Metrolinx: Other Items (catch all)

[SaugeenJunction]

For everyone’s reference, here is IO’s TOC page for the subways program which lists the projects it has worked on. GO will be added to this portfolio. IO also manages the Province’s surplus land inventory so it has lots of real estate experience.

My hope is that IO taking charge means goodbye to GO’s many suburban parking lots.

 

[christiesplits]

Brampton GO to be renamed “Brampton Innovation District GO” this fall.

Such a dumb name, imo. “Downtown Brampton GO” or “Brampton Centre GO” would have made much more sense.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

 

[ShonTron]

It’s because the city is really trying to promote the Innovation District in the downtown core, though right now it’s little more than a business incubator, a city-owned co-working site, and a satellite campus of Ontario’s second-smallest university.

The new library/educational hub building still hasn’t started yet.

It’s telling that the only two station naming deals have been with other public sector “partners.”

 

[Jonny5]

Brampton GO to be renamed “Brampton Innovation District GO” this fall.

Such a dumb name, imo. “Downtown Brampton GO” or “Brampton Centre GO” would have made much more sense.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1674515593469280257

They've innovated by making the station name more clumsy and less useful!

 

[Amare]

This is just getting incredibly stupid and it's going to be a disaster for those who dont know the GO network at least somewhat well.

So what now, are they going to reprogram destination signs on buses to spell out all this non-sense? Or are they going to keep them as "Brampton GO" to help add some confusion in? Not even mentioning Brampton Transit who may/may not update their destination signs to reflect this idiotic naming.

 

[afransen]

I want to know what these naming rights are going for. I imagine it is not all that much, and this is all a gigantic waste of time for the staff involved.

 

[LemonCondo]

We should bid to rename all GO stations to "Union Station".

 

[awaterwell]

We should bid to rename all GO stations to "Union Station".

"Welcome Kitchener Union Station passengers on your 11:40 Kitchener Line train, making all Union Station stops to Toronto's Union Union Station. Please note that not all doors will be opening at Acton Union Station. The next stop is Guelph Central Union Station."

 

[Undead]

Stati-McStationFace.

 

[ARG1]

We should bid to rename all GO stations to "Union Station".

I call for a bid to rename Bloor GO to "Dundas West"

 

[APTA-2048]

I think Metrolinx might owe us on of these…

TransLink Wayfinding 101: story of the “T” - The Buzzer blog

Think of the London Underground and you think of the blue, red and white roundel. Think of the Paris Métro […]

buzzer.translink.ca

TransLink Wayfinding 101: story of the “T”

 

[urbancog]

2051 Regional Transit Plan
Metrolinx is accepting RfP submissions for provision of 2051 Regional Transit Plan until 22-Aug-2023.

Metrolinx - Abstract - RFP-2023-INND-438 - Rfp-2023-innd-438: Provision Of 2051 Regional Transit Plan

www.metrolinx.merx.com

I guess this would add details to the MTOs 2051 Regional Transportation Plan.

 

[W. K. Lis]

I call for a bid to rename Bloor GO to "Dundas West"

Not with the hullabaloo about changing the name "Dundas". "Roncesvalles" would be a better name.

 

[CapitalSeven]

Not with the hullabaloo about changing the name "Dundas". "Roncesvalles" would be a better name.

I don't think so. Roncesvalles starts a few blocks south of Bloor and doesn't directly lead to the GO station.

 

[T3G]

Not with the hullabaloo about changing the name "Dundas". "Roncesvalles" would be a better name.

If the Dundas renaming goes through, that would make it all the better. Maximum confusion!