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21 Jul 2008The other day, I received in the mail a notice of public consultation for the proposed Etobicoke-Finch West Light Rail Transit. Light Rail Transit picked my interest, but soon afterwards I realized they’re talking about streetcars. The rational for moving to streetcars from buses isn’t well defined apart from the fact that they run on [...]
In: Construction
31 Mar 2008When is a building too tall? Dubai Tower, currently the world’s tallest building, is still under construction but the projection is for the final height to be 2,300 ft with 160 storeys (already impressive given that Toronto’s CN Tower, the previous world’s tallest free-standing structure was just 1,815 ft). Now word comes that Saudi Arabia [...]