Transit
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Q&A with Sean Hertel: “A good city is worth paying for”
“A good city is worth paying for,” said Urban Planning Consultant Sean Hertel, who spoke at “Going to School: A Transit Conference for...
By Andrew Russell -
STREET SCENE: Excavating the Subway
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
LORINC: Ceasefire or armistice between TTC and Metrolinx?
At the press conference last week where the TTC and Metrolinx declared their latest truce, I asked Liberal infrastructure minister Bob Chiarelli whether...
By John Lorinc -
Going to Transit School with OCAD’s Deanne Fisher
“Going to School: A Transit Conference for the GTHA” took place last week at York University in front of a crowd of more than 150 transit...
By Andrew Russell -
Paying for transit in the GTHA: further questions
This series of posts about ways to pay for new transit infrastructure in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is only a start to what is a big...
By Dylan Reid -
Paying for transit in the GTHA: minor options
The CivicAction report (PDF) on reliable transit funding lists a variety of options that would raise smaller amounts of money for building new transit...
By Dylan Reid -
Funding transit in the GTHA, addendum: transit fare surcharge
One option that was not discussed in the CivicAction report on transit funding for the GTHA, but which I suspect will end up being part of the discussion...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: Fleet Street Turn
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Paying for transit in the GTHA 4: Regional sales tax
The last of the “big four” revenue tools for transit funding identified in the CivicAction report is a regional sales tax. In the increasing...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: The death knell of Metrolinx?
In case you didn’t notice it, that little puff of smoke receding over the horizon this fall is Metrolinx’s $50 billion Big Move investment strategy...
By John Lorinc -
Paying for transit in the GTHA 3: Gas tax
Continuing my series from last week on potential revenue tools to pay for transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area, today we come to a regional...
By Dylan Reid -
Paying for transit in the GTHA 2: Highway tolls
Road tolls are one of the oldest and most common forms of paying for transportation infrastructure — they go back millenia, and although they are...
By Dylan Reid