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When they launched five years ago, the announced intention was to fly to 17 destinations in Canada and the US. The addition of Vermont makes 17 places you can fly to from Toronto. While I was expecting success, I didn't expect them to get to the full 17 destinations so quickly. Expanded...

If the problems are caused by people coming from 905, then perhaps the solution is to pay downtown businesses to move to Mississauga, taking their related congestion problems with them. If people no longer commuted to work in Toronto, there would be a lot less congestion.

Should you decide to park in the airport parking, it can cheaper to park at the long term parking on the island if you are staying longer than 24 hours ($113 a week, plus $11 for the ferry trip). http://www.bbtcaparking.com/rates.php I would suppose that your car would also be safer there...

It was five years ago today that Porter started flying. http://business.financialpost.com/2011/10/23/porter-airlines-edge/

This shows that there are significant discretionary dollars available to spent on commuter transportation options (since many people do decide to spend extra by parking in the $30 lots). It also shows that those dollars will be spent on options that don't involve much walking outside -- so my...

A tax credit is much more visible and ensures that users are aware how helpful their government is being. It also provides good feelings at tax time when there is a box on your form that lowers your taxes, rather than raising them. A direct subsidy to the transit system, beyond giving an...

Considering that many people pay $20-30 a day for parking downtown, there is considerable room for pricing. $5-7 or even $10 each way would certainly be doable (TTC Express buses charge two tokens). If you had a small operation with just a few buses and drivers, you might be able to make...

Could they just make everyone get a 407 transponder and put cameras up on all the streets leading into the city? You get charged when you cross the boundary of the congestion area. If you live downtown, you would only get charged if you leave downtown and re-enter. I'm not saying this is a...

In most cases, there should be room to build up or down. While it could be expensive, just about every car that is parked at a GO station is a car that isn't driving around downtown. I think some reconfiguring of local roads could be worthwhile in many cases to route people on and off local...

One thing that the province can do to improve transit in Toronto would be to repeal section 395 (1)-(3) of the City of Toronto Act http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_06c11_e.htm#BK501 This would allow private operators to take advantage of market options to add...

One of the major causes of congestion comes from people driving into work and parking downtown. Perhaps building some more large parking structures close to the highway (perhaps with direct access to the highway) would reduce the number of people driving around the streets of downtown. If you...

I would fully support GO upgrading to at least hourly bus service from Union Station to and from all GO stations, including the ones within the city.

Assuming that your final destination isn't the train station, having a car once you arrive in Montreal is very helpful. On the other hand, if your destination is the Queen Elizabeth hotel, then the train is a good option.

The basic problem that I see with the HSR debate is that, while it may have made economic sense 15-20 years ago when it costed $400 to fly to Ottawa from Toronto (each way), airfares have come down in the past few years so much that there is no longer very much pricing room for HSR to come in...

I see that American Eagle is dropping its Boston-Toronto service in November. Continental is dropping its Newark-Tremblant service this winter. While Air Canada still does the BOS-YYZ route, I think Porter can safely claim significant responsibility for both of these developments. From...

Are the streetcars limited to the posted speed limit when they are on offstreet tracks (such as near the Humber)?

Not exactly a "Porter" item, but here is a neat video showing the assembly process for a Q400 distilled down into 4 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T-nRRCpbqc

If you make security more expensive, they will have to raise the security fee on our airline tickets.

Yet another ski destination: Burlington, Vermont. YTZ-BTV flights will be Thursdays and Sundays (Mondays on long weekends) starting December 15th and running through April 8th. There will be connection opportunities for Montreal, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins and Windsor...

Porter must be doing well with its Mont Tremblant service. https://www.flyporter.com/About/News-Release-Details?id=164&culture=en-CA They will be starting their YTZ-YTM service on December 15th this year and will have 13 weekly roundtrips at the peak time in February and March. They are...