Category Archives: Scarborough RT/LRT

A Few Delicate Questions About The Scarborough Subway (Updated)

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Steve

Updated May 7, 2013 at 9:30 am:  The TTC has confirmed that the January 2013 cost estimate for the Scarborough LRT includes a $500m provision for a carhouse and yard.  As previously discussed in this article, the yard is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Scarborough RT/LRT, Subways, Transit | 54 Comments

TTC Meeting Preview: February 25, 2013 (Update 2)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Steve

Update 2 on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 10:00 am: Additional information from presentations and debates at the Commission meeting has be added to this article. The Toronto Transit Commission will meet on Monday February 25, 2013.  This month’s agenda … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Bus Technology, Finance, New Subway Cars, Scarborough RT/LRT, Service Cost and Quality, Spadina Subway, Transit | 20 Comments

TTC Meeting January 21, 2013 (Updated)

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Steve

This month’s TTC board meeting has a rather thin agenda.  Whether that will lead to a short meeting is another matter. Updated January 22, 2013 at 8:30 am:  Results of the meeting have been added to this article.

Posted in Accessibility, Finance, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Spadina Car, Transit, Union Station, Waterfront | 36 Comments

Resurrecting the Scarborough Subway

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Steve

The coming TTC meeting agenda (which I will review in a separate article) includes a report on the technology choice for the Sheppard East and Scarborough RT lines.  No, TTC staff are not having second thoughts (it’s not their decision … Continue reading →

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Forty Years On, Still Waiting For a Suburban LRT Network

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Steve

Forty years ago today, the TTC decided to retain its streetcar system. My comments are on the Torontist website.

Posted in A Grand Plan, Looking Back, Scarborough RT/LRT, Transit, Urban Affairs | 25 Comments

TTC Madness: A Subway for Everyone

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Steve

Today’s meeting of the transit commission was expected to be a modest affair with approval of the Downtown Relief Line study’s recommendations, and a few other housekeeping items.  What happened was a complete upending of the transit expansion policies we … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Downtown Relief Line, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Sheppard Subway, Subways, Transit | 59 Comments

Metrolinx Dumps TTC as LRT Partner (Maybe)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Steve

Updated October 4, 2012 at 9:20 am: Mr reaction to the announcement yesterday that TTC would remain as “operator” of the LRT lines is on the Torontoist website. Although the TTC sees this as a “good news” story, I am … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Finance, Finch West LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit | 86 Comments

CLRVs Visit Boston

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Steve

Back in 1980, the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) had suffered the demise of their planned magnetic levitation train system in Toronto, and the “Intermediate Capacity Transit System” (ICTS) we know as the Scarborough RT had not yet been foisted … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond 416, Scarborough RT/LRT, Transit, Vehicles | 19 Comments

How Long Will Rebuilding The SRT Take?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Steve

When OneCity was announced with much, if short-lived, fanfare back in June, the centrepiece of the scheme was a proposal for a Scarborough Subway.  Toronto could have a full-blown subway to the heart of Scarborough at a small price, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Scarborough RT/LRT, Transit | 17 Comments

The Fate of OneCity (Updated)

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Steve

Several postmortems have appeared on blogs about the supposed death of OneCity and what might follow: Updated July 19, 2012 at 7:00 am: A transit debate full of sound and fury, signifying … something? by Edward Keenan on The Grid … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Finance, GO Transit, Scarborough RT/LRT, Subways, Transit, Waterfront | 37 Comments