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What’s going on in Downtown Brampton?

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

Two years ago, Metrolinx started buying up properties in Downtown Brampton in order to build a new surface parking lot for GO Transit commuters. Now more houses are boarded up, and there are plans for a new university campus. Continue reading →

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Brampton Transit’s evolution from a laggard to a leader

Posted on January 8, 2018 by

For TVO this week, I discuss Brampton Transit’s impressive ridership growth. In the last five years, Brampton Transit has bucked the trend of stagnant ridership numbers encountered elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area and North America in general. I argue … Continue reading →

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Mapping Toronto’s streetcar network: The horsecar era – 1861 to 1891

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

Toronto Street Railway horse car on Yonge Street at the Canadian Pacific Railway crossing, after 1885. From City of Toronto Archives, Fords 16, Series 71, Item 3367 Over the last few months, I have researched many books and maps and … Continue reading →

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Why the Gardiner Expressway remains a barrier to the waterfront

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

The Gardiner Expressway isn’t so much a barrier to the waterfront because it’s a looming, elevated eyesore: the railway viaduct isn’t pretty to look at either. It’s a barrier to the waterfront because the roadways around the Gardiner: the on … Continue reading →

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The least-worst alternative for the Gardiner East

Posted on January 20, 2016 by

Back in May, I outlined the reasons why I supported the removal of the elevated Gardiner Expressway east of Jarvis Street. Of the various options, which included maintaining the existing highway, a so-called “hybrid” section that would maintain most of the … Continue reading →

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Happy October 21, 2015

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

The makers of Back to the Future Part II didn’t predict selfies, did they? The joys of living close enough to work to walk there includes passing by the Rogers/CityTV building at Dundas Square. where a DeLorean, fitted out like the … Continue reading →

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