A batch of reader comments on the technology debates. Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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.

SLRT Study Extract

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 →