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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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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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What GO Transit service to Brampton might look like without the freight bypass
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
Posted in Brampton, Infrastructure, Transit
Tagged Brampton, Bramptonist, CN, GO Transit, Metrolinx
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How YRT service cuts at York University demonstrate a failure of regional transit
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
Posted in Ontario, Toronto, Transit
Tagged Brampton Transit, Fares, GO Transit, Metrolinx, Subway, York Region, York University, YRT
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What’s going on in Downtown Brampton?
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
Posted in Brampton, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged Brampton, Downtown, GO Transit, Metrolinx, Parking, Ryerson
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Some answered questions about Toronto’s next subway extension (updated)
York University Station, August 2017 Updated October 10, 2017 Ten months ago, I wrote about some of the unanswered questions about the Toronto Transit Commission’s Line 1 subway extension to York University and Vaughan. At the time, I was concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit
Tagged Brampton, Fares, GO Transit, Metrolinx, SmartTrack, Subway, Transfers, Transit, TTC, Vaughan, York University, YRT
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GO Transit’s 404 Error?
GO Train at Gormley Station Previously on this blog, I wrote about how new public institutions like hospitals and university campuses are built in isolated, auto-dependent areas without regard to provincial land use policies. In St. Catharines, a new modern … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Transit, Urban Planning
Tagged GO Transit, Greenbelt, Land use, Metrolinx, Oak Ridges Moraine, Richmond Hill, York Region
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