Thinking in terms of funding a commuter or 2WAD service to Collingwood, I wonder if there exists a mechanism for the county to partially fund operations? Line 2 of the LINX bus service already hits the major town centers between Allendale and Collingwood (minus Cwood itself, of course)...

100% agreed. I feel the tram proposal is shooting for the stars but the city's examination/discussion, itself, is a litmus test for how they view the role of transit as Barrie grows (and by extension the future of BCRY within that vision). It'll be very telling how they turn this proposal down...

I just came across this article a few days ago. TLDR; a Barrie city councillor is asking council to consider a "rail trolley" using the BCRY ROW to connect that Essa/Hwy 400 development to Allendale GO. I have a hunch that conversation in council will die a quiet death....the notion of any...