Work has started on the new Timmins terminal for the Northlander train.
Category: Infrastructure
Transit operators in Ontario generally do a much better job than American counterparts at serving large retailers like Walmart. Still, big box retail centres are hostile environments for transit and pedestrian access.
Mississauga City Centre has many good places to walk to, but still has too many trappings of a suburban speedway
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.
Toronto can, and should, do better than the ugly and intrusive new barriers that are being installed around Union Station.
Many people choose to go south for the winter. I went north, taking trains and buses through Northern Ontario and Manitoba.
New elevator directory signage is a notable improvement, but there’s far more to be done to make Union Station an easy place to navigate.
Union Station remains very difficult to get around using a mobility device, especially when traveling between UP Express and the TTC Subway.
The DC Streetcar is another example of pretty much everything wrong with modern streetcar implementations.
Sean Marshall 