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Category Archives: Transit
The last run of the Rogers Road Streetcar
Westbound Rogers Road Streetcar at Old Weston Road, 1972. Photograph from Toronto Archives – Fonds 1526, File 72, Item 61 Forty-five years ago today, on Friday, July 19, 1974, the Rogers Road Streetcar made its last run. The route ran … Continue reading
Posted in History, Toronto, Transit
Tagged Archives, Rogers Road, Spacing, Streetcars, Trolley Buses, TTC, York
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Disappearing GO-TTC fare discount a major blow to regional transit in Toronto
Earlier this week, transit riders learned that the fare discount for connecting between GO Transit and the TTC would soon come to an end. The provincial Liberal government introduced the discounted double fare in 2017. It reduced the cost of a … Continue reading
Posted in Ontario, Toronto, Transit
Tagged Fares, GO Transit, Metrolinx, SmartTrack, TTC, York University, YRT
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Ontario’s new ride: ION LRT opens in Kitchener-Waterloo
On June 21, 2019, Ontario’s first modern light rail transit (LRT) system opened to the public. The launch of ION in Kitchener-Waterloo represents an important milestone for both the region and for the province as a whole: additional light rail … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Ontario, Transit
Tagged ION, Kitchener, LRT, Transit, Waterloo
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The future of Downtown Brampton
Metrolinx-owned houses on Railroad Street, Brampton Over the last three years, I have been following developments in Downtown Brampton, especially lands surrounding the Brampton GO Station. In April 2016, Metrolinx, the provincial agency responsible for GO Transit, began buying properties … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Development, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Downtown, GO Transit, Metrolinx, Ryerson
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Mind the gap: as Waterloo’s light rail line opens, other connections close
ION LRT service will finally commence Friday June 21 Early in 2019, I had the opportunity to take a trip on Wroute, a new service that connected Guelph, Kitchener, and Burlington. Wroute was an interesting concept, a privately-operated option with … Continue reading
The streetcars of Hiroshima: a symbol of resilience
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (A-Bomb Dome), with modern Hiroshima rising beyond. Despite its fame, there’s so much more to the city than the memorials. My wife and I recently came back from an 18-day trip to Japan. It was my … Continue reading
Posted in History, Transit, Travels
Tagged Baseball, Carp, Hiroden, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Carp, Japan, Streetcars, Transit
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A “fantastic bonanza:” another transit plan up in smoke?
“Bonanza’s” opening credits, where a burning map gives way to the show’s cast, is a great metaphor for Toronto’s transit planning. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Politics, Toronto, Transit
Tagged Bonanza, Canada Line, Doug Ford, John Tory, Relief Line, SmartTrack, Subway, TTC, Vancouver
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