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It's very interesting to see this from across the pond - some bus manufacturers here are going from strength to strength with the growth in BEB and FCEB in Europe. But when London's fleet is nearly 9,000 buses (about 1,400 now electric), Paris is around 5,000 ... it's just a completely...

He's certainly more of a centre-left, pragmatic figure yes. Some (moi) might argue that the policy proposals are sometimes Tory-lite or don't go far enough - whereas others would point to the UK's dire economic situation and lack of money. Steadying the ship and driving growth may be more...

All of the planning stuff has a direct impact on my job as an urban planner - noting that where I work, we're already planning for ~50,000 new homes in the next ten years, in a borough of about 350,000 and 36km2. The thing that is holding up new homes for us - is the lack of infrastructure to...

Basically the Conservatives got rid of housing targets, so lots of places went "yay, we don't want development, so no target means we can't be forced to build!" A more YIMBY attitude has to be a good thing - the Conservatives blocked TfL building apartment on a car park adjacent to a Tube...

Well I was more delighted to see Sunak go than joy at Keir Starmer winning ... Some of Labour's "Tory-lite" positions and their LGBTQ+ policies are not good enough - but I look forward to seeing how they will govern. I think Starmer is going to be a better administrator than he is a politician...

On the contrary, broadcasters love live events like the Olympics and the World Cup because it is "live" - Appointment television! Rights deals have are in place until 2032 in both the US (NBC) and Europe (EBU and Warner Bros Discovery)...

I've always thought a GTHA bid for the Games has real potential - especially with the IOCs new approach of "if you don't need a venue, don't build one". LA 2028 will have the canoe whitewater and softball at existing venues in Oklahoma City! If LA approach of hosting the Games without recourse...

Oh yeah, it's just disappointing when this happens. Same with the "unwillingness to spend a little extra money now to save money in the future" and when value engineering goes too far...

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It's the same with Gordie Howe International Bridge. Construction cost is $3.8 billion, but the contract includes construction, operation and maintenance over a 30 year period - and is therefore $5.7 billion. Is it wrong to say that the bridge will cost $5.7bn to build? Yes.

+ve - his part in not letting the TTC completely collapse in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not solely his responsibility I'm sure, but certainly a challenging time to run a transit organisation. -ve - Poor communication from the top of the organisation - the radio silence about the ATC...

Hu fucking rah. I'd be trying to steal Randy Clarke from WMATA personally - he's done an excellent job at turning the system around in the last few years.

Yep, interlining is overrated - if lines are frequent and transfers are easy, of course.

Given the timeframe of the Downsview developments, I could easily see it becoming a cheap and easy construction staging area for the western section. Furthermore, extending Wilson Yard is definitely the cheapest yard option for the extension - I think I'd prefer a cut and cover construction...

Really interesting - my experience in the UK is that manufacturers of buses/trains now see long-term maintenance contracts as another source of income. Without naming a particular rolling stock manufacturer, having a much lower purchase price but linking the price to a maintenance contract that...

To add my two cents - is Toronto a "world class" city or not? Because if it is, it can handle some closed roads for events like every other "world class" city around the world that manages to host things like marathons, cycling races, festivals and protests! Even car-centric LA can have a...

Because bus lanes can be installed in a few weeks and building LRT takes years. Perfection is the enemy of good.

Well, the bit of EXO replaced by the REM isn't open yet... The Mont Royal tunnel has been shut since May 2020. In the long term, it may cause issues for high speed rail to access Quebec City from Montreal - Alstom's 2022 HFR presentation shows a time wasting reversal in and out of Montreal...

If anything that might take even longer - systems are so integrated that it would be very difficult to do this. Also, the "remaining complications" are relatively minor, we can wait. It's not Seattle, where a large section of their under construction Line 2 is being rebuilt before it even opens...

Another emergency TTC meeting appears...