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Tag Archives: Transit
Subways don’t always last 100 years
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford liked to claim that subways would last one hundred years, while other “inferior” forms of transit, like light rail systems, would last only thirty. At the time, Ford was pushing for a subway extension to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Infrastructure, Transit, Travels
Tagged Cincinnati, Newark, Rochester, Subway, Transit
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Some answered questions about Toronto’s next subway extension (updated)
York University Station, August 2017 Updated October 10, 2017 Ten months ago, I wrote about some of the unanswered questions about the Toronto Transit Commission’s Line 1 subway extension to York University and Vaughan. At the time, I was concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit
Tagged Brampton, Fares, GO Transit, Metrolinx, SmartTrack, Subway, Transfers, Transit, TTC, Vaughan, York University, YRT
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The streetcar returns to Detroit – but who benefits?
After sixty-one years, streetcars have returned to Detroit’s famed Woodward Avenue. But without integration with other transit systems, its usefulness is limited. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit, Travels
Tagged Detroit, Development, QLine, Streetcar, Streetcars, Transit, Travels, Woodward Avenue
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They call this a “SmartCentre”
The word “smart,” like many buzzwords, is thrown around a lot, to the point that it has lost meaning. SmartTrack, for instance, might have been a catchy name for a transit plan, but in the end, it didn’t turn out … Continue reading
Posted in Transit, Urban Planning, Walking
Tagged Big Box, Bus, Bus stop, Power Centre, Shopping, SmartCentres, St. Catharines, Suburbs, Transit
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Hallam Street and the Harbord Streetcar
Hallam Street looking east from Dufferin Street, January 2017 Hallam Street, which runs east-west from Shaw to Dufferin, north of Bloor Street, is unusually wide for such a quiet, short road. Hallam Street doesn’t provide a convenient thoroughfare for motorists, and … Continue reading
Mapping Toronto’s streetcar network: The age of electric – 1891 to 1921
TRC streetcars on Queen Street, c. 1910. Note the old TSR horsecars used as trailers behind the electric cars. City of Toronto Archives, Series 1465, File 722, Item 18 This post continues from The Horsecar Era: 1861 to 1891 In … Continue reading
Posted in History, Maps, Toronto, Transit
Tagged History, Maps, Streetcars, Toronto, Toronto Civic Railway, Toronto Railway Company, Toronto Suburban Railway, Transit, TRC, TTC
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Suburban stations for urban needs: accessing GO Transit’s proposed new stations
GO Transit train from the Pape Avenue footbridge, near the proposed site of Gerrard Station At its last board meeting on December 8, Metrolinx presented an update on the status of twelve new GO Transit rail stations, all located on … Continue reading
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Tagged GO Transit, Metrolinx, SmartTrack, Spacing, Toronto, Transfers, Transit
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