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We are. She notes that she's near Steeles and Kennedy, and the Milliken GO station is near her house - however the train service doesn't run late enough for it to work. Plans are well advanced to increase service on the Stouffville line, which would drop her daily 1-way commute from from 90 minutes to 45 minutes, which compares much more favourably to the 30 minutes driving. Meanwhile driving times are only predicted to get worse. In many ways this is a dream commute, living near a GO station, and working very close to Union Station.True but why not work to improve.
Unless you both live and work close to subway stations, it makes little sense to take ttc/go to work everyday. Remember unless you work really close to Union, your need to pay $121 a month for taking ttc on top of the Go fare. It is not realistic to walk from Union to College Park, for example.
Toronto's infrastructure is not set to encourage commuters to use public transit instead of driving anyway.
I would fully support GO upgrading to at least hourly bus service from Union Station to and from all GO stations, including the ones within the city.It is ridiculous that there is no GO bus service to Agincourt or Milliken, these stops could really benefit from this, although if all day train service is planned soon then there is no need.
Unless you both live and work close to subway stations, it makes little sense to take ttc/go to work everyday. Remember unless you work really close to Union, your need to pay $121 a month for taking ttc on top of the Go fare. It is not realistic to walk from Union to College Park, for example.
BIXI seems like a good solution, at least for the half-year there isn't snow and slush everywhere. (Or even for the last couple of rainy, windy weeks for that matter).
It also depends on your job: taking BIXI to your job at the College Park food court is probably more sensible for most than taking it to a job at a law office there ...but it is one option.