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Normally you're to presume that there are no updates unless they were posted. That said, your request for an update resulted in an actual update which kinda proves the above point isn't always correct.

Agreed. However, anything non-trivial would require incremental funding anyway because the vendor delivery (and payment) is several years after the order is placed OR there is a long but relatively cheap design/consultation phase first before a large construction tender.

I think I'd prefer to see the next 2 trips (or any leaving within 15 minutes) in any given corridor. Ordering this information by departure time is not useful when they will operate "just show up and board" frequencies. I really don't care that it's the 10:03 train and not the 10:10 train; nor...

The separation is particularly annoying during the border periods when if you're 20 minutes early/late and the mode changes. Or when there is bus replacement service due to construction and you make it all the way to York concourse before noticing your train is missing from the screens entirely...

Oh, I see. So they tap into a station and 4 hours later they're still hanging around in the system somewhere through no fault of the TTC (no service delays, etc.). Rather than a fare issue, they're more likely to run afoul of the Bylaw 1 anti-loitering section and has a fine of $195 (same fine...

"If you are on a vehicle or enter a station with a few minutes remaining on your transfer, you can continue to complete your journey and do not need to tap if the transfer expires while you are on that vehicle. For example, if you tap on a streetcar 1 hour and 55 minutes after your first tap...

Indeed. And a some of that heat will come from allies like Ford and Smith; both have non-trivial underfunded transit ambitions at the study stage (Sheppard subway, and an Edmonton/Calgary route). If not publicly, then they'll be pissed in private meetings. The program name could be changed and...

Don't forget you can continue to travel on TTC after your 2-hour window expires, you just can't tap anywhere. So if you manage to end up entering Finch Station in those final minutes of a valid free tap you can still travel to Spadina station and transfer to a streetcar to your final destination...

Unrelated to the Portlands issues, natural gas stoves produce more in-home pollution than you might expect, even when they're not in use. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-a-gas-stove-how-to-reduce-pollution-that-may-harm-health-202209072811...

Land ownership boundaries: https://trcaca.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2023/04/24113651/OSC-news-release-map_04-24-23.pdf

TTC projects are presented as: Here is the service we intend to offer, and here is the project to get us there. Metrolinx projects, until recently were: Here is a project we intend to build, and there may or may not be service improvements. Crosstown and Finch are the first projects they're...

It's a legal document, and as a result those small words we normally gloss over (like "and" and "to") have significant meaning. Honestly, reviewing contracts is tedious and brain draining. Lawyers won't duplicate a line when 3 letter word makes it technically the same [understandably, if that...

AFAIK there have been no changes from the court approved Reconfiguration Plan (88 additional units between floor 62 and 81), which builds up to floor 85. As a reminder from Steveve's post: https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/sites/default/files/canada/Second%20Report%20of%20the%20Receiver_0.pdf

Indeed. There's also a March 2024 tender for "Next Gen Bus" communication (electric and hydrogen). https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/solicitations/2829946356/abstract

TTC is testing out a Flux Capacitor to see if they can make streetcars run on schedule. More seriously, it's a film set. You can see the crew to the left of the flames and another team ready to put the flames out on the sidewalk.

Dundas BRT was [is?] considering Hydrogen as an electrification option. They might need to put a price on it to reject it in favour of battery buses. Worth noting, the Ontario Government recently invested in a Hydrogen production facility as an alternative to selling excess overnight...

One of the reasons Vail is so successful is their global ski-passes. For double the price of a typical ski pass, they let you into any of their properties. You can ski every weekend and not hit the same hill twice in a year: a very attractive offer to upper-middle-class. Next obvious step for...

Zero. It's city land, and Chow isn't going to go that direction.

Indeed. We don't seem to have an aversion to the cost of elevators at both ends of a bridge anymore as seen over various GO corridors. The 40m height requirement doesn't seem as insurmountable today as it did 20 years ago.

Huh. Reads like some older Class A building with large available sublets within walking distance of Union, like 121 King West or 33 Yonge, is going to get a gift from the province.