[McGillicuddy]

I do wonder if vending machines mean the TTC is giving up on the Cedarvale newsstand.

Given how retail leases usually work, and given how tight the margins are on subway newsstands, I have to imagine that, in an environment like Cedarvale (where there's only one retail unit), the tenant would demand a clause protecting their core business from competition within the station. (Covering stuff like soft drinks, candy, chips, periodicals, etc.)

In that sense, the vending machine may represent the TTC giving up on that lease: the space has been vacant for years, and they don't expect to fill it any time soon.

 

[JasonParis]

Although, the counter-argument may be, if they can't foresee it working at a busy interchange station, how can they foresee retail working anywhere currently?

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Just now on the 1978 concourse:

Vending machines! The yellow one dispenses candy.

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What? No hamburger or french fries vending machines at least?

 

[Mind_the_gap]

I wonder if that thick orange border is meant to signify that this station will be under Ontario Line construction for years. That to me is the only plausible reason for this update at Don Valley.

The TTC used orange for notices:

Source

Edit: Yea, GO does this too:

Source

 

[Steve X]

I do wonder if vending machines mean the TTC is giving up on the Cedarvale newsstand.

Given how retail leases usually work, and given how tight the margins are on subway newsstands, I have to imagine that, in an environment like Cedarvale (where there's only one retail unit), the tenant would demand a clause protecting their core business from competition within the station. (Covering stuff like soft drinks, candy, chips, periodicals, etc.)

In that sense, the vending machine may represent the TTC giving up on that lease: the space has been vacant for years, and they don't expect to fill it any time soon.

Those shops are closed in the evenings and expensive to staff. Plus a flash mob could have easily stole a lot of goods set out. We’ll likely see more automation services in the future.

 

[mr_content]

Those shops are closed in the evenings and expensive to staff. Plus a flash mob could have easily stole a lot of goods set out. We’ll likely see more automation services in the future.

A flash mob?? Isn't that the trend from like the early 2010s where a bunch of theatre kids try to go viral by performing some big routine in public?

 

[Amare]

I wonder if that thick orange border is meant to signify that this station will be under Ontario Line construction for years. That to me is the only plausible reason for this update at Don Valley.

The TTC used orange for notices:

Source

Edit: Yea, GO does this too:

Source

I can assure you, it's not the reason for Don Valley.

 

[WB62]

Routes through stations impacted by construction are marked by signs with an orange outline:

 

[Undead]

They’re like the corporate embodiment of Doug ford himself. Opaque, mistake-prone and stubborn as all hell.

Just like they were under all previous administrations.

 

[APTA-2048]

Will this be the big announcement?


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Apparently there is a media event planned for this week for the new GO Transit MCI fleet. I don’t know when for sure, but this could be it.

 

[Transportfan]

Although, the counter-argument may be, if they can't foresee it working at a busy interchange station, how can they foresee retail working anywhere currently?

VMC station has retail (a take out place) now:

Even the SmartVMC YRT terminal does:

The VMC complex is going big league!

 

[Johnny Au]

VMC station has retail (a take out place) now:

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Even the SmartVMC YRT terminal does:

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The VMC complex is going big league!

At least there are now places to dine while waiting for either the 20 or the 320 to go to Vaughan Mills or Canada's Wonderland.

 

[rdaner]

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[pleaseLRT]

It's December 2025 and we still have no idea when this Line is supposed to open. We don’t even know how RSD is going. Ridiculous

 

[McGillicuddy]

It's December 2025 and we still have no idea when this Line is supposed to open. We don’t even know how RSD is going. Ridiculous

Well. We kind of do, seeing as how they're on day 56 of a 30-day process.

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