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Nothing about the current collpase in housing starts is shocking to me

For years people warned cities not to cook the golden goose with high DCs and onerous application processes because they needed the eggs not the meat!

All the meat is eaten, the feast is over, and now we suffer empty stomaches

dd

LET'S GO JAYSSS

didn't burnaby recently downzone laneway permittance city wide?

oh true!

torre velasca in milan viewed from the top of the duomo

just learned about the Torre Velasca in Milan and I'm obsessed

remembered my bsky login

First look: New station designs for Yonge North Subway Extension New artist’s renderings shared as procurement launches for the project’s final major contract.

you can find the publication here! which also includes the conceptual rendering for Royal Orchard which I didn't include because it looks incredibly similar to the Clark render.
www.metrolinx.com/en/news/firs...

Map showing the route from Finch Station to Richmond Hill with five new stations at Steeles, Clark, Royal Orchard, Bridge, and High Tech (Metrolinx image)

this extension is a very big deal for me because Richmond Hill is my hometown! I've heard this project discussed my whole life and seen physical progress on connecting projects (viva brt) as I've grown!

It's very cool to finally see renders as well as early works at finch.

conceptual rendering of high tech station platform

conceptual rendering of bridge station (langstaff go interchange)

conceptual rendering of steeles station building exterior

conceptual rendering of clark station mezzanine

Metrolinx has officially released the first conceptual renderings of the Yonge North Subway Extension (YNSE) to Richmond Hill!

Stations include High Tech (1), Bridge/Langstaff GO (2), Steeles (3), Royal Orchard, and Clark (4).

this capitulation is so unacceptable and just furthers the reality that transit riders and lower income folks are depriotized. 'sufferin dufferin' continues I guess, all do that a few more cars can congest neighbourhoods.

Thinking about all wasted money, time, and resources designing + engineering the bus lane/road layouts north of Bloor only to completely throw them in the trash.

Are we not going to at least do peak hour HOV lanes?? Meet in the middle like the opposition wanted? Have parking & deliveries off peak?

well the benefit of electification is that it allows for better acceleration and deceleration so more stops doesn't affect that

hey if you decide to extend your visit a bit you can come visit me in Kingston then too!

I'm talking about Danforth GO to Scarborough GO, the subway isn't in discussion at all here.

this seems like a harder thing to subconsciously blame on the government than food delivery (which is sort of just lumped in with food costs overall)

5 minutes to go there and back? wouldn't that make it 10 minutes

the issue is that this adds much more time and distance to anyone going from northern scarborough/markham towards Durham. If GO is to be a true regional agency it cannot continue to be so old Toronto centric with decisions and omissions like these.

well there's certainly no room for something like that in the current Metrolinx leadership unfortunately

wouldn't they have to multitrack it anyways to accommodate higher frequencies as part of the expansion?

but wouldn't this still apply to other projects? the Ontario line seeks uniquely expensive on this front

at that point just make it another entrance 😭

I can't support this August...

SUMMER IN TORONTO IS THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH THOUGH WDYM???

Whitney Tilson somehow even being listed is pretty indicative of the kinds of people who gamble on these sites lol

does anyone know why the Ontario line, despite making several easy decisions to make construction much cheaper (such as elevated stations like this) is somehow still the most expensive subway we've ever built?

is this your new name

hii els

yeah I'll send it to you when the next issue gets published soon

oh wopps frogor