[livesquid]

This on BlogTO just now:

Toronto might be getting a whole new way to travel across the waterfront

A new study posted by Waterfront Toronto shows what a future marine transit system could look like along Toronto's harbour, moving passengers daily b…

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Which cites this actual feasibility study from October:

https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/sites/default/files/2026-01/Seabus_Feasibility_Study_UA_Secured.pdf

And the article mentions this nearer-term news, vs. Seabuses by 2035.

This summer, Waterfront Toronto is already undertaking a pilot to test east-west travel along the Toronto harbour. The water shuttle pilot is expected to launch in June and will serve three stops, including the Portland Slip, the central waterfront, and Biidaasige Park.

 

[north-of-anything]

I can't imagine this being useful for anyone not working and living within a short walk of different stops. The longer-term vision that goes from Portland Quay near Fort York to the mouth of the Don might work (and I think it would be cool to see), but this pilot program amounts to a stubway on water.

Edit: I somehow confused Parliament Slip and Portland Slip. Perhaps this will work after all, especially if it can be established before the first group of residents start to move onto Ookwemin Minising. No harm in trying.

 

[McGillicuddy]

This makes a great deal of sense as a summer tourist service: a successful sightseeing service would attract omnidirectional, all-day demand, and these routes would also solve geographic problems for this market. (As a visitor to the city, travelling from Cherry Beach to Ontario Place looks mighty complicated on Google Maps. This solves that problem, in a way that may allow them to get away with charging a premium fare.)

It makes less sense as a pilot for a year-round commuter service, because commuters don't have the same patterns of demand, nor are they as geographically convenient. One notable exception here may be a service connecting the final stage of the rejuvenated Portlands/Villiers Island to the downtown core, since, especially in the absence of an LRT route, there will definitely be a critical mass of people making that journey.