Posted on December 13, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Are you looking for transit related information? Have you had enough of the political promises? Look no further than the links below. From opinion on GO Transit expansion to the TTC spending and more, check out these links below for excellent commentary on transit related issues.
The Toronto LRT Information Page - informing GTA residents on [...]
Filed under: Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: brampton transit, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, durham transit, Go Transit, Light-rail, LRT, Mississauga Transit, Public Transit, subways, trains, TTC, via rail, Viva, YRT | No Comments »
Posted on December 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
The Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is a high-efficiency transit corridor running east-west across Mississauga. The BRT will support all-station stop and extensive express bus service for thousands of riders per day, making it faster and easier for you to travel to, from and through Mississauga and the GTA.
For information about the Mississauga BRT, [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, Public Transit | Tagged: 403, 407, 427, BRT, Bus Rapid Transit, Eglinton, Mississauga BRT, Mississauga Transit, Pearson International Airport, Peel, Square One, TTC | No Comments »
Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
In an effort to be entirely impartial, posting the opinions of others, I’ve decided to list a link to the “Subway Now” group. Although I understand what they are attempting to do I still wonder who is going to really end up paying for the extension of the subway to Richmond Hill at Hwy #7 [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Public Transit | Tagged: BRT, LRT, Markham, richmond hill, Subway, subway now, subwaynow.ca, Thornhill, TTC, Viva, York Region | No Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5. The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a little scuffed. But it was only five years ago – Nov. 22, 2002 – that then-mayor Mel Lastman cut the ribbon to open Toronto’s northern east-west subway line, accompanied by a [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Politics, Public Transit | Tagged: , BRT, Eglinton, finch, Flemingdon Park, Lawrence, LRT, ROW, Scarborough Town Centre, Sheppard, Sheppard Line, Sheppard Subway, St. Clair, Steeles, subwaynow, Toronto, Transit City, Transit Mall, TTC, Vaughan, Viva, York Mills | No Comments »
Posted on November 21, 2007 by thegtapatriot
It looks like the GTTA has received funding for the following projects. Maybe I am still in disbelief until I see shovels in the ground? I am not in favour of all of the plans listed, but this definitely will be some good news for once for public transit in the Greater Toronto Area. What [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, Public Transit | Tagged: , 2020, Ajax, Bolton, BRT, DRT, Durham, Durham BRT, Durham-Highway 2, GO, Go Transit, GTTA, Halton, Hamilton, Highway 7, Light Rail Transit, LRT, Mississauga, Mississauga Transitway, MoveOntario, MoveOntario 2020, Niagara, Ontario, Oshawa, Peel, Pickering, richmond hill, right-of-way, ROW, streetcar, Tram, Transit City, TTC, VIA, Viva, Whitby, Yonge subway | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 30, 2007 by thegtapatriot
“The TTC takes up 46 per cent of the 2008 capital budget. It has to replace aging streetcars, buses and subway cars. Some $79.4 million will be spent on 234 subway cars to replace aging ones and boost capacity. A further $175.5 million will pay for 193 conventional and 50 Wheel-Trans buses and $55 million [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, GTA Politics, Toronto | Tagged: BRT, capital funding, David Miller, LRT, Toronto, TTC, York University | No Comments »
Posted on October 28, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Transit advocates at Toronto City Hall passionately oppose any suggestion that Queen’s Park might snatch the TTC from municipal hands and put it under a region-wide transportation authority.
“I would fight that tooth and nail,” Mayor David Miller said in a recent interview. “It would be worse than stupid,” declared Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, a member [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Issues, Ontario, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: , Adam Giambrone, BRT, David Miller, Durham, Glenn De Baeremaeker, Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, GTTA, Hamilton, Light-rail, LRT, megacity, Peel, Public Transit, Queen's Park, subways, Toronto, Toronto City Hall, Trasnit Expansion, TTC, York | No Comments »
Posted on October 9, 2007 by thegtapatriot
In reading the history of Toronto and the TTC, high investments were made in public transit, which helped the TTC become one of the top transit systems in North America. However during an episode of the Agenda with Steve Paikin, which airs on TVO, one of the panelists mentioned that we need to make investments [...]
Filed under: GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit, Toronto | Tagged: Brampton, BRT, Dalton McGuinty, Durham, Greg Sorbara, gta, Hurontario, Liberals, Light-rail, LRT, Mississauga, Move 2020, Ontario, Public Transit, Steve Paikin, Streetcars, subways, Toronto, TTC, TVO, Vaughan, Viva, York Region, YRT | No Comments »
