Future-TTC
Via the map room and the torontoist (where full-sized versions are found) come two imaginary maps of the future of Toronto transit. The first is by U of T professor Dieter Janssen and is a vision of the year 2030, generated to produce debate. It does include some obviously needed features like a subway link to the airport (d'uh... hello people!... this is not rocket science... people need to get to and from the airport and if we want to pretend we are a city of the world, this is a necessity) and a link to York University (because the dearth of transit options for York is simply cruel). It has better service to the 'burbs which would hopefully get the 905ers off of the roads. It logically ties lines together, rather than our current Mel Lastman-era RT to nowhere.* Otherwise, I am not so sure about his choices. They do not seem to be tied to traffic. The red line is just weird. Generating debate however is a great idea.
Now for the real pie-in-the-sky version by Ryan Felix - a fantasy version for the year 2050:
With 16 lines, it goes everywhere. Follow this link to see the full map.
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In other unrelated news, the geophysics cleaning lady** wants to know why I have returned so soon from vacation. Now I have explained I was away for work she is tsk-tsking and I have had to promise to take vacation in August. PEI, here we come.
I might go to Victoria in a few weeks. So much to do, I cannot go sooner. Anyone want to help with cutting electro-optical cable? What if I pretend this is not a plea for volunteer slave labour and say it is all gee-whiz cool science stuff?
I can hear the crickets now.
Slaves Volunteers will get free refreshments upon completion of this endeavour.
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*My apologies to Scarborough.
**M is a tiny, thoughtful person, with a great sense of humour, who keeps all our plants alive, and who makes me want to speak Portuguese, because if she is this funny in broken English and mime, she must be hysterical in her mother tongue. Her impersonation of N, who is almost a foot and half taller than her, is amazing.
Now for the real pie-in-the-sky version by Ryan Felix - a fantasy version for the year 2050:
With 16 lines, it goes everywhere. Follow this link to see the full map.
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In other unrelated news, the geophysics cleaning lady** wants to know why I have returned so soon from vacation. Now I have explained I was away for work she is tsk-tsking and I have had to promise to take vacation in August. PEI, here we come.
I might go to Victoria in a few weeks. So much to do, I cannot go sooner. Anyone want to help with cutting electro-optical cable? What if I pretend this is not a plea for volunteer slave labour and say it is all gee-whiz cool science stuff?
I can hear the crickets now.
Slaves Volunteers will get free refreshments upon completion of this endeavour.
_______________________________________________________
*My apologies to Scarborough.
**M is a tiny, thoughtful person, with a great sense of humour, who keeps all our plants alive, and who makes me want to speak Portuguese, because if she is this funny in broken English and mime, she must be hysterical in her mother tongue. Her impersonation of N, who is almost a foot and half taller than her, is amazing.