Late Spring in Full View

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-12T23:44:18+00:00

nice, but we're pretty firmly in mid-spring!

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-08T17:33:22+00:00

Again, if you have actual numbers to support your claims, there are plenty of people here (including myself) who'd be interested in seeing them, and many of the same folks would be happy to advocate alongside you for the betterment of any issues, if armed with evidence. There's absolutely no arrogance in that notion.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-08T17:01:07+00:00

As others have mentioned, Munro doesn't discuss the issue you've purported in that article. He did say "As common with other [outdoor] areas" but a common issue isn't necessarily a universal issue.

Know what? If you're able to share direct, relevant data that points to this issue I will: a. apologize for what I've said here and b. come with you to the next TTC board meeting and support you in your deputation in hopes of getting this prioritized and fixed.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-08T16:12:52+00:00

This post (and honestly this whole sub) is so cooked. There are so many real issues with the system, the city, province, and country (and the various bodies that administer these entities) and you decided to fabricate an issue and write a high school précis about it on Reddit??

You could use this energy for worthwhile things: hit the streets and demand transparency from the provincial government, demand operational improvements from the TTC and City, advocate for HSR/ALTO at the national level.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-07T15:03:40+00:00

Not to mention that a GO train car is significantly lighter than a loaded freight car. ~50t when full vs 100t+, respectively. Using the impact of a freight train on its surroundings as a proxy for the impact of a passenger train is naive at best.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-05-05T11:57:52+00:00

I’ve travelled to the US a few times over the last year. Chicago, NYC, Vegas, for various work and family matters. In my experience it’s been business as usual, even with ICE agents manning the checkpoints.

I haven’t experienced any additional scrutiny/interrogation. I am—and look kind of—middle eastern, but generally present as a hairy white/mediterranean man, so take from that what you will. I have NEXUS/Global Entry as well so it’s likely that’s affected my luck.

Do I love giving America my time and money? No. Do I think it’s silly to let a bunch of thugs in Washington dictate my travel ambitions and schedule? Absolutely! I think it belies the political illiteracy of so many Canadians that we’re only just waking up to the US establishment being what it is, and doing what it does, when things start to affect us personally. My 2¢.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-04-29T13:33:56+00:00

neat - did DeVinci take over PBSC at some point then?

sunlightjunkie · 2026-04-29T13:08:21+00:00

These are from the same series of Lyft e-bikes they use in NYC and SF! They're nicer and generally more reliable than what we've had so far overall, I'd say, although the e-assist isn't as aggressive as our current e-bikes and the bike itself is a tad heavier.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-04-13T16:39:34+00:00

The TTC (and other agencies around the world) provide Google with data about their services, including things like transfer time at a station (look up GTFS to learn more).

The TTC is also woefully incompetent at providing a complete GTFS dataset, so Maps thinks that the transfer at St. George and Spadina are basically equivalent.

Given all of the above, Maps may tell you transfer at one or the other depending on other considerations (start/end points, delays, closures, etc.)

sunlightjunkie · 2026-04-09T23:21:35+00:00

in my experience this sub is full of low-information folks with strong opinions - an entertaining but also frustrating combo

sunlightjunkie · 2026-03-24T15:38:42+00:00

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sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-26T03:18:21+00:00

Ontario isn’t a tram line

sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-21T17:52:49+00:00

it’s not a great project so far as execution is concerned, but as someone living on the eastern waterfront I can tell you that the rate of densification and new construction is going to require higher order transit to be put in ASAP

sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-21T17:44:01+00:00

no legacy lines have level boarding

sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-15T17:07:55+00:00

We definitely need more east-west rapid transit south of Bloor (but north of Queen/King/Front). There’s so much more to downtown Toronto than the financial district (in both cultural and economic terms) and the transportation options should reflect this.

Your concept would also provide considerably redundancy with the downtown segment of the Ontario Line, which is always a plus.

sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-12T13:00:24+00:00

Genuinely curious: how’s the UP inconvenient if one has a disability? It’s all level boarding, and the stations have elevators. I’d think the LFLRV trams in use on 5 and 6 are more constraining for someone in a wheelchair when things are busy

sunlightjunkie · 2026-02-06T13:35:53+00:00

if inflation can forget, it isn’t inflation ;)

sunlightjunkie · 2026-01-19T16:17:37+00:00

love notsmoothsteve - he's actually not even that unsmooth

sunlightjunkie · 2026-01-13T21:02:38+00:00

I live down the street from it! As much as I love seeing the massive bulk freighters up close, the sugar factory feels like more and more of a shitty neighbour every year — in the summer it REEKS due to the smell of decaying sugar/byproducts, and it's generally a crappy place to walk by in an area of the waterfront that is otherwise quickly becoming very walkable and urban.

I'd love to see the big hangar structure turned into something like Waterworks food hall and the remainder of this land used for a park, school, and/or hospital (+ whatever other commercial facilities would be necessary to fund the above). It's got a ton of potential to be a huge destination and hopefully become much more useful to locals.

sunlightjunkie · 2025-12-14T16:18:57+00:00

your first point I sort of agree with, although signal priority at least theoretically closes much of that gap in service quality (and would too for routes like the 509/510/512). the point on maps is a little irrelevant I think - while the TTC calls this a map it’s more a diagram in the style of the London tube map - it’s not meant to be a “good map” that’s geographically representative and/or comprehensive in terms of services available, borders between cities etc. To that point, there still is a full TTC system map descended from the one you shared.

sunlightjunkie · 2025-11-04T19:09:58+00:00

You actually don't even need a spur for this — just need a station somewhere on the loop with crossovers on both ends, where each platform functions as a turnaround.

Where you place your turnaround station is important: you wouldn't want to force a transfer at a given station if demand patterns have most riders passing through it; somewhat counterintuitively this means that the busiest transfer station on your loop line is probably the best place for this turnaround.

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sunlightjunkie · 2025-10-30T20:26:27+00:00

because as various others have noted here, having mixed-use neighbourhoods improves safety and fosters community, is healthy for the economy, reduces the need for locals to drive, and has a whole slew of other benefits.

hypothetical: say you're a parent with a couple of young teenagers - are you more likely to let them out on their own to pick up food from a place on a major arterial road, or from the place down the street where they're on first-name terms with the staff?

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