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The shininess on the white panels is due to the plastic wrapping, but even without the wrapping, they’re still fairly reflective. Also...
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North Central/North was viewed as decades off then. Probably what will actually be accomplished, about 10-15 years from now to get to 64th.
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He specifically campaigned on this with his initial run back in 2010 if I recall, with the slogan of "because that is where the people...
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So in otherwords, what the professional transit planners had been planning for decades until Naheed Nenshi decided he knew better. And...
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My apologies, I don't understand what breaking trains means.
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Politics (Waterloo and area are or were at the time swing ridings federally and provincially) and redevelopment - Ion is basically the...
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That's great into, thanks for all that! The lack of randomness thing actually makes a lot of sense. Do you know how skytrain has dealt...
Apr 26, 2026
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They didn’t have a preference to drive GHGs as low as possible counting on electric switch heaters. KW is also relatively low capacity...
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I believe so. Other more expensive solutions could be used like a wider bore or parallel tunnel to contain a lot more evacuation and...
Apr 26, 2026
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The capacity is slightly less for the length. Each car being longer leaves less interior space lost to cabs and couplers, but the low...
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Just came across this video from just a few weeks ago. Pretty good summary with a bunch of neat ideas/suggestions (though some probably...
Apr 26, 2026
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underground to get into the median of Centre makes sense given the elevation change. The crossing at grade onto Centre seemed like a...
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It's not about out of sight, out of mind. It's about the best way to use the space and avoiding conflicts with major intersections. You...
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It isn't that they hated underground, it is that the city never found a way/was unwilling to mitigate risk besides throwing more money...
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