VIA rail has the potential to act as the transit option for 401 drivers wanting to bypass Toronto. We just need to; - construct the 407 freight bypass to get CN trains off the Kitchener line - better connect Kitchener line with the LSE line -reduce layover at Union Station (quicker boarding &...

I fully support extending the Sheppard line, but the thing is, it doesn't serve drivers who simply want to use the 401 to bypass Toronto. Plus if the idea is to entice more drivers on the 401 to use the Sheppard subway instead, then we're going to have to look at adding more parking spots at...

The third track being added to the Kitchener line, through DT Brampton is not dedicated to GO. It's just a third track to help increase capacity. No official announcement has been made about dedicated GO tracks on the Milton line. At the most, they'll add a third track to help increase...

Not happening. Requires CN's approval. Bet the developer didn't consider this.

I can take a 53" shipping container off a truck driver's chassis and place it on a train in Brampton. Once in Montreal another crane operator can pluck that same container off the train and place it on another truck driver's chassis who can then drive it for the "last mile" to their customer...

By "express" I'm assuming you mean a train that goes solely between Toronto- Montreal. Such a train isn't necessary. I can't speak for CPKC's operations, I work for CN. We have a148 train coming into Brampton intermodal from Chicago every day. The 148 goes from Chicago to Halifax (149 in the...

Most of the trucks on the 401 are "last mile" trucks, typically going between warehouses, cross dock facilities and container yards. CN & CPKC have done a lot to take Toronto - Montreal trucks off the 401. But if you have to drop off a load at Coburg, you're going to truck it, cause the freight...

Metrolinx has more bilevel coaches than they can realistically sell off. Metrolinx is currently refurbishing their oldest coaches. They're even refurbing their oldest cab cars. 214 just got put back into service. Metrolinx wouldn't be spending all this money refurbing their coaches and cab cars...

The question is, how many people are driving on the 401 right now because they don't have any viable transit options available to them? I work in logistics and deal with the trucking industry here in the GTA. The drop in productivity in Canada is because trucks are slowed down on the highways...

You couldn't be any more right with this post. Doug Ford and the Conservatives shut down the 407 freight rail bypass not long after getting elected, and then a couple years later come up with this genius proposal. Even if CN didn't want to front any money for the bypass, I'm sure the price tag...

Aye! Why is the TTC and the board wasting their time with this WiFi nonsense when there are so many bigger issues to deal with?

Tunnel the Gardiner. Or tunnel the 401 between the 427 and 409 in order to accommodate widening. This proposal to tunnel the entire length of the 401 through the GTA is just ridiculous. And I say that as someone who drives more than takes transit. EDIT: Money would be better spent building out...

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Basically what Doug Ford is saying, without actually saying it, is; "You have to widen the road if you want bike lanes on it." Therefore the cost of cycle infrastructure just went up.

We already had this conversation a page or two back in this thread. If Metrolinx makes the switch to EMU's, what will they do with the 900+ bi-level coaches they have in stock? EDIT: Page 232-233 https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/go-transit-electrification-metrolinx.20729/page-233

It really is a shame that we never successfully negotiated with CN to construct the 407 freight bypass. If the hypothetical route had gone north of the 401, just above the Trafalgar Rd & Steeles Rd intersection, it could have potentially provided a much better place for a new Intermodal yard in...

I would much rather see the extension remain underground into Langstaff. Unless the plan is to leave space for GO to have it's ROW for the RH line, then I'm okay with the subway extension being at surface level at Langstaff.

This was my line of thinking. Why not get rid of all curbside parking and replace it was a "strategically", "aesthetically pleasing", parking garage to serve the local businesses? Drivers complain about not being able to use the right lanes on Bloor W. because of the bike lanes, but whenever I...

And a bus driver in a bus lane can develop a "lead foot" and push down harder on the accelerator. Signals be damned.

I understand that. But if the YNSE is meant to extend at surface level to Langstaff GO, then this would ensure that any "potential" discussions with CN about adding another track or allowing GO to run there own tracks parallel would never happen. No forethought is being considered here. Why is...