I do not necessarily disagree that the condos we're building are subpar and missing middle density is needed, my favourite urban environments are old downtowns in smaller towns and cities. The problem I have is when people use it as a blanket statement to defend sprawl, because apparently you...

Unfortunately it seems like no one important wants to stop. Everyone I know generally agrees sprawl is bad, but they don’t want more sustainable development because “being packed like sardines is dystopian” or “detached housing should remain middle class housing”. (Real arguments I’ve heard from...

To be fair, London GO will be a lot better with track upgrades. But it’s much easier to justify the upgrades on the Guelph sub since it’s a main line connecting the 4th largest city (if you don’t count any of Toronto’s suburbs) in the province as well as Stratford, St. Mary’s and New Hamburg to...

The big difference between Bolton and Peterborough is there’s not much between Peterborough and Toronto and there will never be much thanks to the Greenbelt. Meanwhile that end of Vaughan has seen some decent growth

I do certainly hope their efforts don’t go unnoticed. The Bolton Line is the last major rail line missing in the GTA

I don’t think Uxbridge is that far away, though at the least I don’t see it happening until after the Stouffville Line upgrades from Union-Unionville are done

we'll likely not see VIA for a while, at least not until the pilot is over and when/if they make London service permanent.

might as well go to Washago or Orillia while we're at it. (jk obv... unless...)

Barrie's original extension in 1990 it was the same as London, a whopping 1 round trip per day. With the return in 2007 having 4 round trips

Considering this is just a pilot they’ll likely stick with Kitchener for now. I imagine if/when they purchase the rest of the Guelph subdivision they’ll rename it to the London Line

I'm wondering with this, assuming the pilot works out and upgrades are done would the Baden station/Yard still be necessary, or could they maybe construct a yard in say Stratford.

Think we'll see some work at London, Stratford and St. Mary's in the coming week or two?

The CN York Subdivison

Considering the lengths the City of Barrie has gone to try and lower the subsidy the city spends on the railway (which is already decently low considering the number of customers) I do not think we’ll see the decommissioning of the line anytime soon. I believe we’ll see the...

Tbf, this infrastructure is OLD (by old I mean almost 100 years old on some instances) so some maintenance is very much warranted. There’s also some stupid things like how there’s no crossing gates nor lights on Essa Road. Just the old bell

I was at West Harbour last Friday, the rails are still very much disconnected. No sign of work being done on it either sadly

Snowmelt system being installed at Rutherford GO

Wish it went all the way to Barrie. But as long as the provisions are in place for it in the future I'll be happy

I'd also maybe have a bus from Goderich to Stratford and buses to from London to Woodstock via Ingersoll

Also was looking at the City of Barrie's "Transportation Master Plan" and they identified the Beeton Spur (the line to Innisfil industrial park from Allandale) as "Protection for Active Transportation and / or Transit Corridor". Granted that could mean a lot of things. But it seems they want to...