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I've not been back to this blog list for a while. But having just returned earlier today from a very positive meeting with one of the re-elected mayors in the region, I thought I'd just check in to see where the post-election discussion here has gone. Poor old @kEiThZ evidently has far too much...

Moose Consortium Inc. has posted online several documents relating to the Canadian Transportation Agency's determination relating to the track connecting Ottawa and Gatineau. https://www.letsgomoose.ca/moose-consortium-inc-legal-action-to-protect-essential-railways-in-canadas-capital/ Joseph...

Media releases are issued when there's something important to report. MOOSE and Lemine-Consortia were mutually assessing each other. As indicated in my earlier post, MOOSE chose to sign with another investment management firm. This is a normal trajectory in business. Joseph Potvin Director...

@Charles, MOOSE and Lemine-Consortia exchanged of letters of intent with 120 days for each to learn about the other. That ended after 120 days, and instead Moose Consortium Inc. now has in place a signed contract with a more prominent investment syndication management company oriented to...

It's just nuts! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/14/german-cities-to-trial-free-public-transport-to-cut-pollution https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/26/brussels-to-make-public-transport-free-on-high-air-pollution-days...

@kEiThZ, You've got quotation marks around that. Please identify the source of the quote. Or are you putting forward your parody paraphrase as a quote? ~Potvin

Readers of this forum are welcome to read the draft formal plans and proposals of MOOSE, and our informal responses within this and other fora and media. A few very persistent critics with a lot of time on their hands have made clear their commitment to challenge any notion whatsoever that a...

Exactly. MOOSE would work to achieve 5-minute service on the Trillium Line. Of course double-tracking. But (as the punchline goes): "the lightbulb has to want to change". Joseph Potvin Director General | Directeur général Moose Consortium (Mobility Ottawa-Outaouais: Systems & Enterprises) |...

RE: precedent The timing and wording of Decision R-2018-23 may bring useful clarity to the Omnitrax case: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/omnitrax-canadian-transportation-agency-1.4516977 Joseph Potvin Director General | Directeur général Moose Consortium (Mobility Ottawa-Outaouais...

@Allandale25, Multiple configurations are under discussion with the incumbent railway companies and stakeholders. Also, the network configuration will evolve through the next 25 years, so there is not a single answer. We'll publish details of the initial proposal for consultations when...

@muller877, It's more than that. "The Agency ... may conclude that a railway company has failed to respect that process if the company has (a) removed infrastructure, (b) created physical barriers, or (c) allowed one of its lines to fall into a state of disrepair such that operation of the...

Here is MOOSE Consortium's statement on Agency Decision R-2018-23: https://www.letsgomoose.ca/wp-content/uploads/MediaRelease_MOOSE_AgencyDecision_R-2018-23_PrinceOfWalesBridge_EN_2018-02-20PDF.pdf A few people here have commented on what elements of this decision provide significant...

Like this, for example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz47kauZsx60bWJKWm5ZRGpzQzJsU2dlMVdwYWxxVG9FSE9F/view?usp=sharing Joseph Potvin Director General | Directeur général Moose Consortium (Mobility Ottawa-Outaouais: Systems & Enterprises) | www.letsgomoose.com Consortium Moose (Mobilité...

@kEiThZ, Can you please let us know how that previous $60M upgrade worked out for Ottawa taxpayers and for Trillium Line passengers? Joseph