The biggest benefit of this is that it shortens the distance that commuter trains from the north/east have to travel to get downtown. Currently these trains have to make a long journey around Mont Royal to terminate at Lucien L'Allier (Look at Line 15!!). This significantly reduces that distance.

I spent to much time on this not to share: a (not completely insane) proposal for a shared regional-rail/REM tunnel bisecting downtown Montreal. Here's a quick thread on why it could be so impactful. (1/)

I spent way too much time making this, but I have become slightly obsessed with this idea. If integrated with a new REM, you could save tons of money by using existing rail ROW (as the circle line and the western portion do), or even replace the disappointing Pie-IX BRT with elevated tracks.

I assume by "building" you are implicitly saying that Vancouver has been building a lot more recently than in the past, but that just isn't accurate. Also, the blog this chart is from does a good job breaking down a lot of faulty assumptions that Condon uses (doodles.mountainmath.ca/posts/2022-0...)

It’s giving no name brand

What LA is doing with public transit is super impressive! But if we are comparing Tor vs. LA, I think Toronto has them beat. Currently, just under construction, there's 3 brand new rail lines (38mi of track), two subway extensions (10mi of track), and two-way, all day service of their commuter rail.

Unfortunate back to back posts lol

Vaughan, Ontario: 2011 -> 2023

The level of urban, transit-oriented development that happened within a decade is absolutely insane. Went from an empty field, to having a subway station, a median running BRT line, and multiple high-rise developments.

If I had a nickel for every time a North American LRT system had two high-floor lines that share a common trunk through downtown, coloured Red and Blue, with a planned/constructed low-floor line that is coloured Green, I would have 15 cents. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened 3 times

Okay, the true answer here is Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. It has a *METRO* population of 20,340 and it still manages to have multiple high rise buildings.

Is there any running bet on what Eglington Crosstown LRT station will have the lowest ridership once it finally opens? It has to be Aga Khan station right? I mean this is some of the worst land use I have seen adjacent to a station, and it'll only be 300m from the actually useful Don Valley station.

I'm actually dying at what someone put on the Rogers Stadium Wikipedia page

I am v worried that the Port Lands will end up like Boston’s Seaport: both are new developments on the water beside the CBD on former industrial land. It ended up an incredibly soulless neighbourhood with no life, where people mostly drive. And unlike Toronto, at least Seaport has an underground BRT

Visiting Toronto this weekend and thought it would be fun to visit Bessarion Station and make a joke about how it doesn’t exist. But I was kind of shocked at how much development has been happening here?? Like this isn’t the middle of nowhere at all, this is turning into a full fledged neighborhood!