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Yes. Ottawa is planning 'magic machines' like that for its Confederation Line (http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/agdocs.aspx?doctype=minutes&itemid=312880). Montreal already has them in their metro system. As a tourist in Montreal, you can buy a single ride on the metro with your credit card at a...

This is unbelievably pathetic. At this rate, Ottawa's not-even-built-yet subway will surpass Toronto's in terms of technology. Ottawa's Confederation Line will have PRESTO-equipped electronic fare gates (no turnstiles), and human-free stations (no staffed ticket booths, only machines) on opening...

I don't know... yes he is a loose cannon, but I really like him. He bikes to work, takes transit everywhere, he actually walks the walk. Plus his energy and loose-y-ness is actually a nice touch to the government, it really creates a sense of engagement with the government on transit. And...

Ottawa's LRT has now been given the name "Confederation Line" for the construction period, and that's what the city, media, and for the most part general public call it. The term "LRT" is now largely deprecated. The odd person will call it the "subway", but nobody even remotely official has ever...

I'm very surprised that Murray is being shuffled away from Transportation. Are we sure that's actually going to happen? He's practically synonymous with the government's transit plans....

I agree, but with one important caveat: Transit routes into downtown are overloaded. Until the DRL is built and GO electrification happens, I vote we keep the Gardiner, but only until then.

I have no idea which act is relevant here, but at least according to my mother it is indeed illegal.

There weren't enough details about Murray's announcement to comment on it before the budget was out. And the budget was out only a day before the election campaign started.

It would be against the law for Bruce McCuaig to talk about the feasibility of electrification during the election campaign. Government employees are placed on legally-enforced gag-orders during elections. This is an anti-corruption safeguard; otherwise the incumbent could boost their own...

Great idea! Then Torontonians can pay a toll every time they drive to Markham! People from Belleville can pay a toll every time they drive to Kingston! London people can pay a toll whenever they go to Kitchener! You'll never be able to leave your home municipality ever again without paying a big...

Except the province wants Sheppard East LRT. Keep in mind, the province is in control now. The Liberals have a majority, and they have the massive dedicated fund. Tory won't affect didly squat if Wynne doesn't agree with him. Wynne will probably be receptive to negotiating SmartTrack to fit into...

She's still alive, although she's been out of the spotlight for a really long time now. The last anyone ever heard of her was back in the early 2000s when she opposed the PC-Canadian Alliance merger, and endorsed the NDP in the 2004 election.

I really don't think there's political motivations... I mean calling it the '3rd crossing' vs. the '4th crossing' really doesn't change much. For all intents and purposes EVERYBODY in Kingston calls it the 3rd crossing. Interestingly enough back in the late 90s some documents referred to it as...

It shows just how far up their butts their heads are....

They call it the 3rd crossing because nobody counts the Kingston Mills bridge, as its only 1 lane wide and is outside the urban area. Judging from the fact that you just said 'Counter Street' and seemed unaware that's the location of the planned bridge, I gather you've been out of the loop in...

Fixed link to the USA is something Murray mentioned as a possibility a few months ago with the mayor of Kingston. That would be two new bridges, one from Kingston to Wolfe Island, and another from Wolfe Island to Cape Vincent. It would be very expensive, and is probably not feasible unless the...

Kingston is currently rolling out an express bus system and that's honestly all they really need. It doesn't really need capital funding, although operational funding would be nice. The City has made it clear, though, that they have no qualms about increasing property tax rates to add more...

People, people, people. Wynne's budget plan and Hudak's budget plan are very different. Hudak's idea was to quickly cut spending to reach balance in 2016, and cut revenues as well by reducing tax rates. What would that mean numbers-wise? Hard to know, but here's my analysis: In 2013-14...

I don't know... one of the big bonuses to infrastructure spending on things like subways is the massive amount of money it puts back into the economy. Bringing in foreign workers who will be paid very little and just remit most of the money back home, that won't put much more money into our...

There's no way in hell the Liberals are going to drop the federally-boosted, fully-funded Scarborough subway for a switch back to LRT. Kathleen Wynne has staked her entire political reputation on the image that she's a do-er, not a talker. if Chow asks for a change in plans, she'll give Chow, in...