Mississauga City Centre has many good places to walk to, but still has too many trappings of a suburban speedway
After nearly two decades of little change, Downtown Brampton may finally be turning the corner from being a sleepy town centre to becoming the proper hub for a city of nearly 800,000. Both public squares will be redesigned and rebuilt within the next few years, and the city is looking for your feedback.
Yesterday, on Wednesday, May 7, I had the privilege of appearing on the long-running CBC Radio program Metro Morning. Though I have been interviewed on the radio a few times before – generally about pedestrian safety or transit issues – this was the first time I was asked to come into the studio. I spoke […]
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BRT comes to London
London’s rapid transit project, scaled down due to cost-cutting and local opposition, has serious challenges that will have to be overcome for it to become successful.
As we enter Spring 2025, there are a few significant changes in Ontario’s intercity transportation services. A new daily GO Transit route will now connect Six Nations and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with Brantford, Hamilton, and Greater Toronto. A new seasonal Waterloo-Burlington weekend express could foreshadow more direct service between Kitchener/Waterloo and […]
Toronto can, and should, do better than the ugly and intrusive new barriers that are being installed around Union Station.
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The fall of an empire
After 355 years, and several years of noticeable decline, Canada’s oldest corporation and last department store comes to an ignoble end.
Many people choose to go south for the winter. I went north, taking trains and buses through Northern Ontario and Manitoba.
It is frustrating when an agency tasked with “[connecting] new, established and emerging communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe” fails to connect the communities its transit projects run through.
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Praise for the vernacular relics
An early tower of power has been thoughtfully preserved in Hamilton, a small, but important reminder of the city’s industrial history.
Sean Marshall 