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Infrastructure Politics Toronto

SmartTrack’s scrubbed Scarborough station

On Finch Avenue East in Scarborough, the SmartTrack name lives on at a recently cancelled transit station. Finch-Kennedy was only one of five “SmartTrack” stations left by the time its champion left office.

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Ontario Transit Travels

Orangeville’s free ride

Orangeville is the largest Canadian community with free transit. But it’s not necessarily a model for larger systems

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Design History Infrastructure Ontario Toronto Transit

Introducing Mount Dennis

Toronto’s newest transit hub is only half-opened, but it provides a preview of the region’s upcoming new transit links. Despite a decent layout and good incorporation of local heritage, some tweaks for improved wayfinding are necessary.

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Infrastructure Ontario Politics Toronto Transit

The revenge of SmartTrack

Metrolinx is looking to serve new Kitchener Line SmartTrack stations with its UP Express trains only. It’s only fair that the transit agency comes clean to transit riders on how it will make this work.

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Infrastructure Ontario Toronto Transit

Bloor-Lansdowne: A TTC-GO disconnection

Bloor-Lansdowne Station, now under construction, will have one of the worst GO-TTC transfers of any connection point, and will have very limited ridership potential

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Development Roads Toronto Transit Urban Planning

St. Clair-Old Weston: find it if you can

St. Clair-Old Weston Road, while a worthwhile idea, needs to be rethought to attract the most ridership

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Maps Ontario Transit

Intercity map updates for April 2025

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 […]

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Cycling Ontario Transit Urban Planning Walking

How a transit authority has become a barrier to active mobility

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.

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Infrastructure Intercity Rail Toronto Transit Walking

Dysfunction Junction: another Union Station malfunction

Union Station remains very difficult to get around using a mobility device, especially when traveling between UP Express and the TTC Subway.

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Infrastructure Roads Toronto Transit

A little more coordination, please?

Getting around Downtown Toronto can be an exercise in frustration, whether you drive, bike, take transit, or drive. Though necessary transit and road construction projects are the cause of much of the congestion, driver behaviour, poor management, and a lack of coordination between various municipal and provincial agencies have only added to the traffic quagmire. […]