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In a world of contactless payment and point of sale machines, I'm wondering why a ticket agent network continues to exist. It must cost Ontario Northland something just to connect all those vendors and ensure trained agents and collect revenue. One used to be able to buy TTC tokens and...

I don't disagree with any of these, but you are probably up to GO 5.0 We really need a scope and funding document that lets the public measure performance against a defined set of objectives. And lays out a concrete and sufficient funding source to assure these deliverables can be paid for...

If you deduct the parts that never got done in GO 1.0, and were deferred, it's only about GO 1.5 - Paul

PPPS - Further description from the spring Ontario Budget - Paul

Didn't really know where to tuck this, so it's here. Towards the end of the Province's fall Economic Statement was this commentary. I hadn't understood much about where exactly Ontario is getting the funding for certain transit projects. Now we know. - Paul PS - $1B total is a pretty small...

Another interesting quote from the statement pg viii - Midtown Toronto and Bolton are mentioned. Not holding my breath lol - Paul

Most certainly, they bundle multiple sub-projects throughout the affected territory so many things are done in parallel, minimising down time for the train operations. The only problem is that this adds complexity in planning and coordinating all of this work, which may require overlapping...

The station is protected as a heritage structure, which means it will survive. But the common strategy for heritage properties is to repurpose. Maintaining the old station as a commercial property that generates rental income will serve the town well and provide funds for the structure’s upkeep...

Interesting - Councillor Morley motion at Executive Committee seeking prioritization of this project. https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2025.EX27.4 - Paul

It's an entirely reasonable concept in the right environment. To some extent, we have always futureproofed rail infrastructure investment, the most obvious example being building multi-track bridges decades ahead of actually needing the added trackage. For ML and Onxpress, however, the question...

I'm hoping the reduction can be absorbed by spending less on maintenance through retirement of the LRC and HEPII fleets, with service maintained at a level that leverages the Venture fleet fully. And modest growth in ridership and revenue. But beware White River, and Prince Rupert. I would...

When I look back to the original Big Move, the whole Blue 22 initiative, and the Georgetown South project - it's amazing to me just how little appreciation there was in those days of the need for intensive regional and commuter transit all along the Kitchener Corridor. The train frequencies in...

A stop at Dorval is a no brainer that I would bet is going to happen, thanks to the proximity to the airport. It also has excellent highway connectivity and will be able to service a good amount of the west end. So not a bad choice. Both Montreal and Toronto might benefit from a second...

The one time I was taken to Dodger stadium, I was impressed with how easy the drive in and out was. Quite unlike other venues that have convoluted crawls to the Freeway (Amalie Arena, I'm looking at you) There was a bus shuttle advertised from LAUPT to the stadium for today's victory rally. -...

It may be too soon - but it’s impressive that transit factors this fully into plans for the Dodgers’ celebration. Over to you, Metrolink. - Paul

Quite true, I could have been a bit more careful with my wording. I was more thinking of the other lines where double track is being slowed, or so it seems. - Paul

I don't disagree, but I learned a new internal Metrolinx acronym this week : MVP. No it's not baseball, it stands for "Minimum Viable Product". ie how little can we build without completely walking back GO Expansion. The Kitchener corridor is clearly going forward, at least as far as...

Even if the available crews are willing and able (and I won't assume they are, their expectations for these late night trippers may be one-and-done) it's a question of where the trainsets and the crews are at the decision point where the Operations Center realises that the event is running late...

If we are expecting UP to be the operator that clears out the downtown core after a major event, we are doing it all wrong. Coverage in the Star indicates this may come up at TTC Board tomorrow. The TTC has some limited ability to tell operators "just keep running"... and subway trains will...

Courier Driver #1: "Well, where do ya want me to park it?" Courier Driver #2: "Just be glad I didn't bring the 18-wheeler" I'm not defending the drivers in the above images, but I would offer the view that courier and delivery parking is something that we do a very poor job of anticipating and...