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I think not keeping the Islands as Toronto's version of Brighton and its piers is a mistake, considering we all (well not me since I now have access to actual Brighton) flock to the islands for the beaches and it really needs the amenities to support that.

Let's hope Rebel doesn't disappear, just undergoes new management to make it less...aggro. Toronto needs a music venue of that size somewhere in central-ish Toronto to accommodate (dance) musical acts with more medium-ish audience sizes/

There's two different "audiences" for the 501/A services that have developed over the last decade (!!). There are students on the 501A/C, but there's a lot of people working in York Region that are on the 501 coming from Brampton. Cutting the 501 back without YRT increasing services is just...

Forgive my stupid question, but why didn't they build the diversion track as an elevated track first, and then re-build the existing track as elevated after?

It doesn't indicate which terminal is getting expansion, I'm assuming the Downtown Terminal?

Heritage Heights, this last section of NW Brampton has been in planning hell for at least a decade, as the city, landowners, developers and residents continue to bicker over what it should be. The current iteration has happened because the city finally booted off a conservative council in the...

Sometimes, it's not about speed, but capacity. But I guess those in NW Toronto should just keep piling onto buses, right?

The Haldimand Tract could cause issues. Decent explainer. Full extent of the tract. And part of a small ongoing protest right now in Kitchener.

Brampton Transit hit over 31 million riders last year. 14% growth.

When I worked at the TTC, the dedicated commuters of those lines definitely paid -- because they would screech into the customer service lines about people who didn't or people who didn't look like they belonged or any other tiny problem. That double fare has actually bred entitlement.

I don't know about Guelph, but the Region of Waterloo and its municipalities have a stronger anti-sprawl mandate than most of the GTHA (Bill 66 is being rejected like dominos over there). Aside from some development in Breslau, Kitchener (though more technically Woolwich county) won't be meeting...

I suspect it would be a similar reason to the TTC: service change periods align with shift switches on behalf of the operators and guards aka they don't want to mess with the schedules of their workers.

Several of the Home Counties are within the TfL zone system. My area has TfL bus coverage for example, just no zone for the train station. Technically, I'm in the M25.

Being a tourist that's an urbanist is a bit disingenuous. I'm from the GTA, currently working in London, but commuting from one of the London home countries (the commuter belt outside London). I can't use an Oyster card because my home station is outside Zone 6, so I use a scannable paper...

That pass option has been available on the PRESTO website since last November. It may have been in testing, but there was no limitation on who could buy it.

Several downtown streets in Brampton were getting ripped off for water and sewer works by the Region of Peel, so the city has decided to tack on their long-proposed streetscaping project on top (I mean, it makes sense that if you're ripping something up, you might as well reassemble it nicer)...

Our longer read into this at Bramptonist. Council approved it unanimously last night, after four hours and 23 delegations, all positive. The actual 100 page vision document can be seen here.

Got overlooked by the TTC's announcement, but Brampton Transit will also be buying eight electric buses and four overhead chargers to roll out in Spring 2019. They're being deployed on the 26 Mount Pleasant (a 12k round trip community route) and the 23 Sandalwood (a 60km round trip core grid...

Ministry just confirmed to me that the new assembly facility is at 7 Blair Drive. I wonder if they'll use the rail spur....

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