Update on the London-St.Thomas transit front......................it's a go!!! The service between London & St.thomas will start on April 8th/24 and will run 7 days a week and have several buses in each direction. There will also be a new service from Dorchester which has about 5,000 20km SW...

In terms of transit, there is absolutely NO excuse for homelessness. This is were I draw the line between empathy and the civic good. No one should be allowed on any transit lands {ie not only the vehicles but also the area around it like subway entrances} and personally I don't care if they...

Mulroney came across as a used car salesman and was never really liked by Canadians. His scandals were too many to mention but he was a leader and, although having good relations with Reagan & Thatcher, he was not afraid to take them on especially in regards to South Africa and environmental...

Much of these old crates still running and eventually having to be taken out of service is not only due to Ottawa not wanting to pay for them but also VIA not wanting to run them. The new trains are for The Corridor with the old ones for the rest of the country and this works just fine for VIA...

I completely agree. The Tories may cancel any HSR in Canada but all that does is mean they are following in the Liberal's HSR plan. I also agree that if there was any money forthcoming from PP, it would also have to entail funds for a similar Cal/Edm Corridor to make it politically palatable...

Don't know if this has already been asked but.............seeing the speed limit on Eglinton is 50km/hr, will the LRT have an exemption from this {ie 70km/hr} or is this $12 billion "rapid" transit line going to warp out at 50?

Why was UPX not included? I bet the ridership would soar from all the workers going to Pearson.

Is this commitment to the Milton Line money for building the "missing middle" via Brampton allowing GO to own the entire Milton/MidTown Line or just adding tracks to the Milton Line to allow for more GO service?

When fare integration starts in a couple weeks, will it also apply to the UPX?

The SRT was scrapped because Toronto decided decades ago to just let it rot. Remember, Vancouver had the same rolling stock and technology as the SRT and it certainly had problems at first but, unlike Toronto, Vancouver invested in the system and worked with Bombardier to produce better...

The new Hess buses for Brisbane's "Metro" {ie Transitway} are double articulated, 100% battery, and completely low floor accessible. Such vehicles are available but, unfortunately, nearly all buses in NA are from either New Flyer or Nova {both Canadian} due to local content requirements here and...

I think in 30 years there will be no such thing as "The Crosstown". Due to Miller's "streetcar or nothing" mentality and ML very short-term thinking, the current Eglinton Line will simply not have the capacity needed to meet future demands. The underground section from approx DM to Renforth...

One would thinks so but nothing would surprise me, or Torontonians for that matter, when it comes to Eglinton.

When Eglinton opens in 2035, we will see how serious Toronto is about REALLY putting the needs of transit users over drivers. With today's technology they should be easily able to run trains every 4 minutes in each direction and, even with the ridiculous number of stops, not have to make a...

I am not as familiar about the highway needs of Quebec but for Ontario, I think a long-term goal should be a Lake Erie freeway connecting SWO to Niagara/Buffalo. Essentially this would mean an eastward extension of the 402 from London to Niagara roughly following the old HW#3 serving...

Good thread as Libraries can often be the heart of a community. That said, what does this have to do with transportation? Perhaps moving it over to another another sub-forum like buildings would be a good idea?

The elevated Gardiner is going ahead but, contrary to what many highway haters believe, that could be a great thing and it wouldn't require much money but simply imagination. Underneath the Gardiner, land is truly a diamond in the rough and once polished it could become a the new "go-to" place...

I am not against Ford taking over the DVP & Gardiner but it is a matter of equity and making, as an example, Windsorites feel their needs and concerns are just as important and valid as Torontonians. Ontarians know that big cities face unique challenges and expenses and the amount of funding...

This is great news for Toronto and once again shows that, despite Torontonians bitching about Ford, he is the best Premier the city has ever had. Conversely, this upload will be viewed with distain from other 13 million Ontarians that don't live in Toronto. Toronto is in it's financial mess...

^^^ I looked it up and it said $4.40 so is that the Presto discount? I think they should increase that to 20 km in the city so that it is enough of a fair to go across the city and not just to Union. Also, it would be a hell of a lot easier to explain and understand if they dropped the Presto...