It isn't just you, in summer 2020, in the middle of a pandemic, when the Board of Trade conducted a survey of businesses, they were more concerned about transportation than COVID, especially transportation within Brampton https://www.bramptonbot.com/confidence Note, while that's the East Branch...

While I am personally guilty of pedantry on a more than occasional basis, attacking it as something in disguise seems to miss the mark. Transportation systems should be evaluated based on "does the proposed method do the job that it needs to do, for a suitable length of time, at a suitable...

What is the point of dedicated BRT infrastructure if you don't have the buses or service hours to make use of it. YRT just isn't that frequent, Brampton generated ridership through high frequency. Of course York Region was, the idea for BRTs was pushed by the Greater Toronto Services Board...

Zum is a rebranding of AcceleRide, the implementation is significantly different. YRT focused on fixed infrastructure, Brampton Transit focused on rolling stock and service hours, and despite YRT having a significantly larger service population, Brampton Transit has significantly higher...

They specifically looked at all people who travel from Orangeville to Toronto, and using the TTS, determined this to be 100 across all modes. This is not even the seated capacity of 1 BiLevel. Even if the population of Orangeville doubled, and 10% of the population used it, that is still only 6k...

Freeway tolls should be structured to discourage short distance travel, and reduce congestion; 400 series should not regularly have travel speed drop below 40 km/h. The US is currently working towards a fully interoperable toll system, the toll system in Ontario should be compatible with it...

VMC is a better transfer location, and Zum runs more frequently. In Brampton, during peak, the combined headways of the 501 hits 6 minutes. As the pandemic ends, and jobs continue to accumulate at VMC, headways in York Region will continue to improve. What is important to note is that as far...

VIA and GOT/EXO serve significantly different markets, one is medium to long distance rail trips, the other two are short trips. Of course the regional rail services will have higher ridership, plenty of people used them to get to work, and as such, ride hundreds of times per year. 1a) I think...

A potential backup is somehow convince the Region of Peel to buy the section at least from King Street south, so they can run a diesel O train like service on it to Britannia in the future. By moving it from Orangeville's ownership to Peel's ownership, that could significantly reduce property...

On behalf of Brampton, I would like to thank York Region for building the Viva Orange stations west of VMC, as the Initial Business Case for the Queen Street - Highway 7 BRT, says Viva Orange should terminate at VMC. On the plus side, compared to Viva frequency, an improved 501 Queen Zum would...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I bring forward a crucial piece of information for this discussion: The Region of Peel is forecasting a population in Caledon of approximately 300,000 in 2051. Here is how they plan to accommodate said growth Source Don't worry, all of the land proposed to be developed...

Virtual Open House for the Hurontario LRT, next week

The Brampton Transit Advisory Committee is meeting on Monday, agenda is available here. https://pub-brampton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=6520

The most optimistic scenario I can see for axing the franchise system is the provincial government creating a provincial regional bus network, because it is something rural areas can support, and it's hard for Liberals and the NDP to bash. It'd align with the Connecting the Southwest plan they...

On Wednesday, two residents delegated to the Committee of Council of Brampton regarding Brampton Transit, and in response, Brampton City Council referred the delegations to staff to report back as part of the 2021 budget process with information on the 504 Chinguacousy Zum, and night service. In...

The man on the Clapham Omnibus could deduce that I am not in fact someone born in 1870, and that I am no more attempting to impersonate Wm Perkins Bull than the poster with the handle Allandale is attempting to impersonate a train station. My first paragraph in your quoted post consists of me...

In the US it stems from racism, in Canada its because of poor service. That type of trip is entirely irrelevant to this discussion, because this thread is on GO Transit, which focuses on Regional trips. While in the long term one might be able to travel long distance on the GO network, it'd be...

As there are a number of replies and exchange on the topic, to spare us a wall of quotes, I'll try to consolidate and address them. The North American preference for rail over buses is much more of an American thing, stemming from both systemic, and systematic racism, and I do not think Ontario...

I remain baffled by the peculiar fixation on rail for transportation to connect low population areas. Given the significant subsidies for automotive transportation, and the relatively low initial costs, expanding GO bus service to the periphery, creating webs of connectivity, linking together...

What are the odds that the Hurontario LRT will open successfully in 2024, without the issues of the Ottawa LRT?