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More New Streetcars For Toronto (Updated)
Updated on June 15 at 11:30 am: Thanks to “nfitz” for pointing out that the base prices for both the TTC and Metrolinx cars are available in Bombardier press releases. Updated at 11:50 am: A link to Transit Ottawa’s website … Continue reading
Furious George Has A Plan (Update 2)
Updated June 8, 2010 at 11:00 pm: The Smitherman campaign has posted a backgrounder to his transportation plan which has been updated to reflect the funding of inflation by Queen’s Park. In a previous update, I noted that there was a … Continue reading
Metrolinx Board Wrapup for May 2010
The Metrolinx Board met on Wednesday, May 19 for an unusually long public session. Rather than post separate articles, herewith a compendium report. The major topics are: The Board Speaks! The Managing Director Reports We Have A Vision, We Just … Continue reading
Transit City: Half a Loaf? (Update 4)
Today, May 17, 2010, Metrolinx CEO Rob Prichard addressed the Toronto Board of Trade with an overview of plans for Transit City projects. The presentation slides are available on the Metrolinx website. The final transcript version of the accompanying speech … Continue reading
Queen’s Park Commits to Transit City, Sort Of
Queen’s Park has announced that it will build the four previously funded Transit City lines (Sheppard East, Finch West, Eglinton and the SRT rebuild/extension) as well as the VIVA busway, but over a longer time than planned. Tess Kalinowski writes … Continue reading
Saving Transit City
Just over two weeks ago, the wheels came off Transit City and many more plans for new transit routes in the GTA. Queen’s Park, feeling poorly after bailing out the auto industry and promissing tidy sums for non-transit portfolios, decided … Continue reading
S(L)RT Open Houses Announced
Two open houses for the conversion of the SRT to LRT and its extension to Malvern have been announced: March 8, 2010 6:30pm – 9:00pm Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, 959 Midland Avenue (north of Eglinton) March 11, 2010 6:30pm – … Continue reading
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Eglinton LRT: Trouble Brewing in Mt. Dennis (Update 2)
Updated February 17 at 11:00 pm: At today’s TTC meeting, despite a very long series of deputations from residents of the Mt. Dennis area and a number of local political representatives, the Commission decided to proceed with the staff’s recommended … Continue reading
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A Response to “Save Our Subways”
For some time, I have stayed away from the “Save Our Subways” dialogue over on UrbanToronto in part because Transit City and related issues are presented as being “Steve Munro’s” plan (there’s even a poll that just went up on that … Continue reading
Transit City Revisited (Part III, Updated)
(Updated at 3:00 pm, February 1. I omitted a section on the proposed Sheppard subway extensions to Downsview and to Scarborough Town Centre. This has been added.) In this, the final installment of my review of Transit City, I will look at … Continue reading