Toronto's Waterfront Transit Future With Reece Martin & David Cooper 

Well done TT. Another great watch. I hope in the near future we get the funding to get the WELRT going. Even if its the ground portion (for now) which should be quicker to build and get in service.

Amazing videos and a great video! Yes this is a must for that area to be built with transit already there as the residential parts are added. The new residents would use transit as it'd be there right away. I'd love to meet you some day. 😀

Yes yes yes! More people need to see this video.

WELRT is a much needed project that will connect this new neighbourhood with the rest of the waterfront and Union station, but in my opinion, not planning for a future Cherry station on the Ontario Line is possibly the biggest transit planning mistake Toronto has made in a long time, and the city will regret it deeply once the Portlands and Villiers island are getting built out... Here's hoping cherry will one day be the transit node it deserves to be!

Yes!!!!! Especially when the Gardiner is right next door, the waterfront REALLY needs to be as transit oriented and walkable/bikeable as possible. This should be a top priority for everyone, including non transit users and those who drive from the suburbs.

Wow you managed to talk to David Cooper and Reece Martin!! 👏👏👏

This city fucks everything up! Cheap housing and public transit should be their number 1 priority!

Toronto (and Ontario) needs to ratify and implement the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. Rail vehicles (includes trams, streetcars, and light rail vehicles) have the right-of-way on carriageways or roadways, if there is no separate right-of-way. That includes signalized intersections or unsignalized intersections. Some jurisdictions use reminder "YIELD TO TRAMS" signs to show who has the right-of-way.

It is very cool you are examining these issues.

Nice video! we indeed need streetcar along the waterfront east ASAP!

I don’t see the connection to Union being a game breaker. I think it should be dropped IMHO given the cost it will bring. Not all trips will be to Union - shocker I know. The 5 minute indoor walk via PATH access to Union is doable for those looking to access Union. Connecting to Line 3 (ON Line) makes more sense, as described. What doesn’t get talked about is a *western* extension of the Waterfront LRT from the Exhibition. As it stands, there’s total gridlock in the west end trying to get between Bathurst & High Park area as streetcars have to share the right of way with cars: being able to have a dedicated right of way for trams would be a game changer - for King West, Liberty Village, Parkdale, and shaving time off connections to parts beyond in Etobicoke. I see the 504 and 509 cars could be routed along a new “Waterfront” right of way”. 501 cars could still run “local” along Queen Street…tho looking at a dedicated right of way is something to consider there too.

We have waterloo regional lrt ,developing around it

Montreal is considering streetcars in their most recent plan but I hope they don't go that route.

Eastern waterfront is weird and scary past parliament. There is a big construction area blocking everything off, looks industrial and deserted, there is no stores, no good street lighting, etc. That construction site needs to be gone.

I would fire the whole team and higher top of the list urban planner from Europe to transform our public transit system and roads. Over 50 years they only followed poor ideas from the worst city, Houston, Los Angelos and Dallas plus others. Highways are a disaster, paying $700K for adding more traffic lights only adds more guess what, traffic. It is horrendous and loath driving in Southern Ontario. It is pathetic and not a world class in anything we do. Including our Soviet-chic architecture!

cheaper and faster with 3 section electric busses.

Just no. Studies have show that in North American cities people would still rather drive, as opposed to be crammed on street cars. Bicycle lanes and street car right of ways just make traffic worse and make for an even more congested city. We need more subways, not surface transport.

It's all wonderful until you get an idiot yelling and attacking fellow passengers. That is what holds Toronto back from being a world-class city.