407 Extension and Metrolinx

No, this isn’t the beginning of my review of the draft Metrolinx transportation plan.  That’s still coming – I hope this weekend.
But in the meantime, I’m noticing some curious comments being made.  For example, Roger Anderson has been stating that the Metrolinx report does not commit to the extension of Highway 407 to Highways 35/115 [...]

Metrolinx draft available

As expected, the draft Metrolinx RTP appeared online this morning ahead of the 10:00 press conference.  If you want to read it yourself, it’s available here.
I’m still absorbing and understanding it so I don’t feel fully qualified to provide detailed commentary just yet.  For now, I’ll mention that the following projects are of particular interest [...]

Metrolinx RTP due, soon

In advance of Friday’s board meeting, Metrolinx is holding a press meeting tomorrow morning to release details of its Regional Transportation Plan and its Investment Strategy.  We can safely expect that online media will be reporting details by midday.  In addition, Metrolinx’s past practice has been to include such things as downloadable attachments to board [...]

Old Route Numbers Live On

It’s now been almost a month and a half since DRT switched to its new “three digit” route numbering scheme, and yet I’m seeing buses with “old” route number in Ajax virtually every day.
Most of these buses have been in the 805x bus number range, which leads me to wonder if these routes still have [...]

Metrolinx Update

The leaked Metrolinx RTP information I discussed in my previous post seems particularly dubious today, given that Metrolinx Chair Rob MacIsaac has stated that the plan has evolved and continues to evolve, and that it is now unlikely that Metrolinx will recommend an Eglinton subway.
The Metrolinx board will be discussing the plan today and tomorrow [...]

Metrolinx Plan Takes Form

Today’s Globe and Mail includes an article on the Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan, the draft version of which is expected to be released at the end of the month.  The Globe states that they viewed a copy of the plan, and gives the following details:

Express GO Transit rail service from downtown Toronto to Hamilton, Oshawa, [...]

Audley South Goes to Committee, sooner or later

I’ve been following the Audley South situation all summer, and things will now go to the DRT Transit Executive Committee.  This was supposed to happen today but the meeting has been postponed for a month due to a lack of quorum, with a number of committee members unable to attend.  The next meeting will be [...]