Transit
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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 -
Paying for transit in the GTHA,1: Commercial Parking Levy
In this series on the different options for raising the $2 billion/year needed to pay for new transit in the GTHA, I am starting with the idea of a...
By Dylan Reid -
Paying for transit in the GTHA: The big four
The Toronto region is very congested, and if it is going to continue to grow, it needs more and better public transit. At this point in time, most people...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: 4072
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
NO MEAN CITY Oakville Transit’s sleek Pit Stop
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture A changeroom and lunchroom for bus drivers. That is the very prosaic program of...
By Alex Bozikovic -
LORINC: Why should TTC operate the new LRT lines?
A Monday morning confession: Try as I might, I simply have not been able to grasp the TTC’s intransigence towards Metrolinx’s allegedly treacherous...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto transit summit comes to York University
WHAT: Going to School transit summit WHEN: Friday, September 28, 2012, 10am-4pm WHERE: York University, the Underground Restaurant, York Student Centre...
By Spacing