The Toronto Subway: Episode 134

The news.

The

news.

Amtrak has reopened the East River Tunnel.

Woo! Yeah.

Thank you, Hurricane Sandy, for that one.

Oh, this is the one where they were operating on three tubes and all the New Yorkers were worried about train Carmageddon.

Pretty much.

Oh, nice.

So that's good.

Also, I want to say that APTA effed up the BART ridership.

Oh? Yeah,

APTA suggested that the average daily ridership in the first quarter of 2026 was $286,000, which is a pretty substantial inflation.

And it was actually, according to BART, something like $210,000.

Oh, that's a

subtle and big data error.

But BART is still growing at a pretty rapid clip, and I wanted to bring that up because it has had, as of March 2026, which is the last data that would be represented via APTA, 18% year-over-year increase in ridership.

Oh, that's good.

Sweet.

So apparently, like, the safety initiatives and, like, service improvements are, in fact, paying off.

Now what remains to be seen is if the California legislature will stifle this growth in the cradle by not, you know, funding BART.

Kill BART with hammers.

Abandon track and service at 2 p.m.

I believe the plan is nine.

Well,

The news.

The

news.

Amtrak has reopened the East River Tunnel.

Woo! Yeah.

Thank you, Hurricane Sandy, for that one.

Oh, this is the one where they were operating on three tubes and all the New Yorkers were worried about train Carmageddon.

Pretty much.

Oh, nice.

So that's good.

Also, I want to say that APTA effed up the BART ridership.

Oh? Yeah,

APTA suggested that the average daily ridership in the first quarter of 2026 was $286,000, which is a pretty substantial inflation.

And it was actually, according to BART, something like $210,000.

Oh, that's a

subtle and big data error.

But BART is still growing at a pretty rapid clip, and I wanted to bring that up because it has had, as of March 2026, which is the last data that would be represented via APTA, 18% year-over-year increase in ridership.

Oh, that's good.

Sweet.

So apparently, like, the safety initiatives and, like, service improvements are, in fact, paying off.

Now what remains to be seen is if the California legislature will stifle this growth in the cradle by not, you know, funding BART.

Kill BART with hammers.

Abandon track and service at 2 p.m.

I believe the plan is nine.

Well,