... If that is the case, he is doing pretty well since he keeps on getting re-elected AND re-appointed as TTC chair! Conduct notwithstanding, you know exactly...
I saw a LOW FLYING JOKER doing push ups in the bus terminal! APRIL FOOLS Say what is that a token in his pockets? Oh no it's just a dime. (snicker) heh heh ...
... It must be Santa doing his pushup to get on the Lettermen show by doing one hour of pushup. You can tell it's him as he is wearing his hat. You will find...
MT will see the first Mississauga Ridership Growth Plan for it when it is to be presented to City Council in May for the first time. Will be real interesting...
An information booth is to be setup in the coming months to start promoting the BRT as well the proposed LRT for Hurontario. Mississauga is only responsible...
From today's Globe and Mail. You may want more subways, but people along the line don't necesaarily share your vision. ... Hooray for subway extensions?...
I don't understand why this wasn't expected. Very high density development has followed every subway line in the city (with the possible exception of some...
Exactly, it's a classic case of NIMBY. They built the Sheppard Line to nowhere, with no ridership and they did'nt expect development to grow up and around it...
Gord Perks wrote an article for Eye magazine on the York U extension: http://eye.net/eye/issue/issue_03.30.06/city/enviro.html He mentioned some interesting...
... wrong ms. boarder. if you are lucky, it is going to look like yonge street. unfortunately, it is actually going to look like los angeles. milton....
... but the difference in this case is that the newcomers are not using the subway that brought them there in the first place! not at sheppard/don mills, not...
... Bait and switch how? Aren't new residents taking the subway? Are they taking other routes to places that the subway doesn't serve? would the eventual...
I don't know what these people expect? Highrises out by the highways and people driving into the stations? Downtown does not have traffic because of the...
It's quite sad that they home owners did not expect high-rise development along the Sheppard line after it was built. These people though that the subway would...
... development ... that the ... don't realize ... we rather ... homes and ... Since the last year or so of Lastman's term condo developers have been getting...
Perhaps one reason why there is such high density development is that there are fewer stations along the route. There is also the issue about the subway not...
Dave, Are there documents, pictures, or plans involved? If so, you know we want to see them :-P Cheers, Moaz ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... They should be thrilled that it is not mid-rise development. The thing to remember about european midrise cities is that the mid-rise style of development...
I am shocked, SHOCKED, that politicians might have led people to believe one thing and do another. The salient point, Ned, is that it occurred after the...
I don't know about that, the people living around Bayview/Leslie and Sheppard are fairly well off and would be able to afford the best lawyers. The homes in...
... doing one hour of pushup. You can tell it's him as he is wearing his hat. ... pushup in the middle of the the bus with water on the floor, feet up on the...
... the bait and switch i described works like this: - sheppard is congested with buses, so they build a subway to relieve it - city zones sheppard for higher...
... line and ... But where is the bait and switch? I never actually heard anyone claiming the Sheppard line was built to relieve congestion. Also, I don't...
... the bait and switch is the developers using the subway to justify the density and then building car-friendly developments for car-owning and car-using...
... It seems funny to complain about the cost of building a subway into low density areas, and then to complain about the dramatic increases in density that...
<RicLeitch@...> wrote: Perhaps, most of these would be drivers. If so, hopefully increased service would offset any ridership lost due to the fare increase. ...
... of ... I think its been gone from that parking lot for several years already. Not sure where it went, but most likely to a scrap yard somewhere....
