858,-79.286957&spn=0.138075,0.338173 Toronto subway 2100...a bit fantastical I know, but I had fun making it. Featured are a DRL, Queen Subway, and a short Spadina subway to the Island Airport...