On Steeles in Brampton, the roads are sufficiently congested that the cops would prefer cruising down the bus lanes where possible. The prospect of a police cruiser bearing down on you in a marked bus lane is enough to discourage a lot of people. HOV lanes are indeed practically pointless, on...

A little bird showed me a proposal to Brampton Transit on how to include over 150k growth service hours in the 2024 budget, and deliver at least 100k growth service hours, so let us see what Brampton Transit does

A revised version of this project is headed to the Planning & Development meeting for October 23rd. Changes include it being 29 storeys (was 25), 330 units (was 242), and includes ground floor commercial instead of townhouses (which the Planning department justly insisted on). Other notable...

I find this project unfortunate because it is both too small, and in the wrong location. The transit access for this site is poor, which is quite regrettable when the project is to serve the poor, who cannot afford cars.

the cost of the deluxe thermoplastic red paint from Sheridan College to Bramalea GO is less than they spent on the current batch of Main Street LRT extension studies. There is no such thing as too idiot proof for Brampton drivers. Red paint makes it clearer, and make sure cops know they are free...

The Kennedy Road MTSA needs a full precinct plan given the level of intensity appropriate for the area. With it being the intersection of the future Queen Street BRT and future Kennedy Road Zum lines, the area can support a level of intensification on par with the actual downtown.

The long term plan for the Steeles BRT is having Lisgar GO as the western anchor, and Humber College as the eastern anchor. In the end, that means the line will connect 2 GO Lines (Milton at Lisgar, and Kitchener at Bramalea GO), two colleges (Sheridan and Humber), and two LRT lines (Hurontario...

On the one hand it is technically very easy, and on the other hand it is quite hard, because while BT would like it as an interim measure, the Region of Peel which fully owns the road does not want to add just bus lanes. Bus lanes can be a very useful interim measure, because they can be...

The stepbacks aren't about placating homeowners, it is about the City of Brampton requiring 45 degree angular planes from every angle

It is effectively impossible for Caledon to create a functional transit system on its own due to the shape of the whitebelt, and as such, it is necessary for transit service in Caledon to be contracted to Brampton Transit. Bolton will likely get significantly better service once the third...

The City of Brampton is absolutely committed to Steeles being a BRT, at least from Hurontario to Humber College, and is so committed to it, that is prepared to not only fund the Initial Business Case for a Steeles BRT, it is also weighing an equivalent of Dundas Connects for the core section of it.

Here is a more detailed transit list provided by Sylvia (from AMO)

The City's AMO report shows they wish to reduce the life span of articulated buses from 18 years to 12 years starting in 2024. The AMO report also showed they intend to spend $12 million for bringing Big Data to Brampton Transit.

Then the buildings wouldn't get built, because they would not pencil out. Floor plate rules need to be addressed, in addition to minimum elevator ratios.

You can thank Brampton's floor plate restrictions. The floor plate restrictions result in developers under building the number of elevators needed, in order to get enough usable floor space to make the building penciled out.

It will be interesting to see whether the third MSF being increasingly unlikely to open until 2027, results in 24/7 service being accelerated in order to have space for all the buses. I wonder if Sylvia badgering them into evaluating a ground source heat pump is a cause of the delays.

Brampton Transit is internally working on the assumption that the 502 Züm buses freed up by the LRT opening will not be open until at least later in 2025, as those are needed to launch the 504 Chinguacousy Züm. Now, this could mean the launch of the Hurontario LRT is significantly delayed, or...

Brampton Transit has recently increased their training class size from 12 to 20 to try to train operators fast enough. They are currently working on decreasing mandatory overtime which is costing them a pretty penny, that's where a number of the new operators are going. Expect frequent schedule...

Bramalea City Centre redevelopment better include a sizeable amount of office space with it to turn it into a new CBD.

This development is so comically tall that even More Neighbours Toronto people find it excessively tall, it should be more like 40 storeys to keep it in line with the Bramalea City Centre redevelopment