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Province to look at hydrogen-powered GO trains, but it is it simply hot air?
Electrification for GO Transit and UP Express has been proposed for years At GO Transit’s Willowbrook Maintenance Centre in Mimico today, the Ontario Minister of Transportation, Steven Del Duca, announced the start of the transit project assessment process (TPAP) that will … Continue reading
GO Transit’s 404 Error?
GO Train at Gormley Station Previously on this blog, I wrote about how new public institutions like hospitals and university campuses are built in isolated, auto-dependent areas without regard to provincial land use policies. In St. Catharines, a new modern … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged GO Transit, Greenbelt, Land use, Metrolinx, Oak Ridges Moraine, Richmond Hill, York Region
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Ontario’s land use scandal: Another greenfield hospital for Niagara
Recently, I discussed the greenfield locations of new hospital and post-secondary institutions in Ontario, focusing on the new St. Catharines Hospital site and the Orillia campus of Lakehead University, but also mentioning the proposed sites of a new hospital for Windsor, … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Urban Planning
Tagged Development, Fort Erie, Greenbelt, Hospital, Maps, Niagara Falls, Niagara Region, Port Colborne, Welland
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Greenfield infrastructure: not so green
St. Catharines site, Niagara Health System I recently visited two Ontario cities, St. Catharines and Orillia, to illustrate the problems of building new medical and educational institutions on isolated greenfield sites. Large greenfield lands have several advantages: they’re easy and … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Hospital, Orillia, Oshawa, St. Catharines, Suburbs, University, Windsor
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A better Hurontario Street – an LRT update
When the LRT is opened on Hurontario Street, it will be safer and more pleasant for pedestrians and cyclists. Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Cycling, Infrastructure, Roads, Transit
Tagged Brampton, Cycling, Hurontario Street, Hurontario-Main, LRT, Metrolinx, Mississauga, Suburbs
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Rethinking Downtown Brampton’s streetscape
The City of Brampton is looking to improve Main and Queen Streets downtown. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Roads, Urban Planning, Walking
Tagged Brampton, Downtown, Placemaking, Sidewalks, Walking
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