“The Cities of Mississauga and Brampton have completed preliminary design and environmental assessment work for the Hurontario-Main Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project. It will run from Port Credit into Brampton, and the work completed so far will initiate the Ontario Ministry of Environment Transportation Project Assessment Process (TPAP). As a priority Next Wave project of […]
“Greater Toronto Area (GTA) commute times average 82 minutes and are the longest of Canada’s big cities. With the provincial budget looming on the horizon, citizens are looking for active steps to improve the transportation network. Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance Vice-President of Initiatives Linda Weichel appeared before Peel Regional council recently to encourage bold leadership […]
Dear Friends, Driving north on Highway 410 at night can be at bit like looking for Waldo when you hit the Valleywood / Highway 10 merge. There is a conspicuous absence of light standards through that last 2 km of undulating roadway. Why these mandated light poles have not been installed by the M.T.O. in […]
The Ontario Government has provided a Notice of Commencement regarding the GTA West Transportation Corridor Route; the planning and environmental assessment study is in Stage 2. The focus seems to be on the design and development of the route. For full details on this second phase of the project please visit their website by clicking […]
There have been 583 accidents and counting on Highway 10 inside 2 years plus 65 fatal or near fatal accidents have occurred along a 20 km stretch of highway 10 south of Orangeville. Many at or near our local intersections in the last 30 months. The 410 merger with highway 10, has resulted in the […]
Vikram Pandit stood fidgeting in a park near New York’s City Hall, looking owlish in a suit and rimless spectacles. It was May 7, 2012, and he’d had better springs. Citigroup (C), where he was chief executive officer, had recently flunked a government “stress test” meant to identify which big lenders were still shaky […]
Bike-share programs have been struggling to get off of the ground in several Canadian cities. On Wednesday, Toronto said it would take over its Bixi program in the spring and hopes to find private sponsors to pay for it. Globe contributor Ivor Tossell and Candice Malcolm of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation face off on the […]
They say silence is golden, but in this case Golden is silent. Anne Golden, chair of the Transit Investment Strategy Advisory Panel, revealed in an onstage interview at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre Nov 12 that easing traffic congestion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA) and finding funding for the process is quite […]
“A boost in the gas tax, gradually rising to 10 cents per litre, could pay for the bulk of an ambitious plan to lay transit lines across the Toronto region, according to a government-appointed panel. The recommendation is part of another look at how to fund the so-called Big Move, a plan to reduce congestion […]
People living in Canada’s largest city will increasingly need to make a choice between a long commute to work and living in a condo as housing affordability continues to erode. In a new report called Priced Out, the Pembina Institute and RBC say there’s no end in sight to high-priced single-family homes in Toronto. While […]