At the end of November, Deseronto Transit will cease operations. The lack of sustainable intercommunity transit funding and support for rural transit has resulted in more gaps throughout Southern Ontario.
Tag: Ontario
Work has started on the new Timmins terminal for the Northlander train.
Transit operators in Ontario generally do a much better job than American counterparts at serving large retailers like Walmart. Still, big box retail centres are hostile environments for transit and pedestrian access.
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BRT comes to London
London’s rapid transit project, scaled down due to cost-cutting and local opposition, has serious challenges that will have to be overcome for it to become successful.
Toronto can, and should, do better than the ugly and intrusive new barriers that are being installed around Union Station.
Southern Ontario Transit provides a critical link between Hamilton and Haldimand County, but without community support, it might not last.
Also, some updates to my Ontario Intercity Transport Map.
On Wednesday, September 25, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, along with transportation minister Pradmeet Sarkaria, announced that the provincial government would fund a feasibility study on building a new highway tunnel under Highway 401 from Peel Region to Durham Region, along with an unspecified new transit facility. Earlier this week, Doug Ford exclaimed that those living […]
Years of demolition by neglect has led to a sudden closure of a once-great institution.
There are now five bus operators between Toronto and London. I tried out the newest operator on the scene and updated my Ontario intercity map.
In January 2023, while visiting the site of the now-demolished Sarnia Eaton Centre, I took advantage of two new rural transit services serving Southwestern Ontario: Strathroy-Caradoc Transit and Huron Shores Area Transit. While both services connect London and Sarnia, they operate as separate services with different fares; they also have different terminals. Strathroy-Caradoc Transit offers […]
Sean Marshall 