A transit speed up of 56 minutes to 17 minutes is fairly transformative. There will be major economic impacts for even intra-regional travel.

Sidestepping the debate of "should Metrolinx be involved?".... Metrolinx network map diagrams now show ION LRT, indicating its importance as a line that interchanges with Kitchener GO. While it is not yet in Metrolinx sphere, it could very well eventually be, given Metrolinx now funding some...

DMUs would be great too. Maybe Metrolinx wants to electrify UPX and sell the old UPX trains, as another source of DMUs by year 2040ish. That being said, BEMU would be a strong contender by that year, so it may depend on what is available. And whether the new Federal Transit Fund is unlocked...

No. It isn't anymore in the time windows we're talking about -- I would think by 2044, that will be less than half of the commuters. The intentional lowball of numbers definitely occurs to save face as the projects gets incrementally more attractive; Ottawa's first LRT had more than double its...

I view this line under the lens of seeing ION LRT Phase 2 *and* allday GO service to Kitchener. In that case, I believe ridership will be well over 1000 given the long-term aspirations to densify the region. There's obviously the famous NIMBY factor here, but look at what happening -- even...

That's a good question - you're right. It may represent their aspirations of peak period GO trains someday in the future, maybe a few off the Kitchener Line only at peak. Much like the fork between Hamilton West Harbour (all day) and Hamilton Downtown GO (peak).

I wonder if the hypothetical full size trains are from a hypothetical Milton line extension. Good questions though. That being said, early BMU trials elsewhere are showing rapid development and deployments. Japan now has over 20 BEMU trainsets in operation, and now deployed in a few...

This PDF has some pretty cool snippets, and appears to be a fascinating solution for a quick commute between Cambridge and Guelph: In between the text are these pretty cool table snippets, that gives a good picture of the proposal. From page 32: From page 34: From page 35: Options...

Just in... a 166 page IBC PDF released this less than one hour ago Four proposals, all involving 4-coach battery multiple units, in various possible 30min or 60min AD2W service between Guelph and Cambridge. https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=8846

Just saw on my X feed that someone did concept art of Stadlar KISS with GO livery: Conceptual art as it may be, it looked too irresistible not to post here. Although Metrolinx is planning to mainly stick to electric locomotive driven BiLevels, the high-station-density routes may needs...

It's definitely one of my least favorite changes to the Hamilton LRT lines. However, if the line is /finally/ built, it still signals Hamilton is at least /relatively/ a more serious city. I like the optimist glass-half-full view. I still want the line to happen, obviously! Agree Rapid...

FYI! There is already a Centennial GO station elsewhere (not on Lakeshore), so that Centennial Street station is actually called Confederation GO Station.

Someone on X-Twitter (@_ChanFace) just made a good infographic of the expansions!

Way too late, by over a decade. They made the definitive Main-vs-King decision in year 2011. Hamilton 2011 B-Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) Environmental Project Report (EPR) While the original document is no longer extant on Metrolinx's site, scattered references to it exist in Hamilton's city...

Here's my brief commentary. GOOD: They are going to make Main and King 2-way permanent, including adjusting the offramps to accomodate that. BAD: It adds 2 turns to an otherwise straight Hamilton LRT alignment. It will significantly slow down the LRT ride especially for McMaster students...

In theory they can remove the disused railroad but keep the diamond area intact and signalled (due to the amount of time it takes to modify the signal), wouldn't it? Technically, it would not interfere with pedestrian walkway construction, and some workarounds can be done (signal now...

I drove by a flaming combustion vehicle during my roadtrip in USA on I-95. It was solo, pulled over, and appeared to have a dropped gas tank (big squarey tank thing fallen to asphalt between the four tires). Apparently sometimes a bolt or strap get loose. EV fires makes the news simply...

Don’t look now, but look at who is using Toronto’s cycle infrastructure: https://www.blogto.com/film/2022/08/arnold-schwarzenegger-biking-toronto/

Welllllllll.... It's not too late to register as a candidate for the Hamilton Municipal Election. 🤣 Anyway, speaking of which, there's been a sudden flurry of campaigning starting up, at least in online advertising. At least if you're in the Hamilton geographical region. Fortunately I am not...

I don't remember along the LRT route, but there's an incomplete log cabin on Barton 😀 Side story: This is now an infamous Hamilton Barton Ward 4 landmark in that community, because it's been incomplete for a few years. For some reason, their construction stopped a few years ago, maybe they...