Work has started on the new Timmins terminal for the Northlander train.
Category: Ontario
Wasaga Beach is a treasure of provincial significance. It deserves to remain owned by the public and fully open to all, with better access to those who can’t or don’t want to drive.
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.
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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 […]
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.
On Thursday, November 7, a 13-year-old girl was struck and killed by the driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe (a midsized crossover SUV) at Rossland Road and Stevensgate Drive. She was riding on a multiuse path, crossing the street properly in a crossride.
Multiuse paths are a popular form of cycling infrastructure, especially in the suburbs. Poor design and bad driver behaviour have made them dangerous at intersections, and should be fixed.
Southern Ontario Transit provides a critical link between Hamilton and Haldimand County, but without community support, it might not last.
Also, some updates to my Ontario Intercity Transport Map.
On Wednesday, September 25, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, along with transportation minister Pradmeet Sarkaria, announced that the provincial government would fund a feasibility study on building a new highway tunnel under Highway 401 from Peel Region to Durham Region, along with an unspecified new transit facility. Earlier this week, Doug Ford exclaimed that those living […]
Sean Marshall 