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A zoning application was filed to add a Chick Fil A south of the mall, along Eglinton. It's a little painful to realize that hundreds of pages of reports, and city council permission, are apparently required to build a one storey drive-through restaurant.

The city published the details of the settlement this week. Here is the city's press release, and a CBC news article about the settlement. As part of the settlement, the condo boards have agreed to pay for security cameras, speed bumps, and access gates. The condo boards will also pay for...

This CTV article is informative. From the article:

This CP24 article has some Stratford ridership details. 16,000 riders annually is an average of 43.8 riders per day, or about 22 riders per train.

It doesn't sound like it. The CBC listed some travel times. I checked the Kitchener line schedule. If it takes an hour and 45 minutes to get to Kitchener from Union, then a 2 1/2 hour trip to Stratford implies a 45 minute trip from Kitchener to Stratford.

Metrolinx says there will be lane closures on Sheppard Ave for the next 6 months as part of the work on the Barrie rail corridor and Downsview Park GO. Apparently there will also be a full road closure in October, but the notice doesn't say how many days that closure will last. From the notice:

My guess is that it's a staffing issue. There aren't a lot of dedicated transit reporters left. Transit issues seem these days to be covered by city hall or Queen's Park reporters, and I expect they have a lot of other things to cover. With falling print ad revenue squeezing media outlets'...

A powerpoint presentation to council accompanied the written report. I've copied a couple of the slides, but I think it's worth watching the presentation. The presentation starts at the 29:30 minute mark of the video recording. The Director of the city's Rapid Transit program office, Carolyn...

Here are two new construction updates from Metrolinx. One is for the Kitchener 4th track work, and the other is for the TTC connection. I have copied the images below:

Metrolinx says it is closing the Langstaff GO south parking lot. It says it will be blocking pedestrian access from the south parking lot as well. This is part of Yonge subway extension work.

Metrolinx is doing some repair work on the rail bridge in Guelph over the Speed River, east of Guelph GO station. It might be nothing, but I thought I'd post this in case someone saw the crews and wondered what they were doing.

I posted this in the GO construction thread, but I'll post it here as well. At Bloor GO, the Ernest Avenue entrance is being relocated as of April 20th. Metrolinx previously proposed to close this entrance completely, before it was forced to backtrack. The temporary entrance is intended to be...

At Bloor GO, the Ernest Avenue entrance is being relocated as of April 20th. Metrolinx previously proposed to close this entrance completely, before it was forced to backtrack. The temporary entrance is intended to be open until the new Randolph entrance opens.

Metrolinx says Burloak Drive will close next month for ten days as part of the grade separation work. From the above notice:

Mississauga city council has also received an update from city staff on proposed changes to provincial and federal legislation. It's a big report, with recommendations from city staff, but here is a section about BRTs.

Mississauga city staff have made a report summarizing the provincial and federal governments' recent proposed changes to housing and infrastructure legislation. It's a lot to unpack, but here is a portion related to MiWay. City staff have included recommendations to council and the province.

It's an update to Mississauga city council on the city's rapid transit projects. I've copied the portions that relate to the Dundas BRT.

The CBC says GO train service to Niagara will resume Thursday morning. Here is another article from Niagara This Week, where a rider complains there was no extra bus service during the line closure. Niagara This Week also said it heard about the re-opening from CN before it heard it from...

The City of Mississauga today approved a settlement offer of some kind with the condo boards. The details of the settlement offer were not disclosed. The court case is City of Mississauga v. PSCC No. 1136 et al (Ridgeway Plaza). I think this is related to the court case last year, where the city...

Would it help if you let CN use the line at a steep discount whenever it was not in use by a passenger train? Then that portion of their transcontinental route would effectively be double track most of the time. If CN is running 8 trains each way every day, they could probably use such a route...