Tag Archives: Metrolinx

Terminal Gateway: how bad decisions will affect the safety thousands of daily transit riders

Posted on July 8, 2020 by

Last month, Metrolinx held a virtual open house to present information on the progress of the Hurontario LRT project, planned work, and details on some of the stops along the line. For now, roadwork is limited to median removal and … Continue reading →

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A sudden drop in transit usage across the Toronto Region

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

Last week, I wrote about how several TTC routes were facing overcrowding, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and a severe drop in system-wide ridership since early March. I shared this analysis on Spacing’s website, and Ben Spurr at the Toronto Star … Continue reading →

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The consequences of losing the GO-TTC discount

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

When the Toronto subway system was extended by six stops to York University and Vaughan, it marked the first time the TTC’s rapid transit system extended beyond the city’s boundaries. But it also exposed a major failing of the Golden … Continue reading →

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Disappearing GO-TTC fare discount a major blow to regional transit in Toronto

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

Updated January 22, 2020 The TTC-GO fare discount will officially come to an end on Tuesday March 31, 2020, with the TTC and Metrolinx unable to come to agreement to keep the fare subsidy going without provincial support. As I … Continue reading →

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Unfair GO fares on the Highway 407 Corridor

Posted on January 3, 2020 by

Since 1967, GO Transit’s primary focus has been its commuter rail lines radiating from Downtown Toronto, sometimes to the detriment of other transit needs in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, with bus routes complementing and supplementing that rail network. But twenty … Continue reading →

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A review of GO Transit’s fare structure

Posted on November 6, 2019 by

Since 2015, GO Transit’s fare structure has improved. However, fares continue to rise faster than the rate of inflation, and there are serious fare discrepancies across the network. Continue reading →

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The future of Downtown Brampton

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

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 →

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What GO Transit service to Brampton might look like without the freight bypass

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

VIA and GO trains meet at Brampton Station In 1967, GO Transit launched a new rail service between Pickering and Hamilton. The new commuter train service was made possible as GO just built a new freight bypass so its trains … Continue reading →

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How YRT service cuts at York University demonstrate a failure of regional transit

Posted on August 17, 2018 by

York University Subway Station, opening day On Sunday, December 17, 2017, the TTC opened the long-awaited $3.2 billion Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension to York University and the City of Vaughan. The extension of Line 1, which included six new stations, … Continue reading →

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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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