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I've followed Yonah Freemark for a while: Transport Politic is a great resource. Their statement that this project is 10 to 15 years from a construction start is probably accurate, and disappointing. It'll need to survive a few different governments.

Good question, and probably 2: Exhibition and Don Mills (formerly Science Centre) stations. TTC included a washroom at terminus stations, and as lines extended the new terminus would add a washroom while retaining any that previously existed. I'm not sure whether this is law or just policy, but...

While missing the PMs, Stats Canada have quarterly deficit as %age of GDP which seems like a good way of looking at this type of data. Negative is a surplus, positive is a deficit. There is a trend-line during Harper's rule (2008 onward) toward surpluses which Trudeau continued through to 2020...

While your point is generally correct this chart is spending, not deficit, and as such doesn't really serve as evidence Harper did not try to balance the budget. A balanced budget has spending and revenue at the same level; and there are ways of doing that without reducing spending.

That's une oeuf of that.

As I said in my last post: "No time soon". At some point the construction headache will seem better than the cost of a large chunk of land, evictions, and demolition of existing structures. Maybe we'll hit that point within 15 years. We're already 7 years into this proposal without a zoning...

No time soon but Concord, Tridel, and Pinnacle would all happily take on a ready-to-go project of this scale. While construction will be difficult due to the railway, economies of scale not easily available in downtown will offset some of that.

Not at all. I'm saying they're already taking both a revenue and mind-share hit whether they like it or not; and that cost appears to be a fairly big one. These types of problems will eventually lead to the publicly operated VIA being dissolved. A customer death on a disabled train would likely...

There's some chance the cost, due to lost future revenue, of these stories in the press is higher than the cost of whatever emergency system they implement. Of course, there's going to be a multi-year period where they absorb the cost of both but non-trivial passenger growth will require going a...

They just need the number of local cab companies. Every single one of them will buy 20 packs of water from the local grocery store and toss them into their trunk, then bring them to the train (nearest roadway) within a short time period for a fee (like $200 over the normal cab charge), and VIA...

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This is referring to the 2008 Big Move document. The 2041 plan was released in 2017. We will probably get a 2051 plan in another 3 to 4 years. Of course, just because it's in the plan in a specified priority order doesn't mean it'll happen that way. Parts of the 2017 document were substantially...

Indeed. Commutes globally are constrained by time or cost, not distance. Faster&cheaper transportation enables a comfortable commute over a longer distance, with the benefit typically being nicer housing than they could otherwise afford. Some will invest more time than others, but 1 hour seems...

Urban Toronto had dozens of posters who agreed that people downtown should be deciding issues like bike lanes on Bloor, streetcar right-of-way on King, or removal of bike lanes from Jarvis without suburban interference. I.e. those travelling through the neighbourhood shouldn't have an...

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Indeed. The Deluces (both Robert and his son Michael) have strong social network with Conservative Party members, but if they're not providing funding to Ports Toronto then the entire thing comes down to Toronto Council. The renewal terms of the tripartite agreement will dominate Ports Toronto...

Viking Polaris/Octanis and Ponant's Le Champlain (205m x 24m and ~130m x 18m) all make regular ocean crossings. Le Champlain even has a 1C ice-breaker spec and bounces around Iceland periodically. When they're not in the Great Lakes they're generally running Caribbean/Central America, or the...

I presume engineering spec'd them to withstand a derailed LRV or snowplow collision.

Far more detail on this: https://www.metrolinx.com/en/discover/union-station-a-not-so-secret-trove-of-19th-century-artifacts