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Agreed entirely, and I say that as someone who happily, some days enthusiastically, walks 10k to run a basic errand.

If QConnexiON manages to win the ViaFast tender, making Deutsche Bahn the operator, its likely that ETCS will be deployed in that corridor as well. If Cadence wins then they wouldn't bother as no company in that group has experience with it.

The below image is from the 2019 report. GOs new platform is where the south tracks are in this image. I can see a few challenges: The curve to that south track space would be really tight. The arena office building foundation probably gets in the way. Black squares are railway support...

It's on Metrolinx's capital project pipeline (bottom of page 2) but with "Upcoming" status and doesn't have any dates. https://assets.metrolinx.com/image/upload/Documents/Metrolinx/CPG-Procurement-Opportunities-Pipeline-January-2024.pdf Looking at the list, Ontario Line took nearly all staff...

There have been 7 condos sold over $5M, out of 37 listed, across the GTA in the last 180 days. Every single unit Mizrahi had in the top 20 floors fit into this category. Even if every single buyer went with a unit in The One it could take several years to clear their inventory. They may well use...

Some might argue that spending that amount of time/money chasing after permits for few dozen additional $5M units while sales were slow and construction costs were escalating is an example of why they lost control of the building. They're not the only company to gamble that post-pandemic things...

Or literally upgrading Line 2. There is $5B of SOGR maintenance (signals, rolling stock, maintenance facility upgrades, ...) ready to go on that line which would improve reliability and increase capacity without even funding fancy additions like platform doors. That said, I have no objection...

Bit of steel structure in place now.

Scratching my head at this. I thought they gave TransPod, a hyperloop startup, exclusivity over railway from Edmonton to Calgary. They've raised nearly $1B to rollout a piece of test track in the Edmonton region. It's extremely experimental but that contract would make it difficult to build...

Metrolinx can't afford to do that without a substantial budget increase on the order of $2B/year (half capital, half operating) with the current fare-split mechanism. A bus->subway trip would earn TTC full fare and Metrolinx $0 for the subway portion. On the reverse, subway->bus trip, again TTC...

Same for 633 Bay Street. There were typically a dozen people on the roof (~27th floor) during summer evenings, much more on weekends (day and evening).

Or the cost, since the price-tag is inversely related to the delivery date. There's incentive in the contract to deliver quickly.

I presume they went into the tunnel believed to have something, like a weapon, and did not have it when they arrested them. St. George to Woodbine was a very long stretch to close for this.

Yes. They've recently completed a purpose-built rental in NY. I'm not aware of any in Toronto. http://www.iconmanhattan.com/

Bolton to Alliston seems likely at some point (20 year plan?) though just as a GTA land expansion rather than anything to do with the car plant, especially if Innisfill grows steadily. I very much doubt if they would try to connect into Alliston to Allandale via BCRY at any point in the future...

Fun fact, that size is perfectly doable in a tiny-home. I get to 562sqft not including closets or mechanical. https://www.ontario.ca/document/build-or-buy-tiny-home/building-code-requirements

Agreed. I think it's too late. It would have been much more interesting 5 years ago before TTC firmed up plans for their fan plant building at 830 Church.

None? It looks like trains carrying passengers will still using that portion of track, just not stopping at the station. That leads me to believe the tunnel isn't impacted. The notice also says bus service and the station will not be impacted. I guess that leaves the platform. So what work...

Some buyers wont be able to close with today's interest rates and others would back out regardless. If they ask for $1k then they might as well ask for $200k as they'll find themselves in a tough place. It seems safest to write-down the loss, trim the budget as much as possible (finishes), and...

Onxpress contract terminates in 2048, making nfitz's question very relevant. That's an 8 year window where we potentially go from a very congested trains on some lines to a new contract, through a flurry of station construction, a rolling stock order (many cars will be well beyond their best...