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The Stouffville line is almost at capacity in the peak periods, so I can't see more people being stuffed onto the existing trains unless frequencies on the line increase substantially. Also, the new subway line would serve more than Scarborough. There's the whole east and west side of downtown...

Based on your original question asking which option provided more trip generators, I'd pick the north main line via Brampton, Guelph etc. The reason for my choice is that I believe that the stations on the north main line have greater catchment areas than that of the Brantford line. Stations...

In terms of trip generators, I think Malton, Brampton, Georgetown, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and St. Mary's combined is greater than Long Branch, Aldershot, Brantford, Woodstock and Ingorsoll. All of the major trip generators on the Brantford alignment already have 30 minute GO service...

Election day is still months away. None of the candidates have put forward their financial plans yet.

I don't think Tory should be grouped with the minimalistic, conservative, hostile to transit bunch. His support of revenue tools to fund transit and progressive advocacy for more transit while at Civic Action sets him as a pro-transit, pro-revenue tools candidate IMO.

I like the idea of a station around Shellard Side Road or anywhere to the immediate west of Cambridge as a site for a park and ride station. I'm not too sure about a station at Highway 6, despite it being mentioned over and over again. Park and rides are often situated near a cluster of...

Just to add to that comment, I think the one thing KW did right was compare the system they were hoping to build (back before the system was approved by council) to Portland, Calgary, Minneapolis. At a few open houses that I attended years ago for the KW LRT, a member of the public asked...

Thanks for this link. Very insightful, and true. This issue will be corrected in 30 years when we'll be planning on tunneling the LRT through downtown Kitchener, and we can implement a bi-directional route :p. That's correct. The aBRT will essentially be the current ixpress route with upgraded...

The ROW does split in both Uptown and Downtown because there wasn't enough space to maintain vehicular traffic *and* 2 LRT lanes in each direction. This split no doubt will make the system difficult to use for those that won't use it on a regular basis (tourists, the occasional rider), but it...

Don't forget the Fushion Homes development near the Kitchener Market! More transit-oriented/LRT-spurred development

I'm probably in the minority for saying this, but I think this guy has a higher IQ than Rob Ford. John Letonja seems more... compassionate... that Rob Ford, if that's possible :s.

I think taking GO to Square 1 is a bit better(and almost faster) than driving because of the 407 portion of the trip, which really allows the bus to make up for any lost time. Also, every GO bus that I've been on has had really great drivers who try to stay on schedule as much as possible...

This isn't entirely accurate. There is traffic along King Street, especially during rush hours. I've been on multiple ixpress buses that took 40 mins to travel between UW and downtown Kitchener. University Ave, Uptown and even downtown can really get clogged during rush hour. With the LRT in...

I'm 99.9% sure that the land assembly has been completed...all I'm lacking is a source.

The guy just filed his nomination papers today, give him some time to announce the exact details of his funding formula. He's got until October to do so.

There's another article in The Star by Cohn about Horwath becoming an all out populist and ditching the NDP's traditional focus on transit. You'd think she's be in favour of increased spending on transit. So what we're left with is a pro-transit liberal government that very few people trust, an...

Won't this completely fck over the GO system during rush hour, when almost every train is either approaching or at capacity?

And rather than listening to the advice from those that have a strong grasp of technical knowledge, they ignore it and make their own plans and draw their own lines on a map without any knowledge of what they're doing.

This is right on. Here, people elect individuals who they'd be comfortable having a beer with. It worries me that a good portion of the voting public would rather have their drinking buddy/relatable neighbourhood Joe make billion dollar decisions about topics they have no knowledge on.

I really hope that the Finch LRT gets built. I get a headache every time I think about how dumbed down transit planning has become, and how little the politicians know about transit. We're trusting people to make decisions about things they are unable to comprehend... How does...