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Day: November 9, 2007

November 9, 2007 by Steve

Kipling & Islington Station Renos

Sean Marshall has a good article over at spacing about the planned changes at Kipling and Islington Stations.  There’s a good thread of comments too.

One other item of note, in next week’s TTC agenda, is the planned transfer of responsibility for building the new terminal from TTC to GO Transit. 

Posted in Subways, Transit | 4 Comments
November 9, 2007 by Steve

The Evolution of a Streetcar Specification

Updated November 9, 2007:  Today’s Globe and Mail contains an article by Jeff Gray describing the objections by one potential bidder, Vossloh Kiepe, to the 100% low floor specification in the soon-to-be-released Request For Proposals for new cars.

My original post and reader comments follow below.

Continue reading →

Posted in Streetcars, Transit | 22 Comments

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