More BRT

An article on newsdurhamregion.com gives some updated information on the BRT plan:

First phase could be up and running in three years, with completion in five. 
BRT service would replace GO’s route 94, but the express and semi-express routes would remain.
DRT buses would run every 7.5 minutes during peak times, every 15 minutes at other times.  [...]

BRT and the Provincial Budget

Today’s provincial budget has provided $82 million for Durham Region to implement a “quick start” phase for the Highway 2 BRT.  This is the amount recommended by Metrolinx late last year as part of it’s second round of “quick win” recommendations to the province, which were mostly adopted by the province today.
With this funding, DRT [...]

What Might Have Been, What Might Be

Transit Toronto has an interesting article on the GO ALRT proposal back in the 70s and 80s. This was never built, but if it had been we would have had a SkyTrain-like service similar to that in Vancouver, running roughly along the current Lakeshore GO route but providing much more frequent service, along with a [...]

Apologies

I’ve been offline for the past week and then some, as a nasty round of colds, stomach viruses, and ear infections has swept through my family.  Simply keeping my feet on the ground has been a chore, making blog entries an utter impossibility.  Everyone is feeling better now and I’ll do my best to catch [...]