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Yup, it's a no-brainer to have it if you travel to the US by car even semi-frequently. There's no annual fee for it, and like you said you can sign up with your Canadian address and credit card. Especially handy when there's a large difference between the cash and E-Z Pass rates. I have a...

Working on one, haha. This wouldn't be part of the OL West though. That line would supplant the Milton Line up until Lisgar GO. This particular stretch of line would be used by a future 'perimeter' line. GO service to Milton would use the existing Milton Line tracks from Milton to Lisgar, and...

Bramalea and 407 would likely require tunnelling of the GO tracks anyway in order to provide a better connection with Bramalea GO. In all likelihood, the GO corridor would veer north along the 410, then veer east under Steeles. It would then continue under Steeles until it rejoined the 407...

That was my assumption too. I think it makes sense to bundle those two projects together actually. 2 tracks for CN, 2 tracks for GO. I believe the intent is to have both the 407 Transitway and the freight bypass within the ROW, and this GO line would in essence replace the need for the 407...

Agreed. I've been toying with the idea of in essence making the Milton Line the western extension of the Ontario Line. From Exhibition, within the LSW corridor to Roncesvalles, then up Roncy to Dundas West, then joining the Milton Line corridor north of there. I'd have the line end at Lisgar GO...

Would the construction of a tolled 401 tunnel not violate the 407ETR agreement? I thought there was something in there about a non-compete clause within X km of their highway. I could very well be mistaken though, or that the 401 is technically outside of that perimeter.

35 and what would be 407 would only overlap for about a 3km stretch. 35 continues straight north to Lindsay. Hwy 6 and Hwy 401 share a similar short concurrency south of Guelph, and it isn't confusing for people. Yes, 407 west of Hwy 35 would be tolled, and once it hits Hwy 35 it would become...

Absolutely. The $10/day weekend pass has been great at boosting ridership on weekends. If Metrolinx is concerned about the potential lost revenue by subsidizing super long trips (to Niagara Falls for example, as was mentioned on the previous page), then they should look at setting weekend fares...

The 115 north of the split between 35/115 is built to 400-series standards, but yes everything south of that split is nowhere close, so it would be super confusing. If anything, what I'd like to see is the short stretch of RIRO between the split and the 407 interchange upgraded to 400-series...

Agreed. Highway 27 reminds me a lot of US highways throughout the states. That whole 'flipping back and forth between a freeway and a giant avenue' seems very American.

402 from Sarnia to the Freeman Interchange in Burlington, 410 from the 401 south to the QEW through Mississauga. That would then allow for the St. Thomas section to be the 403.

It's not to facilitate train-plane transfers, but rather to be able to build a segregated trans-border train facility within a new terminal that is being built anyway. It can be built properly from the ground up. Shoehorning such a segregated area into Union Station would be virtually impossible...

Really like Reece's ideas, and I've had many of the same thoughts. One of the things I'd like to see incorporated into a future Pearson Central is a dedicated platform for cross-border Amtrak trains. The idea would be that Amtrak trains to New York and Chicago would start their journey at...

With a one-stop subway extension, I think it definitely can be. I can't think of another outer 416 property (with the exception of Downsview) that has as much master plan-scale redevelopment potential as the Agincourt Yard. Also, I think it would be in the government's interests to basically...

The Agincourt site could always be a mix of commercial/industrial and residential. Determine the locations that need the most remediation, and remediate them to a standard whereby commercial could be placed on the site. The locations that need less remediation could go as residential. Also, as...

Thanks for the leg work on this! I was thinking something similar in terms of connections to and from CP's existing trackage. You'd have to figure that an intermodal facility with airside access, easy 407 access, and very low land acquisition costs would be quite attractive to CP. Not to mention...

The only way this airport makes sense to me in the short or medium term is as a consolidated GA airport, combining Buttonville and Oshawa, with some freight operations thrown in. If both the Buttonville and Oshawa sites can be redeveloped as part of this, then unlocking those two pretty massive...

Exactly. OL reaches Sheppard & Victoria Park, and one branch goes west to Dufferin, and the other goes east to McCowan or Malvern or Centennial College. Another route runs straight across Sheppard. Agreed. Light Metro would make future extensions more feasible, but if all that's being looked at...

Politically maybe, but I think the case could be made in terms of connectivity with the Finch West LRT at the west end at the Eglinton East LRT at the east end. This proposal though would create two entirely operationally independent subway routes in Downtown Toronto. Even in Midtown...

Personally, I see three viable options for rapid transit along Sheppard: Option 1: Heavy Rail Westward extension to the Spadina Line. My preference would be to have it interlined heading southbound, with the first common station being Wilson. The Spadina Line already short-turns some trains at...