It maybe something more significant. The Minister of Ed is from Miss as stated so she maybe there strictly for the photo-op. There is an election coming soon so i don't think she would want to miss it regardless if it is under her jurisdiction or not.

^^^ You are quite right, I stand corrected.

This is great news because if it's Alstom then it will probably deploy the Xtrapolis which, except for Paris RER, is almost exclusively single level trains like Melbourne Metro.

Some good news for the East BRT section which is to begin construction early next year. After years of negotiations it looks like the city has {if not officially} given the go-ahead for the huge redevelopment at the old London Psychiatric Grounds. Finally there are demolition trucks on-site to...

Isn't the Ottawa portion of the GO expansion part of the recovery act? It's aim is to get transit up and running as fast as possible with a clear deadline............2027. All projects that were granted funds must be COMPLETED by 2027 or they forfeit the money. This makes me think that all the...

London made the right choice going for BRT and not LRT. London is not a linear city like KWC and hence has commuters from all directions and only BRT would be able to serve these residents within any form of reasonable budget. I think the city dodged a bullet by not following this LRT mantra...

So if built, will it have to include an "underground" station at Spadina? If the City couldn't build RDP because the courts said the developers owned the land then could ML & the City not basically blackmail these same developers by stating that we are not going to give you permits to built...

ML will never get involved in LT nor should it. GO will hopefully develop a commuter bus/rail type system for London but even that could be problematic if they decide to put Torontonians in charge of it instead of Londoners. We see how this has worked with it's GO "service" to London. It is...

That is where GO should get involved. It not just that the City of London is the fastest growing major city in the Province {take that KW!!!} but also it suburban ring cities are also growing very fast such as St.Thomas, Strathroy, Ingersol, Tilsonburg, and Woodstock. There is already a small...

The only difference between ST and GO is that people would actually use ST because it would be a TTC fare and nobody will take the GO.

There is an new alternative that satisfies both the needs of easy passenger flow and higher capacity double decker for longer distance riders................The new Paris RER NG {new generation} Alstom trains. They are fully articulated trains but every other car is completely single level...

Anyway, back to the electrification............................ With Reece's video it looks like trains will be EMUs although single or double level is up for debate. This is great news because they won't be electric locomotives. To have elect loco would be a stupid idea but one I was afraid ML...

"Logically" you are quite right as in off-peak times of the day, the chances of the train being packed is quite low. Unfortunately, people don't act logically. When people are in the subway for only a couple of stops, they often do not sit down even if there is a seat. Most just stand and...

Good news, the Queen Street section of the Downtown Loop and the first portion of the Eastern Leg will begin construction very soon. This will be far less problematic than the downtown King section because there is very little retail or commercial along either of those routes. The city wants...

Double decker is great for commuter trains where you have very high volumes and they drop 90% of their passenger on/off at one station ie Union. For RER however, it's raison d'etre is to be a regional connector which means taking people from one region to another which automatically means...

Hydrogen would be a mistake for GO RER although for longer distance GO commuter trains it could be very useful over the long-term but not yet. In regard's to Reece's video, I hope this doesn't mean GO RER will be getting bi-levels. It would be a very poor choice but not unexpected.

I am excited about London's BRT. This is not some fuzzy proposal but a system that is already under construction. A good part of the "Downtown Loop" is already done and it is essential to get built before the other sections come online. People lament not getting a line to Western and yes that...

Just because a city has a rail system doesn't mean it has a good transit system. Rail also does not equate to better service or faster speeds. Torontonians are about to discover that when Eglinton & Finch LRTs open up and they find that they aren't moving any faster than the bus they replaced...

Luckily London didn't go with the "look Mom, I have LRT too!" mantra that many cities have which is usually based upon penis envy than sound transit planning. Anyway, the LRT debate is over and even if London were to get a cool billion for one, it would still never fly. Western doesn't want...

The London BRT will be a true BRT and not just a few cue-jumpers. All the stations will be large and well lit, have level boarding, real-time next time arrivals, and ticket machines allowing all door enter/exit. The bus lanes will be 100% bus-only lanes and signal priority. The buses...