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The Queensway needs to get punched through all the way to Winston Churchill

In positive news, it appears buses will resume tomorrow https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/brampton-plans-to-pursue-legal-action-if-striking-workers-continue-to-disrupt-bus-service-mayor-1.7103740

You make a fundamental error, the reason for the redesign is not for the dead, but rather so that the living can know where their dead are buried. The issue is that the records for St. Mary's Cemetery are substantially incomplete, and that there are many unmarked graves. What this means is that...

Sylvia has been lobbying Brampton to have the Bovaird BRT plans continue to at least Highway 50, which should enhance the Major Mac West extension numbers.

The costs for the 41 will get significantly cheaper once the new MSF is opened at Highway 50 and Cadetta. If I remember correctly, Caledon presently has to pay once the bus leaves the MSF, so having the MSF for the buses be over 10km closer should significantly reduce costs, thereby increasing...

It is worth noting that the vast majority of York Region is empty, and that the urban parts of Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Markham are still relatively populous. If they focused growth service there, and along Yonge up to Newmarket, they could significantly increase their farebox recovery ratio...

People continue to remain shocked that frequent service is rewarded by solid ridership. If York Region actually went big on bus service, by a similar percent as BT and MiWay have done this year, then YRT would likely experience significant ridership increase.

The Johnston family who are the farmers directly next to the MSF, they have been farming in Brampton for around 200 years and the MSF is on land bought from them.

The Johnston family who are the farmers directly next to the MSF, they have been farming in Brampton for around 200 years and the MSF is on land bought from them.

Brampton Transit broke ground on the third MSF today. It is expected to be done in late 2027. I believe maximum capacity for buses has been forecasted for 2026, so we may see BT make a big push on 2026 24/7 service in order to make space for all the buses.

Brampton Transit broke ground on the third MSF today. It is expected to be done in late 2027. I believe maximum capacity for buses has been forecasted for 2026, so we may see BT make a big push on 2026 24/7 service in order to make space for all the buses.

To quote BT (via Sylvia)

The pent up demand for the 401 is enormous, the required toll to bring the most congested sections up to an average of 50 km/h in rush hour would be significant, and likely reach Highway 407 East (non-ETR) pricing.

The linked PC Party Platform is from after Ford was elected to leader of the Progressive Conservatives. In the 2022 election, Ford reiterated his commitment to building Highway 413 Phase 1 is complete, Phase 2 is still underway.

It was in the 2018 platform, Patrick Brown was PC Leader when it was readded to the platform. Here is a clip from the 2018 platform https://www.poltext.org/sites/poltext.org/files/plateformesV2/Ontario/ON_PL_2018_PC.pdf Here is an article from 2017 noting Patrick Brown pledge to complete the EA

Hamilton is the fifth largest city in Ontario, Brampton and Mississauga are significantly larger than Hamilton. And Waterloo Region is also larger than Hamilton, which is why the Kitchener Line is getting a fair bit of attention, that is soon to be 1.5 million people benefiting. It is worth...

once you stop thinking of VIVA as a transit project and more as a jobs program it stops being a disgrace, and more an ingenious plan to gyp the province out of billions of dollars.

I charted the 1/501 ridership v the Dundas bus ridership. Caveat, BT ridership is from Fall 2023, MiWay ridership is October-December 2022 (that is what I had from Ryan). Regarding the LRVs, from what I understand, the Hurontario LRVs are two car consists at 200 per car, for a 400 per consist...

The Parks Department has told me they aren't even remotely considering the possibility of preserving rail capacity along the corridor

I am awaiting the big change in September, which should see a wide range of routes experience significant improvement. The June change was weighed down by the need to train 50 extra operators to cover the spare board, due to elevated absenteeism compared to before the pandemic. As that should be...