GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

[lenaitch]

So it takes a lengthy investigation to figure out if an idiot that almost got killed has learned from their mistake, but they know instantly that horns would have solved it? Sorry, still sounds knee-jerk to me...

The incident was safety-related at a location that is an exception to the standard, so until it has been completely investigated, they have reverted to the standard.

** A recent update of the article says the whistles stopped as of 0300 today **

I suspect that the design requirements needed for a grade separation, over or under, in a residential area, or closure wouldn't make the neighbourhood happy either. They just want the sound to stop. They want the situation to return to the status quo as they know it.

My knee jerk reaction would normally be 'you bought near a rail line' but traffic has evolved over the years. It used to be a sleepy branchline, and Unionville used to be a sleepy little town. Neither are true anymore and I suspect none or very, very few of the people in the area were there when both were true.

I suppose you'd pay more in interest by building the pedestrian bridge a decade early, but that crossing is next to a senior's home. If even one of them has a heart attack because they can't sleep, it would probably cost the province tens of thousands in OHIP medical care and lawsuits - and that's just the financial cost, not the emotional one.)

If there was ever a successful action in circumstances like this, in Canada, I'd like to hear it. It seems the nearby building is a retirement home, not a nursing home. I don't sleep well either. I'm a senior. Who to blame.

I noticed the article attached to the CBC article discusses the advocate's angst about another crossing that is completely rural.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/markham-residents-go-train-whistling-update-1.6925421

It seems to some, life is just too annoying.