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Mr. Christie’s Bakery in Etobicoke set to close, throwing 550 out of work –...
As you may have heard, the Mr. Christie cookie plant in Etobicoke – a landmark for anyone heading downtown via the Gardiner or the Lakeshore West line – will be closing next year. There are rumours...
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TTC unveils Toronto’s new streetcars – Toronto Star
Yesterday, the TTC unveiled the first test vehicle of the new streetcar fleet that will be plying the city’s roads in 2014. They look very sleek and I’m sure they’ll be very well received by riders who...
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Rapid-transit line along Broadway corridor favoured by many still a ways away...
Earlier this month, the City of Vancouver passed their long-term transportation vision, Transportation 2040, which aims to have two thirds of all trips within the city to be made by foot, by bicycle or...
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TTC signs up for Presto fare card – Toronto Star
Today, after officially signing the master agreement for the new LRT lines to be built across the city, the TTC signed the master agreement committing themselves to rolling out the PRESTO fare card...
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Where two lines meet
Almost as soon as I published my post about the plans for rapid transit along Broadway in Vancouver, city staff made a presentation to council stating their position that an underground Skytrain line...
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Halton politicians to Metrolinx: Beef up our transit if you want us to pay –...
As Metrolinx prepares to begin a large-scale public consultation effort to find supportable ways to pay for transit expansion across the region, officials in Halton are telling the provincial agency...
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Stintz will discuss zone-based TTC fares – once Presto pay card in place –...
I consider Steve Munro a great thinker – despite the fact that he called me a “trained seal” and never really apologized for it – so, when he was quoted in a Globe article as saying that a time-limited...
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Bad Information = Complaints
One of the reasons why I started this blog was because society is very quick to declare #epicfail without offering any suggestions on how to improve transit. So, when I saw this terrible sign...
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The Streamliner Project
Until the Second World War, rail was the only real way to travel from city to city safely, quickly and in style. Between Chicago and Minneapolis, for example, The Chicago & Northwestern, Burlington...
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The Streamliner Project: Dominion Atlantic Railway
The Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1952 While the CPR proper didn’t enter Nova Scotia, they did have a presence by leasing the ‘”Land of the Evangeline” Route’ whose mainline ran from Yarmouth to Windsor...
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The Streamliner Project: Eureka!
In a previous post I told you about the project I’m working on – The Streamliner Project. But, what I didn’t tell you about was the amount of work that goes into preparing the data. Basically, it...
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The Streamliner Project: Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway
The Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railway Company in 1938 One of the most interesting things about railways were their names. While some were named after their principal service area (Michigan Central,...
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