Category Archives: York Region

Service Changes Effective June 23, 2013 (Updated)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Steve

Updated June 13, 2013: Contrary to the originally announced plans, the 31 Greenwood bus will not divert to Donlands Station during reconstruction of the bus loop at its home station.  Instead, the  buses will loop via Greenwood, Strathmore, Linsmore and … Continue reading →

Posted in Service Cost and Quality, Transit, York Region | 13 Comments

TTC Rediscovers the Downtown Relief Line (Update 4)

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Steve

Update 4 October 21, 2012 at 8:30 pm: It’s intriguing to look back at coverage of the DRL the last time this was a major issue.  Mike Filey passed along a clipping from the Star from December 2, 1982 that … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Downtown Relief Line, GO Transit, Subways, Transit, Union Station, Waterfront, Yonge Subway Extension, York Region | 95 Comments

TTC Meeting Review February 29, 2012

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Steve

The February 29th meeting of the Toronto Transit Commission was one of the shortest in my long memory of these events.  The agenda was trivial with an utter absence of meaty issues for debate, and the real action would follow … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Accessibility, Finance, Sheppard Subway, Spadina Subway, Transit, York Region | 30 Comments

Service Changes Effective February 13, 2011

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Steve

The following service changes take effect on February 13: 6 Bay: With the beginning of construction at Bay and Front for the Union Station Second Platform Project, various lane closures will increase traffic congestion.  The Bay route will be adjusted … Continue reading →

Posted in Service Cost and Quality, Transit, Union Station, York Region | 4 Comments

A Grand Plan: 2011 Edition

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Steve

Back in the early days of this blog, I wrote a long paper about the role of transit and what a truly regional plan would look like.  To avoid extensively quoting myself, I suggest that any newcomers to this site … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Don Mills LRT, Eglinton LRT, Fares & Fare Collection, Finance, Finch West LRT, GO Transit, Jane LRT, Scarborough RT/LRT, Scarborough-Malvern LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Subways, Transit, Waterfront, York Region | 88 Comments

Metrolinx Board Wrapup for May 2010

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Steve

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 →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Fares & Fare Collection, Finance, Finch West LRT, GO Transit, Scarborough RT/LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit, Union Station, York Region | 25 Comments

Transit City Revisited (Part III, Updated)

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Steve

(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 →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Don Mills LRT, Eglinton LRT, GO Transit, Jane LRT, Kingston Road, Scarborough-Malvern LRT, Spadina Subway, Subways, Transit, Union Station, Waterfront, York Region | 34 Comments

Metrolinx “Big 5″ Update (November 2009)

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Steve

Today’s Metrolinx Board Meeting was notable both for the update, in public session, of the project status for five major lines as well as for supplementary information that came out in a press scrum after the public session. Five projects … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Eglinton LRT, Finance, Finch West LRT, New Streetcars, Scarborough RT/LRT, Scarborough-Malvern LRT, Sheppard East LRT, Transit, York Region | 22 Comments

Yonge Subway Yard Study (Revised)

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Steve

At its meeting on November 17, the TTC will consider a report on the yard needs for the Yonge-University-Spadina subway.  Updated November 15 at 6:10 pm: A reference to the replacement dates for the BD signal system and the T1 … Continue reading →

Posted in New Subway Cars, Spadina Subway, Subways, Transit, York Region | 49 Comments

Metrolinx Publishes Full Richmond Hill Subway Study

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Steve

The full version of the Benefits Case Analysis for the Yonge Subway extension to Richmond Hill is now available online.  I will comment on it at greater length when I have the time to do so. Notable in this report … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, GO Transit, Subways, Transit, York Region | 26 Comments