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To: TobagoJack who wrote (97657)	1/10/2013 8:51:32 PM
From: Canuck Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218131

How exciting these days to be Chinese! Meanwhile, Amerika wrings it's hands unwilling to embark on the simplest of intelligent discussions for reducing gun violence. Jon Stewart had the most poignant rant on this on Tuesday after the latest disaster. Maybe someone will one day will look over all these projects and blog (with apologies to JK)... Whither goest thou, China? Whither goest thou, In thy shiny white train in the night? CD

To: TobagoJack who wrote (97657)	1/10/2013 11:07:33 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218131

sigh.. in 25 years of living in Toronto with its transit system billed as The Better Way (LOUD GUFFAW) I have seen 4 new subway stations built (which really don't go anywhere useful BTW) now we dither... halt construction because of stupid politics.. and they are not bona fide subways.. as they are indor / outdoor cause traffic congestion where they emerge traveling at ground level.. and divide the city.. How many kms and stations did you get for 1.7 billion ? The existing Sheppard subway was criticized at the time for its high cost relative to previous projects. The 5.5km line opened in 2002 and cost less than $1 billion including a complex interchange at Yonge. Rob Ford’s recently proposed plan to complete the line from Downsview to Scarborough Centre would add 12.7 km of tunnel for a cost estimated by the TTC at $4.7 billion. That is an increase from $172 million per kilometre on the original project to $370 million projected for the current extension project, not including the seemingly inevitable escalations once detailed planning and construction begin. If subway construction costs had been held to CPI inflation, construction today should cost $221 million per kilometre. urbantoronto.ca