More letters from readers. I’m posting Scarborough RT feedbacks in a separate thread now because the original one was getting rather long. Continue reading
A Grand Plan
The Scarborough RT, LRT Plans and a Star Editorial
Today’s Toronto Star contains an editorial endorsing the use of LRT as the technology to replace the existing RT. Here is the full text [I am posting it here as it will disappear from the paper’s website in a week or so]. Continue reading
Reader Comments: A Mixed Bag For the End of April
The responses to the RT issue have kept me busy, and now it’s time to deal with the backlog of mail again. Continue reading
From the Archives: The Scarborough LRT — What Might Have Been
Back in April 1977, the TTC and the Metro Toronto Planning Department produced a feasibility study for a Scarborough LRT line. I’m not going into all of the details as it’s too sad to contemplate the missed opportunity. Queen’s Park wanted to show off their toy trains, and the chance for a suburban transit network was lost for decades, maybe forever.
Here’s just a taste.
What Shall We Do With The Scarborough RT?
Last night (April 24), the TTC and City Planning held a public workshop at Scarborough City Hall. They presented the results of the technical analysis of what to do when the current fleet of RT cars wears out in 2015. I am not going to reprise the entire presentation, and you can look at the presentation here. Note that some of my comments here come from oral presentation and discussion, not from the document itself. Continue reading
Wye Didn’t Subway Integration Work? A Look Back at Subway Operations
The recent 40th anniversary of the Bloor-Danforth Subway brings up another piece of TTC history: the integrated operation of the Bloor-Danforth and Yonge-University lines. Continue reading
A Grand Set of Comments
Herewith a batch of reader comments about A Grand Plan and related topics, and my replies: Continue reading
More Reader Comments
Herewith a bunch of comments on vaguely related subjects. If yours isn’t here, fear not, I really am trying to catch up! Continue reading
LRT and Subway Capacity — Sheppard, Spadina and Afar
Reactions to posts about LRT schemes, the Spadina extension and the Sheppard subway line are starting to pile up, and so it’s time for a compendium reply. Continue reading
A Question of Density, Indeed
My thanks to Greg Mckhool for reminding me that I needed to write something about this:
There is a misleading comment in the Dr. Gridlock column of today’s (Apr. 3) Globe and Mail by the TTC’s Tom Middlebrook that needs to be highlighted.
He tries to justify extending the subway to Vaughan’s “field of dreams” by saying that Toronto’s downtown didn’t look like it does today when the Yonge subway was built. Technically that’s true, but there certainly was a downtown there, and transit ridership along Yonge was substantial. He should know better…
You can find Jeff Gray’s column (Dr. Gridlock) here. Continue reading
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